Bike routes to prepare for Pigman

These two routes plus a 28 mile course will be the training routes, with a few tweaks to make them more accessible from my location, in training for our first 1/2 IM.

Papio Marathon 10

Well that is out of the way. Between wondering if it was going to rain and if my feet would hang in there I am glad this is over. The weather was good. Cool around 57 and cloudy but for this lenght of a run it felt good. The pain in the foot didn't really come in until mile 9 and that is still reminding me of what I did to this moment.
All and all it was a great run to give me the feeling of the distance to help me get ready for my HIM in August. Now I will lay off running for a couple weeks and focus on riding and swimming.

NI-BTHASKA-KE 2010

Year 2 and the result is much the same. Trail -2 me - 0.... This is a 12k trail run that is difficult to run but a blast to try. With the inclusion of the 4 milers the single track was full of bodies to beware of especially by the barbed wire. But once we made it past the turn around point for the 4 mile it opened up and you could get a good stride.

Here are a couple pics of what we enjoy leading up to the horse trails.

This is still may favorite race. I wish that we could get a few more of these in our area.

A new year, a new toy!!!

Well in the off season with the amount of snow and cold temps, we have had, it leave a lot of time to reading and tinkering. Here are some picks of a repair stand I built after reading the the article in Bicycling magazine. It was the Jan/Feb 2010 issue. It works perfect for my use and helped me keep thinking of my goals even while not training.

What next?

The next few months will simply be time out on some country roads and bike trails. I am looking at getting in a possible 1/2 marathon and two good trail runs in. Hope to get that figured out here in the next week. Until then here are some pics from a run I had on a trail a few weeks back.

ULTRAMAX 50 KANSAS

What does one get for trekking 53 miles in 100 degree heat and humidity?



















This Is Z Talking! This Bloggers son! While my dad was doing this race me,my sister,my friends, and our parents were a the swimming pool,playing at my friends house, and we went to an Narnia Exhibit!

In other words staying cool!!!
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Papio Mayors Tri 09

This was a great day for a race. Temps started around 65-70. by the time the run portion kicked in it was still only mid 70's. I pretty much did what I wanted, finish and improve on last years time.