"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."
-Henry David Thoreau
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Finally, I think the rain may be leaving.
It started raining last Thursday and was pretty much non-stop since then. It was unbelievable. I went out to ride that Thursday and ended having to call John to pick me up due to the lightning. I'm ok riding in rain, but as soon as the lightning starts up I'm done!
I've had a really good we of training as I prepare for the Texas Triathlon Championships on the 27th. I'm still first overall in the region after the new rankings came out so that's great. As of right now it looks like the overall crown is mine. The race this weekend is worth 100 points and I feel confident that I can pull off 99 points if not 100 and first place overall. I've raced this course before for the olympic course and won first overall there. The bike course is fast fast fast, and the run course isn't too bad either. I'm signed up for the open wave so I'll be able to see the competition from the start of the race.
I registered for the Rockledge Rumbe 50K this week so I'm officially in for that one! I wanted to send out a formal invitation to everyone to attend that race if at all possible. They have a distance for everyone, including 15K, 30K, and 50K. If you've never participated in a trail run this is definitely the time to try it out! It's a great atmosphere. Very relaxed and welcoming. The DFW area has few trail races, so it's great to get as many people out as possible when we do have them. If you CLICK HERE, you can check out the details.
I've also started seriously thinking about the Rocky Raccoon 100 miler in February. I'm going to see how the rest of my running season unfolds and make the decision later in the year.
I hope everyone is having a good weekend!
_Jacob_
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Comments Enabled!
Well, after about 2-3 years of having this website, I've finally enabled the comments section. Now at the bottom of each and every post I make there will be a comments button. If you click that, you'll be able to leave a comment for that specific post!
Alright, I'm outta here. Happy commenting!
_Jacob_
Alright, I'm outta here. Happy commenting!
_Jacob_
Rockin and Rollin....
"Every man is the builder of a temple called his body."
-Henry David Thoreau
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I'm back in the swing. After one complete week off from any form of cardiovascular exercise I'm back in the swing and training well. (not hard!) This week I just worked on getting in the groove of triathlon training again. (And YES that means swimming!) I know, I know... Me Swimming... But I actually swam twice this week.
I started my student teaching last week (which I'll hit on in a minute) but it's right down the road from the SGP high school, where I used to swim all the time. The thing is, since I'm still a full time student @ UTA, I can swim there for free (included in my tuition) but it's way out of the way from my placement school. So, with that, I'm going to start going back to SGP. I went up there on Wed and payed the $2. The pool is not that great, fairly dirty, and hot, but HEY! It gets the job done. I went back up there on Friday and used my old card they issued me. It still had money on it! I probably had used it in over a year. So total this week I logged about 6,100 yards. I figure that will be about the max as I try to peak for the State Championship triathlon in a few weeks.
I've tried to do a bit of speedwork and that's worked out well. Didn't do much running speed, but they bike is another story. Tuesday night starting around 8:30pm I did some sprint repeats in a lit neighborhood. That was awesome! :) Then Thursday I was planning on meeting a friend at the Joe Pool Lake Marina for an hour ride w/ hills, but he wasn't able to make it, so I headed out with a big group that meets at the Oasis.
I believe its the Texas Wheels group. Man what a great ride. I hadn't ridden with this group in about 3 years. We headed out and the group quickly broke up after about 30 minutes. Ended up with just one other guy and we really hammered. Pace was around 21.4 mph for 32 miles including a very lengthy warm-up. I'm looking forward to doing that ride again next week if my schedule allows.
My running feels good considering the 100K I did 2 weeks ago. I'm looking forward to really throwing down some good speedwork on the legs this week.
In regards to my student teaching I started that last Tuesday and It's going great. I'm working at a High School in Arlington teaching Special Ed P.E. I'm doing that Mon-Fri from 8am-11:30am, then only taking one night class at 5 on Tuesdays, so my training isn't having to suffer too bad at all!
