Rollin' THUNDER

51.66 miles in 3 hours on stationary bike at gym. 17.22 MPH. This was a long time to sit, and my butt is sore.

28.34 miles on stationary bike. My butt wasn't as sore as I expected after yesterday's 3 hour ride. I did today's ride in 1:46, an average of 16.04 MPH. My butt wasn't sore, but my energy levels were really lacking about an hour in. 

I sure hope my foot heals soon, because this bike riding business is BORING. I am thinking of adding some swimming in next week, but I am a horrible swimmer.

33 miles on stationary bike. Felt a lot better today than I did on Saturday. My foot feels a little better today. I have done 112 mile in 3 days, and now am going to start swimming. Hopefully by the time my swimming is done, I can feel good about my foot to start running.

Swam 1.39 miles today. My foot is starting to feel better.

Swam 1.5 miles today. My foot feels way better today than it did just a couple of days ago.

Didn't count total laps today, but I would guess I swam about 1.5 miles. My foot feels like its about 98%, I keep contemplating running sooner than the 2 weeks rest, but I know I probably shouldn't.

went swimming. I only lasted about an hour in the pool because my goggles kept on leaking on the right side. I had to stop every 1-2 laps and let the water out, and I got frustrated.

30 miles on bike at gold's gym in layton.

36 miles on bike. I felt great today and was able to keep my heart rate at an average of 157 bpm. It felt good.

My foot feels a lot better today than yesterday, and yesterday it felt about 98%. I would say I am getting close to being able to run again, but I probably won't until next Monday just to make sure.

1 hour swim. I think I have figured out how to make my goggles water tight, that makes a huge difference. After a bit of a warm up I was able to swim 13 laps without a stop for rest or to fix my goggles. I am getting better. My foot feels good today so far.

30 miles on stationary bike at the gym. I felt good during this ride. Somebody was using the bike I normally use, so I had to use a different kind. I liked it a lot. I did the 30 miles in 95 minutes.

My foot feels about 98-99%, but I am not going to run until next Monday and hope it gets to 100% and feels that way for a couple of days before I run on it.

Avg HR 153

Max HR 178

25 miles on stationary bike, I was feeling really lazy today.

Max HR 138

Avg HR 120

62.5 miles on stationary bike. I felt good the whole time and felt like I could go a lot farther. I didn't really push myself because I knew I was going for 3 hours, so my HR wasn't incredibly high.

Max HR 175

Avg HR 148

1 hour of swimming. I did about 5 laps, then took a minute or so break. This was a good swim, and I feel like I am getting better at it.

First run in almost 3 weeks, I felt a little rusty and stiff, but it felt good to be running again. My foot felt good for the most part. Sometimes when I would run against traffic it felt a little uncomfortable, but not too bad. I did switch sides when I felt discomfort.

My HR monitor was acting dumb, .1 miles after I started it said my HR was 185. I have never seen it at 185.It says my Max was 203 (and I would have died), and the average was 160. Obviously those numbers cant be trusted. After about 7 minutes it started to read correctly around 140 BPM.

8 miles at 7:30 at night. I was trying to go slower than I actually was, but couldn't slow down. I felt like I was laboring the whole the time, which wasn't a good feeling. I had to stop at mile 7.15 and knock on three doors until somebody let me use their toilet. I am so grateful that someone let a sweaty stranger in their house to poop in their toilet.

Avg HR 164

Max HR 174

HR was a little higher than normal, and it has been high all day but I have no idea why.

Avg mile was 7:35

10.2 miles, I started a little after 9:00 pm. I was a little nervous about running at night again because of what happened yesterday, but luckily no gastro issues tonight. About 10 seconds into my run my lower back felt a little sore, but it went away within half a mile. My legs are incredibly sore, they feel more sore than after racing a half marathon, so I think I am going to swim tomorrow morning instead of running to try and give my legs a chance to recover. Maybe I will feel great in the morning and be ready to run. Other than being sore, this run went well. 

Mile 1 7.32

Mile 2 7.41

Mile 3 7.39

Mile 4 7.47

Mile 5 7.50

Mile 6 7.59

Mile 7 7.53

Mile 8 7.52

Mile 9 7.50

Mile 10 7.55

Mile 10.2 1.45

Total 1.19.44

Avg 7.49

Max HR173

Avg HR 159

9.8 miles at 12:15 pm. It was about 73-75 degrees, and way too hot. This was probably the worst run I have ever had. I kept thinking that I just wanted to take a shortcut and head straight home rather than finishing all 9.8 planned miles.

