Crushed it!!

My workouts today, man did they ever feel good!! Gotta love coming out of a rest day and feeling fit and fast in the workouts for the day. First there was the run after work. Now this is somthing I've always noticed. This may seem kinda mean, but you know how I know I'm running well? fast even? It only works in the dark, it's when you're comin up to over take a dog walker and they whirl around like they're about to be mugged. I know at that point I'm either A) light on my feet so they don't hear me coming till I'm RIGHT THERE! or B) I have such a quick turn over that they think I'm sprinting after them. Sometimes I have some people start running the other direction, of course only till they turn around and see a guy that resembles peter pan running along(in Winnipeg I one time had a female run for nearly a city block before she decided I might not be nabbing her groceries). Anywho the riding is really coming along too, the time is going by faster and I'm getting the strength to start some really hard intervals. I'm way ahead of last years riding that's for sure. I heard a good Acronym on slowtwitch the other day, somthing I've taken to heart as my ticket to a faster bike split. It's TITS!!!!!!! there I said it. Ok it stands for Time In The Saddle.

Dr. Dolittle

I'm totally lovin the nick name. I love the paths near my house with all the wildlife I see. I don't see bears like Cam, he def. has me beat, but I think I probably see more of the other stuff then he does. :P Yesterday running in the dark, I'm running along a gravel path with a chain link fence on one side of me. I don't see that well in the dark although I have really good vision.... for a human that is and I know what to look for in the dark, shadows, movement, etc. Anyways up ahead I see this shadow cross the path towards the fence. I suspected right aways what it was before I even got close. Sure enough I could see this creature about the size of a big beaver had some trouble pulling him/herself up onto the fence. By the time I got there, it had shinnied itself up on top and I saw that it was a porky pine!! These creatures are soo cool!! So I stopped and talked to him/her. It wasn't that worried about me, but I did see it's predicament. I could see it was a bit worried about jumping down and couldn't climb down either since going up was kinda awkward in itself. So it just sat on the top and waited for me to leave. It crawled back and forth a bit on the top, me standing about 10 ft away and talking to Mr. porky. I wondered what it would feel like to pet him and of course get a gift of prickles. No wonder these guys don't stress themselves out much over humans, or any predators!! I doubt many animals will mess with a porky pine, other than a stupid dog!! Anywho he sat there and actually started eating leaves/branches from a near by tree. Then I bid my farewell and ran off into the night. One of my fav. animals. :)

DP

Dreams

Hey,

So I had a couple more dreams, perhaps Keith can interpet them for me. :) The first is another triathlon one. My buddy Curtis and I were both racing in a IM. I assume it was cda, it didn't look anything like Canada and the bike was heavily tree'd, or at least the second half of the bike was. So the dream starts off on the bike(funny how dreams have their own rules eh, they can start when ever they want, do anything they want). For what ever reason I was riding with this older lady, I had decided not to ride hard. I have no clue why I was riding with her, I assume she was a friend, but not a close friend. I just decided to support her, help push her(I had no ulterier motives strictly platonic). Curtis was up ahead and doing well. Then we hit the tree'd section of the course. This was really thick forest, the trees were almost reaching over the road, well reaching over our heads anyways. Oh I almost forgot at some point I decided to try and catch Curtis so I told my female friend that I'd ride ahead, wished her well and proceeded to hammer ahead. As soon as I hit the tree'd section I see Curtis on the side of the road with a mechanical problem, I think it was a flat(I assume this cause of how many he used to get on our training rides in 2008) but don't know for sure. So I stop to help him and for what ever reason we stepped off the road into the forest to fix it. I think because there wasn't much of a shoulder and the forest came right to the edge of the road. So we work on the bike and get it fixed, come out to where my bike was leaning against a tree on the side of the road and see that my rear rim was trashed. Nearly all the spokes were broken and it was in rough shape. We were at a sharp bend in the road and someone didn't make the corner and smashed into my bike. So I sent Curtis on up ahead and I dropped out of the race. I went to the finish area and walked around talking to different people, telling them about my misfortune. I was disappointed, but only cause I couldn't participate, I obviously was not racing for a kona/PB.

The other dream was really short, or at least the part that I remember. I was being chased by a big bad Grizzly(maybe it was Chad in his next life??) so I ran up to this picnic area where they had some timber framed shelters. I climbed up to sit in the rafters or beams but somehow the bear got up there too. So I had to jump from beam to beam to get away from the bear. There were tons of other people around but the bear was only after me, weird I know!! That's pretty much it, I think someone shot it I'm not sure, I just know he didn't get me, or maybe he lost interest and went away.

DP

Hello again!

Things are still going well. Lets see what have I done over the last week or two. Oh yeah watching the world champs was awesome wasn't it? I took a page out of Greg's book and planned a pretty epic workout for myself(epic for this time of year). I didn't know how long I could ride for, but I basically planned to ride as long as I could although if I was completely honest I'd say I really wanted to do 3 hours. But I hadn't been on the bike much yet this year so I didn't know. Anywho with the help of one heck of a race! I managed the 3 hours and actually stayed 5 minutes extra to ride CW home. Then went for a 25-30 min run and boyyyy did I ever feel good on the run. Felt smooth and fast. I'm feeling like I'm starting where I left off last year, not having to start over!

