Tuesday, September 16, 2008

What to do?

I keep wondering what to do with all this "shape" I'm still in.  Throughout the winter it's just going to disappear.  The Ironman was the peak in my shape for all 3 sports.  I've been in better cycling shape by itself and in running shape by itself and in swimming shape..oh wait not.  Overall, I was in the best shape.  I mean I was 140 and basically didn't have any real fat on the body.  I still have some decent running shape as each run feels pretty good.  I went hard yesterday on the bike and felt pretty good.  In the pool, well I pushed a couple of 100s and I'm not even close to the pace I was before the Ironman.  If I focus on staying away from the junk food, I could probably get back down to 143ish which would help my cycling even more.

I keep looking for a race of some sort to do but my work traveling schedule really isn't going to sync up with anything.  I keep thinking about trying a marathon but then I think why.  I mean I could probably drop a nice BQ time but no where near my marathon PR of 2:50.  I might be able to go low 3s but I don't think I have enough speed to dip under 3.  Boston would be fun but it seems only Billy is planning on doing it now.  Earlier this summer there was a thought that a bunch of my Portland running mates were all gearing up for the Portland Marathon with the BQ as the goal.

Although with all the down time, I've been slowly "moving in" to the condo.  I've actually unpacked most of my boxes now.  I've purchased a few key things like end tables and retired the dish packing boxes which were the end tables.  I got a bike rack to bring the Trek from outside on the patio to inside the apartment.  I finished all my recycling which had been overflowing.  I still need to buy 2 bar stools for the breakfast bar and clean it.  I need a coffee table and DVD storage rack.  Elena's room still needs a real clothes dresser and possible desk.  When it gets colder and closer to the holiday season, I'll be buying a Mac which will allow me to work on some home movies that I've been sitting on.  All in all its definitely fun to be able to have time on the weekend.

The only negative from that is I definitely can't eat as much.  I get full faster as my body is slowly adapting to a more sedentary state.

Well that's about it for now...

1 comment:

  1. hey, at least you still can nail 5+ bowls at the never-ending pasta fest. Not up to your former standards of course, but still a respectable total.

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