While -she said her numbers are down- any average person would say differently!
Swam- 32,261 yards
Biked-472 miles
Run- 55.8 miles
Walked 7.6 miles
I would say those numbers are right in line with becoming the next IRONMAN!
Monday, April 30, 2012
And the numbers are in...
I'm sure Hallie will love that I'm making a special blog just for her numbers from April!!!
While -she said her numbers are down- any average person would say differently!
While -she said her numbers are down- any average person would say differently!
Another Month Down!
It's hard to believe that today is April 30th! The ironman is only 17 weeks away!!!
This past week has been very interesting....let's see - btwn the two of use - besides endless hours spent swimming, biking, and running - While I am only fighting with being physically exhausted - Hallie is fighting with a broken toe & now is missing a maroon jacket, red cooler, 4 water bottles, & oranges! (More to follow :-) )
Week Recap-
Tuesday was the first time I skipped a workout :-( For those of you that remember - Tuesday was scattered showers, so Hallie and I said we would ride inside. However, Tuesday was an extremely LONG day for me - so I skipped out on biking and went to bed at 7!!!!
Thursday- Hallie's alarm didn't go off- so I swam by myself. She was NOT happy. She made a committment to herself that when she signed up for this race-she would not sleep in-but I think she made up for it after school that day because she road for 50 miles!!
Saturday we started at the Y at 6 swimming. I got in 2500m and Hallie a little less. Then we took off on our bikes. When we started it was chilly, but by the time we finished it was HOT! I got in 52 miles & then took off for a run. I ended up running for 1hr 30 minutes and walking for 30. I want to thank Hardee's, Dairy Queen, & McDonalds for allowing me water during my run. It was A LOT HOTTER than i thought- and i was dying for some water!! (Saturday during Hallie's ride- she dropped her maroon jacket out in St. Phillips-when she went back to get it - it was GONE! minus- 1 jacket)
Sunday - Hallie and I set out to ride 90 miles. Hallie went to the trouble of packing a cooler and setting it out at Boonville-New Harmony and HWY 65. It was our 50 miles stop to refuel. She even put a cute not on the cooler, KEEP GOING! IRONMAN WATER STOP. However, the ride wasn't a pleasent one- and I actually texted her when I stopped and told her to come get me if she got done before me. She called me when she got to the water stop and the cooler was gone and she was out of water. I had taken a different route so I hadn't made it back to the water stop yet- but she had to go home since she was out of water. Thankfully- she came and got me! (After Hallie picked me up-we drove back out by Boonville-New Harmony and Hwy 65 to see if someone had picked up the cooler and then threw it after seeing it was just water- we didn't find it. Hallie even called the Police dept. just to see if someone turned it in. Hallie- minus 1 jacket, 1 cooler, & 4 water bottles! )
Made for an interesting week :-) All the fun in training for an IRONMAN!
Just a brief recap of April
Waiting on Hallie's numbers- but for me
Swim; 44.526 yds
Bike 619.16 miles
Run 100.27 miles
Total of 69 hours spent training!!
This past week has been very interesting....let's see - btwn the two of use - besides endless hours spent swimming, biking, and running - While I am only fighting with being physically exhausted - Hallie is fighting with a broken toe & now is missing a maroon jacket, red cooler, 4 water bottles, & oranges! (More to follow :-) )
Week Recap-
Tuesday was the first time I skipped a workout :-( For those of you that remember - Tuesday was scattered showers, so Hallie and I said we would ride inside. However, Tuesday was an extremely LONG day for me - so I skipped out on biking and went to bed at 7!!!!
Thursday- Hallie's alarm didn't go off- so I swam by myself. She was NOT happy. She made a committment to herself that when she signed up for this race-she would not sleep in-but I think she made up for it after school that day because she road for 50 miles!!
