2008 Week 3

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Week 3

1/14/2008 - 01/20/2008

Swim - 0.00 yards

Bike - 58.30 miles (5 workouts)

Run - 7 miles ( 2 workouts + 1 mile run on a 3rd day)

Lifting - 134 minutes (4 workouts)

Notes - Now the trick is going to be keep the bike and lifting minutes and up the run and start swimming.

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2008 Week 2

Week 2 1/7/2008 - 01/13/2008

Swim - 0.00 yards

Bike - 30.45 miles (2 workouts)

Run - 8.64 miles ( 2 workouts)

Lifting - 96 minutes (2 workouts)

Notes - Personal things limited my workouts this week.

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2008 Week 1 12/31 - 01/06/2008

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Better late than never I guess. I am going to try to recap the weeks workouts in 2008. So here are week 1 numbers.

Swim - 0.00 yards

Bike - 48.35 miles (4 workouts) - Trainer and Stationary

Run - 9.50 miles (3 workouts) - Recovering from running 1000 miles in 2007

Lifting - 70 minutes (2 workouts) - this is new for 2008

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Another Game

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I scored 20 out of 25. It should take only about 4 minutes to complete. DO NOT CHEAT.

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Be like Jeff

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Check out my buddy Jeff. He had what he calls his "one minute of fame". Great job Jeff you are kicking ass and you are an inspiration to many. I had the pleasure of meeting Jeff in Philadelphia when we both did the Philadelphia Distance Run. And I plan on running the Baltimore Marathon (relay or half for me) this year, they give out great medals.

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A great read...

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For a wealth of information about Nutrition for Endurance Athlete's please check out Chuckie V today.

You didn't think I was talking about my blog for a great read did you?

I have linked my Beginners Triathlete blog/log on the right. I replaced my Running Ahead log. With doing more biking and swimming I think the BT is a better site. If you need a running log by far Running Ahead is a great place to be.

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2008 – The “A” Races.

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Triathlons

In typical Dan fashion I am sure this post will be all over the place. But for 2008 the main focus is going to be Triathlons. And I have two races that will be my main focus and I will fill in the schedule with some other local sprint Tri’s. The furthest Tri in distance is going to be Black Bear.

Black Bear will be a Half Ironman distance. For the non tri people out there (I see my Uncle Jack has been following the blog) that is swim 1.2 miles, cycle 56 miles and then run a ½ marathon (13.1 miles). I wish this race was later in the year but I can't change that so this will take place June 1^st. The allure of this race is that it is only minutes from Jim Thorpe Pa. and I have an uncle that has a house up there (uncle Fred is battling some health issues right now but I hope he is well enough to come see me race). I think I can get some other family members (Uncle Jack) to come up as well. My only goal of this race is to finish in the time limit, I say this on Jan 6^th and honestly I hope that my goal changes and I set a little time goal as I get closer to the race.

The 2^nd “A” race will be NJ State Olympic Distance Tri. This is later in July and I have not set a goal yet, but I will certainly be setting some realistic time goals as the race gets closer. Both these races are put on by CGI Racing who from what I hear put on great races.

The sprints that I will do most likely will come from DQ, and no that is not Dairy Queen, those are the Tri’s I used to compete in.

Running

I again will try to get in the lottery for the ING NYC Marathon. It’s a goal and I just have to do it someday. If I was to get in it is in November and I would know about it in July so I would start the training right after the NJ State Tri. That would give me 3+ months to get ready and I hope to be at a much better fitness at that point. If I do not get in to NYC I am still considering doing Steamtown Marathon in the Fall. But we will see about that. Check out the elevation chart for the Steamtown Marathon. Now that is my kind of race.

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