Iron Pol

 
 

No, I didn't head to Indianapolis to participate in a masochistic cold-water triathlon.  In fact, I stayed close to home and played outside with my kids.  And got my hair cut.

As many of you already know, juggling training with an already full schedule can be challenging.  This weekend, my wife had a lot on her plate.  Though she had agreed to let me get my swim and 30-mile bike in on Saturday, it seemed reasonable to shift my schedule around to help out.  So, I decided to do a little "independent" sprint triathlon.

It started at 6 a.m. at my local YMCA with a 1200 yard swim.  That took just over 25 minutes.  After a rather lengthy transition, I checked out the spin class and found that it was non-existent.  It must start later in the fall.  Lacking the spin class, I hopped on the one adjustable trainer in the Lifestyle center and pounded out 30 minutes at a (too) high cadence and heart rate.  They get antsy when anyone spends more than 30 minutes, and I decided to play nice.

After the spin, I grabbed my fuel belt (giving my heart rate time to come down) and headed out for a 5.4 mile run.  I had a beautiful day with sun and little wind, and completed the run in 45:44.

There wasn't anyone to race, and there were no crowds to cheer, but it was a nice change of pace to the normal training day.  And it got me home early enough for my wife to get an early start to her schedule.  In fact, it was so early she didn't even realize I got my hair cut on the way home.

Which in and of itself is a sad commentary on the state of my hair.  It's now to the point that there is little difference between "in serious need of a haircut" and "just got a haircut."  Something Tri-Dummy pointed out before I even GOT the haircut.

 


Comments

monica

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:35:49

i love the idea of these gym duathlons and tris!!! i travel a lot for work and love being a member of the y, so i can get my workout in even when the hotel gym sucks or there's no pool. that's going to be my biggest challenge training for this first im is being gone from my bike for a week or sometimes two at a time, but i'm gonna have to make up some difference with spinning.

sometimes i even overstay my visit to the gym without even realizing i'm over the 3 hour parking validation. now that's just sad......

 

fe-lady

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:50:25

This has nothing to do with your post...but how does one comment to each other on the workout logs? (like you did?) I cannot for the life of me figure it out! (And I am not that consistent...who knows, maybe it's all lies!) :-)
Thanks! Fe-lady

 



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