Archive for 'Susan'
April Training Wrap-up
We were on vacation last week (post to follow) so we’ll wrap up April a bit off-cycle. Brian: April training totals: (swim 11,900m) (bike 182.6mi) (run: 64.9mi) (hike 3 hrs). Vacation to NOLA cut into my training numbers although I still managed to run 15 miles on vacation. Only 7 weeks left until the race. […]
Posted: May 1st, 2010 under Brian, Fitness, Susan.
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4/18/10 training update
Brian: Week 11 training update! Swim: 1750m. Bike: 119.2mi. Run: 10mi. Highlight: New swim PR for 100m, first 100 mile bike week since 1999, awesome 10mi run with Su today. Lowlight: Continued lack of motivation to start my workouts. This week: Recovery and vacation! Sunday – Huge swim progress. Swam 6×100 speed sets today all […]
Posted: April 18th, 2010 under Fitness, Susan.
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Training Summary 4/5/10
Susan: It was a light week in terms of days running – only 3 – but got in a long 21 mile run Saturday, starting with Beej at Maudslay and then tagging on another loop. I bought new Asics trail shoes and did my first run in them. I’ve also got new Innov8 shoes to […]
Posted: April 15th, 2010 under Brian, Fitness, Susan.
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Training summary 3/28/10
Brian: Week 8 tri training update. Recovery week. 1150m swim, 32.3 mi bike, 13.7 mi run. Highlight: A nice 7 mile trail run in the hills. Lowlight: My quads the day after the trail run in the hills. This week I get to do my first bike power test in a while. Hopefully I’ll see […]
Posted: March 29th, 2010 under Brian, Fitness, Susan.
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Reflecting on Taking Risks
A highlight of March was completing a major milestone on my program at work. Less than a year ago, I took on our site’s largest program, which was about half-way complete and $1M over budget. Some might have said then that signing up to manage that program was a risk. I certainly saw it as […]
Posted: March 28th, 2010 under Fitness, Susan.
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Training Summary: 3/14 and 3/21
Brian: Week 6 tri update: 4500m swim, 28.2mi bike, 11.6 mi run. Highlight: I did speed work running and swimming and felt strong. Lowlight: Used 10 inches of rain and hoops as an excuse to skip 3 workouts. Week 7 tri training summary. Swim: 3950m. Bike: 69.4 mi. Run: 19.1 mi. Highlights: 38 mile ride […]
Posted: March 21st, 2010 under Brian, Fitness, Susan.
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3/7/10 training update
Beej’s update: Week 5 of tri training. Out of base period and into build period. Swim: 5150m. Bike: 55mi. Run: 13mi. Highlight: 31 mile outdoor ride today w/ Brian Hone. Gorgeous day. Lowlight: My left shoulder continues to hurt and I still don’t have a great sleep pattern yet. Susan’s update: week ending 2/28: holding […]
Posted: March 7th, 2010 under Brian, Fitness, Susan.
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February Wrapup
Susan’s update: 2/15 (week 3): Ran 13.5 at 8:28 pace on the President’s Day holiday, so I felt ready for my race the next week. I did 6 miles with Brian at an easy 9min pace to loosen up my legs before the Half Marathon on Sunday. No yoga or strength training, and I didn’t […]
Posted: February 28th, 2010 under Fitness, Susan.
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Half at the Hamptons
When I signed up for this race, I had a sneaky feeling the weather would be better than my October marathon and my Disney half. While yesterday’s weather was *spectacular* for February, today was not shabby either. The clouds were blown away by mid-morning and we had sun from 11am on for the Half at […]
Posted: February 22nd, 2010 under Fitness, Susan.
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2/8/10 – week 2
Brian’s update: Week 2 of training complete. Ran 15.6 miles. Biked 27.7 miles. Swam 5100m. Long ride pushed off until tomorrow so bike miles are low. Highlights: Excellent fast 100 sets in pool and a nice long run with Su. Lowlight: Skipped Tuesday workout so had to double up some days. Susan’s update: Week two […]
Posted: February 14th, 2010 under Brian, Friends, Susan.
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