Mi Feetz Iz Hurtin...

OMG... stumbled out of be this morning. looks like a swim/run brick today after work. hopefully my legs can take it. stay tuned...

I did do the brick but paid the price with chaffing. the pool water made my thighs sticky and they rubbed together like sandpaper.

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After Work Brick...

Looks like a 90 30 brick. hour n half bike 30 min run after work today. will be comitting to getting to work early from here on out. ttyl.

I did get the brick in after work today. keepin the heart rate down and the will definately be doing the 2 n 1 method for CDA on the run. looks like the "masters" pool is closed this week. so i will be starting next week fo shizzle. Byron if you read this next tuesday will work for me on starting. starting the day after the MS is an unlikely scenario. so see you on tuesday if that works for you. if it doesn't then i will force myself to go monday but won't have that much energy.

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9 and Half Weeks...

Now that the engagement weekend is over i can focus on finishing the Ironman CDA. the only thing that will finish end my training at this point is an injury. Any more breaks from here on out means i won't be competing at Coeur D'Alene. I will either be prepared or I won't go. There are a ton of excuses not to do it. there are plenty of rationalizations for not going or putting it off. but one thing i can say. If i don't do it now i will never do it and i will never forgive myself for quitting for anything other than injury or illness. so let the 9 weeks of fun begin. Yes only 9 weeks to go!!!

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SHE SAID YES...

Well today i ask my girlfriend calisa to marry me. she said YES!!! so now i guess i have a fiancee. so to say i have been a little distracted these past few weeks would be an understatement. I can tell you that we don't have a date set nor will we for a while. but i can tell you that COMITTING to something and someone can be stressful.

Ok byron or micheal if you read this what day this week would be good to show up for masters??? let me know so we can do the d4mn dizzle!!!

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Taking A Breaky Break...

I decided to take a blog and maybe a workout break. i won't be doing anything from saturday to monday anyways. and i barely made it through work because my stomach is still bothering me. probably all this stress. i stand by what i said before masters swimming next week or i'm quitting. i am leaning toward finishing what i started. i have enough base and enough time to get it done i just have to COMMIT.

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T minus 2 months to go/Happy Earth Day/Happy B-Day Lil Sis...

I haven't done anything the last 2 days and i called in sick today because my stomach has been bothering me. with 2 months to go i am not feeling good about my chances to finish. this weekend i am going away with calisa so no training will be going on. I will start going to masters swimming next week when i get back or will quit on the ironman all together. either way i will be riding in the ms 150 and NOONE has donated.

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Lost Day...

Yup i did end up sleeping all day yesterday and i am having my doubts that i will continue this whole thing.

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Sleeping Booty...

Went to sleep at 3 am. woke up at 9am. went back to sleep at 10am. woke up at 2pm. down at 2:30pm. woke up at 6pm wrote this at 6:30 and will probably go back to sleep.

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Numb Foot...

Did a quick run today. well i guess 1 hour isn't quick. but i was planning on going for a ride before hand. i didn't wake up until almost noon and me and the girlfriend had plans at 2 so what do you do. you throw on your shoes and run out the door for an hour. my foot still falls asleep after about 30 minutes but it comes back to life after another 10 minutes. very strange.

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More Skunks Than U Can Shake A Stick At...

I went for a quick ride after work today. I didn't get home until 7:30 so by the time i got on the bike it was 8. I am planning on doing a brick tomorrow and i have plans with the girlfriend the next 2 weekends so training is going to be tough. I literally saw 11 skunks tonight. 11!!! and it was only a 50 minute as fast as you can go ride. at least i learned they cant spray you if they are too busy runnin' away from you.

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Stopped by Severe Thunderstorms...

You know how sometimes you plan on doing something no matter what!!! well that night was tonight. i was going for a 2 hour run no matter what. when i got off of work they had issued a warning with signs of golf ball sized hail. that being said i decided to go home and put the car in the garage. i have to say that was the worst i have seen while living in my house. the hail was comming down so hard and fast it looked like snow outside. it was just pea sized so there was no damage but scary none the less.

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Happy Day After Tax Day...

What better way to celebrate day after tax day than to give a tax deductible gift to the Multiple Sclerosis Society? :-)

I did ride "A" moots tonight. it just happened the YBB mountain bike and not the road bike. I was supposed to ride intervals so i figured mountain biking was like intervals. The folks at river legacy keep changing up the trail. i mean i can't blame them for rerouting around flooded areas. it's just you can't know where you're going if every time you go out there the trail is different. Lets just say i'll be sticking to the road for a while.

Tomorrow is a 90 minute run sort of with intervals. I will see how that goes.

