A three hour tour

February 11, 2009 by |Uncategorized|Comments (9)

At the gym last tonight for three hours.  Seriously.  I arrived at 5:30PM and left shortly after 8:30PM.

Over 11 miles of treadmill incline interval hell.  There’s not much fun about that 4th or 5th set at 5* incline and a 6:18 pace.  Nuttin fun.  Although at least on the 5th set you can sorta see the light.  Assuming you can ignore the set of darkness that is the 4x35sec @ sub-6 that comes next.

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Then a bunch of weights and core exercises for a while.

Followed by a bunch of laps for drills in the pool for a while longer.  Thank god for the pull buoy (little floaty thing between my legs).  That kept me at least somewhere near the surface.  I don’t recommend swimming post incline intervals and post weights/core.  Unless your goal is to entertain those around you – in which case I succeeded on that count quite fabulously.

Now…I shall fall asleep.

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9 Comments

  1. Ryan
    February 11, 2009 at 12:44 pm #1

    I always enjoy your posts because of all the pretty pictures 😉

    But I am concerned whenever you show photos of you on your bike…I don’t see anything Ironman related. I didn’t know that was allowed.

    Oh, who knew a treadmill could go that fast!

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  2. Calyx Meredith
    February 11, 2009 at 2:20 pm #2

    LOVE the post title! (When are you going to give us a review of the computrainer you made out of coconut shells and sticks lashed together?) As usual, I am impressed by your dedication and amazed at your positive attitude. How do you keep from cursing when you see a night like that on your upcoming training plan??

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  3. The Lazy Triathlete
    February 11, 2009 at 6:06 pm #3

    I have no idea whether to be impressed or disgusted. After th day I had last night I was asleep prior to nine.

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  4. Stuart
    February 11, 2009 at 8:38 pm #4

    One word tow syllables starts with Bru ends with tal!

    Nice job…of course!

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  5. Sarah
    February 11, 2009 at 11:29 pm #5

    I’m with Lazy Triathlete on this one…you are NUTS!! But as usual, I’m still impressed. 😉

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  6. jeanne
    February 12, 2009 at 2:21 am #6

    well, i guess that blows my little itty bitty hill workout outta the water…NOT!

    sounds truly gruesome, gilligan.

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  7. CoachLiz
    February 12, 2009 at 5:51 pm #7

    yeesh!

    I have to keep telling myself that your IM is way before mine is and that you are way faster than I am. Ok, off to put in two hours in on the bike.

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  8. peter
    February 14, 2009 at 12:55 am #8

    I assume you slept the sleep of the dead after that!

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  9. Danielle in Iowa
    February 15, 2009 at 9:02 pm #9

    Does your treadmill let you go for more than an hour? Or do you have to reset it?

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