San Diego Rock & Roll Race Report

The real QS didn’t show up. It was almost like a different person was there.  My legs were real heavy, and get this–I couldn’t go 2 miles straight without a walking break.  WTF?
In the first walking break, I actually contemplated throwing the race.  Huh?  First of all, QS would never throw a race.  Anyway, [...]

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My new toy!

20 hour battery life, better GPS reception, waterproof to 50 meters, wireless sync. Compatible with power meters, display contrast. Minor differences from the 305 in setup; I was able to get all the settings right on the first try and it took but a few minutes. The wireless sync setup is the [...]

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San Diego Rock & Roll Expo

Goshdarn it, I have to admit–this is by far the best expo they put on as far as quantity and quality of vendors and things to do. I spent an hour or two just walking around and looking at stuff. I ended up buying a few things that I’ll talk about later.
I saw [...]

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Look out – back to mondo running!

I got home tonight and decided to sign up for a few more running events.  So the second half of this year will look like the list below.  I had signed up for Lake Tahoe Triple last year, but couldn’t go because I had to taper for Ironman Kona; no excuse not to go back [...]

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My running shoes, wear pattern

I was looking at my older running shoes when I suddenly got interested in comparing the wear patterns on the soles. I’ve been buying the Asics Gel Kayano series, not seeing any reason to change my choice from year to year. The Kayanos are Stability Plus shoes, which I really don’t need except [...]

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Elfin Forest Bike Ride

62 mile ride to Elfin Forest. Interesting name for a small town in East San Diego. Went out with Christiane and Mona who have done this ride many times. We ran into Gene who was doing a short ride up to Encinitas. He rode with us for a while. We also [...]

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Better days

I just heard this week that a close friend I had in high school passed away. I just remember that period in my life as care-free. We were almost doing most of the shenanigans and getting away with it at that Catholic school.
We were both active then, but he opted for a sedentary [...]

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Tried a new contraption today — ElliptiGO Bikes

One of the founders came and demonstrated these for us after our workout today. We got to ride it after.
It’s cool–an elliptical machine on a bike frame. I just thought that if you put it on a trainer, you’d get an elliptical machine in your living room.
Riding it was fun. I easily reached 16 [...]

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Blacks Beach, Hill Repeats

Joined the group for hill repeats today.
2 1-mile loop Z1, Z2
1 mile downhill-uphill, 400 ft climb
4 1-mile loop, race pace
1 mile downhill-uphill, 400 ft climb
2 1-mile loop Z1, Z2
Total miles is 10.
I started out in the back because I ran long yesterday. After noting that my legs seem okay, I then loosened up my stride [...]

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Long run

21 miler. I had a great time.
One teammate is doing San Diego Rock & Roll, and was looking for a 20 miler. I invited him along, carefully explaining that I aim for sub-8s. He has been doing LRs at 8:30s. Because of his youth and great fitness, I figure he could give it a [...]

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