"5... 5 dolla... 5 dolla foot looooongs..."

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Happy Tax Day...

Rest today but intervals on the moots road bike tomorrow.

What better way to celebrate tax day than to donate a tax deductable gift to the Multiple Sclerosis Society?

-fruit punch accelerade dominator

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Achilles??? A Kill Meez...

I woke up and i could barely walk. I will not be doing any training today. I am including my typical monday links. don't forget to donate for MS.

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APRIL

April is without question my favorite month of the year. I love April even more than my birth month June. June is my second favorite month however. I just love the weather in TX in april and the smells of spring. mountain biking through fields of wildflowers is indescribable. Ahhhh April...

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Sunday Brunch? Nope. Sunday Brick...

I felt good after my third straight day of riding, good enough to go for a jog. My achilles was "a killin" me. [hold the applause i'll be here all night.] bad joke but it was not good. i fought through it.

i have no doubt it's tendinitis but what can i do? the only cure for tendinitis is rest and nsaid's [non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs] rest i can't do but nsaid's i can so i've been trying to stay drugged up with advil and aleve.

SWIM

Non-existent at this point. I will be joining the masters group next week or the one after AT THE LATEST.

BIKE

Trying to string the rides together pretty regular. i'm climbing ascension hill faster and faster so i'm seeing improvements in my stamina, strength and endurance

RUN

I jogged almost the whole way today so feelin' good about the progress. just gotta watch the ankle.

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Sorry Team Globo...

For the last 3 years i have ridden the ms 150 with team global electronics. they are a great group o guys. if you see a large group of asian cyclists riding on a saturday morning at the airport chances are that's them. i was supposed ride with them today but i had a feeling they wouldn't ride the 50 mile route. unfortuately i don't have time to ride less than 3 hours on the weekends. also i can't take rest breaks while on those rides. that being said i rode the fiddy and they rode the thirdy. I ain't hatin' i just had to get my milz N.

i was going to run for thirty minutes after the ride but i had plans with my baby girl (calisa) so i wanted to get back. besides the achilles was not feelin' that great.

perfect time for me to mention the green links you see appearing at the bottom of each post. well it's that time of year where i have to raise money to ride in the ms 150. i have to raise at least 300 so please readers, any donation of any size will help. keep in mind the donation is tax deductible.


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Out Ridin' Again...

Went for a quick 2 hour ride. i left work on time today hoping to be on the bike by 6:30 but it took me 40 minutes to get home. there was so much traffic but i finally got on the bike and went for a quick one. my achilles has been bothering me ever since that walk last weekend. so i haven't been in a hurry to run. maybe tomorrow.

Whoever posted the quote about "preparation" yesterday i just wanted to tell you that that really inspired me to keep going. the harder i work now the easier the mammoth day will be for me. thank you for that "soul nugget".

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Limbs Down...

There are lots of damaged trees and debris out there on the roads and on the trail. I decided i would give the workers another day to clear up everything. it's absolutely gorgeous out but i don't feel like constantly stopping to avoid trees and branches. i am just glad i didn't get stuck out in it. no property damage reported from me or my friends so far.

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The Sky is Falling...

I decided not to go out again tonight maybe tomorrow. the sky is wicked scary.

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Thunderstorms Emminent...

i would like to get a quick ride in but it doesn't look like i will. the forecast looks very scary even though i could chance it, i won't. Maybe i will write more but until there is something to write about... there's nothing to write about.

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April Fools Week Over...

Please check out the last weeks posts. not only i'm i ok i worked out this week. please do some catchin' up. i ended up doing yard work when i got home today. it's supposed to rain the next couple of days so i figured i'd get it done before hand.

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Walk Hard...

Went walking today. 1.5 hours or walking. i think i went 5.7 miles. my feet and legs are throbbing. i have to get tougher and wether i walk, run or jog i have to get tougher. pain is weakness leaving the body. tomorrow is supposed to be a swim only day. i think i'll make it a rest day. like i said before i'm mailing in the swims for now because i will join the masters group beginning week 10, week 9 at the absolute latest!!! but i figure 2 months of masters swimming will be enough to get me over the hump for the ironman. plus it will be sunnier in the mornings and i wake up when the sun comes up...Period!

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Sippy Sips...

I rode out of my house at about 8:30pm for a 3 hour ride. My nite lite has about a 5 hour charge but little did i know that was only normal. on high it has a about half that. so 2.5 hours in my nitey lite went out. let me just tell you that there is never a good time for the lite to go dead. Good thing for me though that was done with the major part of my ride and was riding out on the "bad lands" which is lit at night.