Again my back was hurting, my legs are super sore, and it was hot. I really need to start going to bed earlier so I can get up and run in the mornings.

For some reason my HR has been through the roof lately, maybe it has to do with the time of day I have been going running.

Mile 1 7.43

Mile 2 7.53

Mile 3 7.52

Mile 4 7.43

Mile 5 7.53

Mile 6 8.03

Mile 7 7.53

Mile 8 8.07

Mile 9 8.01

9.8      6.52

Total 1.17.59

Avg 7.58

Max HR 181

Avg HR 169

7 miles on treadmill at 3:00 pm. I haven't felt good the last few runs, and didn't want to go in the heat of the day, so I went to the gym. I couldn't run this morning because I had to wake up at 5 and finish a paper, then I didn't get done with school until 2:45, and had to be somewhere from 4;45 to 9;00. 

This was probably the best run of the week so far. I didn't feel overly tired (besides the normal treadmill sluggish feeling), and I averaged 7:46 minute miles, which is pretty good for me on a treadmill.

Mile 1 7.50

Mile 2 7.50

Mile 3 7.43

Mile 4 7.53

Mile 5 7.50

Mile 6 7.35

Mile 7 7.37

Total 54.20

Max HR 174

Avg HR 155

12 miles at 6:30 am. I took about an hour to get out the door because I woke up with a way dry mouth and I was very sore. So I drank some diluted Gatorade to help with the dry mouth.

This was a good run, I didnt feel like I was going too hard, but for some reason my quads have just been sore and painful all week. My back didn't hurt today, which was the first time all week. 

Avg 7:45

Max HR 169

Avg HR 155

6 miles at night. Really uneventful run, not much to say.

4 miles at night. I am feeling very lazy this week, which is not good. 

16 miles at noon. It was about 63 degrees when I left, and about 70 when I got back 2 hours later. It felt great when I left, but was too warm when I got home.

I didn't know how many miles I was going to do when I started, but I knew it would be at least 13. I thought if I am going to go out 6.5, I might as well go out 7. If I am going to go out 7, I might as well go out 7.5. And if I am going to go out 7.5, I might as well go out 8. I didn't want to do anymore, because I dont want to push myself too much and get hurt again.

I felt good for most of this run. For some reason my right nostril was bleeding for most of the time, but I only noticed it when I would fire a rocket or wipe it. I had plenty of energy, and if it didnt get too warm I feel like I could have gone a lot further. I wasn't trying to go very fast, but about 7:30's felt really comfortable, which is about 15-20 seconds faster than what usually feels easy.

Total time 2:01:28

Avg Pace 7:36

Max HR 177

Avg HR 162

10 miles with Crystal at 5:15 am. I am glad I went with Crystal today, my right knee feels a little sore from yesterdays run, so it was good to slow down a little bit. Crystal did really good. I am impressed that she just keeps moving forward despite knee and stomach pains.

This was a long run for her, so we were taking it nice and easy.

Avg 10:52

Max HR 159

Avg HR 114

This was about a minute slower per mile than she did her 10 miles a few weeks ago, but her knee was bothering her more during this run. She did great.

 12 miles at 10:20 in the afternoon. My third class was canceled, and I have about an hour break before my fourth class, so I got my run in.

On Wednesday I had a hard time slowing down, so today I started out thinking of trying to hit about 8 minutes miles. I averaged 7:46's, but thats about 10 seconds slower than Wednesdays run. I wanted to go slower today because I am doing a tnirps (backwards sprint) tri tomorrow.

This run went well, I was pleased with my time. I felt good the whole time, and could have done more.

Total 1:33:06

Avg 7:46

Max HR 177

Avg HR 158

Today I did my first triathlon. It was a reverse tri. Started out with 3.1 mile run, then 12 mile bike, and finished with a 600 yard swim. There were 4 heats, and about 15 people in my heat. I took 3rd in my heat, and don't know what place overall. But I wasn't racing anyone, I was just trying to enjoy my first triathlon.

The run had a good sized hill about half way. I finished the run in first, by about 20 seconds. The biking portion was on stationary bikes. I thought the bikes were calibrated for resistance-miles, but I learned at about mile 6 that it was just revolutions. I then released all the tension and tried to pedal as fast as I could. The first 6 miles really killed my time. I took a GU and some gatorade on the bikes. I was fourth coming off of the bikes. I am not a strong swimmer, but I had a few weeks of practicing a little while ago. I finished 3rd in my heat with a time of 59:16. It was a lot of fun, and I am positive it won't be my last triathlon.