Post 302!!!

Wow. So i've never noticed it before but I've reached 300+ posts! Of course that includes all my old training logs and what not.

So. The 3M half mary is this weekend! Definitly one of my favorite half marathons. The course is SO fast and smooth. I've gotta head down to the SMW regional banquet this weekend anyways, so why not race 3M too?! It'll be my third year now to run 3M. The past two years i've PR'd each time. This year I would LOVE to break 1:20 but to do so I'll have to run a sub 6:06 pace. That could be rough. Plan is to just go out hard around a 6:10 pace and see how I feel after that. Depending on how I feel I'll either go for the sub 1:20 or just break my old PR of 1:23:09.

It seems I'm finally getting back into the swing of things, specifically training :) Not to mention school! My rides are getting a bit better and my run is still great. I finally got back to swimming this week and i've been upping my CORE work. I'm excited to keep upping my volume back to Ironman training.

I ran into someone from the UTA Tri team the other day and he mentioned Collegiate Nationals. I REALLY didnt plan on racing it but this year its in Texas and would align w/ my schedule great. It could be a greeeeat workout. I'm gonna talk to them and see whats up....

I'm out! Have a great weekend :)

_Jacob_

Moving weekend and 6:45AM runs...

Whewwwww. What a long weekend! Started helping Courtney move on Friday around noon and didnt stop at ALL till today around 2pm. It was me and her dad Friday moving couches, etc up 3 FLIGHTS of stairs. We had a friend helping out Saturday so that helped getting a massive dresser, coffee table, etc up 3 FLIGHTS of stairs! Then today we finally got the bed frame/Mattress/etc up 3 FLIGHTS of stairs! Its been awhile since my calves have been this sore. I'm seriously not gonna have to do any strength/core work for a few days... haha.

I did get to work out just a bit on Saturday MORNING! I was up at 6:30 and out the door by 6:45. Got in 6.4 miles and felt great. I had time to run this afternoon but I knew that it wasnt worth it. I'm fairly sore from all the lifting and I needed to sleep before work. School starts Tuesday so I'll have some stuff I need to get done tomorrow. I'd like to at least ride for an hr and run for 30mins plus do some core. We'll have to see if my back is up for the core after all the lifting this weekend....

So has anyone ever been to SWEET TOMATOES?!?! omg. This place is AWESOME. Its by far the best Salad/Soup/bread buffett everrrrr. I'm totally hitting that place up after a long run/ride/swim.

I was talking to a good friend the other night and we were discussing down periods in training/sport. It's funny right now, because I want to be fast... i want to race... and I want to be competitive, but I'm just NOT feeling the long workouts right now. I'm really keeping everything under an hr to an hr and a half. I finally got out the door the other day and got a fasttt 8 miles done. For now i'm going to keep doing what I feel like when I feel like it. With school starting on Tuesday I'm going to have access to the pool on a regular basis so I can really start getting in some good workouts there. When I'm ready again... I'm really going to kick my ass with some long pool sessions and finally get some 3-4-5 hr rides in.

Included is one of my favorite music videos of the week. I absolutely love this song... :)

Remember that Ice Storm???

Heres a fun little video I made from that recent "ice storm" we had.... Enjoy.

_Jacob_

California Rolls and Sapporo Reserve...

Oh man.

So things have been good lately.

School starts in less than a week now. SIX days to be exact. This is exciting in a way, knowing that this will be my last actual semester. I'm so ready to get to my residency and graduate its not EVEN funny.

I made some big decisions this week regarding my racing schedule for the year. I've decided to race the Virginia DOUBLE IRONMAN. I'll still to IMLP in July but regardless of whether I qualify or not I'm doing the double Iron in October. I think I finally came to the realization the other day that as a college student trying to/on the verge or graduating I need to focus on getting through school, and that includes not working as much. Well that leads to less income and that leads to the inability to get to Kona. Whether I want to or not its just not realistic for me to take time out of my residency and to spend that kind of money again. Its going to be much cheaper and realistic for me to race the double in Virginia. I'll update as more changes take place, but for now that is one thats for sure.

I took some photos today for an artice thats coming out soon. I'll keep everyone updated as to when its going to get published and get anyone copies that may want one!

Alrighty, I've got a Sapporo to finish and some sleep to be had. Hope everyone is having a good week!

_Jacob_

Thanks PROBAR!!!!

Well the other day I got some wonderful news! PROBAR offered me sponsorship! I was unbelievably excited because I've been using their product for SO long. When I first found their bars at some bike shop in Austin I fell in love with them. (Specifically the Koka Moka flavor) They're perfect for on the go eating. They have 350+ calories, good fats, lots of carbs, and plenty of protein along with having all organic ingredients and being 100% vegan. I'm looking forward to 2009 and being apart of PROBAR!

Be sure to check 'em out when you get the chance! I know they sell them at Whole Foods and REI for sure. If you're in the Dallas area you can find them at Lukes Locker as well :) :)

_Jacob_

White Rock Marathon and 2009....

So the new year is here! A lot has happened in the last month or so...

I finally boston qualified at White Rock back in mid December! Was easily up there with one of the best finish lines I've crossed. I think mainly because It was a long time coming. Boston is one of the first goals I ever had. Before I really knew much about Ironman or the Ironman World Championships. CLICK HERE to check out my race report from White Rock. Finish time was 3:06:50 which is a 7:07 avg mile. 68th Overall and 6th in my Age group.

I took some major downtime after the marathon. One entire week off from exercise and ate how I wanted. I didnt write down anything I ate. Started working out again the next Monday but nothing too hard. Maybe rode my bike for an hour or so and ran maybe 2hrs total. This week I've gotten back to it with both my nutrition and training.

If you look over to the right I have a prelimanary list of 2009 races up. Most of those are for sure but I put things like Kona and the MeatPie tri on there, which may or may not happened depending on qualification for Hawaii. I'll do my usual 3-4 half marathons in the early year. Then do a few short sprints leading to the kansas 70.3 where I'll go fairly easy. Just a training race for Lake Placid at the end of July. Two goals next season. Get back to Kona and get first OVERALL in the South Midwest Region in points. If I dont qualify for Kona I'm going to do the Virginia double Ironman. :)

Hope everyone is doing well and had a good holiday season! As always feel free to shoot me an email and hopefully i'll run into you sooner or later!

Included are a few photos from White Rock.

_Jacob_