dry run for Sunday’s race and the lucky green shorts

last night the Koala’s had a killer workout. Koach had us do a mini du as a dry run for the team’s racing activities this weekend. several of us are racing at Bellewood this weekend and LM and I are racing in Gravenhurst. to help us practise transition, Koach had us start out running (10mins hard) and then hop on the bike for (about 45mins total) 4 x 3mins 90% effort w/ 6 mins of rest between repeats. lastly we came back and ran another 10mins.

I wasn’t sure how I’d feel given that I’d tweaked my groin in the soccer tourney on the weekend and was still feeling the effects of sleep deprivation. I told Koach that I was feeling about 70% but in the end, after a solid workout, I was feeling good. today, I’m still feeling good. no sore muscles, groin feels fine. this all bodes well for a good race this weekend… assuming LM and I don’t over indulge with the adult bevvies on Sat!

to help me put in a good workout last night, I wore my lucky green shorts. they were a reward to myself after my very first 10K back in 3rd year university. I think these shorts are a green sister pair to the Bowl Full of Sunshine Shorts worn (sported? rocked?) by Steve In A Speedo?! so to maintain a shred of modesty on the bike I wore spandies underneath.

don’t I look like kalediscope puke?!
HE > will try and get my schedule posted for you ASAP.

bike failure!

the little blue monster, seen here, has had a wee bit of a meltdown and is currently in the shop. poor guy decided to spit bits at me and not change gears for my back gears. I wasn’t happy with this behaviour so the little blue monster is at the doctors to get fixed.

I still managed to get almost an hour of cycling in last night, interpersed with a couple of 20min runs. a tough workout for sure! Koach is preparing us for race season with double bricks! despite the hard effort last night I still didn’t sleep well.

tutu pictures are coming I swear… just waiting for the race photos to go up so I can link to them!

Uncle M and a new Aunt! oh yeah, and my duathlon

that’s right kids, you heard it here first! Uncle M made T my aunt this weekend! pretty nifty! congratulations to the happy couple!

here they are:

the wedding was a suprise for most guests and suited them perfectly! family, friends, music and BBQ. couldn’t have been more perfect.

in other news…

ME and I finished our first multisport event on Saturday morning!
ME did the triathlon while I did the duathlon.

my splits and all that good stuff…

place: 43/84
age category place: 4/8
total time: 1:16:30
1st 3km run: 16:26 (5:29/km pace)
T1: 1:14
bike (18km): 41:11 (26.2km/h)
T2: 1:19
2nd 3km run: 16:22 (5:28/km pace)
notes: I’m pretty happy considering I didn’t train very much! I expected to finish in about 1 hr 30mins since I’m slow on the bike. while I was slow on the bike, the whole thing wasn’t nearly as bad as I expected. the finish line pictures however are freakin’ terrible!! the worst ones yet!! instead I present you with this blatantly stolen bike picture. enjoy!