Got Monday..

It's Monday and for someone who doesn't have to go to work today it is really driving me nuts! Guess I am just not used to such a thing and really don't want to get used to it. Today, I stick with my family routine and get up, fix breakfast and take my daughter to school. Traffic totally sucked on the way there and back and I took some back road to get to the gym but on the way there I changed my mind about swimming early and stopped by my house. I got my bike trainer set up inside in the living room and cycled for an hour while watching the Matrix Reloaded.

Yesterday, I rode the trainer under my car port outside for about 40 mins and it was great. I did have to do some seat adjustments because the seat was totally putting me to sleep down there. So a few adjustments and today when I rode it seemed to help out although I did notice that my butt was sore just from sitting on the saddle, wow, I am outta tune with the bike thing. I guess that is what happens when you use the gym stationary bike with the nice wide glide seat.

So after my 1 hour trainer ride while watching the Matrix Reloaded it was lunch and some emails, blogs, updating training schedule and then it will be off to swim.

One thing I am also concentrating on is helping out around the house alot so my wife can just really relax while I have this short pause for the cause, it's the least I can do.

Anyway, I will catch you all later.. Oh yeah, How about the super bowl? It was good the first half but then I found it boring the 2nd half which totally caused me to continue eating and snacking and then becoming way over stuffed!!!

Totally was jammin` with Prince during the half time show!! I think he rocks! I have gone to see him every time he has come through H-town. Loved the commercials too. I really like the Blockbuster one with the rabbit and him clicking the mouse, poor lil`guy! funny tho.

C-ya..!! rockon`

I got TAGGED...

So here are 6 weird things about me, if you think there weird.. 1) Have to have my own bathroom hand towel. 2) I like Allez, have to have shirts colored and whites separated in the closet. 3) I shave my legs. 4) I for some reason memorize great movies, guess, cause I watch them so much. 5) I like to listen to Spanish music even though I don't really understand or speak Spanish. 6) My SUV has to stay Clean! and up next on the Tagged block is SkiRough, IM ABLE, Mr. BigBike, IronSnoopy, Sarah-Saroy, and good ol' Steven.

The Wheel Changes..

when you least expect. As most of you know I am Chiropractor, one of those neck crackers that Allez talks about. I have been working with a another doctor for about a year as an associate doctor. Basically, I see all the patients and treat them while the owner takes care of business end, marketing, etc.. well over the last few months the business has been getting slow due to some Texas law changes which involve workers compensation patients and this has caused a serious strain on the business. So much so that it forced the owner to let me go! Yikes! On Tuesday he called me into his office and said Weds would have to be my last day! WTF! Damn, I thought, that quick, like he didn't know at least a week or two earlier that he would have to let me go? Anyway, he is a nice guy and was cool the whole time I worked for him so from a business stand point I have to have some understanding about it, but just wish it would have came down a different way. (note to self as future business owner, don't cut someone loose with a fair notice or offer severance pay, something)

The owner offered a introduction to another doctor who is currently looking for a chiro to see his patients but this doctor is offering a 35 hour week (great hours for me) and just a little bit less money than I was making but in comparison it's the same overall. The thing is that this doctor's office is all Personal Injury or car accidents and working with attorneys. It's OK, if that's what you like to do but me personally I have been doing that type of work for a long time and quite frankly it gets to me because some patients are really not hurt as they say they are and put on this big show to try and prove or convenience me they are. FYI, us doctors have tests that show FAKERS! Anyway, the doctor offered me the job but I told him I have to meet with a couple of other doctors who I sent my resume to.

So one of the call back I got while sending out my resume was from a totally awesome sports chiropractic place. I cannot say too much about it now and certainly don't want to jinx anything but if you are a religious person please say a word for me because I would love to be a part of that company/office and even if your not religious person keep me in mind, Thank You! The doctor for this place is not going to make a decision for about 2 weeks so I have some down time but I did know that doctor and he is a super guy and he is looking at hiring 2 doctors at this time so that helps too. When I graduated from chiro school I had dreamed or imagined a practice like the one he currently operates so this is really really really huge to me to have the opportunity to become a part of it. I will keep you all posted.

Now, my other chiro buddy that I graduated with Jose, is going to be out of town for about 2 weeks so he asked if I could cover his office for a few day which will help out just a little with finances but means that I have to work during my birthday and Valentines day, booo! But this also means that I will be off all next week so I can get some great training in while continuing to look for a few other positions around the H-town area.

On to training. This week has been overall pretty good. I got my swim, bike, and runs in with today I will get a 5 mile run in, the longest since 1/2 marathon. And I will be setting up my bike indoors (this should be interesting with the wife,lol) so I can get more training down now that it is cooler but this coming week should be warmer overall so I can get out to the roads!

