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10/23/2013 Training Journal / Keeper Quotes

October 23, 2013 — Leave a comment

Just a few scattered things I read today and thought I’d share/post…

From an article titled, “Should You Be Coached?”

“Harry Chapin, in a song called Mr. Tanner, about a baritone from the midwest, penned the line, “he did not know how well he sang, he only heard the flaws.” Some of us train that way. We’re really hard on ourselves. It can be fairly destructive.”

“Golfing legend Lee Trevino is quoted as having said, “It’s not the arrow; it’s the Indian.” “

From a race website:

“Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have nature and that is much better.”
– Juha Väätäinen

I always stick this somewhere on each page of my training plan…it caught my eye again today:

“Do the work. Do the analysis. But feel your run. Feel your race. Feel the joy that is running.”
– Kara Goucher

Training Journal – 10/23/13:

  • Current plan: ZRQL Marathon Training Plan
  • Today’s session: 8-mile run
  • Comments: I did 8.6 miles @ 8:39 avg pace, avg cadence 95 & a run time of 1:14:34. [Strava]
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Training Reset

October 21, 2013 — Leave a comment

Well, Foxy’s is past and today I reset to a running-focused training program in prep for a late fall marathon…by cross training with a ride!

It was on the plan…

Back to re-building my run base bright and early tomorrow!

GIDDY-UP!

Training Journal – 10/21/13:

  • Current plan: ZRQL Marathon Training Plan
  • Today’s session: 20-mile ride
  • Comments: I rode for 1:15:15 for 21.8 miles @ 17.4 mph avg & avg cadence of 85 [Strava]
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10/20/2013 Training Journal

October 20, 2013 — Leave a comment
  • Current plan: Foxy’s Fall Century Training Plan
  • Today’s session: Rest
  • Comments: Rest today – new training plan tomorrow!
  • Weekly mileage: Running: 6.4 / Bicycling: 142 – Total: 148.4
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First Century

October 19, 2013 — Leave a comment

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Well, today was THE day: Foxy’s Fall Century.  My first organized bike ride.  My first century.

It was a great experience and I’m really happy with my results.

I’ll post a ride report this coming week; but, ahead of that: my moving time was 5:49:36 @ a 17.2 mph avg & avg cadence of 87.  Total ride time, including three rest stops and lunch was 6:50:29.

GIDDY-UP!

Training Journal – 10/19/13:

  • Current plan: Foxy’s Fall Century Training Plan
  • Today’s session: Ride day!
  • Comments: See above, more to follow [Strava]
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10/18/2013 Training Journal

October 18, 2013 — Leave a comment
  • Current plan: Foxy’s Fall Century Training Plan
  • Today’s session: 30-minute, easy ride and day two of carb loading for Saturday’s century
  • Comments: I rode for 35:24 for 10.2 miles @ 17.2 mph avg & avg cadence of 83 [Strava]
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10/17/2013 Training Journal

October 17, 2013 — Leave a comment
  • Current plan: Foxy’s Fall Century Training Plan
  • Today’s session: 45-minute, easy ride and day one of carb loading for Saturday’s century
  • Comments: I rode for 49:57 for 14.5 miles @ 17.4 mph avg & avg cadence of 81 [Strava]
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10/16/2013 Training Journal

October 16, 2013 — Leave a comment
  • Current plan: Foxy’s Fall Century Training Plan
  • Today’s session: One hour, easy ride
  • Comments: I rode for 1:00:55 for 17.3 miles @ 17.1 mph avg & avg cadence of 82 [Strava]
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2014 Race Plans Shaping Up

October 12, 2013 — 1 Comment

From the “It’s never too early to start planning!” camp…

I registered for my first multisport event! Come March 8, 2014, I will be a duathlete – having completed the 2014 edition of USA Productions’ South Bay Duathlon. From the “go big or go home” file, I went for the International distance: 10K run, 40K bike, 5K run (or 6.2, 24.9, 3.1 Miles.)  I’m really looking forward to this new challenge.

Training for it will be interesting though.  I need to hold on training too specifically for it until maybe after the first of the year because I have a marathon in mid-December that will require my focus after next week’s Foxy’s.  Plus, I will need to work the training, and race itself, into my overall training for Big Sur.  Still, I am looking forward to it and hopefully doing a few more duathlons…and possibly a triathlon later in the year.

So, major races on the schedule so far for 2014 are:

  • March 8: South Bay Duathlon
  • April 27: Big Sur International Marathon
  • July 27: San Francisco Marathon

…with more calendar to fill in order to keep my race-a-month streak going!

Giddy-Up!

Training Journal – 10/12/13:

  • Current plan: Foxy’s Fall Century Training Plan
  • Today’s session: Rest.
  • Comments: Rest, traveled for a quick biz trip, and watched Ironman Kona throughout the day.
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10/10/2013 Training Journal

October 10, 2013 — Leave a comment
  • Current plan: Foxy’s Fall Century Training Plan
  • Today’s session: 20-mile ride
  • Comments: I rode for 1:17:24 for 23.2 miles @ 17.9 mph avg & avg cadence of 83 [Strava]. I’ll post my RnR San Jose race report tomorrow. It’s almost there…just not enough time to finish today.
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10/8/2013 Training Journal

October 8, 2013 — Leave a comment
  • Current plan: Foxy’s Fall Century Training Plan
  • Today’s session: 20-mile ride
  • Comments: I rode for 1:14:24 for 22.4 miles @ 18.1 mph avg & avg cadence of 85 [Strava] 
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