Internal Mono(b)log

Good article on what to choose to rehydrate during and post workouts here.

…I’ve put up a “donation can” to try to raise money to buy a triathlon/time-trial bike. Why? Well, simply because these bikes are engineering marvels, but also marvelously expensive.

I really like the Argon-18 E-114. It’s a beautiful bike, has great aerodynamic characteristics and, above all, fits me well.

I’m looking to sell my scuba gear (regs, tanks, suits, rebreather, etc…), some HAM gear (radio, amp, tuner, power meter) to raise money, but I’m not too proud to take donations too.

Donations can be made on the blog, here. All donor’s names will be painted onto the frame of the bike as thanks for their contribution and as a reminder to me of their part in my triathlon adventures and successes.

Thanks in advance for anything you can do!

Cheers,
Rick…

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• Swam 3780 meters in 1 hour and 25 mins and felt good. The pool was surprisingly busy this morning – and SLOWWWW peop… http://bit.ly/fs9z4r ->
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• Rode 20.75 kilometers in 1 hour and felt great. 1st spin on borrowed liquid trainer (Thanks Ed). Watched Spinervals… http://bit.ly/g0TkOQ ->
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• Week In Review http://bit.ly/g9WeeD ->

Wow, I’m really kinda blown away by this. The unstructured nature of being on vacation from my day job has *really* impacted my training.

Normally I’m up at 5, to the Y by 5:45 for swimming or cardio or weights. Done there by 8:30 and off to work. Bouldering at lunch 4-5 times during the week and climbing 2-3 times either after work or on the weekend.

This week (since Thursday), I’ve been on vacation and I’m finding the lack of overall structure making it very difficult to keep to my normal routine.

Add to that that the Y has closed its main conditioning room for track renos this week, and holiday travel, and it’s being quite a challenge for me.

I’m off until the 1st week in January, so I have a lot of time to sort it out, and I’m sure I will. 🙂

On the plus notes: picked up some new running shoes last week and went for my 1st outdoors run in a long (years) time (4k in 22m – walk and run). Got some running tights and compression tights – compression tights seem to be really cool. Picked up some yurbuds – these are the best earphones EVER: good sound, comfortable, and they don’t fall out even if you shake your head while doing a headstand! Amazing!

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• Swam 4500 yards in 1 hour and 34 mins and felt great. BOOYA! Also shaved 3 minutes off my 3.6km time!!! http://bit.ly/dS67yH ->
• Rode 3 miles in 15 mins and felt good. http://bit.ly/e4SsXM ->
• Did a elliptical workout 3 miles in 30 mins and felt good. http://bit.ly/g3eVG0 ->
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• Did a elliptical workout 5 kilometers and felt good. http://bit.ly/i3TLr4 ->
• Swam 3600 meters in 1 hour and 25 mins and felt great. 10 minutes faster than Monday! http://bit.ly/dP5UiE ->
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Last night, probably due to all the dried apricots and sesame candy I ate during the day, I was still wide awake and wired at 1am(!). Suffice it to say that going to bed post 1am and still trying to get up at 5:15am is difficult 🙂

I did push through though. Huzzah! Swam 3.6km. Turned into a good morning after all 🙂

I’ll sleep well tonight tho 🙂