Saturday's Brick

Did a ride with Nora and Katy:



and then did a run with Katy right after:

Lunch Time Run

Good run today with TBM!

I have also resolved a problem I was having uploading pictures by taking a screen shot and saving it in a .png format:

To capture a portion of the desktop, press Command-Shift-4. A cross-hair cursor will appear and you can click and drag to select the area you wish to capture. When you release the mouse button, the screen shot will be automatically saved as a PNG file on your desktop.

Saturday

I went to morning practice today but was disappointed to have to swim in a shortened pool with a less than ideal main set. I did the warm up and that was about it. So after working most of the day I snuck in a 2 mile run with Katy before we have to get ready for our evening of fun.

Thursday's Ride

LGP to Oak Park to LGP

16.11 miles

Team Red vball debut

1-0 !!

In it to win it, baby!

Run 15

Today's lunch run was my 15th run of the year.

2.49 miles
22:05 (11:20out/11:05back)
8:52 avg pace

Tuesday

3000m Row
20 push ups
20 situps
20 leg lifts

Weekend Activity

I ran in the LGP Run for the Roses 5K on Saturday AM. The results have not yet been posted. Then on Sunday, Katy and I rode from the LGP to Navy Pier for the green festival. From there we rode to Logan Square for Brunch and then headed home. I am guessing it was about 30 miles total of biking. After we got home we had vball practice for about 1.5 hours.

On Monday I ran 2.5 miles with TBM at lunch time.

Surfing Update

Looks like we might be needing to buy a surf board soon!

Surfing in Chicago

Bike/Swim

Katy and I did a 12 mile ride to the zoo and back and then went to swim practice:

500 free
6x50's on 1:00
d/s 2fly/2back/2breast

400 free
20sec
4x100 pull on 1:40
300 free
20sec
3x100 kick on 2:00
200 free
20 sec
2x100 IM on 1:40
100 free
20 sec
100 free (fast)

Total: 2800

2 good rides and some Vball

I did a 39 mile ride with Kline that was a bit of a disaster physically. We were out for 2x as long as planned and I bonked big time. I could barely hold myself up in the drops by the end.

The next day I did a 21 mile ride with Tom that was a nice medium to fast ride. Good training for sure, with a good riding partner.

After that we played beach volleyball for about 1.5 hours. We had few moments of greatness, but mostly we were a little rough around the edges.......

Big Gear to the Zoo

I rode in 53/11 gearing for my sustained speed efforts really trying to push hard. Then I would ease off on the gearing for a recovery ride. I did this to the zoo and back. That big gear is hard to push, but it sure is going to make me strong. I put some "money in the bank today". I can't wait to make the withdrawal......





(speed data coming soon)

Registration Complete

I am officially registered for the Chicago Triathlon Sprint Distance Race on Aug 30th. Please mark your calendars, I am going to need some fans on hand to keep me going!

But I would prefer it if you just competed as well........

Chicago Triathlon

A few workouts

I went canoeing over the weekend, doing a volunteer clean up of Salt Creek. It was a nice way to spend a morning.

Monday I did a 5 mile FAST ride and then ran 3 miles with Katy.

Tuesday's Swim Practice:

500 warm up

4 x 100 3/6/3 on 1:45

4 x 50 kick on :55

10x100 free on 1:25

4 rounds of

75 free fast on 1:15
25 back or breast on 1:15

100 cool down

100's

I love 100 freestyle sets.

4x150 k,p,d,s

4x50 k,d fly,back / breast, free
4x50 k,d free,breast/back,fly
4x50 k,d free

5x100 free on 1:30(sub 1:10 on all of them)
100 easy
5x100 free on 1:25(sub 1:10 on all of them)
50 easy

Total 2350

The fight has been raging on

Although I have been ditching swim practice and not blogging, I have been working out. Here is a screen capture of the workouts i have logged with my Garmin Edge 205.



