Archive for January, 2009
End of Week Report [1/19/2009 - 1/25/2009]
Running Swimming Biking Totals Number 6 3 3 12 Total Distance 36.39mi 4,200 meters 53.30 92.30mi Time 5:00:25 1:31:24 2:22:30 8:54:19 Average Pace 8:15 22.4mph A little more running, a little less biking this week. My legs are feeling pretty dull from all the workouts so I might cut back and do only [...]
Maybe Tomorrow…
Yesterday, Kevin came home with a brand-spankin’ new pair of hockey skates. Naturally, that made a trip to the ice rink a forgone conclusion. Enter the Manhattan Park’s ice rink. We went there this morning to skate and discovered a hidden gem. There were a couple families there when we arrived. One family, with a [...]
End of Week Report [1/12/2009 - 1/18/2009]
Running Swimming Biking Totals Number 6 3 3 12 Total Distance 30.74mi 4,844 meters 70.09 103.84mi Time 4:14:33 1:41:55 3:11:31 9:07:59 Average Pace 8:17 22mph This week was a busy week for training. I didn’t have as many miles running, but I made up for it with extra time on the bike in [...]
Race Report: Portland Winter Run
It was single digit temperature with the wind chill below zero for the Portland Winter Run 5k which is pretty much par for the course for this race. I ran it with CJ and her dad again this morning. It is a small run – only about 200 runners – so I did very well [...]
End of Week Report [1/5/2009 - 1/11/2009]
Running Swimming Biking Totals Number 6 3 1 11 Total Distance 37.15mi 4,120 meters 15.55 mi 55.29 mi Time 5:15:12 1:26:27 42.56 7:23:46 Average Pace 8:28 21.7 mph
My New Bike
On Monday, I found myself stuck in Grand Haven while our car was getting repaired. I turned the misfortune into an opportunity by going to Loose Spokes, a small bike shop near Jennie’s work, to see what they had in the way of road bikes. I ended up spending over 2 hours talking to the [...]
Taking On Tutoring
I started tutoring students in math this past week to help out a friend who runs an Oxford Tutoring company. KS lost her original math tutor to a new job a couple weeks ago and was looking for someone to fill the void. I agreed to help out, not fully knowing what I was getting [...]
Winter Blues
Well it seems as though the winter blues must be in full affect. I have had to share lanes in the pool the last 4 visits. I can only guess that everyone is getting restless with the dull Michigan weather we are having. Even my swim today in Grand Haven allowed only half a lane. [...]
End of Week Report [12/29/2008 - 1/4/2009]
I did my first bike ride of the winter using Jennifer’s trainer. Not the same as an outdoor ride, but it felt good to pedal a bit. Running Swimming Biking Totals Number 7 3 1 11 Total Distance 36.67 mi 4,120 meters 17.37 mi 56.59 mi Time 4:51:11 1:24:17 1:09:01 7:24:29 Average Pace 7:56 [...]
What Is That?
I did a long run today and the strangest thing happened. I looked up and the sky was this magnificent blue color from edge to edge. In the middle of this great blue was this strange looking, yellow, orb-like object that appeared as if it were on fire. Anyone know that it was? Someone told [...]
