Yesterday's double ride for work was alot harder on my legs than I figured it would have been. The 52 combined miles were tough with the second ride back home being extremely windy and my speed maxing out to 15 MPH at best. I ended up a good 10 minutes off schedule for my return ride home.
So I've decided to not kill myself for the remaining days that finish off Bike to Work Month and let go of my 500 mile goal. I'll be about 50 miles shy of it at the end of the month, but I'll live with it. :-)
I'm trying to get my head on straight for my crewing work for this weekend at the NB2V run. I wonder if I'll be crewing anyone specific after I swap gear with Thomas so he can take on taking care of Tim the rest of the way? Guess I'll find out!
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Showing posts with label bike to work month. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
SWAG Day (aka Bike to Work Day)
I <3 free shit, I really do.
2 sports bottles
1 clear wide-mouth bottle
4 mini ClifBars (Chocolate Brownie & Oatmeal Raisin Walnut)
1 Baker's Breakfast Cookie (Mocha Cappuccino)
15% off coupon at REI
Free Coffee and Pastries
Free Irish Coffee minus the Coffee (Yeah, dudes had whiskey at one of the commuter stations!)
Free fresh fruit (Grapes, Strawberries, Bananas)
The coolest thing: Operating a bicycle-powered blender to blend up a bunch of coffee smoothies. Would have been even better if I didn't get that brain freeze from the cold smoothie.
Best bike to work day yet! Total cycling miles to work for today: 30!
Now that I did that, lets see how the legs do tomorrow at the Redmond Watershed 12-hour run. :-)
2 sports bottles
1 clear wide-mouth bottle
4 mini ClifBars (Chocolate Brownie & Oatmeal Raisin Walnut)
1 Baker's Breakfast Cookie (Mocha Cappuccino)
15% off coupon at REI
Free Coffee and Pastries
Free Irish Coffee minus the Coffee (Yeah, dudes had whiskey at one of the commuter stations!)
Free fresh fruit (Grapes, Strawberries, Bananas)
The coolest thing: Operating a bicycle-powered blender to blend up a bunch of coffee smoothies. Would have been even better if I didn't get that brain freeze from the cold smoothie.
Best bike to work day yet! Total cycling miles to work for today: 30!
Now that I did that, lets see how the legs do tomorrow at the Redmond Watershed 12-hour run. :-)
Thursday, May 1, 2008
On Your Bike!
Today is the kick-off of Bike To Work Month!
500 miles, here I come!
Today's ride into Seattle from home went very well. I was able to keep up a pretty speedy pace for myself for most of the ride. Took 1 hour, 40 minutes to travel over 24 miles. I think I would have been able to shave it down to 1:30 if it wasn't for some of the traffic lights and rude motorists. But that's Puget Sound drivers for ya.
Got some running miles to do during lunch. Legs feel more springy than loaded up, so cross your fingers that the run goes well.
Edit: Fartlek run - 2.75 miles in 30 minutes on treadmill. Just didn't want to be outside after that long ride from this morning. ^_^
Oh yeah, and I saw this guy on my way to work...
500 miles, here I come!
Today's ride into Seattle from home went very well. I was able to keep up a pretty speedy pace for myself for most of the ride. Took 1 hour, 40 minutes to travel over 24 miles. I think I would have been able to shave it down to 1:30 if it wasn't for some of the traffic lights and rude motorists. But that's Puget Sound drivers for ya.
Got some running miles to do during lunch. Legs feel more springy than loaded up, so cross your fingers that the run goes well.
Edit: Fartlek run - 2.75 miles in 30 minutes on treadmill. Just didn't want to be outside after that long ride from this morning. ^_^
Oh yeah, and I saw this guy on my way to work...
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Goal Revisions
Looking at my previous posts on my 2008 goals and my Mt Si Race Report, I have made some adjustments to what I hope to do for the rest of the year.
First thing, the 2008 miles for 2008 - forget it. I can probably get close or hit 2000+ miles for 2009 or 2010. But I'm not going to kill myself for a mileage goal for the year.
The sub-4 hour (well, the goal to hit close to a 3:30) - I'll just let nature take its course. It's better for me to build a really good base for 2008 that I can take with me into 2009 and beyond.
