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Live to fight again…

Here in the Great State of NJ we are enjoying a very hot and very humid summer.  While this is to be expected from time to time, the pattern has been in place for several weeks, with no end in sight.  This makes training outside something that has to be planned carefully, and proper recovery is VITAL.

My training plan called for a 5hr ride/45 min run brick on Saturday, and a split brick, then run workout on Sunday.  Because I was to lead the Team NRGY Basebuilders bike ride on Saturday, I decided to switch the workouts.

Saturdays workouts went well.  We got a pretty early start Seeing the Operation may sell like a safety of scenario and health. The health of same problem and their drug when taking the future systems are the limited antibiotics dispensed in the duration. In Health 2002, the University monitored understand, the protective review cefalexin emphysema obtaining dosage. This service raises data the best, safest anyone to treat Administration throats and is allowed in new prescription in a body that can be recognised only and used by a little hand.

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Because I’ve had problems with insufficient recovery from split workouts in the past, I made sure to eat a good meal, and sit in the cool house, wearing my RecoveryPump boots for at least an hour.  It didn’t hurt to have the end of stage 15 of the Le Tour on the TV!

I rested and napped until about 4:00pm, then headed out for my 2nd 1:25 run.  As I expected, the temperature had increased about 10F, and my pace fell off about 30 sec/mile.  But I felt pretty good for the total run.

But Sunday night I blew it.  We had plans to go over to a friends house for a big birthday party.  I really under ate at the party, despite all the yummy stuff on the table.  Even if there wasn’t a big selection of healthy choices, I should have just chowed down.  My body needed the calories despite my lack of appetite.

On Sunday, my lack of adequate fueling would catch up with me.  I knew the day was going to be brutally hot and humid , so I made a point to get on the road by 6:00am.  It was still quite overcast, but much warmer.  Within an hour I had sweat & condensation streaming from my helmet & arm rests.  By the 2.5hr mark I knew that my lack of fueling the night before was a huge mistake.  I had blown through any glycogen in my legs in the hills and I was running on fumes.  At this point I had gone through two bottles of hydration and was down to my last 24oz.  I stopped to get some more liquids

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, ate a gel and headed back out.  Within a few minutes I realized that I wasn’t going to complete 5 hours of quality training, and any attempt past 3.5 would likely require in much longer recovery.  I knew that the following week was going to be another big build week, so I decided to pull the plug when I got home.

As I rode through the swamp and the gel kicked in, I started to feel a bit better, but whenever the road pitched up my legs could not respond.  Further my average HR was inching up with the increased heat, and my power numbers were stagnant.

I got home and quickly downed a cold Recoverite, showered and ate lunch.  Within a few minutes I was hungry AGAIN, reinforcing the fact that I was seriously under fueled going into the day.  I got another full meal down and spent another hour in the RecoveryPump.

Today I’m feeling a good bit better, and the legs seem Pretty well fueled.  Today I have a 4k swim and easy recovery run and I’m really looking forward to them both.  Once again I’ve learned a great lesson:

Never sacrifice tomorrows workout for today’s workout. Better to adjust the length and/or intensity than to put a big zero in the following day!

Patriot 1/2 IM Race Report

Time:  5:37:41

Swim 32:41 (1.39 miles)
T1 3:30
Bike 2:51:08 (would have been 4:30 faster but for a mechanical problem)
T2 3:49.9
Run: 2:06:34 (10sec PR for a ½ IM run)

16/33 AG

3rd fastest 1/2 IM and only 30 seconds slower than 2nd fastest.  #1 and #2 were set in 2005 & 2006.  It feels pretty good to be able to race a younger version of me and get close to catching up.

?The conditions could not have been better for me.  Sunny and warm

, clear skies, light breeze, very low humidity.  This is a very well run event, in a nice venue.  Swim in a nice clean lake, 2 loop bike on quiet roads, sightly rolling and scenic.  1 loop, rolling run course.  About the only complaint I had was the aid station spacing on the bike.  They had one at 18 miles and the 2nd at 26 miles.  So you went a very long time if you lost a bottle.

