Okay, I know this update is WAYYYY overdue.

Monday: Swimming with the Wetcats for 2500 yds and a 30 min run Monday afternoon.

Tuesday: 12.5 Miles on the bike

Wednesday: 4.6 Mile run

Thursday: 8.1 Miles on the bike

Friday: nada. nyet. zip. zero.

Saturday: Saturday morning was the run before the honored heroes breakfast. Together myself and team green covered just over 5 miles.

Sunday: I got lost on the way to the swim clinic, so I swam over at the crap pool at 24 fitness. Blech, it’s such a nasty pool. Also, put in 30 minutes on the bike that afternoon.

Total distance: 4100 yds Swum. 13.21 Miles Ran 27 Miles Biked.

Thought of the Week: The truth is, it’s difficult to find the daylight hours to get the time in. If a conference call starts early or something else comes up you miss the AM window to get stuff done before work.

Last night at the REI off of 635, Team in Training held a bicycle clinic for the Triathlon team. There was a fairly full crowd and Coach Claire and Coach Billy provided a basic overview of bike information and detail, in addition to some hands on spinning in trainers and changing and repairing tires. It’s pure hubris to believe that tire repair is something you shouldn’t practice.

Additionally, a big shout out to the GREEN team for staying behind and changing tires with me.

Well, I have lost a button from my Garmin Forerunner 201 GPS. It still works well as a GPS, but until I figure out how to repair the rubber button I lost, you must have a pencil or bit of twig to access and select the button on my unit. It’s a bummer, because this little guy is awesome for training.

I ordered a replacement last night and got the Forerunner 305 and the Edge cadence sensor for the bike. Thanks to a rebate, a deep discount from online providers and an online gift card I had, this bundle ended up costing me about $150. That’s a steal!

The initial difference between the x01 and the x05 series is obvious just to look at, the “watch”-like form factor. The 205 is a great training aid, but that sucker is huge. It’s like having a giant GPS brownie strapped to your wrist. I am looking forward to the slightly slimmer more squared display face. My 205 still uses a serial cable interface which are becoming rarer and rarer on laptops these days. Fortunately my work laptop is a dell piece of junk, but hopefully they have gone to USB. Also, they’ve upgraded the training software that comes with the system, I look forward to that. Finally, I am SUPER excited to try the new GPS chip they use in these newer models. People online have claimed to have much faster acquisition time and excellent coverage, even under cover of trees and indoors. This was an inconvenience with my old GPS. Of course, I did like walking for a few minutes to warm up before the GPS found the satellites.

The 301 series supported wireless accessories, like the heart rate strap, which comes with my unit. However, the 305 will support using the EDGE cadence meter so this will be a big boon to my cycling training as I’d rather invest in Garmin and get cadence, speed, coordinates, and heart rate all in one file.

I’ll post a proper review once I get it in the mail.

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Well, as I suspected, cycling is the toughest sport for me to get out and do. I have a bike and so good cycling gear, but the rain and storms ocombined with a lack of experience has left me a little nervouse to pounding the pavement in Allen during morning rush hour. I suspect my cycling abilities will greatly improve by the end of this summer.

Wednesday night, I got in an evening run for 40 mins. The bad news is my GPS forerunner lost a button, but the good news is, I have purchased a replacement. More to come.

Daily totals:

Tuesday – Bike: 7.5 Miles

Wednesday – Run: 4.5 Miles