I've been writing this blog since mid-2008 - right after I signed up for Ironman Lake Placid (I think it was still called Ironman USA Lake Placid then). Writing in my blog was a way to document training leading up to the 'big race'. Well, after IMLP 2009 I went on to do three more Ironman races and a whole lot of other stuff!
On my blog, off to the right, I list a number of other blogs that I like to read. The list changes order by which blog has been most recently updated. I just added a new blog to that list: The NHL Files. Seems kind of different from most of the running and/or multisport related blogs that I follow, doesn't it? Well, my younger son has taken on writing the NHL fan blog for the Phoenix Coyotes! I think that is pretty cool! This is his first time at blogging so I thought I'd put it out here in case any of my followers are into hockey! The blog covers all the teams and keeps a running list of recent posts. My son is a Capitals fan and thinks that writing for the Coyotes is good because he has a less biased opinion of them!
Back to my regularly unscheduled multi-sport blog...
I've kind of been a slug this week. Did not feel well on Sunday/Monday. Actually still not quite 100% it seems. My left shoulder is very tight, too. I'm taking an unplanned rest week.
Speaking of Sunday, Carol and I - along with Carol's swim buddies Margie and Jim - swam in the Tropical Splash meet! You can read Team Rabbit's rap about it here. I got out of my comfort zone of long distance swimming and spent the morning sprinting by doing the 100 free, 50 fly, 100 IM (that is Individual Medley, not Ironman!), and 50 free! Not only was I sprinting, I was also doing strokes other than freestyle! As a summer swimmer in my youth I was all about butterfly as it was my regular event; and of course the IM at divisionals! But as an adult... Yikes! I still really love doing fly though and still always worry about getting DQd (disqualified not Dairy Queen) in breaststroke! But all worries aside - I managed to place in all four events! They give ribbons for first through third place and they were fun-themed colors. Instead of blue-red-white for first-second-third they gave aqua-orange-purple. I came home with one aqua, two orange, one purple. I'm actually looking forward to the next swim meet!
Next Up: Run Your Heart Out 5K with my old friends Kim and Katy! By old I mean I worked with them way back in the day at Hechinger! This will also be my baseline 5K for this season as I plan to work on my speed and need to start somewhere!
Happy and Healthy Training!
2 comments:
that is so cool that your son is writing the hockey blog!
Looking forward to the run your heart out 5k. Be warned that most GPSs track it as a smidge short. So it isn't the perfect baseline tracking race, but it'll do :)
Hopefully my brother is going to come run with me and push me to run faster than I would by myself.
It is very cool, actually! I'm ok if the course is short. My goal is to run the entire thing - as hard as I can :-/ - and go from there. It will definitely do! Looking forward to our mini-reunion!!
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