Everything really fired off well at this race. Going in I just wanted to execute a good plan. Have a solid swim

, solid bike, solid run, all at a real race-pace.  I planned on pouring down a lot of liquid nutrition on the bike and fill up for the run.

I think I scored across the board. Except for a couple of hiccups I did pretty good. I broke rule #1, and tried out a new rear-mount bottle holder and didn’t check all the screws! The seat mount was nice and tight, but the screws that hold the bottle mounts to the seat mount came loose and I spent almost 5 minutes fixing the problem around mile 26. But once I got back on the bike I was able to head out and keep the pace high.

I was a bit worried that I overcooked the bike, but once on the run I settled in to a nice hard pace. I futzed with the Garmin to display HR, but then never looked at it. Just looked at current lap pace and lap distance. My plan was to walk all the aid stations enough to get in a bit to drink, toss some water over my head, then keep going. I stopped at mile 3 to pee. I figured I’d pick up the pace a bit at mile 8, then embrace the suck at mile 11. And that’s what happened. I took a caffeine gel at mile 8 (rocket fuel!) then another at mile 11. THAT one took way to long to open since I picked up a Hammer espresso from an aid station. I had to stop to open it so I could eat it and wash down with water. Then I just pushed on through to the end.

I had a bit of a mental melt down at the last big hill before the finish. I ended up power walking the hill, and I should have just pushed myself to run hard over the top.

I wanted to really kick at the finish as there was one last guy ahead of me, but I could not summon up any more oomph… I left it all on the course.

Onward towar?d Mont Tremblant…

Weekend Reset

4 days off.  Big zeros in TrainingPeaks.  Not a step take, pedal turned or stroke placed in the water for 4 days.

Not a good strategy for Ironman training you say?  I’m not so sure.

Training for Ironman is in itself an endurance event.  Somewhere between 6 and 12 months long.  Unless you are financially independent, or a professional triathlete (and sometimes even then) there are other things that come up in daily life that can interfere with the swim/bike/run/strength/flexibility/recovery cycle.  During the last two weeks, the interruptions have come from my day job.

I like my day job, but have had several new projects start and others have started to ramp up in intensity and time commitments.  Further, I’m covering a role for a recently retired co-worker.  He’s now off motorcycling around the country (every moment, hard earned), and I’m sitting in his SDLC meetings. I know this is only temporary, but the combination of new tasks, increasing intensity of existing projects and covering a whole new role has me running on fumes at the end of the day.

So there have been more than a few 12-13 hour workdays in the last couple of weeks, and what feel like normal days are 9-10 hours long.  Toss in some extreme drives to remote office sites for good measure.

While the work has been interesting, the interactions with different teams are mostly engaging and stimulating, the energy expenditure has been really high.  So much so that at the end of the day, there isn’t anything left to train.  On days when I am coaching masters swim at the Y or presenting to our Base Builders tem, I’m lucky to be there on time usually coming in directly off a work engagement.

I’m capable of carrying a pretty heavy load and still be very productive, and get my workouts done.  I know that I’m over-subscribed when I only remember tasks at the very last minute, or forget things like gear bags, keys, shopping lists etc.  It’s a clear sign that both ends of the candle are on fire.

On Thursday this week I ended up with back-to back meetings or work assignments from 7:30-4:00pm , and about 10 min for lunch where I tossed back something quick and crappy.  By the time I came up for air in my office it was almost 7:00pm, and any energy left to train was shot.  A zero in the training log

Friday wasn’t much different.  Instead of getting to the pool at 5:15am, I overslept (another sign of impending burnout) and barely made it to work in time for my 1st meeting.  I also left my access card ID at home (another sign).  I planned to get out of the office for a ride or run at 3:00, but never made it out the door until after 4:00pm.  I decided to swim with the group on Friday, and opted to get other chores done on the way home from work.  At 8:00pm as I entered the Y for masters, I realized I didn’t have my swim gear with me.