Saturday we started at the Y at 6 swimming. I got in 2500m and Hallie a little less. Then we took off on our bikes. When we started it was chilly, but by the time we finished it was HOT! I got in 52 miles & then took off for a run. I ended up running for 1hr 30 minutes and walking for 30. I want to thank Hardee's, Dairy Queen, & McDonalds for allowing me water during my run. It was A LOT HOTTER than i thought- and i was dying for some water!! (Saturday during Hallie's ride- she dropped her maroon jacket out in St. Phillips-when she went back to get it - it was GONE! minus- 1 jacket)
Sunday - Hallie and I set out to ride 90 miles. Hallie went to the trouble of packing a cooler and setting it out at Boonville-New Harmony and HWY 65. It was our 50 miles stop to refuel. She even put a cute not on the cooler, KEEP GOING! IRONMAN WATER STOP. However, the ride wasn't a pleasent one- and I actually texted her when I stopped and told her to come get me if she got done before me. She called me when she got to the water stop and the cooler was gone and she was out of water. I had taken a different route so I hadn't made it back to the water stop yet- but she had to go home since she was out of water. Thankfully- she came and got me! (After Hallie picked me up-we drove back out by Boonville-New Harmony and Hwy 65 to see if someone had picked up the cooler and then threw it after seeing it was just water- we didn't find it. Hallie even called the Police dept. just to see if someone turned it in. Hallie- minus 1 jacket, 1 cooler, & 4 water bottles! )
Made for an interesting week :-) All the fun in training for an IRONMAN!
Just a brief recap of April
Waiting on Hallie's numbers- but for me
Swim; 44.526 yds
Bike 619.16 miles
Run 100.27 miles
Total of 69 hours spent training!!
Sunday, April 22, 2012
IRONMAN CORNER
Man, it is cold outside compared to what it has been like! Jenna and I got some great training in this past week and weekend. Here is how our normal week goes: swim on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday morning, run after school on Monday and Wednesday, bike after school on Tuesday and Thursday, Friday is our rest day, Saturday and Sunday are for long workouts! If you haven't noticed we really don't have lives besides training! On Saturday we were ready for an interesting day. We started at the Y at 6am to swim for an hour, then we suited up and jumped on our bikes for a nice 33 mile ride to downtown Newburgh and back, then off for a run to the westside and around Garvin Park and back. We got in our first brick workout of the season! Jenna and I both felt great after doing all 3!! All of our distances for swimming, biking, and running were more than what you would do for an olympic triathlon but not enough for a half ironman. So once we got finished we started getting ready for the second part of our day, our cousin's wedding. Since we knew we could be cutting it close on time we got ready at the Y (our second home). While we were looking around we realized that we had made a MAJOR mess in the lockroom. Jenna and I have had the same lockers at the Y everyday for the past 4 years. The people at the Y now call our corner, IRONMAN CORNER. So we got ready super fast, so we could run to Subway before the wedding. The rest of the evening was your typical wedding reception. Sadly, Jenna and I didn't stay long because we knew we had another very long day ahead on Sunday.
On Sunday we decided to do our first long bike ride of the season. We started at Bluegrass, near Elberfeld, biked to Lynnville and back and around. Jenna biked 71 miles today and I got in 60 miles. Again we felt great after our bike ride today. I will say it does get a little boring when you are out in the middle of no where with no one! I feel Jenna and I are doing great training! We are so blessed to have so many supportive family and friends along this long and challenging journey. Only 125 more days left!
I hope you enjoy the picture of IRONMAN CORNER at the YMCA!
Oh and by the way if you want to know what life is like for an ironman, watch this youtube video. It is pretty funny, Adults Only!
On Sunday we decided to do our first long bike ride of the season. We started at Bluegrass, near Elberfeld, biked to Lynnville and back and around. Jenna biked 71 miles today and I got in 60 miles. Again we felt great after our bike ride today. I will say it does get a little boring when you are out in the middle of no where with no one! I feel Jenna and I are doing great training! We are so blessed to have so many supportive family and friends along this long and challenging journey. Only 125 more days left!
