Running: June 6-12

[Red Rock]

Kacie-Congrats on your Tri. At least you were able to do a PR. Nothing wrong with that! Enjoy the cool mountains of Colorado.

Red Rock

[Bike Chick]

Congrats, Kacie!

Susan, I have a waterproof case and headphones for my MP3 player that I use in the pool. It works great.

[rocknrollgirl]

Kacie-Awesome job. That is an excellent time!

Susan-If your pool is anything like mine, the old folks will keep you entertained!

We did a hard fast brick yesterday as I am in a mini taper for an Olympic this weekend. The run off the bike was just two miles, and we brought the second one in a 7:42. No wonder it hurt!

[limewave]

The run off the bike was just two miles, and we brought the second one in a 7:42. No wonder it hurt!

Wow that's fast!

It was rainy and windy last night. So instead of doing intervals on the bike, I did a nice long trail run. It was very serene. At one point a big owl swooped down the trail in front of me.

[rocknrollgirl]

Wow that's fast!

It was rainy and windy last night. So instead of doing intervals on the bike, I did a nice long trail run. It was very serene. At one point a big owl swooped down the trail in front of me.

Thanks! I almost fell over when we hit the half mile point and my watch said 3 mins and change. Now if I could just string about 13 of those together.

[Susan Otcenas]

60 minutes of aqua running this morning. It turns out that at 7am, the deep end is "open swim". There were two other folks with aqua belts on (I was lapping them ) and a few people swimming very slow laps down the middle.

I looped my MP3 cord around the player, rolled it up into my ponytail, piled that on top of my head and pulled my silicone swim cap over the top of the whole mess. Worked like a charm.

I managed to cover 1000 yards in 60 minutes. Played around with form and position a bit. Overall, I think it's a great aerobic workout, and I think my shoulders, lats and triceps actually got a fairly good workout too. My legs? I dunno. I'm somewhat skeptical about how effective it's going to be in helping maintain my run fitness, but it's only for 2 weeks (hopefully), so at least I shouldn't deteriorate too much.

[limewave]

I managed to cover 1000 yards in 60 minutes. Played around with form and position a bit. Overall, I think it's a great aerobic workout, and I think my shoulders, lats and triceps actually got a fairly good workout too. My legs? I dunno. I'm somewhat skeptical about how effective it's going to be in helping maintain my run fitness, but it's only for 2 weeks (hopefully), so at least I shouldn't deteriorate too much.

Sounds interesting! I'll be curious to see how you do once you get back on the pavement. Hopefully you'll be able to keep your running fitness.