Training is going well. I had a long bike ride indoors on the trainer on Saturday and then a ride after that. I can't believe I did 3.5 hours on the trainer. I hate it, but it was either that or ride outside in the rain for 3.5 hours.
My knee is still jacked up. My patella is drifting which is causing loading issues. Taping works, but it still hurts a bit and is sore and swollen the next day. Other than that, my running is going well. After my race next weekend, I'm going to take 2 weeks off of running to let my knee heel.
Monday, March 20, 2006
Monday, March 13, 2006
Another running TT
On the Thursday run practice for TexasIron, we had another 3km track time trial. I ran it in 12:25 which is about 6:40/mile. When I ran this time trial the last time, I ran it in 12:48 so I cut off about 25 seconds in about 2 months. Not bad considering I'm not that good of a runner and I've just been doing base stuff instead of speed work. I will eventually become a decent runner!
10,000 yds last week & new bike
In the theme of recent swimming related posts, I swam about 10,000 yds last week. Nice! My swimming has come a long way recently and I've gotten a lot faster and I feel like my stroke is really good. Very smooth and relaxed. My shoulder was hurting at one point from too much swimming, but it's doing better now.
I bought a new bike. It's a 2004 Fuji Roubaix. One of the guys at work decided he was going to buy a decent road bike and start riding. Well, this guy is 6'2" and about 270 lbs. He rode it about 3 times and it has been sitting in his garage for a long time. I decided that it would be a good idea to get a beater bike because I didn't want to ride my Cervelo Dual in the rain and stuff like that. I asked him about selling his bike and he was all for it. We worked out a price and I now have a decent beater bike. I can ride it in the rain and take it traveling and not worry about screwing up my good bike. It's a Shimano 105 drivetrain and a 58cm aluminum frame. It's a little big for me, but I can change out the stem and move the saddle forward a bit and I should then be fine.
I took it out on my long rides the past 2 Saturdays. When I took it out the first weekend, I freaking wrecked it. Damnit. It wasn't bad. I scratched up the STI shifter caps slightly as well as the rear derailleur a little. It was very minor. I was just going along and I wasn't paying attention. I looked up and I was maybe 2" from the curb. I skidded along the curb for awhile and finally fell over. I have some minor road rash on my shin, but it wasn't bad at all.
This past weekend, I rode the bike for another 60 miles. I liked it and Lauren said that she thinks I'm faster on the Fuji than I am on the Cervelo. I think it is because I have the STI shifters that I can control my cadence much better. On the Cervelo, I just tend to keep it in the gear that I'm in and just hammer through tougher spots. On the Fuji, it's so much easier to shift to a different gear. I did notice that the top end of the Fuji is a lot lower than my Cervelo. I can spin out of gears much, much easier on the Fuji. That can be fixed though, but I'm happy with the bike.
Finally, my knee is jacked up again. I'm having the same pain that I was when I hurt my right knee over 2 years ago hiking. Not fun. I'm going to go to the doctor this week and get it checked out. I didn't have any catastrophic injuries, but this is keeping me from running distances. Since running is my weakest sport, I can't not run.
I bought a new bike. It's a 2004 Fuji Roubaix. One of the guys at work decided he was going to buy a decent road bike and start riding. Well, this guy is 6'2" and about 270 lbs. He rode it about 3 times and it has been sitting in his garage for a long time. I decided that it would be a good idea to get a beater bike because I didn't want to ride my Cervelo Dual in the rain and stuff like that. I asked him about selling his bike and he was all for it. We worked out a price and I now have a decent beater bike. I can ride it in the rain and take it traveling and not worry about screwing up my good bike. It's a Shimano 105 drivetrain and a 58cm aluminum frame. It's a little big for me, but I can change out the stem and move the saddle forward a bit and I should then be fine.
I took it out on my long rides the past 2 Saturdays. When I took it out the first weekend, I freaking wrecked it. Damnit. It wasn't bad. I scratched up the STI shifter caps slightly as well as the rear derailleur a little. It was very minor. I was just going along and I wasn't paying attention. I looked up and I was maybe 2" from the curb. I skidded along the curb for awhile and finally fell over. I have some minor road rash on my shin, but it wasn't bad at all.
This past weekend, I rode the bike for another 60 miles. I liked it and Lauren said that she thinks I'm faster on the Fuji than I am on the Cervelo. I think it is because I have the STI shifters that I can control my cadence much better. On the Cervelo, I just tend to keep it in the gear that I'm in and just hammer through tougher spots. On the Fuji, it's so much easier to shift to a different gear. I did notice that the top end of the Fuji is a lot lower than my Cervelo. I can spin out of gears much, much easier on the Fuji. That can be fixed though, but I'm happy with the bike.
Finally, my knee is jacked up again. I'm having the same pain that I was when I hurt my right knee over 2 years ago hiking. Not fun. I'm going to go to the doctor this week and get it checked out. I didn't have any catastrophic injuries, but this is keeping me from running distances. Since running is my weakest sport, I can't not run.
Wednesday, March 8, 2006
6500yds in 2 days
I did 3000yds yesterday and then I did about 3400 yds today. My left shoulder is bothering me slightly, but I feel pretty good overall.
My left knee has been bothering me lately. After taping it up, and some PT exercises, it seems to be doing a lot better. I have a run practice tomorrow night so I'll see how it feels after tomorrow.
My left knee has been bothering me lately. After taping it up, and some PT exercises, it seems to be doing a lot better. I have a run practice tomorrow night so I'll see how it feels after tomorrow.
Wednesday, March 1, 2006
3400yds
I swam 3400 yds this morning. Not bad. Recently, I found out that I'm capable of swimming 100yds in the 1:16 to 1:18 range. I don't know how I got so fast so quickly, but I'm not complaining. My training has been going well. I'm making most of my workouts so that's good. However, I'm not losing weight like I want to. I'll post about that shortly, though.
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