- 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]
- 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]
Upon reflecting on my day and, from the “My how things have changed” file, I present today’s “office”:
- Hotel room in Oklahoma City (various locations within it: laying, sitting standing)
- Elevator of said hotel on OKC
- Lobby of said hotel in OKC
- Rental car in OKC
- Gas station next to said hotel in OKC
- Will Rogers World Airport, OKC
- Flight 1011 from OKC to DFW
- Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
- Flight 1184 from DFW to San Jose
- San Jose International Airport
- Taxi from SJC to home
- Home
- Toyota dealer lounge (waiting for oil change)
- Home
Oh, the connected and small world we live and work in…
Today was a catch up day after two days of meetings. Your think I had a couple if big projects going or something!
Glad to be home!
Training Journal – 10/15/13:
- Current plan: Foxy’s Fall Century Training Plan
- Today’s session: Rest.
- Comments: Rest &
travelwork day.
Following suite with yesterday’s run, I did an unofficial “race” this morning: Lake Hefner 10K. Mind you, it wasn’t one of my speedier 10Ks, as I kept my self in check, stuck with the “easy” plan, remembering that I’m supposed to be on taper.
I actually planned on a stationary bike ride in the hotel fitness center, but just didn’t want to be cooped up. I scratched that last night, decided on the equivalent caloric burn run distance, and planned a 3.2, hotel / Lake Hefner, out and back route. I made it ahead of the rain too, though there was a significant headwind on the return.
Oh, and the mammal sighting count today was:
- Skunk: 2
- Raccoon: 1
- People: 0
Looking forward to heading home tomorrow!
Training Journal – 10/14/13:
- Current plan: Foxy’s Fall Century Training Plan
- Today’s session:
15-mile ride10K easy run
- Comments: I did 6.4 miles @ 8:47 avg pace, avg cadence 93 & a run time of 56:27. [Strava]
I’m on a quick biz trip to Oklahoma City, so, as is typical for most of my travels, I went for an early morning run in the environs.
I Facebook messaged a local Running Club about routes a while back and decided upon running from the hotel to Lake Hefner, then did the Bert Cooper Trail, which loops the Lake, and then back to the hotel.
My plan called for 12 miles, but I ended up extending to 13.2. I was ahead of schedule, so I though why not! It was a great run with excellent weather this morning. It was dark, given my 0500 start, so no pictures. Also, miles 5 through 8 were on the rim road of the dam, so that was pretty cool. I bet during the day, you can see for a distance.
I’m starting my taper for Foxy’s tomorrow, so I am scaling back workouts for the rest of the week…
Training Journal – 10/13/13:
- Current plan: Foxy’s Fall Century Training Plan
- Today’s session: 12-mile easy run
- Comments: I did 13.2 miles @ 8:26 avg pace, avg cadence 94 & a run time of 1:51:20. [Strava]
- Weekly mileage: Running: 13.2 / Bicycling: 92.6 – Total: 105.8
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.
[aka: “no base, no base, no base, …” – a la that Chevy Volt commercial]
This past Sunday, I ran the Rock ‘n’ Roll San Jose Half Marathon – half marathon number eighteen for me. As with all Rock ‘n’ Roll events, it was a great one and big! The half drew a total of 10,272 finishers. For the second year, they also ran a 5-mile, “Mini-Marathon”; but this year they did not time it or report results (to the dislike of many, I’m sure), so I don’t know how many people participated in that distance.
The weather was excellent: clear and cool at the start (~54 degrees.) It probably warmed up to the low sixties at the time I finished. I saw many shedding their layers two to three miles into the race; though I stuck with my standard shorts and tech shirt (I sported my RnR Philly shirt.) Again, great weather for a run!
The flat and fast course which, according to a fellow runner, has not changed since RnR started coming to San Jose, made its way through downtown, portions of the Rose Garden area, and then back downtown to finish at Plaza de Cesar Chavez. Course marking was excellent and there were volunteers everywhere to make sure people stayed on course – especially at the split where the mini-marathon and the half separated.
Footfalls…nothing but footfalls. I distinctly remember that between miles 1.66 and 1.78 in the area around Jackson and 11th streets, everything just got quiet and the sound of footfalls was all I could hear. People were just getting in the zone and no one was conversing – at least in my area. It was totally cool and peaceful: hundreds of footfalls. The sweet sound of running. [Interestingly, I also wrote about this in last year’s race report.]
As with all RnR races (I’ve now run four), on course entertainment was great. They had the usual “official” bands staged at certain points along the course and there were even a number of people from the various neighborhoods we ran through that were either playing live music or blasting a boom box in their yard. Some houses even had aid stations, though I passed… The various cheer squads along the way were great as well – there was even an elementary school cheer squad…I guess they start younger now.
The finish area was laid out great – good flow after crossing the finish line for photos, SWAG, and then hanging out all around Plaza de Cesar Chavez.
My Race
- 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.
Sharing this oldie from 2011 since it’s budget planning time again…
Sometimes, when I’m working on a spreadsheet, I feel like this…
Can I get an AMEN?
Training Journal – 10/9/13:
- Current plan: Foxy’s Fall Century Training Plan
- Today’s session: 20-mile ride
- Comments: I rode for 1:16:00 for 23.3 miles @ 18.4 mph avg & avg cadence of 85 [Strava]
- 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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