Swim Time Run
I turned Monday into a VT dad triathlon. I followed up my 18 mile bike ride with 4 games of basketball, and an 800m swim, but I still hadn’t gone on a good run since the marathon, 24 days ago. Tonight when I dropped my daughter off for her evening swim practice, I decided to go for a run. I did a little loop that took me from the swimming pool almost to my high school, and then back. The loop was more the shape of a kite. The first 2+ miles were mostly downhill on the outward leg, and up hill homeward bound. The kite shaped loop was also 2+ miles, starting with a steep uphill, and finishing with a steep downhill. I ran the first segment in 21+ minutes, the second in 22+ minutes, and the third in 23+ minutes. I felt stiff, slow and out of synch. But it was a good run, and a challenging one. It also gave me some goals: to finish each segment under 20 minutes, so that I can complete the run in under an hour.
June 19, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Holy cow, you’re an animal. Maybe you should tackle a triathlon next — you seem to have the necessary energy level and discipline for it.