So far, this is what my training & recovery time has been since Mt Si:
- Week 1 -
Monday (04/14) - Cycled to Kent (~8 mile) in the morning for my commute. Strength training (heavy weights) and core work during lunch.
Tuesday (04/15) - 2 miles on treadmill in 23 min in the morning. 30 minutes of skipping rope during lunch.
Wednesday (04/16) - Repeat of Monday
Thursday (04/17) - Woke up later than expected to do AM workout. Did 32 minutes of cardio on elliptical machine at work during lunch.
Friday (04/18) - Woke up too late to ride to Kent. Strength Training and Core during lunch.
Saturday (04/19) - Rest (did some errands)
Sunday (04/20) - 10 mile long run in 1:45:44 with Balanced Athlete group, did 1 mile hard sprint/tempo run at mile 6.
- Week 2 -
Monday (04/21) - Cycled to Tukwila (~13 mile) in the morning for my commute. Strength training (heavy weights) and core work during lunch.
Tuesday (04/22) - 4.5 mile run in 40:33 during lunch.
The cycling mileage does not take into account the 1.25 mile ride from the King Street train station to my office in the morning, the 1.25 mile return trip, the 2+ mile commute I normally do from the Auburn train station to home and the 2+ mile commute to the Auburn train station when I don't ride to Kent or Tukwila.
This is what my weekly schedule seems to be morphing to:
Monday - AM Cycling, Strength Training & Core during lunch
Tuesday - AM Running and X-Training during lunch, Running during lunch, or X-Training during lunch
Wednesday - Repeat Monday
Thursday - Repeat Tuesday
Friday - Repeat Monday
Saturday - OFF
Sunday - Long Run
Hopefully if the weather can get better in the mornings, some of the cycling days will be replaced with running days...except for the month of May. May is Bike to Work Month and I'm dead set on trying to hit 500+ miles this year in mileage. I was REALLY close in 2006, but got sick the last three days of May and missed my goal by 3 rides. Ain't gonna happen this time!
First thing, the 2008 miles for 2008 - forget it. I can probably get close or hit 2000+ miles for 2009 or 2010. But I'm not going to kill myself for a mileage goal for the year.
The sub-4 hour (well, the goal to hit close to a 3:30) - I'll just let nature take its course. It's better for me to build a really good base for 2008 that I can take with me into 2009 and beyond.
So far, this is what my training & recovery time has been since Mt Si:
- Week 1 -
Monday (04/14) - Cycled to Kent (~8 mile) in the morning for my commute. Strength training (heavy weights) and core work during lunch.
Tuesday (04/15) - 2 miles on treadmill in 23 min in the morning. 30 minutes of skipping rope during lunch.
Wednesday (04/16) - Repeat of Monday
Thursday (04/17) - Woke up later than expected to do AM workout. Did 32 minutes of cardio on elliptical machine at work during lunch.
Friday (04/18) - Woke up too late to ride to Kent. Strength Training and Core during lunch.
Saturday (04/19) - Rest (did some errands)
Sunday (04/20) - 10 mile long run in 1:45:44 with Balanced Athlete group, did 1 mile hard sprint/tempo run at mile 6.
- Week 2 -
Monday (04/21) - Cycled to Tukwila (~13 mile) in the morning for my commute. Strength training (heavy weights) and core work during lunch.
Tuesday (04/22) - 4.5 mile run in 40:33 during lunch.
The cycling mileage does not take into account the 1.25 mile ride from the King Street train station to my office in the morning, the 1.25 mile return trip, the 2+ mile commute I normally do from the Auburn train station to home and the 2+ mile commute to the Auburn train station when I don't ride to Kent or Tukwila.
This is what my weekly schedule seems to be morphing to:
Monday - AM Cycling, Strength Training & Core during lunch
Tuesday - AM Running and X-Training during lunch, Running during lunch, or X-Training during lunch
Wednesday - Repeat Monday
Thursday - Repeat Tuesday
Friday - Repeat Monday
Saturday - OFF
Sunday - Long Run
Hopefully if the weather can get better in the mornings, some of the cycling days will be replaced with running days...except for the month of May. May is Bike to Work Month and I'm dead set on trying to hit 500+ miles this year in mileage. I was REALLY close in 2006, but got sick the last three days of May and missed my goal by 3 rides. Ain't gonna happen this time!
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