Psyched!

I hit a milestone of sorts today.  I kinda cheated with the scale because I did my morning run before weighing in but the display registered a 259.9 lbs.!  Yeah, after my run and yeah 0.1 lbs under 260 but I haven't had a weight register that low in a long time.  The other reason I'm psyched is that I ran the first run of an interval with an 8 minute run.  Actually, I went 5walk/5run/3walk/8run/3walk/5run and I finished strong.  Feeling good and that was after my long bike ride the day before.

So, yesterday, I finished my 3rd bike workout in a row with my "Flock" friends I meet on Saturday mornings for our weekly ride.  This is probably my favorite workout all week and I look forward to it.  Rode with Sarah, Dean, Therese, Andy, Lewis, Rosanne, and Celeste (first time to meet).  We decided to meet a little earlier to beat the heat with a roll time at 7am.  I ended up going for a bit of a longer ride, 41 miles, and capped the ride with my second run on "the ramp".  I need to get a picture of that thing.  Finished the ride strong but both water bottles nearly empty.  The ride up the ramp screws up my max HR.  I think I was keeping it in a good range but on the last 6 miles coming back it was beginning to creep into the lower 160's on me.  Better speed today too, avg. 13.9.  Finished in the 16/17 mph range mostly.

Oh, I should mention that I'm starting to really get into the endorphins now with my training in running and biking.  The sport I was least worried about, swimming, is starting to suffer in comparison.  I got a new swim training book, as well as some running books, and I think it will help bring my pool time up to speed next.  The book, Swim Workouts for Triathletes, seems like a perfect fit for my needs.  Using the book, I set a baseline T-Pace of 1:55 per 100 yards (average of 3x100 swims with 21 sec rest interval).  My first 100 was at 1:43 but then dropped badly to 1:57 and then 2:07.  T-Pace is used to set swim intervals in training plans and also to track improvement in performance as you are supposed to re-test monthly.