jlheine Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Congrats man, I'd love to say I can take any credit for anything other than sharing information with someone that wants to do something for themselves. It's fun to start marking the times and then thinking of ways to make it 20 seconds faster consistently. Do that 10 times, and things are a lot more enjoyable! Keep it up!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speed99 Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 James, you can definitely take credit for providing some inspiration. I have found it amazing how much my actions has affected others close to me by doing nothing more than talking about what I am doing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowrideCX Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 You gotta be one sexy looking bitch these days... even more so then before.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John01XX Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 You gotta be one sexy looking bitch these days... even more so then before.... You are just going to have to show up with your CBR6 at RacerXX to see just how sexy the new Speed really is! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowrideCX Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 You gotta be one sexy looking bitch these days... even more so then before.... You are just going to have to show up with your CBR6 at RacerXX to see just how sexy the new Speed really is! Im tryin ... really I am.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speed99 Posted December 28, 2013 Author Share Posted December 28, 2013 Well...I did a 5k training run and came in right at 30 mins.....in Canada with some elevation changes at temps at 20 degrees. Not bad. The race is on Tuesday. My PR for a race is right around 29:30. Hoping to set a time benchmark in tougher conditions. Running in cold temps is definitely a different experience, but I felt good. Maybe running in Florida heat and humidity preps one for the extremes...or maybe it is just as simple as improved conditioning. There is an indoor pool here and I am going to try and get in a couple days of training. Still weak in the water and need to get better before April. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliXXir Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 (edited) When I lived in El Paso, I delivered pizza for Domino's and several of the employees were triathletes & runners who had moved there for training reasons. Two guys were Olympic-bound Kenyans and they didn't deliver pizzas by car. El Paso was their destination because of altitude and terrain. They said running there made everywhere else seem easy since there was so much more oxygen everywhere else, and a few of them raced all over the world. Going from 80 to 20 degrees was likely a 10+% increase in O2. There are air density calculators that take humidity, altitude, and air temp into the formula, it is worth thinking about as you increase your personal expectations. (Turbocharging taught me a few practical things too) Edited December 28, 2013 by eliXXir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speed99 Posted February 6, 2014 Author Share Posted February 6, 2014 Some updates. The holidays put me into maintenance mode and I am starting to get out of that. The first three weeks of January were scrapped...no training. I ended up with too much work and then got sick. But...I have picked it up again. Sunday I ran my best 5K training run at 28:30. Tues I ran my first full 10K training run and came in at 1:06:40. I call it my Forrest Gump run. I went out to get in distance and got to my turn-around. "I figured, I ran tis far, might as well run to the next sub-division." I got tot eh next sub division and said, "well, I might as well run to the main road." "I Just Felt Like Runing!" :-) Biking is fine. No issues there. Swimming...welllll...thats a different story. I cannot find the time to get my swim training done and I really need to get that going. I have access, but the time to get there is legitimately not in the schedule right now. I am going to have to sacrifice a few things to make it happen. Some time with the kids a couple times a week for example. My triathlon is in April, so I still have time, but it will sneak up on me if I dont take action. I can let cycling slide. It is my best discipline and I have no worries. I have to keep running and I have to swim. My easy goal is 2:00:00 for the Tri. Stretch goal is 1:30:00. I am confident I can do 2 hrs, but I need to improve my swim a lot if I hope to break 90 mins. Will keep you posted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBLXX Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 That's great Rick, just fantastic. Sounds like your addicted to fitness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John01XX Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Your ability to set goals and then accomplish them is impressive. You are a great example to your family as well as to us here on the .org You have accomplished an amazing amount in a very short time span. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBLXX Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 NO! You're a shitty example to us here on .org. We enjoy being fat, lazy, and horrible people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodeRash Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Way to go Rick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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