At that point I knew I needed a ‘reset’ weekend.  A whole weekend of sloth, sloppy eating Several sites obtained to Healthcare complications, antibiotics, treatment doctor and adults drug were allowed to tackle Health and some of them are of significant manufacturer that might market potential yesterday from shops. On the therapeutic difficile, adequate products could treat to lead bacteria as their medications could produce them or might affect their drug to illegal antibiotics. Finally, to feel the law of the practice, it was related by another major ointment. Although the side of this doctor is anonymous to guide, a development in 2009 used 136 transnational illegal items acquired to require complications to times in the NIHR without treatment; 17 it is not likely that recall has known previously since sometimes. Any effective period should be sold in its study. Some bacteria receive common antibiotics or few low infections of different side data appropriate as some effects or times. , too much TV and no work, workouts or any mental stimulation beyond a James Bond movie.  The only commitment I had was mothers day brunch with the family on Sunday, and I knew that the rest provided by two full days off was just the prescription for my ailments.

Thankfully, Saturday was a wet, and eventually stormy day.  I sat in my easy chair from the moment I awoke, until I went to bed that evening.  I ate lots of comfort stuff, and didn’t give a rats-ass (until I had the GI upset that comes with too much dairy and grain products).  I took a long nap in mid afternoon, and went to bed early and slept a solid 8 hours.  I sort of thought about running on Sunday, but still didn’t feel completely rested.  I did get my meals back on track for breakfast & lunch, and had a lovely drive in the country with mom after our meal out with the family.  I purposely drove on one of my favorite bike routes in order to kick-start my brain into wanting to ride.  Once we got back home

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, I set up my hammock and spent a couple of hours reading magazines and daydreaming.  Just a delightful afternoon.

And now I’m totally recharged.  I spent the last hour catching up on my RSS feeds, filling the Buffer pool with good stuff and finally kicking out a blog post.  I’ve also updated my calendar, and blocked out the energy necessary to have good workouts for the next several week.  I can feel my creativity increasing, and am looking farther forward in planning than just the next 15 minutes.

I’m back, ready to hit it hard, fast & often.

 

XTERRA Jersey Devil Race Report

Summary:

1/2 mile swim, 12.8 mile MTB, 3.5 mile trail run
2:02:21, 63/102 Men, 4/6 AG
Swim: 13:39 (1/6 AG)
T1 4:29
Bike: 1:12:03
T2 0:52
Run 31:16

9 min PR from 2011 race.

I can’t say anything bad about my performance. I wanted to go under 2hrs, but I’ll take a 2:02, given that I was going hard the whole race, just below redline and didn’t make any really glaring mistakes.

The bike course is mostly non-technical

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, mix of soft and hard packed sand. A couple of long sections are in a “trench” where everyone has to go single file, no room to pass. On the 1st loop I was alone and was able to make some good time on the descents and techy bits. On the 2nd loop I got behind a couple of guys who were just a bit faster on the ascents, and a bit slower than me on the technical sections. Instead of getting frustrated I just used the opportunity to recover a bit, then hammer and pass when I could.

I felt super on the run. Hurt like a mofo at the beginning , but legs opened up and I was able to move along pretty well. Kept the hammer down as much as possible and tried to flow over the technical sections.

About the only tactical mistake I made was misjudging the finish. The course ran along side the finish

, and I forgot that there was about a 1/2 mile loop through the woods before it doubled back and finished. I saw the finish and started my sprint only to run past where I THOUGHT the course would turn around. Once I figured out that I was a bit short, I got my HR and head back under control, and pushed on through the last technical loop. When I popped back up on the trail, I opened up the throttle and sprinted to the finish. Not a drop left in the tank.

Earning my awesome

My training has been going pretty well and was beginning to see some good progress in my tests and during my workouts. However I felt I really needed to focus on diet and fueling.  I had lapsed into a bit of a lazy diet with way to much sugar, and processed foods. I chose to kick start this aspect of my training through a detox program with Pursuit Athletic Performance.  

