The training continues

I managed another week in which I logged 6 days of activity. I ran 4 days and swam 3 days. I know that sounds like 7 but I actually swam and ran on the same day on Friday. You can see my dailymile widget that keeps my miles logged on this same page. Rob and I are gearing up for the Turkey Trot on Thursday and we are both excited about it. I am hoping to crush my PR by at least 2 minutes, but it's going to be tough.

Dailymile

Ravished after a run.

Went for a little run with Rob today after work. The temp at start was about 43. I decided to run the first mile at a pretty fast pace and wound up running 7:19 for the first mile. Rob and I ran together on a course that he had been telling me about and it wound up being the exact same way I had been running during the summer. After we got back to his house I had run 5 miles, so I decided to take it up a notch for the way home. I pushed it very hard and finished the last mile in 7:15 which leads me to wonder if I am going to be able to break 23 minutes in the Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving. I haven't used my inhaler in over a year, but the air was cold today and I almost went for it, but decided against it.  We had supper shortly after I got back to the house and I felt like my body absorbed every calorie in about ten minutes, which left me very hungry and searching for calories. I went to Wal-Mart after I took the girls to dance and I bought a box of Snyder's of Hanover Bavarian Pretzels, ate three of them and had a Diet Mt. Dew. I realize it wasn't necessarily the best choice considering I had candy already today and I am trying to lose 10 pounds. I know that I need to drink more water. I am really enjoying my training and can truly envision one day completing a triathlon.  I have increased my swimming to three days a week and can swim a half mile without stopping. 

Very windy run with Rob 2.0. Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 1259 ft Location: Springfield, MO Elev. Gain: +3 ft Date: 11/11/08 Up/Downhill: [+239/-236] Time: 09:00 AM Difficulty: 2.9 / 5.0   Weather: Overcast and Windy   47 F temp; 82% humidity   47 F heat index; winds SE 26 G 36 Performance Distance: 6.23 miles Time: 1:04:51 Speed: 5.8 mph Pace: 10' 25 /mi Heart Rate: 148 bpm (Avg) Calories: 1076 180 bpm (Peak) Map   Elevation (ft)   Pace (min/mile)   Heart Rate (bpm)   Heart Rate Zones Zone Range (bpm) Time In Zone Distance In Zone Zone 5 176 - 195 0h 00m 0%  0.04 mi Zone 4 156 - 176 0h 25m 39%  2.65 mi Zone 3 137 - 156 0h 32m 49%  3.22 mi Zone 2 117 - 137 0h 06m 10%  0.54 mi Zone 1 98 - 117 0h 03m 5%  0.12 mi (none) out of range 0h 00m 0%  0.00 mi Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Heart Rate Elev Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 9' 59 -0' 26 6.0 +0.2 137 -7 ft 2 9' 51 -0' 34 6.1 +0.3 141 -16 ft 3 9' 52 -0' 33 6.1 +0.3 148 -10 ft 4 10' 01 -0' 24 6.0 +0.2 154 +10 ft 5 10' 06 -0' 19 5.9 +0.2 159 +20 ft 6 8' 59 -1' 26 6.7 +0.9 164 +4 ft end 24' 53 +14' 28 2.4 -3.3 127 +4 ft Versus average of 10' 25 min/mile

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Was a little windy but after about a mile started to really loosen up. A stupid dog chased me at about the 1/2 mile mark. I wore my Heart Rate monitor for the first time in a long while. Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 1279 ft Location: Republic, MO Elev. Gain: +3 ft Date: 11/06/08 Up/Downhill: [+193/-190] Time: 08:10 AM Difficulty: 2.1 / 5.0   Weather: Fair   52 F temp; 83% humidity   52 F heat index; winds W 17 G 22 Performance Distance: 4.50 miles Time: 0:38:45 Speed: 7.0 mph Pace: 8' 37 /mi Heart Rate: 162 bpm (Avg) Calories: 786 178 bpm (Peak) Map   Elevation (ft)   Pace (min/mile)   Heart Rate (bpm)   Heart Rate Zones Zone Range (bpm) Time In Zone Distance In Zone Zone 5 176 - 195 0h 00m 1%  0.07 mi Zone 4 156 - 176 0h 35m 91%  4.12 mi Zone 3 137 - 156 0h 04m 11%  0.49 mi Zone 2 117 - 137 0h 00m 0%  0.00 mi Zone 1 98 - 117 0h 00m 0%  0.01 mi (none) out of range 0h 00m 0%  0.01 mi Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Heart Rate Elev Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 8' 49 +0' 12 6.8 -0.2 157 +23 ft 2 8' 47 +0' 10 6.8 -0.1 160 +20 ft 3 8' 32 -0' 05 7.0 +0.1 164 +10 ft 4 8' 24 -0' 13 7.1 +0.2 165 -19 ft end 8' 30 -0' 07 7.0 +0.1 165 -30 ft Versus average of 8' 37 min/mile

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Bass Pro Half Marathon

The temperature at the start was about 60 degrees. If you look at the data below you will see that I went out too fast. I have got to learn to be a better overall pacer. I was starting to get a little dehydrated by the end of the race, but I felt like I finished strong. However, I finished under my goal time of 1 hour and 50 minutes. All of the miles are accurate except the last 0.1 because I forgot to hit the stop button on my GPS watch. Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 0 ft Location: Springfield, MO Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 11/02/08 Up/Downhill: [+0/-0] Time: 06:02 AM Difficulty: 0 / 5.0   Weather: Fair   60 F temp; 89% humidity   60 F heat index; winds S 10 Performance Distance: 13.14 miles Time: 1:49:45 Speed: 7.1 mph Pace: 8' 25 /mi Calories: 2489 Map   Elevation (ft)   Pace (min/mile)   Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 7' 39 -0' 51 7.8 +0.8 -- ft 2 8' 01 -0' 29 7.5 +0.4 -- ft 3 7' 56 -0' 34 7.6 +0.5 -- ft 4 7' 55 -0' 35 7.6 +0.5 -- ft 5 8' 23 -0' 07 7.2 +0.1 -- ft 6 8' 29 -0' 01 7.1 +0.0 -- ft 7 8' 17 -0' 13 7.2 +0.2 -- ft 8 8' 47 +0' 17 6.8 -0.2 -- ft 9 8' 21 -0' 09 7.2 +0.1 -- ft 10 8' 46 +0' 16 6.8 -0.2 -- ft 11 8' 47 +0' 17 6.8 -0.2 -- ft 12 8' 52 +0' 22 6.8 -0.3 -- ft 13 8' 34 +0' 04 7.0 -0.1 -- ft end 19' 10 +10' 40 3.1 -3.9 -- ft Versus average of 8' 25 min/mile

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