SIPPY SIPS


well i decided that since i was working on taking breaky breaks i would work on taking sippy sips on my shorter training rides. basically every 5 minutes i take a sip of water or gatorade. so every five i take a swaller. every 5 is easy to see and remember on the stop watch. and since i no longer train distance but train time it's easy to keep track of.



I did pretty well considering i was started out when it was pitch black outside. the moonlight makes a big difference when your nitey lite goes out. so basically there was no moon out last night.


NOCTURNAL FRIENDS


i haven't seen a fox or an owl in while but i did see about 20 skunks. NO EXAGGERATION. those suckers were everywhere. i saw about 12 opossums, 3 jack rabbits, 2 armadillos and 1 raccoon. i can tell you why there are so many skunks and opossums as road kill cuz those guys are flat out DUMB!!! the hear and see me coming and they run along side me and try to cut me off. so essentially they are trying to have me run them over. a couple of times i had to slow down to point where i was almost stopped to avoid hitting them. there were so many skunks i was worried that one would cause me to wreck cuz they all did the same thing... run out in front of me trying to commit suicide. one opossum ran along side me for about 100 yards like he was racing me. this is the kind of stuff you'll never see on the trainer.

tomorrow is a 1.5 hour run. so wish me luck.

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River Legacy Park...

Today is a rest day so i am going to highlight my home park.

RIVER LEGACY

Its my home park.

7 mile out and back paved river trail (14 miles if you ride out and back)

5.5 mile "Badlands" paved trail (11 miles if you ride out and back)

3 mile off road loop

3.5 miles from my front door to the off road trail head

1.1 miles of inside the park loop

Routes.

10 miles from my house ride 1 loop and back

12 miles from my house to the 7 mile marker and back

13 miles my house 2 loops and back (my typical mtn bike workout)

16 miles my house 3 loops and back

17.4 miles from my house ride all the river trail and back

18 miles from my house to the end of the "Badlands" and back

19 miles my house 4 loops and back (i don't ride more than 4 loops)

30 miles from my house ride all 14 miles of the river trail and the "Badlands" and back.

[the loops are assuming 3 mile off road trail but this article was written in jan before they extended it to 5 miles]

Ascension Hill

Anytime i ride from my house to anywhere i have to ride down and up this hill. 110 feet elevation gain in under a quarter mile with an average grade of 9 percent. Riding down it I can get up to 45mph and climbing it is a beast.

The "Badlands"

The term coined by me and the wahler baller (jake). we named it the "Badlands" because there is no shade in the summer, nothing to break the wind in the winter, no water, its always windy and because it's twisty you get a head wind both ways, it literally smells like POOO most of the time because it goes past a "solid waste drying station" water treatment plant and you're always suckin down exhaust fumes because it goes along a major busy street.

Interlochen

Located at the end of the Bad Lands, this is the same neighborhood with all the Christmas lights every year. this where the most hills are in arlington. there are about 4 or 5 good hills in this neighborhood. this the main reason i suffer through the Bad Lands, to get to the hills. The area is great, wide streets, friendly considerate drives and smooth roads. there is a 1.9 mile "crit" loop that you can really get cookin' on. i have averaged over 20 mph on this loop more than once. it's really fun. if you're in the area i'll show it to you. Interlochen is the favorite part of my ride most days.

The Off Road Trail


as of today 4/5/2008 the off road/mtn. bike trail is a 5 mile loop. with plans to increase it another 3 miles. its mostly flat with a few short rolling hills, twisty through the trees and quite a bit of shade. i love the trail mostly because it's 3.5 miles from my front door. it's not a technical trail and it great for beginners. you can go balls out and average just under 13mph for the loop or you can go slow and take your time and do 4 or 5 loops and call it a day. this is the trail i love to ride in the spring and it makes me feel alive. i love the sights and smells of the trail in spring time. when i was dating a former amateur state of texas mtn. bike champion we used to love to ride the trail together. she taught me how to ride a mountain bike on that trail and how to take corners in the trees. that's why to this day my fat a55 can ride fast on a mtn. bike when i have too. we used to race each other and talk a lil smack. FUN TIMES.

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Treadmill Trainin'...

spent exactly 1 hour on the treadmill tonight. i showed up at the gym around 9:45pm and finished at 10:45pm. i had a pretty good run. i jogged about 12 minutes straight then went to the 2 and 1 style. i averaged 4.4 mph. that was easy to calculate cuz i went 4.4 miles in one hour!!! :D

4.4 is what i would like to average for the ironman so thats good that i am a right there. i don't know how i'll do after i ride 112 but that's what this training is for. I felt really good for most of the run. i did notice that at about 30 minutes my feet go TOTALLY ASLEEP. then after about 10 minutes they get blood circulating again. the first time it happend it freaked me out. it's weird to run with your feet being totally numb. at least now i know that it will go away if i keep going. has this happend to any of you??? anyways it's late and i'm tired.

