The last few days have been rough, as I've had a cold in full swing. I skipped my Wed & Thu morning runs as I was in a NyQuil coma both mornings. But today I was feeling better in the morning and decided to run at lunch. Nice, short 5K. I did want to push the pace, but otherwise it was a normal run. It was 20 degrees out, but with the wind chill it felt like 9 degrees. Two shirts, jacket, 2 pairs of pants, beanie, and gloves and I was off. I could not find my GPS watch, so I used my Timex stopwatch. The route is 3.16 miles most of the time with the GPS, so I just worried about time and went on run "feel" and not trying to hold a certain pace.
I ran the first half mile in 4 minutes, or 8:00m/m. I got to the halfway point in 14 minutes, so I was moving pretty good. I felt the pain in my side go from zero to daggers in about 0.25 miles. At 2.25 miles I had to walk for about two minutes. I finished the run in 31:01.29, including my walk. Not bad, as this is my 7th fastest time on the route WITH walking. Without the extra 2 minutes I was near a PR, but 2nd overall on times for this route. The cramps were my fault. I was drinking diet soda all morning and eating cookies, just being a fat slob. I didn't know I was going to run at lunch until around 11am, and all the water I drank wasn't enough to get in my system fast enough. My afternoon snack is a bag of grapes. I should have had them this morning!
I'll be playing racquetball tonight for an hour with a co-worker. Should be fun, though I'm awful. This will be my second time playing. Tomorrow is a run-free day, and I'm sure I'll head to the pool for some laps. I will probably get a lap counter with timer soon so I can forget about keeping track of laps and just focus on swim technique. Since my 100 lap swim Tuesday, I can't wait to get back in the water.
UPDATE: I got destroyed at racquetball. He beat me 5 games in a row (we played 5 games), two games he skunked me. I think I scored 10 points total over the 5 games.
At this point, I feel of the three triathlon disciplines that my bike is probably the weakest. Once it warms up I will be sure to get out and bike a lot for a few months so I can try to hang with the big boys during races. I'm usually one of the better riders at races, but as you may know by now, that isn't where I want to be. I want to "destroy" people on the bike. Probably because my run speed is so "average", the bike is the only discipline I can use my size and weight to my advantage. It's too soon to tell if my swim is good/bad/avg. I'll assume it's bad now and I'll work toward average. But I want the bike to be solid as it's the biggest chunk of time in all of my races. Plus, I'm a speed freak, and would love to average 22-24 MPH at these races (I was around 20 MPH at the last race in October 2012 - I even crashed once).
I found this video last night and watched it several times. It is making fun of people like me, and they really nailed it. Hilarious video. I like his HTFU/Ramones t-shirt, if anyone needs gift ideas for me... :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KTEgLKhjIw
I'm terrible at racquetball, but I love it.
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