Day Eight and Nine

Day Eight

I finally inflated my physio ball. My core immediately began screaming. I felt stronger after only a 40 minute workout.

I joined The Kenyan Way's Beat The Heat program. It is a 12 week program that meets every Monday and Wednesday morning from 6 to 7 am. Mondays consist of hill workouts. Wednesdays consist of: combination of relays, tempo runs, whistles, intervals, and time trials. Both days are topped off with a bit of core work.

My first hill workout was difficult. It reminded me of the Austin Half Marathon, in which I was out of breath after the first hill at mile 2. I can't wait to attack Austin's hills over Memorial Day weekend.

After work, I hit the trainer for a 30 minute interval workout. I spinned for 5 minutes and then worked up my zones at 2 minute intervals. Finally, I spinned it out for the last 5 minutes. This workout was important because my Adamo is KILLING ME!

Day Nine

It was back to Bikram Yoga for a powerful one and half hour session. I took it easy during my stretches, in which to ensure I would not have any additional bruises. This was my best class thus far and I can't wait until my Thursday morning session.

I hit the pool for a nice relaxing 800 yards. This swim was to reinforce my successful race day performance and Twin Lakes loops. I wanted to work on gliding and feeling my body balance in the water without my wetsuit.

Body Fat Report: I was tested again with the handheld machine, and have 5.9% body fat. That is absolutely amazing that I have lost nearly 4% in only nine days. What a piece of crap; back to the calibrator. The meat head saw the numbers and just looked at me. He actually asked if I would classify myself as athletic. I told him I just got off a two month steroid cycle and he should have seen me before!

I headed to the Picnic Loop for my 20 mile cog ride. There was kind of a breeze that day, but overall it was a great ride. I punched out my 20 mph pace while keeping an average of 90 rpm. Then an easy 1.5 mile run at a 10 minute pace. I convinced my Teammate Erich to join me, so we were able to talk during the run. It was fun actually being able to talk with someone on the run.