So I was running quite a bit till I got a bit of a cold last week. I didn't completely get it, but just enough for me to have to ease off the training a bit. I think I took one day off completely, but that's it. I've been riding a lot like I said I would. Today was a first for me, I rode before work!!!! I can't believe I actually got out of bed at 6:30 to ride. Yeah yeah I know it's not that early for some of you, but I've really been thinking about going to bed earlier and getting some workouts done in the morning. For a night owl this won't be a easy task. You see it's colddddddddd in the morning, especially in the basement. But today it wasn't actually that bad, got to work and I was awake!! Course with the exercise first thing, and just being up earlier made me have to eat that much more for breakfast!!! Yikes my appetite is higher today.

Oh yeah one other thing, last weekend Greg, Chad, and I did the Gorilla run at the zoo. It's for a good cause and Chad was pumped about wanting to win the relay so Greg and I signed up for his team "Grizzled Legend". We got there on time, got the chip and everything. It was chilly in the morning before dawn, but getting to the zones was our downfall. :( Leslie drove us, but it wasn't her fault. I'm not sure who's fault it was but for w/e reason we didn't know exactly where the first transition area was so Chad after running his speedy(he didn't want us to know his leg of the relay was shorter) 5k had to wait for 3 min for us Greg to get there to hand off the chip. Oh well 3 min, it could be worse right? I got to my transition area on time, I even contemplated taking a washroom break, but didn't want a second wait added to our time so I figured I'd hold off the poop fairy(no not the ultra marathoning team from SASK) and run the 5k with no washroom break. Greg came and I sped off for my leg. I have no idea how long it was, all I know is I caught a few more people and we ended up 4th overall 1st all mens team(yes we got chicked). Ran for 24 min flat for what ever it's worth. Over and out,

DP

Back in the saddle again!

Hey,

Well I'm back training again. Nothing scheduled/coached yet but I'm training. I've ridden a bunch of times already, maybe 4 or 5 times? My running is going good too, I've hardly lost anything and I feel like I'm basically picking up where I left off. It's really a nice feeling not having to start from scratch again. I'm doing all my running outdoors to avoid the spring calf problems that I usually have. Already broken my longest indoor ride this "winter" with a 3:05 ride while watching the IM world champs. I'm dreaming of the day when I'll be riding across the lava fields, hopefully not being blown off the road. My weight has gone up some, but not too bad really maybe 10 pounds? I expected more and my diet is improving again, watching what I eat and not inhaling anything I want. :P

Cam and Trevor good job on your races this weekend. I've checked out your results and look forward to a couple race reports?? Maybe even if they're just short ones? Cam ran in Victoria, and Trevor did the Okanagan(Kelowna) marathon. Cam 3:19 and Trevor 3:31?? Not too bad right boys? Correct me if I'm wrong. Tonight I rode the bike for 90 min, went for a swim then Lisa and I went to watch a movie.

Last year I focussed on the diet, I gotta do that again, but I'm going to also be really making sure I get enough sleep. No more staying up till 2am and needing a nap before my afternoon workouts. I also want to do some morning workouts. Yikes that'll be the hardest thing I've ever had to do while IM training. I am NOT a morning person, but if you think about it getting a workout done in the morning would be sooooo beneficial. You come home after work and you don't have 2-3 workouts to do, only 1-2(most times 1 :P). It'll free more of the evening up and of course more time with the Mrs. I haven't done any yet and as I type this it's past Midnight dont' worry I'm headed to bed after this. Right now it's not important yet, but when things get serious then I'll start getting up earlier to ride the bike. Oh have I mentioned what's on the program for this winter??? MORE RIDING!!! After careful consideration/pondering about my race at Pentiction it's become apparent, ok this didn't take too much thought that the bike is where I need to continue to improve. I really think the intensity of the workouts was great, I can't really put much more effort into workouts. The thing that I can do is ride more, more miles/frequency. So I got to get used to the trainer early. Also trying to keep the long run at 1.5 hours through winter with Curtis. We've had a few good ones already. So here's to a solid winter training season I'm ready to go!!

This is YOUR time!!! LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CdJTfGiRCI

Tagged it

1. Where is your cell phone? Charging
2. Your hair? Growing
3. Your Mother? Stubborn
4. Your Father? Dead
5. Your Favorite food? BigMac
6. Your dream last night? ?
7. Your favorite drink? Coke
8. Your dream/goal? KONA!!!!
9. What room are you in? Familyroom
10. Your hobby? WOW
11. Your fear? hmmmmm the forgetfulness one, what's that called again???
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? kona
13. Where were you last night? Swimming
14. Somthing you aren't? S M R T
15. Muffins? Where?
16. Wish list item? Zipp
17. Where did you grow up? Farm (that's what all city people think when I say I grew up in the country I may as well go with it. :P)
18. Last thing you did? Kiss
19. What are you wearing? Stuff
20. Your TV? Works
21. Your pets? None
22. Your friends? Quality
23. Your life? MINE
24. Your mood? excited
25. Missing Someone? Yes
26. Vehicle? Honda
27. Somthing you're not wearing? Thinkingcap
28. Your favorite store? ebay
29. Your favorite color? blue
30. When was the last time you laughed? Same time as #18
31. Last time you cried? IMC? (can't remember if I cried, was def. choked up)
32. Your best friend? Lisa
33. One place that I go over and over? Computer
34. One person that emails you regularly? Lisa
35. Favorite place to eat? Computer

There you have it I was tagged by Julie http://runningwithdoggies.blogspot.com/ (someone tell me how to link with a word). I'm not sure if I'm supposed to pass it on. I'll just leave it open and if people want to they can participate. :)