Update Feb.15

Where to start?  I'll try to keep it brief. 

January started off as a GREAT training month, I nailed 3 weeks of a new program getting 3-4 runs a week, 3 bikes, and 1 swim.  Then I was forced kicking and screaming to my stag party held in Las Vegas.  That was a bit nuts.  Also 3 days of binge drinking is not in many Ironman Handbooks. 


Returning to Canada I battled a cold, that even 3 weeks later hasnt gone away.  I lost a fair amount of training time but still tried to maintain at least.  My fiance and I sold our condo, I got a new job, I quit my old one, we found a house on Vancouver Island, we bought it, set up all the fun details of buying a house, and moved out of our condo the day before leaving for our wedding.  I can't think of a time when I've been as overwhelmed as right now, but these are all positive changes and I'm looking forward to the next step in life.

I'm off to the Caribbean for my wedding now and will hopefully be able to write about a few workouts down there though it is an all you can eat all you can drink... making it all the more important to get a jog in down there when I can.

Photos later.. Im off!

New Years Day 50k Ride

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Morning at Dennys, nap, then out with the fiance to park in Pitt Meadows and go for a road ride for 50k. Good ride, nice and flat, not busy, but holy shit cold feet.  Like ice blocks by the end, painful as the sun set. Definitely buying booties.

First ever ride with the EDGE 500, and IT.IS.AWESOME.

Google Aerial

BING Aerial - Just to show how bad of a decision garmin connect made when switching their maps over from Google

The new Garmin!

Gu Chomps frozen into one block

New Years Eve - rounding out the year

Rounding out 2010 with a 100k month.  Start out the workout by running a 13k out to central park, looping, and back. Swung by the metrotown pharmacy to sort out their mistake from 2 months ago and get my 50 clams back.

Didnt run for time on this, but tried to keep my heart rate just under 150bpm. Running through the park the k's went slower but so nice in there it was good to take it a bit easy. Pushed hard the last 4k to keep them all under 5:20. Finished at starbucks for a skim latte.. thats it thats all!

After the 13k run at a good clip, I figured I'd be set to sip my latte, but with the sun out and feeling jacked up I was out the door and down the elevator for a ride. Then back up 27 floors to get my gloves, then back down.. 10 minutes gone there.

Wanting to beat my last 2 weeks rides of this same route of 1hour 21 minutes I pushed a bit harder. Slowed for a few pics with my iphone along river road though, so nice in the sun but cold out. Definitely much more comfortable in the aero position on this ride, probably the mid 28k was aero, wicked!

Back as the sun set, time to eat up and hit the bottle.  Happy New Year!


mx 50.2

cadence 76 / 105