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Monday, 8 August 2005
ibrahim ferrer died today
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Posted by anteojos
at 8:30 PM CDT
Sunday, 24 July 2005
bummer
1st Sprint triathlon attempt for the year failed, bike busted Harbor Lights Triathlon, Waukeegan Illinois reuters 24-July-05 1. arrived on time 2. got everything prepped 3. spent about 20 frightening minutes in the murky water, therefore completing the swim 4. in and out of transition 5. and half way through the 1st loop of the tri... my tire got caught in a crevise at full speed. I'm okay, but the bike isn't. brand new bike will need a new front tire. :-( total total bummer. Really mad, angry. Front wheel totally bent. 1/2 way through the race. coudln't even run the bike in cuz it wouldn't go.... Spent the rest of the race fixing others' flats and spreading out my cache of tupe fixin' supplies. Mad to the tears. But heck, I can now get a tire off with 3 house keys. Yay. well... bummer. and then, I swear, a killer bee landed on my arm. Earlier, different bee brought down another rider. Yuck.
Posted by anteojos
at 3:43 PM CDT
Monday, 18 July 2005
trilific
okay, today was the 5th session with Bob, my personal trainer. I can't type, and my arms are going to fall off. less then 60 days now to the 1/2 ironman. every minute counts.
Posted by anteojos
at 7:06 AM CDT
Monday, 11 July 2005
tick tock tick tock tick tock
Friday - 11pm found Ben and I at the emergency room with the Dog, who ate the "ant plant", roots and all. We were there till 5 am and had to come back later to pick her up... means i missed my workouts saturday which was brutal. So I made up for it yesterday, big time. activity with hours Bike= 2:20; Swim=1.5 move=5 yesterday I burned these caloriES: 1215 swimming; 2268 biking; 2268 moving. 189 driving. And this doesn't count whatever else I did... 5940. Lance burns 6500 calories every day during most stages of tour de france. If I count all the other stuff I did yesterday, like the little stuff... I'd be doing what lance is doing. The bad thing is that I had a sandwitch and a fruit cup, cookie, and a malt, and a snack bar. And that was all I ate yesterday. that means that...I ate about 1000 cal yesterday and am about -5000 for the day. That means if I weigh myself right now, I've probably lost 3-5 lbs. Would be interesting to see what I actually weigh right now. Must get more flexibe, stroner, and leaner by the first tri; must blow myself out of the water for the last. Helped Shailah with her resume Fri. She was sick. Hope I don't get sick. Can't afford to get sick. Finished moving into Ben's place this weekend, so now will have more time and can focus on the tri stuff. Today my personal trainer said that he can begin to see the definition on my chest. I dunno how attractive that is in a girl. Ben is drinking 2 protein shakes a day and is bothered by the fact that my arms are getting to be about as big as his. He is aksing me and the trainer how much I'm bench pressing. I told the trainer not to tell him but the trainer loves it - he said "You should have seen Ben's workout on Friday" - he needs the push and the slight competition is giving him that extra push. I dunno why Ben's so obsessed with it, he can bench at least a 150 more then I can!
Posted by anteojos
at 10:58 AM CDT
Wednesday, 6 July 2005
time to obsessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
okay... for the harbor lights tri, the distances aRE: -800 meter swim -13.2 mile bike -4.0 mile run I think I will speND: -20 minutes on the swim. Based on swimming at a rate of 2:20 each 100 + time for rest or whatever happens in the beginning... -44 minutes on the bike, based on 18 MPH average. If I go harder, it'll make the rest of the race so much easier. -40 minutes on the run, assuming I can maintain a 10 minute mile after all that other excersize. -10 minutes in transition.
Posted by anteojos
at 11:01 AM CDT
Sunday, 3 July 2005
spluuuurge
Topic: On the way to Triathlon okay! I did it! I can't believe it! I finally got it! It cost more then my first car! I now have a brand new, shiny, black and blue Treck 5000!!!!!!!!! With a normal helmet, and even some normal bike clothes! For all of you who don't read "geek" - this is a brand spanking new bike. So if anyone wants a nice red Marathon Raleigh road bike, with kick stand, lock, water bottle, and pump, let me know! It fits Heights 5'3 to 5'4 womens.
Posted by anteojos
at 12:01 AM CDT
Updated: Tuesday, 5 July 2005 8:49 AM CDT
tri-al
Now Playing: sad sad violins who came up with this torture? 18 100s with decreasing intervals - that was the main set of our swim workout today. WTF!!!! My arms are going to fall off. It looks like this: Friday - swam a 1/2 mile on my own Sat - swam almost a mile in the lake sun - 18 x 100 mon - training with Bob. I love Bob! He's like the coolest personal trainer ever! He makes it huuurt. I think I was lifting 50 lb weights today. That's not bad for 3 weeks. Turns out I'm much weaker then I thought, and I already see a difference with my 3 sports from the extra calisthenics training. Go Bob! I made Bob a fitness goals list. He's working on my being able to do a pullup. By the end of the year.
Posted by anteojos
at 12:01 AM CDT
Saturday, 2 July 2005
swimmin
today was my first time swimming in the lake. the temperature was about 60 degrees in the water, 72 in the air, and we did about .8 of a mile. Boy do my arms hurt. wetsuit is a lot harder on the arms. I took a lot of breaks, but probably strung together several 75/100/50 yards. Swam past some baby ducks with their mum. Coach says regarding organic debree in the Lake Michigan WatER: just tell yourself, even if it has gills or feathers, it's still a piece of wood. 70 days till the 1/2 ironman. every workout counts. every workout counts.
Posted by anteojos
at 1:21 PM CDT
my life
Now Playing: sad sad violins Topic: on the way to... marriage poor me. my life right now is: 1/2 ironman training sleep eat take care of pets work drive to and from the various activities plan wedding house hunting/moving yeah... that's about it. It leaves ne with about 1-2 waking hours of free time... and that's going on 6 hours of sleep max... Heeeeelp! It'll be like this until after october 9th... possibly longer.
Posted by anteojos
at 12:01 AM CDT
Wednesday, 22 June 2005
what happened?
i am trying to eat less... so that i get as lean as possible for the tri. Then how do things like that happen? I run out to grab breakfast, looking for a yogurt parfait. I come back with a strawberry filled dunkin donuts croissant. What happened? The worst paRT: I ate the croissant. Gross!
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