Sunday Jun 10 |
 | Running (road) 35:00 [2] 4.2 mi (8:20 / mi) | |
| shoes: Asics Trail Attack III |
| "Evening" run with Tom along the ocean in Reykjavik. I say "evening" because the sun was still quite high for ~6:30. Good run, legs felt pretty good considering the traveling, poopy feeling, and sitting in a bus for most of the day.
Pictures of today's debauchery (now including Dasha and Clem!) to come. |
| Strength/Core (stretching) 5:00 [1] | |
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| Some stretching after the run. |
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| Today we took a tour around the southwestern part of the island and it was really amazing scenery. Unfortunately it was cloudy and foggy most of the day, but that didn't stop me from taking some pictures (about 100). It's late now, so they'll probably be up tomorrow, but I at least need to note that this would be a really cool spot for a long trip. All those people honeymooning in New Zealand should skip the crowds and come to Iceland. |
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| C • Iceland? I thought Jukola was... 13 |
Saturday Jun 9 |
| Swimming 10:00 [1] | |
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| So Sandy and Tom are very convincing party-hounds. We spent the day cavorting around Reykjavik, picking up dates for the evening, splurging on fancy Icelandic drinks... you know, the usual. (Pictures to come.) After a long day of shenanigans we headed over to the geothermally heated pool just down the road from the hostel. Mostly we just sat around an enjoyed the contrast of the warm water against the 50° air, but Sandy and I did hop over to the lanes to swim some laps. Hard on the eyes, so it didn't last long, but it worked to burn off some of my $20 hamburger.
So far so good - nor more chills or fever, no puking. Wuhu! |
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| Here are Sandy, Tom and a hot babe in a bathing suit, just warming up - you can tell that because they are still both fully clothed.
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| C • Party-hounds indeed... 3 |
Friday Jun 8 |
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| Wonderful news! I'm sick! Awesome timing, couldn't be better!
I was planning on a lovely woods run today, maybe hop over to do some of the Nobscot course from last weekend, build up a good sweat. Instead, I slept in, popped some pills and accompanied Miranda to Ikea. No appetite, low-grade favor. So friggin' awesome. |
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| C • :-( 6 |
Thursday Jun 7 |
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| Travel day. TUS - PVD - Sudbury. Tomorrow it's off to KEF for the WC/Venla/Jukola/Uppsala extravaganza.
So, what did I forget to pack? |
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| C • finland 9 |
Wednesday Jun 6 |
| Cycling (road) 20:00 [2] | |
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| Ride in. Yep, it's nice at 5. Just checkin'. |
| Cycling (road) 22:00 [2] | |
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| Ride home. Swan gate was stupid closed, so that made the trip longer. Worst of all, it added a mile of 30mph headwind. Good thing it's a short ride.
Today was my last Indoc flight, which means that finally (finally!) I can fly without an instructor. Three years! Of course, my first instructor-less flight will have to wait a couple of weeks since my spring-o-palooza begins tomorrow. |
Monday Jun 4 |
| Cycling (road) 20:00 [2] 4.5 mi (4:27 / mi) | |
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| Ride in. I think actual riding time is less than I think it is. Maybe I should actually time peddling time some time. Time. |
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| C • Time. Time. Time. Time. Time.
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| Cycling (road) 30:00 [2] | |
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| Home plus an on-base errand that turned out to be completely unnecessary. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I wish they'd just give me a job. |
| Running warm up/down (road) 27:00 [2] 2.5 mi (10:48 / mi) | |
| shoes: Kayano XII (pink) |
| Seabass and I met up with a couple of WOGgers that I ran into at the race Saturday for a run on the bike path. Ted is about my speed (he finished about 10s ahead of me on Sat) and Rosillo is a bit faster than Seabass. It was close to sunset so the ~93 degrees actually felt refreshing compared to earlier in the day. We didn't really have a plan and basically made stuff up as we went along. Not how I would have done a workout but it was a good chunk of hard running and that's a good thing right now.
Ran 1 mile easy all together, then Ted and I did 2 miles hard, jogged back to the other two and walked/easy for 1/2 mile, then did 1 mile hard, 1/4 easy, 1/2 hard, 1/4 easy. The hards were faster than I expected. I found myself playing what I consider a very male game - the "I'm not going to be the one to slow down first" game. I think it was an okay pace, though, not too fast. |
| Running tempo (road) 27:30 [3] 3.5 mi (7:51 / mi) | |
| shoes: Kayano XII (pink) |
| The faster stuff. Totally approximate all around because I forgot to charge my FR but wore it anyway and the battery died about 3 seconds before we started running. I think the first set (2 mi) was about 8 min pace, then a little faster on the 1 mile, and significantly faster on the 1/2 mile. Felt good. Especially to have someone else to help push the pace. |
| Other Cardio (panicking) 20 [5] | |
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| This was actually more like 20 minutes and should be sub-sub-titled "looking for passport". |
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| C • I assume you found it... 8 |
| Strength/Core (stretching) 10:00 [1] | |
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