Training Log Archive: biggins

It was supposed to be a rollerski day, but I got up this morning (at 5 thank you) and tried to pump up the tires and it just wouldn't work. The nozzle on the floor pump wouldn't engage the pin on the schrader valves. I'm not sure whats wrong, all the parts are there and look ok...? Its not the valves, since they worked fine on the minipump (but there's no way I can hit 110psi with that thing without ripping the valve stems off). So I gave up and went rollerblading instead.

also here's the game I just finished at the real job. mostly awesome because of the sweet song.

C • skull clouds 3

My alarm is set for 5:01 am (I missed 5:00), and its been like that for a while so I usually just wake up a minute or two before anyway. So this morning I wake up to go to the bathroom at exactly 1:05, and sleepy dyslexic me thinks its time to get up. So I loosen up, stretch, read the news... the usual morning routine to get ready for whatever morning beating I'm in store for today. This morning's "coffee" was a slurry of Tang and Dr Pepper, which works wonders to wake you up at 5am, unfortunately it also works wonders at 1am too. So after about half an hour I'm up and loose and ready to go, and I notice it hasn't gotten light outside yet. It has been getting light later each day lately, but its not even thinking about it yet. And the moon is still out, which is weird because it was out when I went to bed. In fact its still in about the same position as when I went to bed. And why were my neighbors up still watching tv? So finally after all this I actually look at the clock and figure out that its not 5:30 but actually 1:30. I tried to go back to bed but that was hopeless, so I finished off a book, did some CF work, and finally headed out to the track at just before 5. Surprisingly the track workout felt really good (I could push hard through all four intervals) despite only three hours of sleep, probably because I'd been awake for four hours instead of the usual one. We'll see how things are this afternoon after work and a full soccer practice.

400s: 74, 77, 75, 74

C • Tang & Dr P? 2

10x

to/from the track

oddly this was the best day of soccer I've had in a month...

For some reason I thought it would be a good idea to go for a run at 2 in the afternoon. Good times.

Also today is round two of me vs the tamales. I asked around a bit and it was determined that I had probably done two things wrong: 1. I mixed up the tamale dough in the wrong order, and 2. I didn't drink enough tequila while I was doing it. Apparently both are very important.