Training Log Archive: ebuckley

Warmup. Not enough (even though it was over 90 and plenty humid), but I ran with David and we decided that if both of us had lame warmups, there was no advantage. We certainly didn't want to lose too much fluid before starting.

First decent run in quite some time. Tentative to 1, great from 2-7. Boomed 8, but not too badly, tentative to 9 and then a reasonably good finish on the little loop of 10-12. Heat was a factor, David seemed to struggle with it more and finished in a bit over 75. I was pretty happy with both my running and nav. Not at the level of last year's good runs, but certainly better than what I have been doing.

I had brought my mountain bike, but I was pretty wasted at the end of the run, so I skipped it.

C • I helped Anna modify her co... 3

Red - Splits

Easy jog round the hood.

Celebrated Father's Day early by heading down to the Eastern MO wineries. Our first visit to Cave (great location, mediocre wine), Crown Valley (good, but $40 for a Missouri Shiraz? Get serious), and Chaumette (nice, and a good dinner to boot).

C • charleville 4

In to work.

The plan was to run home since cycling in thunderstorms isn't much fun. But, by the time I left it was only light rain, so I decided to ride. Got a flat and Clark would be happy to know that I changed the tube all by myself. However, since I was only about half a mile from Big Shark, I decided to ride over there and use one of their pumps to fully inflate the tire (120PSI with a hand pump is no small order). Did that and then got another flat on the exact same stretch of road. At this point, I decided that I really should take the opportunity to replace the tires, both of which are worn to the casing. Went back over to Big Shark and swapped both tires for new.

While three tire changes on one ride is a bit excessive, there were a couple upsides. First, the rain had stopped and the roads were actually drying out quite quickly. Second, I've finally got some decent rubber on the rims again. Amazing how long those tires lasted, nearly 4,000 miles, most of it urban, and only 2 flats prior to today. Continental Gator Skins if you want a high performance tire that really holds up.

C • Sooo happy... 2

In to work in the 60.

First really hot day of the year. Thought I might be in for a rough ride home, but the legs came around after about half an hour. Stayed in the small ring, but put out a few efforts on the smaller climbs.

In to work.

Legs are really soft today - no surprise really - but it was such a nice evening, I convinced them to spin the 60 for a couple hours rather than coming straight home.

In to work.

Legs were not too bad given Sunday's efforts but, suffering through the Tuesday Night Crits just to finish in the field seemed a lot less fun than spending some quality deck time with Kate and Baby-O. I settled for an easy spin home via Grant's Trail. Picked up some bread, wine, and cheese and rolled in feeling very French. The problem was that Kate, assuming I wouldn't be home until late, had taken Baby-O to a restaurant to eat with one of her friends.

So, I hopped back on the bike and, still feeling somewhat French, rode the Paris-Roubaix loop. Half the St. Louis triathlon population was out doing intervals on the flood plain. As this was clearly shaping up to not be a recovery day, I went ahead and moved the front derailluer to the right with somewhat satisfying results. Left it in the big ring over the cobbles, with very satisfying results.

Not too bummed about the missed opportunity as Kate is hosting a happy hour tomorrow. I won't feel very French, but one can do a lot worse than sit out on the deck drinking with a dozen women.

Easy jog to the Arch at lunchtime. River is coming over the road, but not yet going up the arch steps. Includes about 15 minutes on grass.

So after dinner I suggest to Baby-O that we walk Lucy (our very old and fat beagle). I'm glad I had the dog along as an excuse because Baby-O takes off running and, damn, it's not particularly comfortable keeping up with her. Granted, kids don't need a warmup whereas I do. Granted, I raced yesterday. Granted, I just drank a Diet Coke before we left. And, of course, I could have run much faster if I had to, but again, damn. Lu dog put up with it for about half a mile and then sat down in protest. That didn't stop Baby-O; she just started doing out-and-backs. All in all, she ran a full mile in about 10 minutes.