I ran out of donuts...........

Well, I had to walk away from the challenge. It was too much on my body.

Oh yeah, and the donuts have all been consumed........

Happy Holidays!

Donut Fight?

10,000m in 47:57.9 (2:23.9/500m)

It was harder today. My body is tired and I need to rest. At about 5000m my back was hurting which doesn't normally happen until about 8000m. I got through it but it wasn't fun.

As I was hurting with 5000m to go, I kept thinking about the fact that when I reach 100,000m I will only raise $2.00! for the charity of my choice. What can Conservation International really do with $2.00? But rowing was better than eating my way through a box of donuts Jessica brought over. Thanks Jess! I burned 550 calories today rowing instead of eating 300-600 calories in donuts. The box is amazingly still unopened.......................

making the push

1000m
1:00 break
5000m
2:00 break
3500m
2:00 break
3500m

13,000m total all nice and easy

Getting High on Saturday Morning

10,000m row 43:59.0 (2:11.9/500m)

4:00+ minute improvement!

with about 600m left to row I actually said out loud, "break 44:00, just hang on" and then a few meters later my entire body started tingling. Rowing High!

If I can break 100,000 meters by midnight xmas eve, my meters will raise money for the Holiday Challenge. Its going to be rough!

Thursday

10,000m row in 48:12.6 (2:24.6/500m)

an improvement of about 1:30 since the last 10,000m row I did!

Tuesday Night Row

10:00 warm up

6 x 350m(2:10/500m) RI '20

2:00 break w/ stretching

6 x 350m(2:10/500m) RI'20

5:00 cool down

Blizzard Ride

I commuted to LTHS South tonight to go coach via the Moots and Schwalbe Marathon Winter tires. It was about 5 miles total but felt like 15.

It was a constant fishtail that was relatively under control......I never crashed, but felt extremely squirrely when I got stuck in ruts in the road. Riding on fresh snow with a layer of ice underneath was totally fine in areas that were not plowed.

I did have a few mechanical problems to note. My rear derailer actually froze and I couldn't shift. I'm not sure if it was the actual derailer or if it was that the cable froze inside the housing. The other problem I had was with my braking. When I could brake, the spikes in my tires would drag and actually had great traction. The problem was that the rims were getting ice on they making my braking pretty poor at times. Disc brakes would have been nice!


I actually passed 2 cars because they were going so slow! They had some interesting looks on their faces for sure.

Great quick adventure!

A Return

10,000m row 49:46.3

Could be a great day in Chicago

Today, a group of surfer's are meeting with the Chicago Park District to attempt to lift the ban on surfing in Chicago. While conditions here may not be as great as coastal regions, it would certainly give me a reason to get excited!

http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/1319220,CST-NWS-surf08.article

I ditched

I couldn't bring myself to go to swim practice. I came real close, but I am really just not interested in spending anymore time at the pool than I already do. So I did this instead:

2000m row
3 x 10 push ups
3 x 20 crunches

Wednesday

Row:

7:00 warm up

5@350m
sub 2:10/500m pace
:20 RI

5:00 cool down

Bemis on spiked tires

I went on a 30 minute ride through parts of Bemis today. The trail was a mixture of about 2" of snow and ice. I had 35mm Schwalbe Marathon Winter tires on the Moots and they are pretty grippy. I can turn pretty close to normal on ice. The ride was pretty tiring, kinda like riding in mud, but it was a lot of fun.

Monday

Row:

7:00 warm up

5@350m
sub 2:10/500m pace
:20 RI

5:00 cool down

1st Interval Row

Row:

7:00 warm up

5@350m
sub 2:10/500m pace
:20 RI

5:00 cool down

Saturday

2000m row

Pre Turkey Workout

10 minute bike trainer
30 pushups
40 medicine ball twists w/ partner
2000m row

A new way

1000m test row on our new rowing machine

swim practice

200 free
200 back
200 free

200 back
100 free drill
200 free
100 back drill
100 free kick

24 x 50 free on :50
every 4th all out

8 x 25 fly/free on :30

100 cool down

2800 yards

Clydesdale Status

208 lbs

500 warm up
8x50 scull/free on 1:00

10x
100 IM on 1:45
50 free on 1:00

4x50 bk on 1:00
100 easy

2700 yards

The Fight Continues................

Tuesday:

500 swim
5x100 drill on 1:45

500 on 7:00
5x100 on 1:20
500 on 6:45
8x50 on 1:00 build each 50

100 cool down
3000 yards

Wednesday:
40 minutes fluid trainer