I did do my first hosted ride Saturday - two ladies training for their first MS150 showed up and we had a pretty good 30 mile ride. I ran 1.5 miles on the trail in the park afterward.

Sunday I should have done the long supported run with TxI, but I again suffered from the dreaded insomnia! dammit! and I never felt good the rest of the day to try ( Read more... )

so tomorrow I get to have my very first Austin Cycling Association hosted ride. It'll probably not be ideal weather. The idea behind hosted rides is that many people (me included) express the dismay that you have to load your bike in the car, drive some distance/time and then ride your bike for a while. My policy has been "if I gotta drive farther ( Read more... )

Finally got around to writing the

( RunTex 20 Miler Race Report )

Finally got a chance to view the video of the 20 miler on Sunday. The Good: I know those roads like the back of my hand. The Bad: the reason is because I've been RIDING MY BIKE out there.. (not running). Oh well, it's better than not knowing, I guess ( Read more... )

December totals were pretty abysmal, bike 36 miles, run 55.35 miles.
2008 totals: Bike 86 hours (1416 miles), Run 74 hours (355.5 miles), swim 22 hours (39470 yd). There were a few hours of elliptical and core training also due to not being able to run for the first few months.
I guess the "good" is that I can say I did an average of at least 30 ( Read more... )

I SHOULD be working on my self-assessment for Dell but technically we're on vacation. I hate creating LIWF anyway. My right knee decided to start acting up again. Dammit. I missed the Dec17 women's group workout (my digestive tract had been actingup all day), then I missed the long Sunday run because I think I caught whatever my coworker had (he ( Read more... )

sure is wonderfully gloomy! I was wondering why I couldn't get anyone from Intel to call me or even email me when I mentioned, "well, maybe they don't have any power".. and sure enuff a quick search of Oregon news said they're having a heck of a winter storm right now and lots of places are without power..

But on a happier note, Happy Birthday tripam !! ( Read more... )

Decker 2008 - the perfect weather DC...
( Decker Week )

I had the best of intentions. I really planned to follow the prescribed workout schedule. But with my colleague out and me taking VUTO next week, I didn't do the Tuesday workout and my Wed workout did not follow the 'plan'. I did, however, go on a 24 mile bike ride Wednesday after work. I couldn't convince anybody to join me, but off I went to ( Read more... )

well, I never would have believed it a year ago with my knee problems and such but I am actually on the path to train for the marathon in February. I won't be fast, but I hope to finish ( Read more... )