dj whitebread
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Thursday
The deadline approacheth. Much work to be done.
Went for a ride yesterday. Did a little climbing, felt okay while climbing, felt like a total pansy when not climbing. Shoulder starting hurting pretty badly, so I had to cut the ride short.
My availability for the race on Sunday is in doubt. I really wanted to do this race, too. With all this rain it really should be epic.
Lloyd and Catherine just came up to the sixth floor to pay me a visit, that was a nice touch to the day. :)
Alrighty... I guess I should try to get a little bit done before I grab some lunch. Just a little over a week until I can enjoy the savory, delicious taste of meat once more. There are some Rudy's baby back ribs with my name on them come Easter Sunday.
11:22 AM |
Monday, March 12, 2007
Time Change
Well, here we are. Daylight saving time is back. While I welcome the added light in the evening, it does always take a little while to get used to.
Congratulations to Carrie on her half-marathon yesterday. She improved her time from the AT&T Austin half-marathon a few weeks ago, and on a very hilly course for a run at that.
I drove her and her friend Merri Su down there to run the race. I brought my bike along. When they started (7:30am) it was still too dark to start riding, so I hung out, got some coffee, and sat in the parking lot for a little while. Finally, around 8:10 or so I got my bike put back together, put on my gear, and headed out. The marathon was on almost exactly the same loop as the Texas State road race from a few weeks back, so I was able to follow along that. I did one loop of the TX State race course and then one loop of the half-marathon course which gave me 25 miles with a little bit of climbing thrown in. However, I was just tired. My heart rate did not want to get up very high regardless of how much I hurt or pushed. It took a long time for legs to warm up as well. Pretty much all the riding I did last week involved me trying to go up hill as much as possible, so I think my legs were ready for a break. Plus, I got four hours of sleep because of the time change.
Spent the afternoon hanging out with Chad playing WoW at Jerry's house.
We had Mangia and Amy's last night. It was delicious. And most definitely a splurge for the week.
Two weeks until our next collegiate race. Of course, I have South by Southwest coming up this weekend, so that will put a little dent in the training. I am planning on heading up to Wichita Falls in two weeks well-rested and ready to go. I've already noticed that I feel stronger climbing, and I've lost a little weight as well, so I'm really excited about this race. The course is mostly flat with a few rollers, and I should be able to actually play a part.
I'm starting to really miss meat. I really find myself craving it now.
Also, I need to find a way to get live crawfish into Austin. I'm okay if it involves driving to Houston. I'm just curious to find out the details.
Labels: cycling, meat, SxSW, WoW
3:20 PM |
