New Shoes!!!

Steph and I got new shoes this weekend.  

Woot!!!

New shoes always rock.  I've been more sore recently after my runs, so I hope that my new shoes will help.  I also think it's because I've increased my training load.  Anyway, here's to new shoey goodness.

Steph has been feeling under the weather, so she didn't do her run in this weekend, but I got 6 running miles in yesterday and 13 biking miles today.  From here on out, Sundays will be my rest day.  Today wasn't as I'm trying to establish my biking base (ie, I want my butt not to be sore when I start to increase my distances).

Anyway, tomorrow will see me running 3 miles, biking 13, and strength training.

Later!!

Weight: 154lbs

...and then God made Pull Buoys

According to Wikipedia:

"A pull buoy is a figure-eight shaped piece of closed-cell foam used in swim workouts. Swimmers place the buoy between the legs in the crotch area to provide support to the body without kicking the legs; this allows the swimmer to focus on training only their arms."


They are @!$!@@!$ great!!!!

I can actually swim for a while with these things. As I've mentioned, I have a hard time keeping my hips up. The pull buoy allows me not to worry about my lower body and just concentrate on my stroke. Whew!!!

I was turned on to this cool little tool from the guy swimming next to me. He not only told me about the buoy, but he also gave me a bunch of tips. What a great guy!!

This morning, I found a plan that will get me swimming a mile in six weeks. At least that's what it claims. We'll see. I'm going to start it next week.

In running news, it's time for Steph and I to invest in some new shoes. I wear Saucony Omni Pro Grid. She wears Brooks. We're headed up to our local running shop on Saturday to lay down some cash for some new ones. I always love getting new shoes. Actually, I think I love visiting the store more than the shoes. I always like looking at all the other stuff they have.

Next week, I'm kicking it up a notch in terms of my training. I've scheduled out my swimming, lifting, biking, and running workouts. We'll see how it goes and how tired I am. The training for the Marine Corps Marathon starts on June 1 for me. These next few weeks will be a test to see how well I can hold up under the stress of that training as well the other stuff I've added recently. Wish me luck :)

I got in 3 miles running and about 500 yards swimming today. Tomorrow is weight training only.

Later!

~Jason

Weight: 155lbs

My own little triathlon

Yesterday turned into my own little personal triathlon. Granted, I didn't do all the events at one time (and my swim was pretty short), but hey, whaddaya want from me!?!?!

I ran 3 miles and swam in the morning. Later, when Steph got home from work, she went for her 5 miles and I went out for a 12.39 mile bike ride (51 minutes). So the inaugural Jason tri was a 250 yard swim, 12 mile bike, and 3 mile run.

And, guess what?? I won. Ha!!

Today, I weight trained and swam again. The swim was about the same as yesterday. I have to concentrate on relaxing. Once I do that, I'm pretty good. I'll probably go for another bike ride today.

Also, I found a way to track my workouts. Buckeyoutdoors.com. It works great. You can see it there on the right. I'm not going to to go back and enter all my historical workout data, but from here on out, I'll be using that to track everything....bye bye paper workout tracker book :)

~Jason

Weight: 155lbs