Running To Beat Mark

Nothing today. Good news is we finished unpacking from the move, so we have more time for our workouts!

Open water swimming take 2.

Emaurine and I found a new lake to swim in, so we gave it a try this morning. The winds were gusting over 30mph so the waves were pretty high and disruptive. She was able to get in a solid 900m swim, while I was much less effective and only did 500.

After the swim we did a three mile run around the lake.  

This afternoon we went to the y and took a look around all the equipment. One piece struck us in particular. A cycling machine in which you are an avatar and can keep track of many statistics while you ride. We ended up doing 6 miles on this to test it out.

40 miles on a bike today. 18 at spin class this morning, and 22 to the high school I will teach at this fall and the elementary school emaurine will teach at. 

Swam in the pool today with emaurine. I had a tough day today, my lungs seemed tight the whole swim and I was not able to do as much as I would like. Emaurine did awesome today and is looking strong for that triathlon. There were also some really strong swimmers at the pool today, it was awesome to watch them train, made me even more excited for the olympics! 

After the swim, we went for a three mile run. I was able to breathe much better while running so I was able to do some surges.  I did eight surges in the run. 

Spin class this morning with sprints, climbs, jumps etc. Found out that I am a much better climber on a bike than a sprinter. I must really love emaurine since I was at spin class with her this morning instead of watching tiger's round at the british open. 

When we got home we did a faster two miles. We were under 14 minutes which is moving for the two of us running together, especially after the biking.  

No run today, however I feel that the excitement one feels watching the Dark Knight Rises should count for something. Except for the fact that we had buttered popcorn, two ice cream cones, etc.

Two repeats of 2.5 miles today, the only problem was by the time we got out to where we were running I realized I forgot my watch. 

The plan for today was to have emaurine practice each part of the triathlon, and she did exceptionally well! She started with a swim that was 400m, a bike that was 12.5miles and finished with a run of 2.55miles. Watching her today she really impressed me, I never had any doubts that she would not do well with this new competition, but she looked incredibly strong today for her first time putting all three together. In fact, her run at the end was at a faster pace than any 5k races she has completed. The race is next saturday!

My runs were both around 16-17 minutes, however I did forget my stopwatch. These past two weeks I have been doing the majority of what emaurine has been doing to strengthen my base. After her triathlon next saturday we will begin focusing our workouts more on running to get prepared for the Mankato Marathon in October.