Good morning.
This Gulf oil leak is really starting to piss me off. How, in today's world, with all of our technological advances, not have prevented this disaster? Besides basically ruining the lives and careers of those whose livelihoods depend on an "oil free" ocean, I feel so bad for all of the innocent, beautiful wildlife that will be affected. What a shame.
I will not be going to a BP gas station for a very very long time. I also wish I knew of a good way to protest our own government's involvement.
On a good note, did you see the clip on TV yesterday or today of the man who found his gorilla in the wild? That is such a great, touching story. Actually brought tears to my eyes. I have to admit that I like animals more than most people.
Workouts are going well. Yesterday was a swim and bike day. My swimming is really improving and I am definitely feeling much stronger in the water. Doing swim intervals can really get your heart rate up there. The swim workout consisted of a 500 yard warmup in which I slowly increased my pace as I went. That took 9:35.
Next was a 500 yard swim with paddles. This is like a swim strength workout. The paddles are on each hand and are bigger than your hand. With each swim stroke there is resistance on the pull phase. This strengthens your lats and your pull through the H2O. This took 9:37.
The remaining 500 yards were a 5X100 speed session. I am consistently swimming each 100 yards in approx 1:45. When I first started this adventure in December my 100 yard time was 1:59. A solid improvement.
Later in the day was another 20 miles on the bike trainer.
Today I am looking forward to a long run. My thoughts are 13-16 miles. I want to keep my endurance base.
Tomorrow will be a long bike ride of 56 miles or more.
The wetsuit fit well.
Edited by Silentrunner 5/22/2010 7:39 AM
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" Beyond the very extreme of fatigue and distress, we may find amounts of ease and power we never dreamed ourselves to own, sources of strength never taxed at all because we never push through the obstruction."
* It takes courage to push yourself to places that you have never been before... to test your limits... to break through barriers. And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” - Anais Nin
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I'm with you on the animals. Did you ever the the story/movie about the guys with the lion?
ReplyDeleteI'll try to dig it up, in case you haven't seen it.