Another week down

Well, it started snowing today. It never snows here, so that's pretty cool. I was humming and hawing about going out for a ride, but seeing the snow, and realizing that I've never ridden in snow before, motivated me to get outside for a little while at least.

I bundled up as best I could, but after an hour I couldn't feel my feet at all. Actually, thats pretty much all that was cold so I guess my other layers were enough.

Friday I took off because I went for my longest swim yet (1 hr 10mins continuous) and felt pretty wrecked after that. I just had no desire to go out after that so Friday was Christmas shopping and Wii-hunting day (Monday or Tuesday if I really want it).

Hour and 10 minute run on Wednesday was good, but I was pretty sore after it surprisingly. Maybe my body isn't as used to long runs as it was a few months ago?

I've taken some of the seriousness out of my training lately since the cold weather is going to hinder me quite a bit in the coming months. I'm following a more "take it easy and enjoy youself" regimen now, while still trying to follow the exercises I have set in my schedule. I think it will keep me fit and happy until March or so when the real fun can begin.

Long Swim

1 hour of almost non-stop swimming!

Today was a good day. There were one or two down periods during the swim where I thought I was getting too tired to continue, but I wanted to stay in the pool for an hour so I just worked through the shitty time and found that it eventually went away.

Swimming has always been somewhat tough for me mentally. I like it least of the three sports and tend to leave early as soon as I don't feel like going any more. While running and biking, I almost always just work through those down times and come out of them feeling great. I looks like I'll have to start doing that during my swims too.

Ah, the life of an endurance athlete...

November long weekend

No exercise this weekend. 6 month anniversary with the girlfriend, and obviously spending time with her is a lot more fun than pounding out some miles in the cold rain.

Tuesday did a good indoor bike session for 1:30, watching the entire movie Equilibrium. Pretty good workout movie actually. Lots of action and cool music. Ran for 20 mins after. HR was high, but I was feeling light of foot and wanted to go fast for a bit.

Wednesday (today) did a supposed long slow run, but I think I'm getting sick because my chest felt crappy and keeping my HR down was hard at first. I called it quits after about 50 mins. It's hard to do the long runs in the rain because you really aren't going fast enough to truly warm up. It's always just cold...

My baby

I love my Cervelo Dual.

Lighter than my Trek 1200, but with a full Ultegra drivetrain makes it snappy and cool. The yellow colour also makes it go faster (or so I'm told).

Yesterday I got this in the mail:

A brand new Arione Tri saddle.

I've only tried it out for a few minutes, but I can already tell how much more comfortable it is then my stock Cervelo/Selle Italia saddle. Definitely a good purchase. Can't wait to check her out on a long ride!

Gametime (/TheRockfromDoommovie voice)

Training has started up again (finally). Not sure how much fitness has been lost, but swimming still sucks so that will be my big limiter to focus on for the coming months. Something tells me this winter is going to go by pretty fast as my life is in constant motion these days.

In any case, I've decided to separate my training log/diary into two parts, namely a training log (spreadsheet) and a diary (this blog). This way I can document my training online for all to enjoy (all me that is since I don't think anyone knows of this place yet), and I'll have access to it wherever there's internet (everywhere but Siberia, but I think they're getting it on Tuesday).

I'll start next week, with maybe a recap of this week on the weekend.