Oh and by the way if you want to know what life is like for an ironman, watch this youtube video. It is pretty funny, Adults Only!
Monday, April 16, 2012
Way to go Sister!
Sorry - you probably all think I'm talkin about my sister! But I wanted to send a shoutout to Sister Buder for finishing the Boston Marathon today in 5:38:38. At the age of 81, she was asked to run the Boston this year. She said it was because they needed a someone to get a pace time from.
I emailed sister about a week and half before the race to wish her good luck & and she said she could use all the support and prayers she could get. She wasn't able to train for this marathon much at all. But, when sister was here in Evansville and gave her talk, she said that if God wanted her to complete a race He would provide. And it looks like He did just that.
Way to go sister!! What an inspiration! All things are possible with God at our side!
I emailed sister about a week and half before the race to wish her good luck & and she said she could use all the support and prayers she could get. She wasn't able to train for this marathon much at all. But, when sister was here in Evansville and gave her talk, she said that if God wanted her to complete a race He would provide. And it looks like He did just that.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
SIC 1/2 Marathon
Hello Faithfull followers!
19 weeks (124 days!) Hallie and I will be starting the run portion of the IRONMAN!! OMG - that just seems crazy!!!
This weekend was an awesome experience for a number of different reason. 1st - Hallie has been telling me that I need to do a 1/2 as a good pacer for the ironman & because the last half i did was back in 2006 (pre-weightloss.) Back in 2006- Hallie and I did the half in October here in Evansville and I finished with a 13:28 mile per hour pace. However, I still didn't want to pay the money to do this half-when I knew I would be running saturday morning anyway. But, thanks to my 4:30am running friend Curt-his company had some extra entries-so I got to run for FREE! So- now i had to run. But I must say, I am glad I did!!
Not only did I PR (which was expected! ;-) but I was more than happy with my time.) I said I would be happy at a 10 minute pace - but I ended up finishing in 2:06 running at a 9:33 pace. I felt good- even after the down pour btwn mile 6-7.
I think Hallie did fantastic. For those of you that don't know, Hallie was hurting a couple weeks back, so she has been in and out of the doctors. She had new inserts for her shoes that she only got to practice with a couple of time. And, I know they rubbed blisters on her last run before the race. But, just like Hallie- she doesn't let new inserts or blisters stand in her way. She ran through the pain and finished 15 minutes faster than last year at 2:44.
The best part of the race was the friends standing along & at the finish line cheering. It is crazy how just seeing someone you know cheering you on- gives you that extra bust to keep pushing. So if you are on the edge about coming to watch the Ironman or not- I want you to know that Hallie and I NEED you! We couldn't do this race without your love and support.
So again thank you to those that cheered us on! And congrats to all those that did the 8k, 1/2 marathon, and the full marathon!
Until next time ;-)
19 weeks (124 days!) Hallie and I will be starting the run portion of the IRONMAN!! OMG - that just seems crazy!!!
This weekend was an awesome experience for a number of different reason. 1st - Hallie has been telling me that I need to do a 1/2 as a good pacer for the ironman & because the last half i did was back in 2006 (pre-weightloss.) Back in 2006- Hallie and I did the half in October here in Evansville and I finished with a 13:28 mile per hour pace. However, I still didn't want to pay the money to do this half-when I knew I would be running saturday morning anyway. But, thanks to my 4:30am running friend Curt-his company had some extra entries-so I got to run for FREE! So- now i had to run. But I must say, I am glad I did!!
Not only did I PR (which was expected! ;-) but I was more than happy with my time.) I said I would be happy at a 10 minute pace - but I ended up finishing in 2:06 running at a 9:33 pace. I felt good- even after the down pour btwn mile 6-7.