I have taken it on most of my bike rides and runs.
Today's workout was:

• 2000m row
• 30 pushups
• 30 crunches
• 2000m row
• 20 curl to press
• 30 sec plank
• 20 leg lifts
• 2000m row
• 1.09 mile run

Distance

500 free
500 pull w/ paddles
500 free
500 pull w/ paddles
500 free
500 pull
100 free

An Intersting Month

A lot has happened since I left my last two posts documenting my diet. I had another cholesterol test, which came back high once again. I scheduled a meeting to discuss taking a Statin drug. I have been pretty leery of taking any drug for the rest of my life if I could avoid it and since my diet is not always the best I certainly have room to improve it. After scheduling my appointment I started noticing some pain below my waistline on my left side(well i had been noticing some pain for a while, but thought it was a groin strain).

So on Sunday the 8th, we had a Masters swim meet at LT. It was a lot of fun to see everyone compete. Katy and Hillary both took on the 200free and did pretty well. I only swam in 3 relays and was actually swimming pretty fast for minimal training and believing that I had a hernia or something. 23.2 / 23.6 in my 50 free 26.11 in my 50 fly. All in all a fun day for everyone.

I went home that day and pretty much slept all day and then started having some really bad pains and stomach cramps after dinner. It hurt to pee and basically my whole digestive system was messed up. It was a miserable night, at points thinking I wanted to go to the hospital. All day the next day my stomach was pretty screwed up. I could barely eat. All the same digestive problems were going on. So on Tuesday I go to the Dr and blood work shows that my Kidneys are not functioning properly. I have blood in my urine. They are pretty sure I have a Kidney Stone.

A CT scan shows that there is nothing there. So either I passed it Sunday Or Monday(very possible) or it is something else. Ultrasounds and another blood test 2 days later show that everything is back to normal and I am left with what was diagnosed as Colitis, which we thought was related to taking high doses of Aleve for about a week when it was believed to be a muscle strain. I could barely eat all that week and really into the beginning of the next week. I went from about 215 to 197lbs in about 2 weeks. Now that is fighting the Bagel!

My current status is that I am still having some minor stomach issues(nuts, seeds and meat are not digestion friendly still). I am not taking a statin drug, but taking Niacin and Fish Oil and attempting to eat better.

Thursday

Breakfast:
1/2 cup Whole Grain Oatmeal - 140/2.5
1/4 cup raisins - 130/0
10 almonds - 70/6
black coffee

Total Breakfast: 340cal / 7.5g fat

Mid Day Snack:
1 banana - 60/0

Lunch:
1/2 cup chicken breast - 115/23
whole wheat bun - 110/1.5
mustard-NA
raw onion-4/0

couscous - 110/1.25
tomato - 15/0
basil - 1/0
mozz(2oz) - 120/9
balsamic - na
FOP

Total: 479cal / 35g fat

yogurt 60/0
sample of tomorrow's breakfast 40/0

Dinner:
1/2 cup chicken - 115/23
salad mix - 150/9
bbq pulled pork - 250/20
whole wheat bun - 110/1.5

Total Dinner: 625/44.5
Day Total: 1604cal /86g fat

Wednesday

Breakfast:
black coffee - 0/0
1/2 cup of Whole Grain Oats - 140/2.5
1/4 cup of raisins - 130/0
1 banana - 105/.4
1 yogurt - 60/0
FOP(Fish Oil Pill)

Total: 435cal / 3g fat

Lunch:
2 spicy black bean burgers - 240/8
2 whole grain bun - 220/3
chopped onion - 4/0
cilantro salsa - 5/0

Total: 470cal / 11g fat

Snack:
20 almonds - 140/12

Pre dinner Drink:
1 gin and tonic - 150/0

Dinner:
6oz salmon - 300/14
mustard - 10/0
breadcrumbs - 10/0
couscous - 220/2.5
tomato - 15/0
basil - 1/0
mozz(2oz) - 120/9
balsamic - na
FOP

Total - 675 cal / 25.5g

Post Dinner Drink:
4oz red wine - 84/0

Dessert
cup of blueberries - 40/0
yogurt - 60/0

DAY TOTAL: 2080 cal / 51.5g