Gary’s Fitness Blog

Finally had a weekend that I was in town… went to Yoga. I needed it badly! Hips are all tight and unforgiving again. I sweated at least 3 buckets… hot yoga in the summer can be a unique experience.

Workout:

• Type: Flexibility
• Date: 06/01/2008
• Total Time: 1:00:00.00

So I road to work… left work and rode home… realized that I took the wrong keys off the desk and had to ride back to the studio to get my keys and give the wrong keys to the right guy… realized it was going to rain but didn’t have my rain gear…. so luckily Nikki was close and gave me a ride home.

Now I’ll have to drive to work in the morning… maybe ride home?  I am thinking about starting to run commute - zen tri style… and a wed pm / thursday am turn around might work?  I need to figure out some regular schedule again now that I’m done doing all the nonsense that I did in May.

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 05/27/2008
• Time: 20:38:53
• Total Time: 1:30:00.00
• Distance: 23 miles
• Average Speed: 15.33 mph

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 05/27/2008
• Time: 20:36:49
• Total Time: 00:30:00.00

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 05/27/2008
• Total Time: 00:30:26.94

lap 1:  3.99 miles, 155bpm ave hr, 7:55 pace

lap 2: 3.98 miles, 163bpm ave hr, 7:40 pace

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 05/24/2008
• Time: 17:19:41
• Total Time: 1:02:04.00
• Average Heart rate: 158
• Calories: 938
• Distance: 7.97 miles
• Average Pace: 7:47.53/mile

Some video I took with my flip video camera while riding the Fletcher Flyer Century ride outside of Asheville, North Carolina last weekend.

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 05/22/2008
• Time: 13:32:44
• Total Time: 00:42:02.00
• Distance: 5.44 miles
• Average Pace: 7:43.32/mile

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 05/21/2008
• Time: 21:08:42
• Total Time: 00:30:00.00
• Distance: 3.2 miles
• Average Pace: 9:22.5/mile

I’ve discussed a lot about how I didn’t want to spend a whole year focused on a single race… and so far it has went well. The last month has been a little crazy with the two marathons and last weekends century ride in Asheville, NC (podcast coming soon).

One thing I discovered this past weekend is that I’m not even sure I want to do another event this year. My soul needs something a little more stimulating, yet I would still like my body to be physically challenged.

So I am trying to find, create or discover a challenge that would meet this desire. To put is simply, I would like to do something that pushes my body to its limit, challenging my mental strength, inspiring enough to uplift my spirit and where it doesn’t require me to wear a race number or championship chip.

I have not come up with many ideas, but here is one: Ride Across Nebraska. I grew up in Nebraska and have lived in many places throughout the state, so it would be fun to try and cycle through the state (maybe try to run, bike and swim?) and visit those places.

Here’s a link to the google map of those locations: Ride Across Nebraska?

Please help me get some ideas!

Nikki and I went to Asheville, NC this past weekend to ride in the Fletcher Flyer. I will have a podcast out soon, I also got some video with my flip video that I’ll try to upload to You Tube.

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 05/18/2008
• Total Time: 7:15:00.00
• Distance: 102 miles
• Average Speed: 14.07 mph