Friday, November 20, 2009

Training Update November 1 - 20, 2009

Not yet "officially" training for 2010, but trying to keep fit and not put on too much weight. I weighed myself Monday night and was shocked to see 150.5. That may be the heaviest I've ever been and a good 10 pounds over my ideal racing weight. I guess I can't eat unlimited cookies & chocolate covered pecans & almonds without consequences.

Though the 150.5 was an after dinner weight and when I rechecked on Tuesday morning I was down to 148. So, I'm still a good 8 pounds over where I want to be. Until I get back to 140 I'll be skipping all between meal snacks & desserts and cutting back on the beer. :-(

I've also been taking lots of days off lately and haven't been on the bike much at all, but that will be ending soon as I need to be burning more calories.

Here's my November training summary for the 1st 20 days:

Nov 1 - 8.5 mile (65 min) run
Nov 2 - 5 mile (35 min) run
Nov 3 - 1 HR M2 Spin Class
Nov 4 - 5 mile (35 min) run
Nov 5 - 6 mile (45 min) run + 1 HR M2 Spin Class
Nov 6 - 5 mile (35 min) run
Nov 7 - Lead bike for NCAA DII Western Regional XC - about 90 min of riding.
Nov 8 - Hills of SF ride - about 4 hours, but very easy for the most part
Nov 9 - 90 min spin class at M2
Nov 10 - Off
Nov 11 - Easy 4 mile (30 min) run
Nov 12 - 5 mile (35 min) run
Nov 13 & 14 - Off
Nov 15 - Easy 1 hr ride
Nov 16 - 4 mile (30 min) run - Led spin calss @ M2 (80 min)
Nov 17 - Off
Nov 18 - 5 mile lunch run with final 2.5 @ 6 min pace (33 min)
Nov 19 - 6.5 mile lunch run (50 min)
Nov 20 - 5 mile lunch run (38 min)

Hopefully all this running will pay off at the Turkey Trot next Thursday.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

More off Season Stuff

Congratulations to the new NCNCA officers: Lorri, Michael, Tad & Bob!

I'm not too bummed about losing the Treasurer election to Tad. I'm sure he'll do a great job and I'll find some other way to help out with the NCNCA BOD.

I haven't been on my bike since LKHC #4, (11 days now!) which I think is a record for me.

I have been going to a lot of M2 Revolution spin classes though and will be teaching my first class on Monday November 16 at 6:15 PM. This will be a free introductory class for people who want to come see what M2 is all about.

I've been running more and did an 8 mile run Sunday and a tempo run yesterday with 4 x 5 min at an unknown pace that felt really fast. I think I'll go to the track next week and find out the truth.

Here's a schedule things I'll be doing in the off season:

Nov 7 - Saturday - Lead bike for NCAA D2 Western Regional XC race at GG Park
Nov 8 - Sunday - 17th Annual Tour of SF Hills - 9AM At Marina (SF) Safeway parking lot
Nov 9 - Monday - M2 Spin Class 6:15 (80 min class)
Nov 10 - Tuesday - New Balance Excelsior running workout

Nov 14 - Saturday - Timing the Run Forrest Run 5K in Monterey

Nov 16 - Monday - Leading Intro Class - Spinning with Power at M2 - come join us!

Nov 21 - Saturday - SF Bike Expo at the Cow Palace - need to find some cheap parts
Nov 22 - Sunday - Pacific Association Cross Country Championships at GG Park - will either be lead bike, or could be talked into racing though I would probably be one of the last 10 finishers since I'm only 39.9 years old and have to race open.

Nov 26 - Thanksgiving - Don Dooley Memorial Turkey Trot & Alumni World Championship Cross Country Race at Crystal Springs in Belmont. - 9AM

Nov 27 or 28 - Some "Epic" training ride of some sort somewhere in the Bay Area

Nov 29 - RUN WILD - 5K or 10K - GG Park - If I haven't given up running my then.

Dec 9 - 4PM - Dentist Appointment

Dec 13 - Sunday - Christmas Relays - 4 x 4.6 mile run around lake merced - If the open team needs me I can run.

Dec 19 - Saturday - My 40th Birthday - Will either ride Tam, San Bruno, Hamilton, Diablo, or possibly all of the above if I can fit it in.

Dec 20 - Sunday - My Masters Running debut at the Miracle Mile in GG Park - 1 Mile downhill - If I can't break 5, I will quit running.

Dec 24 or 26 or 27 - San Bruno Hill Climb Training Ride

January 1, 2010 - San Bruno Hill Climb