Wow!! That's awesome! You and Erika are really an inspiration for me... I think of you every time I run. :)
-----Original Message----- From: Deanna Schneider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 2:48 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Deanna how you doing ... Well, here's the report: swim 7:09 bike 23:27 run 19:09 Total: 49:45 I'd been training the swim at about 8:00 minutes. Adrenaline got me and my first lap was blazing fast. Without even meaning to, I was only breathing every 4th stroke (instead of every or every other, which is what I alternate between for workouts). I've never swum a workout breathing every 4th stroke. So, at the end of that first lap, I was like "what the heck am I doing!!!" and backed off - but of course some damage had been done and I was totally unable to accelerate through the end. The bike was slower than normal, but not because I was really pedaling slower. I swear different bikes determine speed and distance differently. I was staying between 90-100 RPM's the whole way (my target during workouts). I didn't ride with a lot of resistance, so maybe my default resistance at my gym is higher. Not sure. Oh well. It seemed like the few other bike times that I saw were also slow. And, I did accelerate through the end of the bike - so I was happy with it. The run I'm most proud of - not because it's a blazing fast time - but because I accelerated all the way through the run. I'd been training at 6mph. So, I did the first mile at 6.1mph. At each .25 mile after that, I bumped it up .1 mph. In the last .25 mile, I bumped it up to 7mph at the beginning and 7.5mph at the half-way point. We don't actually get our results until Wednesday (one of the disadvantages of this kind of event). But, of my heat, I beat everyone except the 17 yr old high school stud muffin. (Okay, I don't really know his age, but he was definitely a high schooler.) His time was about 46 minutes. There were about 70 competiters, and lots of age breakdowns. So, I guess I have a decent chance of placing reasonably well in my age bracket. Considering the illness of the first half of the week, I couldn't ask for a better result. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:199621 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
