Busy, busy, busy. That is how to explain this past weekend. A little Christmas decorating, a visit from the in-laws coupled with a trip to Holland filled up the weekend quickly. I managed to get in a short ride on the trainer and an easy 4 mile run. I also managed to cut down and …
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Nov 18
Me: 1, Pavlov: 0
As anyone who has taken Psychology 101 knows, Pavlov was able to condition dogs by ringing a bell when he fed them. After a short period, the dogs would begin to salivate merely at sound of a bell and thus conditioning. I too found myself conditioned. However, I was conditioned to reach for my iPod …
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Nov 14
End of the Week
Friday I had two great workouts on Friday. For my swim, I did 2500 yards with the main workout being 4x300yds followed by 6×50 yard sprints. I felt great through the entire workout. I consistently got faster on each of the 300’s with the 4th one being my fastest (5:03). The 50 yard sprints were …
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Oct 28
Two Good Workouts
I had my best day of workouts since the marathon today. It really took a lot out of me though and now I am exhausted. It started out with a swim this morning. I did a speed workout from my book. It was a total of 2900 yards. The warm up alone was 800 yards. …
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Oct 12
Like a Fish
I have officially passed 100 miles swimming this year. It only took me 63 hours and 26 minutes. Actually, I passed the 100 mile mark a couple days ago, but apparently the Buckeye Outdoors website doesn’t do conversion from yards to miles very well. According to them, 185,882 yards is equal to 99 miles. It …
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