Saturday, February 3, 2007

Saturday, February 3rd

F*ck!ng local CBS affiliate (is that redundant) would rather air infomercials than air the XTERRA World Championships. Why would CBS spend ten, possibly hundreds, of thousands of dollars to fly a crew to Hawaii, film the event, produce it, edit it, lay a soundtrack, and then NOT show it in the fourth largest city in America? It's beyond me.

This morning's 12 mile run at Memorial Park (I ran true 3 mile loops) was a little eratic. Let's take a look at the splits:

Mile 1 8:30 AVG HR 147
Mile 2 8:00 AVG HR 153
Mile 3 8:15 AVG HR 160
Mile 4 8:30 AVG HR 155
Mile 5 8:30 AVG HR 158
Mile 6 8:20 AVG HR 158
Mile 7 8:15 AVG HR 161
Mile 8 8:20 AVG HR 164
Mile 9 8:10 AVG HR 165
Mile 10 7:00 AVG HR 168
Mile 11 7:50 AVG HR 170
Mile 12 7:45 AVG HR 171

Overall I was pleased but I felt like that first mile was going to be 9:15, not 8:30. That was a little alarming in that I thought I may have blown myself up. But all is well that ends well I suppose. Yesterday's day off certainly allowed my legs to recover from Thursday's bike/swim volume. I finished running at 11:20 or so this morning so I should have plenty of time to recover before I ride 4 hours with Justin and Biff tomorrow morning, starting at about the same time I did this morning, 9-9:30. This will be an interesting ride and I hope it goes well. I will be trying some new sodium/magnesium pills to see if it eases the cramping Ive been experiencing as of late.

Cheers,

Jimbo

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