Obligatory Updates
I haven’t posted in a few days. It’s been go go go here the past few days and with work having me in front of the computer all day, I haven’t had much motivation to come home and sit in front of it some more. I suppose some updates are in order, though.
I ran almost 20 miles last week. I’ve been trying to run hard. I wouldn’t call my runs threshold runs, but they’re definitely harder than “steady”. A couple of weeks ago, I had a good run at just over 9 minute pace and I’ve been slowly but surely dropping my pace. Today, I managed my 6.5 mile route at 8:32 pace and 160 avg. HR which I’m happy with. The HR is still high, but I’m sure that’ll come with time (and when I start dropping weight). I should probably start throwing in some long, slow stuff in my routine pretty soon.
I went to my first official tri club event this past Sunday. It was a group spinning session and the infamous Trimama was there (neither of us had a camera though, so sorry… no pictures). To you folks doing Florida, you had better get your tails in gear or at least make sure you come up with something to tell Trimama as she passes by you on the bike. She’s in great form, especially considering it’s only February! If you can’t tell from her blog, she’s such a ball of positive energy.
The rest of my weekend was spent hanging out with friends and doing final registering for my upcoming wedding. The whole process of registering just reiterates the fact that I really hate shopping. Even more so when I’m shopping for stuff that I really don’t even care about. Cookware, linens, towels… I suppose they’re all necessities, but they just don’t do anything for me. Now if I could register for plasma TVs, bike gear, and other geeky toys… now that would be something.
I’ll be in California this coming weekend. Finally, a chance to thaw if just for a couple of days and to, of course, have some In-N-Out Burger. Mmmmm!
Finally, I have an announcement to make, but since a few of you all have done this to me in the past, I’m going to follow suit and make you wait! Not too long… maybe tomorrow. ;)