I think Hallie did fantastic. For those of you that don't know, Hallie was hurting a couple weeks back, so she has been in and out of the doctors. She had new inserts for her shoes that she only got to practice with a couple of time. And, I know they rubbed blisters on her last run before the race. But, just like Hallie- she doesn't let new inserts or blisters stand in her way. She ran through the pain and finished 15 minutes faster than last year at 2:44.
The best part of the race was the friends standing along & at the finish line cheering. It is crazy how just seeing someone you know cheering you on- gives you that extra bust to keep pushing. So if you are on the edge about coming to watch the Ironman or not- I want you to know that Hallie and I NEED you! We couldn't do this race without your love and support.
So again thank you to those that cheered us on! And congrats to all those that did the 8k, 1/2 marathon, and the full marathon!
Until next time ;-)
Monday, April 2, 2012
I had to post
So I know it is rare to have back to back post- but this was post worthy!
I figured if you guys really want a glimpse into our lives/training - it must be posted.
Today Hallie and I went for a ride after school. We meet at USI and were planning to head out towards St. Phillips. We didn't have a route-we were just going to make it up as we went. Let's see - first of all - I wasn't feeling well. I was extremely bloated - and warned Hallie not to ride behind me because I had gas (hahaha - I can't believe i'm posting this.) We started riding - and I was STRUGGLING!! I ran, lifted, and swam this morning- so my legs were pretty tired. Well about 10 miles into the the ride - Hallie got stung by a bee and i was still complaining about feeling awful. At about mile 13 Hallie blew her FIRST tire. She has ridden over 2,000 miles and this is the first tire replacement. I was ahead of her-so she called to inform me that she busted a tire & I needed to come back and get her keys.
As I was turning around- I realized that was silly- since I had my own keys- so I called to let her know I was going to ride back and get my jeep. While trying to turn around and get back going - I crashed in the middle of the road a broke my areo bars & skinned up my left side :-( I tired picking up speed - but it hurt to pedal....so I did the unthink about. I stopped on the side of the road and took a squat! :-) Boy did i feel better- but I did my best to get back to USI as fast as I could -but those of you that know St. Phillips - those hills were killing. But I made it back to USI- packed up my bike - jumped in my jeep and headed back out to Nation Road to pick up Hallie. hahahahaha - I can laugh now - but i was cursing earlier.
Hallie is taking her bike in to get her first tire replaced! & I have superglued the base part of my areo bars - so we will see. Day 2 of April - not the best ride - but it could have been worse!!
I figured if you guys really want a glimpse into our lives/training - it must be posted.
Today Hallie and I went for a ride after school. We meet at USI and were planning to head out towards St. Phillips. We didn't have a route-we were just going to make it up as we went. Let's see - first of all - I wasn't feeling well. I was extremely bloated - and warned Hallie not to ride behind me because I had gas (hahaha - I can't believe i'm posting this.) We started riding - and I was STRUGGLING!! I ran, lifted, and swam this morning- so my legs were pretty tired. Well about 10 miles into the the ride - Hallie got stung by a bee and i was still complaining about feeling awful. At about mile 13 Hallie blew her FIRST tire. She has ridden over 2,000 miles and this is the first tire replacement. I was ahead of her-so she called to inform me that she busted a tire & I needed to come back and get her keys.
As I was turning around- I realized that was silly- since I had my own keys- so I called to let her know I was going to ride back and get my jeep. While trying to turn around and get back going - I crashed in the middle of the road a broke my areo bars & skinned up my left side :-( I tired picking up speed - but it hurt to pedal....so I did the unthink about. I stopped on the side of the road and took a squat! :-) Boy did i feel better- but I did my best to get back to USI as fast as I could -but those of you that know St. Phillips - those hills were killing. But I made it back to USI- packed up my bike - jumped in my jeep and headed back out to Nation Road to pick up Hallie. hahahahaha - I can laugh now - but i was cursing earlier.
Hallie is taking her bike in to get her first tire replaced! & I have superglued the base part of my areo bars - so we will see. Day 2 of April - not the best ride - but it could have been worse!!