And I must end today with a big shout out to Steven's blog. Jump over there to read about his daughter landing a totally awesome role in the play Oklahoma with some great coaching she will receive for her singing!! Way to go!!! Check it out..!!!

Have a great Super Bowl Weekend everyone!!

rockon` PS. Allez I see that I got tag`d so I will post that one later...

Whats up people!!

Good Thursday to you all. Sorry, have not posted the last few days but the schedule has been busy with daughter's school after work on Monday and Tuesday and last night I just got home late, ate and went to bed.

So after missing yesterdays scheduled workout I knew that was coming but that's OK because I am not going to fret over it, just move on to the next workout, try to stay consistent. Today, was swimming time. So I got to the pool and wonderful, no aqua class, matter of fact I was the only there and had the whole pool to myself for about 20 mins before someone else showed up.

Today's swim was 650 yards for my main set and here is what I did:

100 warm up

500y = 25,50,75,100,100,75,50,25 w/25sec rest b/t each.

3 x 50's w/25sec rest.

Bilateral Breathing w/buoy 300 yards

6 x 25 kick boards

Total yards = 1200 yards.

I also realized that my kicking sucks and I was barely able to make it across the pool without stopping and I am going to work on kicks every time I swim.

Overall, I was completely happy with my swim, not only for just completing it but I was feeling better, more confident and I was able to work on bilateral breathing which I totally suck at but it's getting better. I did just a 50y after using the buoy which I didn't count today just to get the feel of swimming and breathing bilaterally without the buoy.

Today, I also have a great interview with another local Chiropractor so pray for me, wish me luck, light a candle or what ever you do cause I would really love to be working with this doctor. I won't be too specific for now until I know further details.

Have a great day everyone!!!

rockon`

It's off and running..

Well it's only the first day of the official 16 weeks of Olympic training but I got out of bed at 5am and went to the gym to get my scheduled 500 yard swim in and then I hit the stationary bike for 10 mins or 23 mins, keeping rmp around 90. I really wanted to get the bike in this afternoon but schedule changes on the home front caused me to wrap it up this am.

Hey, I was proud that I got my lazy ass up outta the nice warm bed and headed out to the gym while it was 38*. Ol' splashy guy was there, wrote about him a few months back, but he was there still at it. During my swim I realized that my form is all over the place and I need to bring my kick board and pull buoy to work on those things on top of my required workout distance so I have some work to do. Tomorrow, I will get to swim workout #2 for the week and again because of family schedule changes I will have to get my run done in the am, from which I had planned on it being the after work. It's like the anti-training gods are already trying to push me away!

The weekend was spent in the chiropractic seminar sat/sun and although it was better than last year it was still long and boring. The best thing is seeing other chiros you haven't seen in a long time and finding out what they have been up to, where they are and any ideas they can help you with. Other than that, I was just at home for some relaxing and yesterday even got to watch Harry Potter and the Scorers Stone.

Have a great week, great training, great relaxing or what ever makes you happy...

rockon`

Friday!! and the weekend outlook..

What's up everyone? Hope everybody has a great Friday and a great weekend at what ever you have planned! First off I sat down yesterday and worked on my training schedule for my first Olympic tri which is schedule for May 28th called the CapTexTri, my Olympic distance. So I have 16 weeks schedule out and now it's just Get`er down! So I was all pumped up yesterday after my morning treadmill run/intervals and had it set to go swim after work at the gym. I got there about 6:10pm and for some reason I thought I better check the pool just to see how busy it was because sometimes there are others waiting to swim even with 2 people sharing 4 lanes but NO that was not the problem today. It was AquaClass!! aaggghhhh! and it started at 6 pm and scheduled till 7 pm. Damn it! I was not going to wait around till 7 pm to swim so the rug was pulled out from under me and I left. As I was driving home I came to the decision that my swim's at the gym will have to be in the early AM because I can always run/bike after work at the gym or outside and it seems that swimming in the evening is much more of a task to complete. OK, I know I have said this before but it's true this time, really! Especially after my birthday in 18 days I am going to register for the Olympic and then I'm really in! or out my money and that's not going to happen. So that was my peeve for last night.

Today, Friday, is my rest day as I thought about going to swim this morning to make up for last night but as my scheduled day off I really need to stick with it because I certainly do not want to get sick again or anytime soon! This weekend I have to go and complete some C.E.'s for my chiropractic license so this will require my Saturday time from 8am-7pm!!! and Sunday 8am-2pm!!! So not much of a weekend for me but will get a overall body workout on Sunday and then hit the training for Monday. As you can see I have already scheduled my workouts for next week which will consist of 3 swims, 3 bikes and 3 runs.

Well as I said have a great weekend and enjoy whatever it is you do and probably won't see ya till Monday.

rockon`

Sleeping on the job..

