The Summer of Hope? & Best Training of 2008

Obama enjoying a nice bounce (Sun. 6-8 Rasmussen polling) after reaching the magic number Tuesday, and giving a great speech in St. Paul. Poll shows him with "Obama now attracts 48% of the vote while McCain earns 40%."



And later spoke to his staff and volunteers, with his new title "presumptive nominee."



Hillary certainly drew things out, effectively building the suspense to a crescendo, then nailed the peak with her speech yesterday.

Training!

6/2 – 6/8/08

Second consecutive very nice solid week of healthy activity. 13+ hrs training time this week and last. Nothing long, nothing very intense. Something every day, a little more on weekends. Key word: Healthy.

[timeout to watch the Hughes segment on 60 Minutes]

Bike odometer cracked 20,000mi somewhere along the way.

Mon. 6-2-08
Run 45mins, couple peppy 7:15-7:20miles, ~6mi.

Tue. 6-3
Bike QR trainer in eve, most all aero, with a nice fat ~45 mins stretch at tempo/threshold effort.
Duration: 1:13:12 (1:16:40)
Distance: 23.957 mi

Core – 15mins Lift 15mins - core, waddle, curls at home.

Wed. 6-4
Swim 50mins
Lift – 25mins core and quads

Thur. 6-5-08
Run-Bike in eve.
Run 42 mins steady, ~5.5mi, ~84F muggy, 7-8min trans to run.
Bike trainer QR steady+ after run
Duration: 1:00:26
Distance: 20.451 mi

Fri. 6-6-08
Swim 54mins at MAC in morn, ~2000m
Run 49mins eve, ~6.3mi, knees pretty good, no right knee
Core 15mins

Sat. 6-7-08
Swim 45mins, ~1900m (am)
Lift – 20mins Core & Quads (am after swim)
Bike (pm)
QR Rock Creek, ~90F, humid, Beach Dr nice and shady and few people out. Knees okay. No wind.
Duration: 2:06:15 (2:07:42)
Distance: 38.004 mi

Sun. 6-8 Ride-Run
Bike QR ride out to Seneca store (ice and water refill), back River Rd. Got out early to beat the worst heat. 90+F pretty humid, sunny, not bad when rolling along. 1 banana just before mounting up. During ride ~600-650cals: 2 bananas, 3 Egels, 3 endurolyte caps, most of a bottle of electrolyte, 4-5 bottles water. Drinking early and often. Felt pretty darn good. No heat issues, no cramping, etc. HR never out of whack, responsive, not sticky high or low. Not going hard, just trying to keep cadence up, manage hydration, nutrition; manage effort for run to follow.

Changed small ring from 44 to 40, no doubt helped to manage effort on the hills.
Duration: 2:49:43 (2:59:08)
Distance: 50.094 mi

Run 33mins, ~4mi, 8min trans from ride.
Post run – stretch, fluids, cold shower, HUGE smoothy with lots of LV blueberries – thanks Martha!

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