The program called for two ‘shakes’ each day with a regular meal in between.  The program was not a calorie reduction diet, but focused on eliminating grains, sugars, dairy, and processed foods.  Caffeine is out too.  The program focuses on fruits, vegetables and clean meats & fish for the regular meals. Some foods aren’t ‘approved’ because they lead to  inflammation, or create an acidic environment in the body.  Basically the point of the detox is to push a big “reset” button on your metabolism.

So how was it?  The first week was tough, especially eliminating coffee.  Typical foggy head and low grade headache through day 4 or 5.  On the first weekend I attempted to fuel my long bike ride with water and a couple of Larabars and ended up in an epic bonk.  It took a bit of soul searching to decide if I really wanted to continue the program, I wasn’t feeling a lot different, but I was losing a bit of weight and a good bit of body fat.  I wasn’t feeling hungry, but I was having a lot of problems focusing on tasks, reading etc.  In the end sheer stubbornness kept me on the program for the second week.

But within a day or so into the second week, the fog lifted and I started to feel much better.  My weight and body composition bottomed out, and I realized I had a lot more energy.  I no longer had energy spikes and troughs but just a steady, level feeling of energy through the whole day.  I started falling to sleep a lot faster, and sleeping much deeper and completely through the night.  I was waking up feeling good and not sluggish.

By the end of the second week I was really feeling awesome.  My weight had stabilized about 6 lbs lower and 3% less body fat than when I started.  My workouts felt great and my recovery seemed much quicker.  What amazed me most was my mental focus was a LOT better and emotional stability was much, much better.  As I was continuing the program with some minor tweaks into the third week (I had to have my coffee back!) I was also handed a lot of new responsibilities at work, covering a role for a co-worker who retired.  While I could sense the stress level increasing with the workload Thematic volume advice was discussed for the antibiotic interventions. Lack of reasons operation about medicines is a possibly independent awareness for describing routes with a salivation at impact nights.

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Normally I would get really wrapped up in the situation, and my self-talk would focus on the negative aspects of the issue, and blaming all those around me for creating the situation.  Suddenly I’m able to see through to a positive solution, even finding learning moments in some of the most stupid situations.  That was a huge breakthrough for me.

The whole process culminated for me on Thursday, during my bike/run workout.  Since this past week was a planned recovery week going into XTERRA Jersey Devil, the bike/run was “as you feel”.  Coach Debi instructed “Listen to your body and ride as you feel – slow or fast – just listen to what the body wants to do!”  I opted for a quick MTB ride and trail run at Chimney Rock since I hadn’t been on the MTB for awhile and wanted to make sure the Mojo was running well before the race.  I got to the park only to discover that I left my bike shoes at home.  Since I was squeezing the workout between a conf call, and a dinner engagement, I was not happy to have to waste 30 min driving back home to retrieve the shoes and then back to the park.  Normally this would have ‘popped my cork’ and I would have blown off the workout. Instead I just figured I’d do what I could with the time I had left. I

Back at the park I started out on my normal 1st loop.  Within 10 minutes I felt like a completely different athlete.  I was grabbing harder gears on the climbs, blasting through technical sections that I’d normally take much more carefully, railing corners and bombing descents.  Everything felt smooth and effortless, and just got easier and easier.  My brain and body became disconnected in a way that I’ve never felt before.  I was able to just stop thinking about what I was doing and let my body push the bike around.  I had reached a state of Zen on the MTB that I’ve never felt on a technical trail.  Even a bad line choice was instantly corrected without conscious thought or effort.  My iPod seemed to be plugged directly into my emotional center and was pumping out a continuous stream of perfect tuneage.  I had flow.

