Except for my stomach feeling a little off, I felt great on my run today. Now I just have a 10 miler on Sunday, then my taper week before my personal half-marathon on the following weekend. YEAH!!!
YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS!!!
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After my bike I got a quick 15 min. bowflex workout in….feeling it baby!
PILCHER OUT!
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Two weeks until my personal half marathon….hopefully it warms up by then.
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I’m trying a new Bowflex routine that only takes 30 mins. so I can try to get it in once a day during my training. Hopefully I still have the energy once the holiday break is over.
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I have taken the last couple of days to figure out what I want to accomplish in 2009. My goals for 2008 where to try and become a better swimmer so that I could try some longer distance triathlons in 2009. After 20,000 yards in 6 months time I realize I am not where I would like to be in the water. I am worlds better than when I started, but I don’t see myself getting where I would want to be. I am good with this decision and thus have modified the goals I have for this new year. And besides, we already have a kick ass triathlete in the family. Also, the bad economy has changed my first goal event somewhat. While B and I would really, really love to be in Arizona on January 18 for the Rock ‘n Roll Half Marathon, we just can’t justify spending the money. So, instead I will run in the :”First Annual, First Ever, Pilcher Half-Marathon.” Basically I will find 13.1 miles to run in either Moscow or Lewiston, depending and the weather. I think I could talk B into following along in our car for a mobile aid station. I figure I have been sticking to the training plan so I owe it to myself to run it. Hope I win!!!! After the 18th I will take a week off before starting training for my next big goal event, which will run into the next, and the next, and…you get the point. So, here is the big reveal for my 2009 goal events:
1. May - CD’A Marathon (first ever for me)
2. July - STP Cycling Classic (1 day - I did 2 days last year)
3. August - CD’A Scenic Challenge Duathlon (first ever for me)
4. Sept. - Palouse Sprint Triathlon (I now have a time to beat, mine from last year)
I think this schedule will keep me pretty busy, and in the process check off a few items on my list. Plus, I will get to cheer on B for her triathlon events as well. Should be a good fitness year for the family I think.
I hope everyone had a great holiday last night.
YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS!!!
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What a great fitness year it was for me. Growing up I was always an athlete. I played every sport possible until focusing on Basketball and Track in High School. I did well enough as a hurdler to earn a partial scholarship to run for the University of Idaho. After college I stayed active with Park and Rec. leagues and general working out. As time passed, and life got more interesting and a lot busier the athlete part of me went away and I became like so many others my age just watching on the sidelines. Little did I know that my wife, someone who by her own admission was never totally interested in athletics, would be the one to bring back my inner athlete. She is my total inspiration and the reason I continue to push myself with every workout and/or training session I do. Since last New Years Eve I have finished the STP Cycling Classic and the local Palouse sprint triathlon. I have swam over 20,000 yards since July 1, which is about 19,500 more yards then I have swam in my life up to that point. I have dropped close to 15 pounds and kept my weight at a level I have not seen since college. My cholesterol is back to a healthy range and I feel 20 years younger. I am running again and remembering what it feels like to get that kick at the end of each run. But most of all I feel like I am back to the athlete I once was many years ago. This has been a great year to kick start things and I look forward to all the years ahead of me and all the challenges that they will bring. I would like to wish everyone on sweat365 a happy, healthy new year. Tomorrow, the first day of 2009, I plan to lay out my goals and race events I plan to enter. This year was good, but wait until you see what I do next year. Until then……
PILCHER OUT!!!
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