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Saturday Workout
The wife did a Mother's Day walk with my daughter in the stroller to
fight cancer. Then, after me and the boy cheered her home, I went for a solo run stringing a lot of Duluth Parks together. My house to Chester Bowl, to trails behind St. Scholastica, to Rice Lake Rd, to Hartley Park (and the small bald knob), to Congdon Park (along Tischer Creek) and home. Tired now. |
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Saturday Workout
Eric Shmo Chandler wrote:
The wife did a Mother's Day walk with my daughter in the stroller to fight cancer. Then, after me and the boy cheered her home, I went for a solo run stringing a lot of Duluth Parks together. My house to Chester Bowl, to trails behind St. Scholastica, to Rice Lake Rd, to Hartley Park (and the small bald knob), to Congdon Park (along Tischer Creek) and home. Tired now. Sounds like a great way to spend Saturday - good cause, family, nice day for a run. OK, I'm wrestling with the last part. I've got to get back to the point where going out for a run is fun again. Right now I just suffer. I drove over to Holcombe, WI (south of Ladysmith) and did the Triple-R triathlon yesterday. 5k run, 13.5mi bike, 7mi paddle, in that order, which makes it kinda interesting. I noticed an uptick even from last year in the number of kevlar boats and carbon bicycles, but it's still a pretty low-key event put on by Flater's resort and their softball team. I haven't run much this spring - maybe once a week, and never more than about 2miles. I've been riding more and paddling about the same as last year, and figuring I'll get around to running. So I lined up toward the back and suffered thru the run at a 10min pace. Not disasterous, but slow - I hate spotting the faster folks 8-10 minutes on the first leg. The bike started out with a mile long climb, with dead hamstrings and a high pulse rate. But once I got over the top, I put it in the 12 and rolled it up. The bike leg has about a mile of dirt road, which greatly changes your tire selection. 20mm tires just aren't a good idea. Passed lots of people on the bike, just not quite catching up to the leaders. The bike-to-boat transition went fine, but with water levels down about a foot from last year, I was really glad I was in a solo. I passed two carbon cruisers struggling thru the suck water in the first mile or so of creek, while a C1 just glides over the top. Once on the river, I tried to focus on picking off boats, passing several. I could see another solo ahead, and managed to pick him off just before the finish straight. Boy did I keep looking over my shoulder to make sure he didn't come back! Fun stuff - 1st solo, and I think 5th boat OA. Now if I could just get the running to be more fun. Marsh Jones |
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Marsh Jones wrote in message news
I drove over to Holcombe, WI (south of Ladysmith) and did the Triple-R triathlon yesterday. 5k run, 13.5mi bike, 7mi paddle, in that order, which makes it kinda interesting. I noticed an uptick even from last year in the number of kevlar boats and carbon bicycles, I agree with the number of Carbon bikes increasing at the local events. Seems like everyone is getting in on the act. Trek still has the vast numbers with the 5200, 5500, 5900, Madone etc. The Giant TCR is a real decent value. Carbon is so much lighter than Aluminum or steel. One of my bike buddies has a Carbon Time. It has to be around 16 pounds. It's a bummer chasing him up the hills with such a light bike. 1st solo, and I think 5th boat OA. Now if I could just get the running to be more fun. Fantastic result! It was worth the drive... Jay Tegeder "Keep training, lycra never lies!" JT |
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Jay Tegeder wrote:
Marsh Jones wrote in message news I drove over to Holcombe, WI (south of Ladysmith) and did the Triple-R triathlon yesterday. 5k run, 13.5mi bike, 7mi paddle, in that order, which makes it kinda interesting. I noticed an uptick even from last year in the number of kevlar boats and carbon bicycles, I agree with the number of Carbon bikes increasing at the local events. Seems like everyone is getting in on the act. Trek still has the vast numbers with the 5200, 5500, 5900, Madone etc. The Giant TCR is a real decent value. Carbon is so much lighter than Aluminum or steel. One of my bike buddies has a Carbon Time. It has to be around 16 pounds. It's a bummer chasing him up the hills with such a light bike. I figure before I invest 8 years' worth of skiing in a new bike, I'm better off losing 15 more pounds:-) Since I'm not planning on mass-start racing this year, I can get by on my 15yo Raleigh or my TT bike. Now wheels are another story - sorta like ski poles. I did get a set of Hed H3s for time trials. Worth a couple of mph, easy. Marsh 1st solo, and I think 5th boat OA. Now if I could just get the running to be more fun. Fantastic result! It was worth the drive... Jay Tegeder "Keep training, lycra never lies!" JT |
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Eric Shmo Chandler wrote:
The wife did a Mother's Day walk with my daughter in the stroller to fight cancer. Then, after me and the boy cheered her home, I went for a solo run stringing a lot of Duluth Parks together. My house to Chester Bowl, to trails behind St. Scholastica, to Rice Lake Rd, to Hartley Park (and the small bald knob), to Congdon Park (along Tischer Creek) and home. Tired now. I had my first week of feeling "on track" for my mid-summer goal race (the 50-miler)-- Ran for about 2:20 on flat to rolling trails on the east side of Salt Lake City (the Shoreline trail-- great place for running or mtn biking-- if you're visiting SLC and interested, ask me for details). Discovered that I can go about 2 hours without having to have something more than a little Gu. Meaning, the last 20 minutes were spent longing for the food that was in my car! Next weekend I'm hoping to go for 3 hrs-- with food this time. Sunday, did a mothers' day shamble along the Bear River parkway, while my friend taught his 6-year-old son how to ride a bike. Followed by crawfish-fishin' (bacon on a string). A great weekend all in all- Chris __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover |
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