So about kicking it into high gear...

Doctor's orders, no workout till PT guy gives me the a okay. GOD DAMN!! Probably going to listen for today, try lowering bike seat to see if that helps. First meeting is tomorrow so I will have a better feel if I am going to stay in the running for EvoTri.

Time for a Change and hopefully an Evolution...

So with this weather royally pissing me off and messing with any sort of real variety to my training and thus not sure what types of improvement I am making. I know that I am more than likely improving but I would love to see it on the real thing, not just on my spinner. I am also having huge issues getting up in the morning to hit the pool or run or anything becuase I am still working out the details of a training plan.

So...

Here it is, I am kicking it back into gear. I am going to try out a plan from training peaks using the two week sample that it has and hopefully by March 1st I will have a coach and be a member of team EVOTRI. I have made and submitted my video which will be at the end of this entry for anyone to take a look at and let me know their thoughts. This weekend is the deadline and the first round will begin. It is by popular vote so I hope that I am able to reach enough people to make it. I am going to get to bed earlier so that I am ready to go in the morning for what ever workout I have planned.

And with that here is my video and let the change begin...

Stress Fracture?

So I decided to finally get to the doc today to get an update on what may be wrong with my back. We were able to rule out anything that would need surgery, slipped disk etc. It leaves two options a stress fracture in my back from god knows what, or my leg muscles are too tight causing the muscles in my back to strain which makes it very hard for me to stretch, kind of a catch 22 huh?

So I am on a light next couple of days with massive amounts of stretching to pray my back feels better. We shall see. That and hopefully I will rock out and finish up my EvoTri video.

Until then...

Training Program Woes

I am trying to figure out my newest training program and not sure what I really want to use. The one last year worked well, I was able to finish and that was fantastic but I am not sure if I want to use it again this year or pay for a bit more intensive program to really improve my times. I have the time to work pretty much unlimited during almost any day due to only taking 12 credits, and not caring too much about classes, not that I am not gonna pass them just I do not need to work uber hard in them. That and I have about 2 months completely free before my race... I really am thinking about shelling out some cash and really drilling this one out of the park. See how much time I can shed off my time from last year. I will keep you posted.

Have Mercy

So yeah 4 hours on an indoor trainer is hell as is let me tell you this little story...

So the cycling team decided to have a nice trainer party today becuase we are also having a rave tonight in which we will all be getting slightly, no, completely bombed. We were planning on the four hour tid bit but I did not know about the dvd that would be featured as the center portion of this adventure. We began just spinning and watching Ren and Stimpy for a little over an hour and a half and then it was decided to put in the dvd "Have Mercy" a spinervals specialty. it is ranked a 10 out of 10 on the intensity scale. Add that to the fact that I have only spun for about 2 hours max lately and the fact that this ridiculousness is about 2 hours long... I knew it was gonna be fun. So included you get to see the HR, cadence and speed (which is completely inaccurate becuase its not calibrated).

But anywho a few hours later I am continuing this entry and am fairly intoxicated. The ride was good and i am not sure how I will feel about it tomorrow but we shall find out and that is a post for another time. Adios muchachos.

So yeah

I am sorry to anyone who actually tries to read this on a daily basis, not sure if anyone actually does, but first week of class nuttiness has caused me to get a little lax in the blogging area. My workouts have been kicking ass. Been running in the morning and spinning in the evenings. Not running this morning becuase those muscles need a break and the fact that I was out at Club Feve until 3 last night does not help in the whole get up and go run attitude. But is was a good time, had a couple drinks, danced a little (well if you can call what I was doing dancing), played some shuffle board, and caught up with a crowd i rarely see anymore, my friends who go out and party and drink. So all in all a good time. planning on getting a solid spin in this afternoon and relaxing tonight. WE have a cycling team party on saturday which I will be attending and drinking a fair amount so trying to plan a long cycling team spin for earlier that day. prepping my video to try to join team EvoTri I will post it here when I finish it up . Adios everyone

Qiuck Post

I am in the middle of packing my car for my last trip out to South Bend to my final semester at Notre Dame. This is so surreal I don't even know what to say. I did not have a chance to workout today but have been busy so its an active day off. Prob wont get a workout in tomorrow but possible if we make good time getting out there. Anyways back to packing I go...