It's getting close to that time of year when I start looking into races for next year! As of right now the rest of my season into next season in regards to running looks like the Rockledge Rumble 50K here in Grapevine, Tx, the 8 mile Turkey Trot, HOPEFULLY the Dallas Full Marathon (if I can afford it), the Bandera 50K (which I wanna kick some *** at), and the Rocky Raccoon 50 Miler which I'd love to kick some *** at). Not to mention I have the Boston Marathon on the schedule for 2010!
It's looking like I'll be getting plenty of running in soon, but first I've gotta get this triathlon out of the way in late September. It's the state championships, so it's high points. As of right now I'm still in first place overall for the SMW region, with around 98.6 points. I'd LOVE to win this race and put OVER 100 points. If I win that race I'm guaranteed the overall crown.
Man... That's about all I've got for now. Included in this post in another photo from the Where's Waldo 100K I did two weeks ago. This is from the top of the first mountain (Mt. Fuji) around mile 13 (7,300 feet).
Hope everyone is staying safe and having a great holiday weekend!!
_Jacob_
-Henry David Thoreau
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I'm back in the swing. After one complete week off from any form of cardiovascular exercise I'm back in the swing and training well. (not hard!) This week I just worked on getting in the groove of triathlon training again. (And YES that means swimming!) I know, I know... Me Swimming... But I actually swam twice this week.
I started my student teaching last week (which I'll hit on in a minute) but it's right down the road from the SGP high school, where I used to swim all the time. The thing is, since I'm still a full time student @ UTA, I can swim there for free (included in my tuition) but it's way out of the way from my placement school. So, with that, I'm going to start going back to SGP. I went up there on Wed and payed the $2. The pool is not that great, fairly dirty, and hot, but HEY! It gets the job done. I went back up there on Friday and used my old card they issued me. It still had money on it! I probably had used it in over a year. So total this week I logged about 6,100 yards. I figure that will be about the max as I try to peak for the State Championship triathlon in a few weeks.
I've tried to do a bit of speedwork and that's worked out well. Didn't do much running speed, but they bike is another story. Tuesday night starting around 8:30pm I did some sprint repeats in a lit neighborhood. That was awesome! :) Then Thursday I was planning on meeting a friend at the Joe Pool Lake Marina for an hour ride w/ hills, but he wasn't able to make it, so I headed out with a big group that meets at the Oasis.
I believe its the Texas Wheels group. Man what a great ride. I hadn't ridden with this group in about 3 years. We headed out and the group quickly broke up after about 30 minutes. Ended up with just one other guy and we really hammered. Pace was around 21.4 mph for 32 miles including a very lengthy warm-up. I'm looking forward to doing that ride again next week if my schedule allows.
My running feels good considering the 100K I did 2 weeks ago. I'm looking forward to really throwing down some good speedwork on the legs this week.
In regards to my student teaching I started that last Tuesday and It's going great. I'm working at a High School in Arlington teaching Special Ed P.E. I'm doing that Mon-Fri from 8am-11:30am, then only taking one night class at 5 on Tuesdays, so my training isn't having to suffer too bad at all!
It's getting close to that time of year when I start looking into races for next year! As of right now the rest of my season into next season in regards to running looks like the Rockledge Rumble 50K here in Grapevine, Tx, the 8 mile Turkey Trot, HOPEFULLY the Dallas Full Marathon (if I can afford it), the Bandera 50K (which I wanna kick some *** at), and the Rocky Raccoon 50 Miler which I'd love to kick some *** at). Not to mention I have the Boston Marathon on the schedule for 2010!
It's looking like I'll be getting plenty of running in soon, but first I've gotta get this triathlon out of the way in late September. It's the state championships, so it's high points. As of right now I'm still in first place overall for the SMW region, with around 98.6 points. I'd LOVE to win this race and put OVER 100 points. If I win that race I'm guaranteed the overall crown.
Man... That's about all I've got for now. Included in this post in another photo from the Where's Waldo 100K I did two weeks ago. This is from the top of the first mountain (Mt. Fuji) around mile 13 (7,300 feet).
Hope everyone is staying safe and having a great holiday weekend!!
_Jacob_
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