Still runnin'

"Our greatest joy-and our greatest pain comes in our relationships with others."

Pic was from 2 weekends ago while in Las Vegas at my buddies bachelor party, good times.

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Finally starting to get fully settled in. Work is slow, but expected. My learning curve will hopefully be steep. Working with kids is great! I am looking forward to it. I was finally credentialed to work in the operating room which is something I really enjoy doing. Looking forward to that as much as anything.

(Kevin Everett crossing the finish line)
Last weekend, I had the opportunity to be a spectator at the Spring Sprint Triathlon, it was out my back door. Interesting format, they swim in the pool on Friday. Then, on Saturday, the bike and run take place. Everyone is lined up in the order of their swim finish time and then they release you into the transition area based on the split differences between each person. For example, swimmer A swam in 4:32 and swimmer B swan in 4:37. On Saturday, he would leave 5 seconds behind swimmer A and so on. So needless to say, made it quite interesting. I tell ya, not sure if I would want to do this format, it is almost more “balls to the wall” than a traditional sprint. Here you have time to rest and there is no holding back, you only have to bike/run. All in all, it was great fun to spectate a triathlon as always. I always tell myself I should be a spectator more often, tons of fun to watch.

I rode the Boise 70.3 bike course the day after the sprint tri. Tell you what, that is a challenging course. The winds are impressive and can really get to your head if you let them. Tons of head winds, but has some fast sections as well.

My training has been steady and consistent. I am definitely feeling much better on the run, but still slow. I have been able to throw in a few longer runs. My avg HR for my first 9 runs was 158bpm. My HR has dropped to an average of 153 over the last 10 runs with the same perceived exertion.
Run//Time//Avg HR//Distance (miles)
10//45:06 //159//4.9
11//45:37//forgot Strap//5.3
12//45:49//166//5.5
13//1:49:24//161//12.6
14//45:03//144//4.22
15//56:16//137//5.1
16//45:08//150//4.9
17//1:15:00//152//7.66
18//38:48//150//5
19//1:22:04//159//9.43
I have really haven’t picked up my swim training yet, just haven’t gotten myself out of bed in the mornings. Have started biking a few times per week. Mostly trainer rides with something longer on the weekends. No plans for racing yet, we’ll just see. I am sure at some point this summer I will be coerced into racing.
Back at it,
J

First 9 Runs in 10 days

("Fist-bump" after a run with Frank Shorter)

"Good things come slow - especially in distance running."

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So here are my first 9 runs. I am 2 runs down on my goal of 60-45 min runs in 60 days. In a couple of weeks, I will add 2-a-days and catch back up. Half of these runs have been on a treadmill, I hate running in cold weather. I would have ran everyday, but this past weekend I headed to Las Vegas for my buddies bachelor party. Needless to say, I didn't run on Saturday AM. I somehow managed a 30min run on Sunday AM before my flight out.

Note: The mileage and average pace are a little goofy. I am using a Garmin watch and sometimes is seems not to recore the proper miles. At this time, HR and time are most important. Distance and pace will come later.

Run//Time//Avg HR//Distance (miles)//Avg pace ===================================

1//45:46//163//4.81//9:30

2//46:13//162//5.13//9:00

3//45:05//163//4.89//9:13

4//45:03//159//4.89//9:13

5//45:12//151//4.89//9:13

6//32:02//157//3.92//8:10

7//45:01//150//4.55//9:53

8//45:05//146//4.89//9:13

9//45:09//170//5.3//8:31

Runnin',

J