New Race added to list!

Well, the weekend was OK. No ride on Saturday b/c I needed to take my bike to the shop. The chain was still jumping around on the rear gears. I did swim up at Oak Mt. with Jeff for a little while Saturday morning.

Sunday 6/28
I got in a pretty good run before church. I went 4.67 miles in right at an hour. I really don’t have the speed on the run that I would like to have. I need to be better about getting my runs in and quit finding excuses not to run. I should be running further distances by now.

Monday 6/29
Recovery Day

Tuesday 6/30
PM Bike
There is a stretch at Oak Mt. that is uphill and about a mile long. I rode up and then back down several times. Then I did the 20sec sprints (at 5k pace). Hills will wear a brother out!
Overall: avg HR 157; Peak HR 181; Min HR 98
Bike: Time 35mins; Dist 10.2 (forgot to look at avg and max speeds)
Sprints: 5 total
Wednesday 7/1
AM Swim
WU: 300m
Pulls: 300 on 6mins
250 on 4.5mins
125 on 3.5mins
75 on 2mins
Main Set: (4)50 easy/medium
(4)50 medium/fast

Total 1450m
I left to take the 4Runner to the shop so my AC can get fixed. One of these days, I swear I’ll be able to stay for the entire workout!

So, I decided to add another race to my calendar. The Wet Dog Triathlon is up in Decatur on July 18th. I’ve heard it is a very fun sprint distance (400m/15k/5k) tri. My buddy Kevin from the GJCC race might be doing it too. It is the weekend after Chattanooga. This way, I won’t be able to put off saddling back up after a race like I normally do. It should be a fun little day trip up there. After that, I’ll just have a couple of weeks until my first tri season’s culmination at Mt. Lakes.

Eric’s Quote of the Day: “You know what’s so bad about real life, Sssteven…there’s no danger music. Dududu DEDEDEDeDEde..” Chip Douglas (Jim Carrey) in The Cable Guy