just begun!

Having March come to end tomorrow has made me reflect a bit on the first three months so far, and one thing that stands out is that this will become a lifestyle! At the moment I'm a stronger and faster runner with a couple personal best's recorded, and swimming is progressing nicely and I'm about ten pounds lighter than Dec 31 2009! These three months include the three weeks in Japan with no training at all, except arm wrestling Kirin's. I realize there will be days where the merlot is flowing in place of the gatorade or the plate of strawberry cheesecake is there istead of just strawberries alone but when i see the calendar filled with 20 plus days of training and times scribbled on it each month, it makes me feel like on the right path and this path has just begun!

Whitecaps FC

I picked up my seasons tickets for the Vancouver Whitecaps last night at their 1 year countdown event before they enter the MLS. This will be the last year that games will be held at the 5000 seat Swangard stadium because they'll be moving to BC Place once the roof is taken off and that seats 60,000,so I'm looking forward to soaking up the final year of a small outdoor park atomsphere in Burnaby before it becomes massive again in downtown Vancouver. The first game is April 11th at 4:00 so that means the first tailgate is April 11th around 2:00! Training is still going good and I'm still getting 6 good days in a week with swimming now inserted nicely into the schedule, I've been able to get in a good hour and a half of laps in the pool this week. I'm also waiting patiently for the snow to melt on the local mountains as the Grouse Grind awaits and I'm looking forward to adding that to the weekly plan and also the first long weekend of the year is near and a few us are planning on hiking Mt.Brunswick.

rain

Of course the hardest downpour we had today was the hour and a half while I was running this morning!

First day of spring

Started with a casual 4 mile run this morning and I'm feeling the core workout from yesterday,tomorrow will be the long run of the week and it might be done in the rain but I haven't decided where it's going to be yet,looking out my patio gives me a few ideas but the weather will help me decide in the morning. I was able to get a few things done today which included sending in an application for a volunteer position at the Vancouver Triathlon on July 4th which will help me get a feel of the whole atomsphere that is triathlon, also signed up with a swim coach that will help me find my proper form for open water swimming and lastly, officially registered for the Vancouver Half Marathon on May 2nd, Good weekend so far!

back to the pool

So today was a day off..from running, and so I went to the gym/pool and started with a core workout that focused on my legs,back and shoulders but nothing too heavy just specific bursts to help make me stronger in the three phases of the triathlon. Next I hopped on the stationary bike for 30 minutes and finally finished with a 30 minute swim and the pool is still an ass kicker! but it's one of the reasons i've given myself plenty of time to get ready for the Ironman because as now I'm gassed after 50 metres and the Ironman is around 4000 metres in Okanagan lake! lol crazy. Also I have time to build my savings up for things such as a bike (kind of important to have) wetsuit,entry fees etc. Anyway the days young and it's a sunny Friday better go find something to do with myself.

New PR

This morning I ran around Burnaby Lake in a personal best time and I took about 40 seconds off the previous time. It's a great feeling breaking personal times and I don't how to explain it but today is a good day!

Mid March

Wrapped up five straight days of training with a 1:34.04 run this morning and I'm feeling good so I'll take tomorrrow off and then get back at it Tuesday instead of two straight days off that way if I need a break i can relax Friday or Saturday. Funny how I'm thinking of the next day of training instead of rest day tomorrow but that's where the head's at and I'm focused so it must be a good thing, I'm sure when i wake up tomorrow I'll appreciate the rest.