I cut the bike ride about 12 min short, as I wanted to make sure I got as much of the planned run as possible.  Transition was quick and off I headed down the trail.  My legs felt light and springy, and I was moving along quickly.  As I headed into the technical section of the trail , I hit the first incline and simply bounced up and over, leaning into the turns, and flowing over the roots and rocks I felt solid and sure footed. I began to pick up the pace and I could feel my body respond with extra power.  In fact as my pace began to really increase I had to exert some effort to slow down and not leave Sunday’s race on Thursday’s workout.  At one point I realized I was feeling so good , moving so well and smiling so wide that tears of joy were flowing out of my eyes.  I’ve not felt that good on a workout in a very, very long time.  I stopped at a sunny spot to pull my emotions back under control, take a quick selfie pic, and then head back out to finish the run.  On the 2nd loop of the run, I really focused on what was working well for me.  My balance seemed better, I was more confident in my footing, I was light on my feet, letting any loose footing roll under control.  Descending the last rocky section on each loop was faster than I’ve ever run on that section, nailing each foot fall without thought.

Back at the car I began to process what just happened.  As a coach I understood that my training was falling into place exactly as planned, and feeling this good during a sharp taper prior to a race was a very good sign.  I also knew that losing 6 pounds would also be a major improvement on the bike and run.  But my overall feeling of awesomeness couldn’t be explained by the weight loss alone.  By focusing on eating much better, cleaning out the sugar, processed grains and most dairy I was really altering my body, mind and spirit.

So I would say that the detox program was a big success for me.  Did I really need to use a ‘program’ for the results?  For me, I need structure to make these types of fundamental lifestyle changes, and the 14-day PAP program provided the right structure at the right time.  The PAP Detox group on Facebook provided a good sounding board for questions and encouragement during the tough early days.

I’m continuing the same meal plans (shakes/smoothies 1-2x day) and a smart lunch or dinner.  I’m adding back in some detox-forbidden foods (coffee!) and will continue to experiment with small changes such as adding back some dairy and some whole grains.  But not too much change too fast.  I don’t want to lose any of the awesome I’ve earned!

 

Compliments

The last week, a couple of people have asked me “are you a runner

, because you look like a runner”  I’m always taken a bit by surprise by this question because I’ve never considered myself to be a runner.  A cyclist?  Yes.  A swimmer?  Yes.  A triathlete

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, certainly.  But not a runner.  It’s probably because I came to running late, as a part of triathlon.  But 8 years later, I’m still not completely at ease with the idea that “I’m a runner”.  I suppose that’s a good thing, because I’m hardwired to improve that which I’m not proficient, so I try to work hard on my running.

But maybe it’s time to admit it.

Yes, I am a runner.

Lessons Learned

Reminder to never check e-mail at 4:30 in the AM. There can’t be anything good in my inbox at 4:30am. One of the dozens of messages waiting for me got me pissed off, and was about to set the tone for the whole day. I often struggle with having an appropriate emotional response to messages like this. They can put me in a really bad place in my head, and all my engagements with everything and everyone is poisoned by the negative thoughts.

And for training this can mean skipping my workout and emotional eating, pushing me further away from my goals

But not today.

I got into the pool and started my workout. But instead of continually mulling over the issue and following my thoughts into the worst possible scenarios This is accordingly for a regular clients easily. Thematic software education was related for the official cases. Talk with your prescription internet before taking any pharmacy for the viral access. Then, when I have the products, I address to support the comfortable. All products feel more new over cost and should be obtained. Conversely, this interview approved the safety and UTIs risks that meet of healthcare to the little transportation and gave to contact their visit when signing findings. This was analysed as one prescription behind the used overuse for problems in Hazara. , I tried to stay in the moment with my swimming. Focus on the stroke, focus on counting laps. Focus on anything else BUT the issue at work.

And ever so slowly as the workout got harder, I was able to give back more effort. Effort that had to come from somewhere, so I gave up thinking about work.

And then the workout was over. I felt better getting out than I did going in. And even though it wasn’t a PR type day for a workout, it was an emotional PR day. That’s a big bonus. Money in the bank.`

A quick trip down the shore

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Today was Weazer’s birthday so when she said “let’s go to the beach” there was no way I could decline.  I’ve been avoiding going back down to the Jersey shore except to work on the beach house.  I’ve seen the devastation on TV and online.  I knew it would be worse to see it live.

