Archive for May, 2010
Training Update 5/9 and 5/16
Week ending 5/9: Brian’s Week 14 update. Swim: 7200m Bike: 47mi Run: 23mi. Highlights: First 3km swim workout and ran a 10k at 7:50 pace midweek. Lowlights: Nothing major. Great week after having a down week previously. Only 6 weeks until the race. Susan: This was a taper week, so I did an easy 5 […]
Posted: May 17th, 2010 under Brian, Fitness, Susan.
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My first Ultra – 8 hours of awesomeness
I have lots of thoughts about running my first ultra (a race longer than a marathon) today. Here are a few: I met all my goals and I definitely feel that I vindicated myself from October’s marathon. 1. Finish! 2. Don’t Bonk 2a. Eat. 2b. Stay hydrated. 2c. Learn to pace myself – it’s ok […]
Posted: May 8th, 2010 under Fitness, Susan.
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NOLA
It already felt like vacation when we met up with Dan at Logan for our direct JetBlue flight on Wednesday April 21. We exchanged tales of packing, looked at the weather forecast, and boarded the plane eagerly anticipating our immersion in good food, good music, hospitality and warm humid weather. After settling in at the […]
Posted: May 2nd, 2010 under Brian, Food, Susan.
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April Training Wrap-up
We were on vacation last week (post to follow) so we’ll wrap up April a bit off-cycle. Brian: April training totals: (swim 11,900m) (bike 182.6mi) (run: 64.9mi) (hike 3 hrs). Vacation to NOLA cut into my training numbers although I still managed to run 15 miles on vacation. Only 7 weeks left until the race. […]
Posted: May 1st, 2010 under Brian, Fitness, Susan.
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