Doing a 45 minute swim workout here is a lot more fun. And it’s far easier to motivate yourself to go for a swim…
If I lived here maybe I could motivate my self to train for something silly like an ironman…
Training here is easier
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Recovery breakfast
After bike ride food.
Out and back
This is my happy face… The result of many endorphins and a nice bike.
This is the airport that was the almost midpoint of my ride today.
real triathletes eat quiche
my wife made super amazing quiche.
I ate some.
some. not all. some.
Week 56 – Food Poisoning and the Triathlete
One of the constant themes of triathlon training is food. You’re either eating too much, too little or not enough of the right stuff.
This week was an up week. I had my first week of three days with two workouts per day. This is 9 workouts in a week.
Thursday night, I had a 2:15 minute bike ride and was so tired my legs hurt while I was sleeping. For some reason, I decided to have a snack.
Unfortunately the snack contained some food that was spoiled.
The next morning I woke up feeling like shit. But because I had slept so poorly, I assumed it was my sleep. And it would just pass.
Nope.
Later in the day I puked. And then came home and puked again. And again.
But that’s the easy part. The problem with Triathlon training is that you are always on the very bleeding edge of desperately hungry. When you’re healthy this manifests itself as a continuous urge to eat. When your stomach feels like crap, this manifests itself as a basic shutdown of your entire body. There are no calories in the blood, no calories entering the mouth so your body decides to shut down.
This is what I looked like Friday night.
The good news is that by Saturday evening I was fine. And was once again looking around the house for food to eat.
And your weekly weight chart:
Yes, I weighed in at 214.5 … But that’s what happens when every ounce of liquid or food in your body ends up in the toilet from the wrong side.
Triathletes, 40-Somethings, Going for Youth – NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/fashion/24triathlon.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
I’m not a rebel, or insane… I’m just doing what everyone else is doing.
Over 40, and trying to be healthy…
Feeding station
To deal with out of control hunger that is satiated only with massive out of control eating I now have health food at work.
My prize possession is the dried apples my wife prepares.
Kostadis
back after a moderately successful gaming career
Back to running at the bay lands…
Before I worked at zynga I used to work at NetApp. And I ran many miles at the bay lands.
Now that I am at Juniper Networks I am back here…
And since I am training for an ironman I think the greatest Christmas present ever is a run at the bay instead of the same route I run every week.
Week 43 – Sick
My body this week decided to remind me that I am on the on the wrong side of forty.
And that sucked.
What made it worse was that I was starting a new job.
So here I am trying to get through new hire orientation, trying to learn about stuff and in parallel trying to avoid passing out. Normally I am a pretty high energy guy, but this week I am dragging.
Talk about not giving the best first impression possible …
Thankfully this illness has passed me by and I get to start working out again…
Epic for so many other reasons
Finished in 5:42 min. Went all out to get to five hours but the heat and gradient killed me.
Chose to not quit but dug in really hard and finished…