In San Diego

got up around 3:30 am and finished packing for my 7am flight. Virgin America is interesting.. they show TV, videos etc while in flight.

Hurt my neck trying to read on the flight. Happens all the time, really I need to do more to fix it. I left my cell phone at the rental car place and didn't realise it until I was 40 minutes away. So I drove back and got it eating up 1:30 of chill time.

I put on my wetsuit and swam in the ocean for about 8 minutes.. I couldn't make myself stay in longer. Swimming with ocean waves is interesting. It's not like swimming in the bay even with rough waves. Mostly in the bay waves mean vertical motion. At the beach I had to keep an eye on the waves to avoid getting water shoved into my mouth. Also the big waves tended to turn me side to side as well as up and down. I can't say I liked it.

I spent way too much time on my feet at the expo. My legs felt tired. I bought some of those fancy compression socks, met people from slotwitch, saw Heather Fuhr and other pros, and picked my bike up from Tri Bike Transport. At 6:30 I have dinner with some GGTC people.

Oh I should have mentioned it first but I skinned my big toe on Wednesday. I've covered it with liquid bandage but every step in my running shoes hurts! I'm hoping the endorphins kick in and make me forget the pain during the run... I fully expect my foot to be a bloody mess by the end of the day. I plan on ignoring it.

2008-03-28 Tapering

So I'm tapering for my next race, Ironman California 70.3. It'll be my first race of the year.

We start in oceanside California. 1.2 mile open water swim in a harbor on the ocean. 56 miles on the bike, 13.2 mile run. I have no idea how I'll do. Last race I placed 122 out of142 in my age groups so I was very much back of pack. I think I beat my previous rank by a solid margin.


I've shipped my bike down to Oceanside. I'll soon ship myself down there. Looking forward to seeing San Diego but the water is expected to be cold.

2008-03-23

1:15 run in Golden Gate park. I saw a couple lakes I had not noticed before. Golden Gate park is a wonderful place to run.

2008-03-22

1 hour, 24 minutes on Canada Rd.

Took the day off from work, but my new camera was shipped there.. so I had to go in to pick it up. Afterwards I drove over to Canada Rd and ran 1:24. It was a very easy pace out, I picked it up coming back but my shoulder started hurting and I went back to an easy pace. I'm really bummed that my running isn't very strong this year. Other people who've known me say my running is stronger now than ever.. but I don't see any evidance. Easy runs are pretty hard for me and hard runs are non-existant.

Jumper

Saw Jumper last night with Eileen. Jumper is an OK movie, no major complaints.. but it felt very manufactured, like your typical big budget movie.
Afterwards we ate at the Thirsty Bear.. Fish cheeks and fried potatoes, yum.

Before the movie I was exhausted from my bike ride. I showed up late for the GGTC ride, so maybe I pushed a little harder than usual to catch them. Joehleen, Alan, and some other caught up to me and passed me, I followed them on for about half of the ride, then I headed back pretty much the way I came. I only needed a 2 1/2 hour ride and I think they were going for 60 miles. I followed it up with a short run and saw Rob as I was heading back in. Ate a little bit showered and headed over Eileens. I was completely zapped of energy... was it that I ridding too hard? At the movie I got popcorn and a a hot dog and wolfed them both down in about 5 minutes... I guess I was hungr. no wonder I didn't have enough energy, I hadn't eaten enough.