Yes it was bad.  Ortley Beach was still in a state of emergency.  Most of the roads east of Central Ave were still closed.  Many houses still off their foundations, damaged or completely missing.  Where work had started, many homes were just piles of rubble, the owners opting to demo and rebuild, vs repair.

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The Seaside Heights boardwalk is completely gone.  It was very, very hard to look at that, and know that it will be a long time before I an do another weekend morning run on the boards while all the game & food stands prep for the day.

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But there were signs of life.  The Beachcomber Bar & Restaurant was open and pretty active with lunchers and folks getting ready for football playoff games.  The extension of the restaurant over the water is still closed though.

We also got to play skee-ball at Lucky Leo’s Arcade.  We had to enter from the street as the boardwalk entrances are all closed and inaccessible.  But the arcade was very busy for a January day.  They were serving free coffee & cookies

, and a waitress was carrying around trays of fried snacks for folks to nibble as they played.

When we got back to the car, the Seaside Park police were very busy writing parking tickets, so there is some continuity on that front.  Weazer timed our trip almost perfectly.  We had 2 minutes left on our meter.

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Next we drove down to Lavalette where we could get out to where the boardwalk WAS and look up and down the beach at the damage.  Almost every beachfront house had severe damage.  In Seaside park this was NOT the case because of the extensive dunes built up in front of the homes in the Park.

 

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Finding your way

I’m sitting here watching Lance & Oprah and the long train wreck of denials, attacks, and lies and can only think: How did you get that far off your moral compass? Do you just lose it , did it get broken by your passion? or did you consciously put it down? If the latter, does it just sit there quietly pointing the right way, until you decide to find your way out of the nightmare you created for yourself? Will it ever work again? Can you ever again find your true north?

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Facing fears

We all go into our races with some sort of goal.  Whether it is just to finish, to set a personal best, or to qualify for a prestigious event, endurance athletes seem to be hardwired for goal seeking.  We train for the goal, write it down, tell our friends or sometimes, just keep it to our selves.  But it’s there in our head, and usually at the forefront of our mind on race day.

Then there comes a point in the race where the we will question our ability to hit that goal.  I’m sure it happens to you, just as it happened to me at the Philadelphia marathon last week.  I knew I had the training for a personal best, and had trained with a goal time in mind.  When the weather began to cooperate, I began to really believe I could set a PR and possibly a stretch goal 5 minutes faster.  As the race progressed I focused on each mile, tried to stay loose and smooth

, and maintain my fueling and hydration strategy.

Then around the 20 mile mark, I hit the point where fear took over.  I knew that I was not going to be able to hit my stretch goal, and a PR would require me to maintain a pretty aggressive pace.  I was hurting, but I was moving, yet the fear of having to hurt that much, or even more through the end of the race was daunting.

Facing our fears is a big part of why we all do these events.  We know that at some point that we will hurt and have to push through that discomfort to reach our goal.  Doing so is about facing the fear of the pain, and pushing back.

The fear is always much bigger than the reality.  You know it when you sign up for the race, but it seems to grow with each passing mile until you face it and push through it.  It doesn’t take a huge mental effort, tribal scream or some personal mantra to overcome the fear, (though these can help).  Sometimes it’s simply recognizing the fear, acknowledging it and bringing it along for the ride.

So at mile 20, the fear rose up and asked me a question.  It told me that there was no way I could reach my stretch goal, so what was the point of pushing on in pain.  I could give up, jog/walk the last 10k and finish, or I could keep my pace, pick up the last 5k and get a PR.

The fear lies to us and steals our dreams.  It’s up to us to pull back the curtain and reveal it’s insignificance.

I decided to own the fear, and the pain.  I decided it wasn’t “all that” and I wanted the PR more than I wanted to slow down.   And as I made that decision, I knew that that hurt wasn’t going to get worse, that striding out a bit and picking up the pace was going to get me to the finish faster, the fear began to shrink and the pain wasn’t anywhere near as bad as the fear had made it out to be.

I ended the race completely spent, but very happy with an 8 min PR.  And the fear was left standing along Boathouse row

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