Sunday, April 1, 2012
April Fools!!
Well - it's that time - it's time to recap the month of March!! First, how lucky were we to have such beautiful weather for the month of March!?! Hallie and I both got in a solid month of training - and I can say that for the both of us-we are getting more and more excited about this ironman! Hallie claims I'm going to hate her for the next 5 months, but I will love her on Aug. 26th (that is after it's over!) Right now, I don't hate her at all, I have truly enjoyed spending this time with her - and I honestly can't think of anyone else I would rather do this with! (or anyone else who would be stupid enough to do it with us!)
For the month:
Hallie swam 17,060 yards, biked 159 miles, ran 70.37 miles, and walked 19.2 miles!! Way to go Hallie! This does not include her time lifting weights.
I swam 24,066 yards, biked 261.79 miles, ran 82.10 miles, and walked 6.40 miles! A total of 49.28 hours training. All-in-all- we feel good about these numbers - since our 20 week training plan to the ironman starts Easter weekend! We think we are doing well for a base to build off of.
This past week we met with Breann Ellis a nutrionist about our nutrition now and building up to the ironman. This was a great experience. I know for me, it opened a closet that I'm not sure I'm ready to open, but it's open NOW! I realized I have a lot of issues with food, but I am focusing on my long term goal - I want to be fit and healthy & able to complete this Ironman to the best of my ability. I look forward to meeting with her again.
Also - if you are bored (and you don't mind a little cursing) youtube - I will be an ironman. It is two robots talking - it basically sums up how most people feel about those training and competing in an ironman. It is pretty funny.
I hope everyone had a wonderful March! It's hard to believe it is April 1st!!! I hope Hallie and I will be able to start blogging weekly about our training experiences, life experiences, nutrition experiences, and anything else we find interesting that we would like to share. I know I will be saying this more and more, but we both want to thank those that have spent time training with us (even though we may not go as fast as you would like!) We want to thank those that have listened to us talk about our training, dreams, fears, etc (because if you are around Hallie and I you know that this ironman consumes much of our conversations.) & we want to thank those of you that have kept us in your thoughts and prayers- this is a journey that we are not only sharing with each other-but we are sharing with all of you! THANK YOU
For the month:
Hallie swam 17,060 yards, biked 159 miles, ran 70.37 miles, and walked 19.2 miles!! Way to go Hallie! This does not include her time lifting weights.
I swam 24,066 yards, biked 261.79 miles, ran 82.10 miles, and walked 6.40 miles! A total of 49.28 hours training. All-in-all- we feel good about these numbers - since our 20 week training plan to the ironman starts Easter weekend! We think we are doing well for a base to build off of.
This past week we met with Breann Ellis a nutrionist about our nutrition now and building up to the ironman. This was a great experience. I know for me, it opened a closet that I'm not sure I'm ready to open, but it's open NOW! I realized I have a lot of issues with food, but I am focusing on my long term goal - I want to be fit and healthy & able to complete this Ironman to the best of my ability. I look forward to meeting with her again.
Also - if you are bored (and you don't mind a little cursing) youtube - I will be an ironman. It is two robots talking - it basically sums up how most people feel about those training and competing in an ironman. It is pretty funny.
I hope everyone had a wonderful March! It's hard to believe it is April 1st!!! I hope Hallie and I will be able to start blogging weekly about our training experiences, life experiences, nutrition experiences, and anything else we find interesting that we would like to share. I know I will be saying this more and more, but we both want to thank those that have spent time training with us (even though we may not go as fast as you would like!) We want to thank those that have listened to us talk about our training, dreams, fears, etc (because if you are around Hallie and I you know that this ironman consumes much of our conversations.) & we want to thank those of you that have kept us in your thoughts and prayers- this is a journey that we are not only sharing with each other-but we are sharing with all of you! THANK YOU
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