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April Foolin U...

i was just foolin. no broken leg but you have to admit its a good story. and i have to admit things like that ALMOST happened to me more times than i like. but i believe God is protecting me while i'm training because i believe he wants me to finish training and complete the ironman this year. like i said this is not a blog about religion, race or politics but i do have faith in that.

Hope i didn't scare too many of y'all. i left the post up for a week without any updates to get as many readers as possible. some readers won't even notice cuz they only read 3 times a month and i did get some concerned emails and phone calls and for those that did email or called i let them i know i was just foolin'. I also appologize to all the faithful "Daily Dominator" readers who are hooked on my ramblings on a daily basis for the one week pause. anyways, back to business.

[my real 4/1 stats]

BIKE

1.5 hours about 19 miles. it was only supposed to be 1 hour but i ran into martin and anthony from mad duck so took them on a tour of river legacy with our nite lites blazing at 9pm!!!

RUN

.5 hours about 2 miles. i jogged about 15 minutes nonstop then walked the last half. i am trying to build up my endurance and leg strength.

[4/2 stats]

1.5 hour ride about 21 miles. i took the moots (road bike) out for a spin since i didn't have to run afterwards and knew i was going to do some hills. it feels good to get on the road bike every now and then. like i said before the road bike accelerates faster, climbs faster and corners better than a tri bike. however if you have to run afterwards or for raw straight line speed the tri bike is the way to go by FAR!!! that being said i wanted the change in the muscles used for a different workout. plus it's a sad day when you consider a full custom, handmade usa, titanium frame a "beater bike". i didn't want my moots to feel neglected :P

more to come tomorrow

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BROKEN LEG...

Since it's a recovery week i decided to go for a short ride before work. So i was just riding along going down "acension hill" and this a55hole decides to drive in front of me put on his brakes. For those of you who don't know acension hill is about a hill that varies from 8 to 12 percent grade and it's 110 feet tall. so when my fat a55 gets going down it i get to about 48mph even when i'm on my mountain bike. everybody knows what 50mph feels like in a car so image white knuckling it down hill on bicycle.

there is a rec center at the bottom of acension hill so sometimes people pass you on the hill and cut into the rec center most of the time they just ride behind you patiently because they see you're going dang near 50mph!!! but this morning NO!!! so this guy in a red corolla decides to cut me off and slam on the brakes entering the rec center. there was a black pickup truck boxing me in on the left hand side. it matched my speed perfectly. i don't blame the truck for the accident because i'm the one going 47mph but the mo-fo in the corolla!!!

THE ACCIDENT!!!

so i'm going 47mph and i'm boxed in and the corolla is slamming on his brakes. NOW for all of you who are suggesting i should reach for my brakes at this point just imagine how long it would take you to stop in a CAR going 50mph and you have anti-lock brakes. i have very lockable brakes and i'm on a bicycle so basically i'm screwed if i'm going that fast i need to stop or even slow down. but for the record i did reach for my brakes after i realized my best hope was to slow down enough to change lanes only to realize there were more cars behind the pickup. why??? because they were doing what they were supposed to do by driving on the right lane and letting the slower traffic or me on a bike in the left lane. so i know it's going to happen. I am about to wreck BAD!!! the corolla is braking about to turn into the parking lot when i figure my best bet is let go of the brakes and try to pass the car before it makes the turn. so i pass the car going about 37 at this point and zoom past the car on the inside because there was no room to pass on the outside. and for a second i think i made it. thats when my wheel clipped the curb and i did a superman into the bushes. but pedal hit my shin so hard that it broke it.

so now i have cast on my leg and so long for the ironman this year. 6 weeks in a cast at this point makes it impossible to train. and i won't have enough time to train to afterwards because i will be in rehab mode. that's the part that sux. all this for nothing. maybe next year.

-broken leg dominator


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Happy Cesar Chavez Day...

Who Da Heck?!? apparently Texas is one of only 8 states that celebrates this day. How do i know? because i went the vehicle registration office today and they were closed!!! if you want to know about the guy click here also here is the link to this weeks workout pdf

This weeks workout link

here is this weeks reminder to the workout site

Workout site reminder

One is what i should do and the other is what i did do. Today is a rest day. tomorrow is a short ride and jog. this is a recovery week so short workouts and lots of stretching is in order.

Hope is well with everyone.

-chick-fil-a sammy dominator