Holy smokes Batman! I just reviewed my options for training and had to back date from the Full IM and Half IM and come to find out that training for the Half IM which is from a plan pulled from Trinewbies, 18 weeks, puts Training day #1 on June 24, which means that is 4 weeks after my first Olympic called CapTriTex. Which means if I choose to train for 18 weeks for the Olympic from the same site, I just missed my first week!!!! HELLO!!! 18 weeks would have started on Jan. 22 but there is also a 10 week program which would start on March 18th. The 10 week program is a beginner program with no serious regards to your time finish, just to finish. I feel the swim portion is a little on the light side for an Oly distance but just my opinion and the current 18 week program is a intermediate program (which is not me when it comes to swimming) and starts off swimming 750 yards and that would be great if I was still swimming!!

In recap I need to get swim training no matter what! and I need to really get my scheduled training going so I am getting a calender book and scheduling my workouts and getting with it!

I just looked at the calender again and it will be 24 weeks from the end of my Half IM till Ironman Arizona, fyi.

and the Rain Continues...booo

Good day all! The week has been busy with rainy weather and cooler temps. The rain has kinda sucked because it cuts into running outside and getting on the treadmill is not that interesting past 2-3 miles, I start to go bonkers. Yesterday, I was scheduled to run 4 miles and was planning on getting it done on the treadmill but I got to the gym late due to traffic, etc.. so I just got in some aerobic training on the elliptical EFX Precor, I do love that machine. I have had some good responses to the 3 possible scenarios for the race/training season and it looks like most like Scenario #3 only with some minor tweaking. I will be going back and reevaluate it, make my decisions and then update this years race calender. Again, my slowest lagging procrastination is getting to the pool! For some reason it just isn't drawing me in and I just need to suck it up and get with it. My "plan" is to hit the gym pool right after work and see how that goes for a while, currently, the place where I was swimming is kinda closed because it's an outdoor pool with no overhead protection and the coach has just stopped the swims for a few weeks, the pool is heated but when it's raining and cold he just takes time off. On a side note I have been thinking about something totally out of the ordinary for me. I have been thinking and keeping my eye open for a part-time job. Why? Not like I don't have anything else to do right, training, family, resting, etc.. etc.. but mostly because I, like most of you, are on a budget and with family and commitments it's hard to spend extra on tri-bikes and stuff, ya know what I mean. So, I have pondered the idea and have not come to any conclusions but one of my gyms is looking for evening/late night shits so I might talk with them, hey, you get free membership so that's $34/mo savings! I don't want something too many times per week and maybe one day a weekend but it will depend on if it cuts into my TRAINING! haha.. something to think about because I really want a new Tri bike and they just don't give those things away, or do they?

Well, it's time to work and get some things done, like check fellow blogs, haha.. hey that's work!

have a wonderful day!!

rockon`

2007 Training, need help??

Good morning everyone! Saturday was a great day for some rest and running! Yes, running. I went to the gym to workout and also got 3 miles in on the treadmill or Dreadmill as Steven calls it. Time was 37mins 30sec. Pretty much steady running without any problems, I even kicked in a few intervals and ran at the 1/2 mary pace I just finished, got my heart rate up which was OK as Steven says you have to run faster and push yourself at times. The rest of the day I had to pick up and take my daughter from the her friends house to the movies and just watched Ironman Wisconsin on tape, great IM coverage, although I didn't feel they really captured the weather conditions as bad as they were, but than again how do you capture cold temps on TV?

So after watching the IM that got me thinking about my upcoming year which is now, WTF! I'm behind in planning but not really so here's my situation and need some fellow Triathlete's advice so please feel free to advice, comment, suggest or recommend or any other fashion.

Being as this is my 3rd year for running and really only 2nd year in tri's I am split as to which to do but I have came to a decision that I would like to entry IM Arizona 2008. With that in mind and a year's worth of training ahead and possible race's I now have 3 possibilities as follows which I need help on. I ranked them A,B,C for what I think are priority races so any C's are all out races just having fun, but B and A get more serious.

So here they are: Scenario 1: 3 Sprints, 2 Olympics, 1 HIM 1) Sprint 04/31/07 (B-race) (8 weeks till next race) 2) Olympic 05/28/07 (A-race) (13 days till next race) 3) Sprint 06/10/07 (C-race) (8 wks till next race) 4) Sprint 08/05/07 (B-race) (4 wks till next race) 5) Olympic 09/03/07 (A-race) (8 wks till next race) 6) 1/2 IM 10/28/07 (A-race) Scenario 2: 2 Sprints, 2 Olympics, 2 HIM 1) Sprint 04/31/07 (B-race) (8 weeks till next race) 2) Olympic 05/28/07 (A-race) (9 wks till next race) 3) Sprint 08/05/07 (C-race) (1 wk till next race) 4) Olympic 08/12/07 (B-race) (4 wks till next race) 5) 1/2 IM 09/09/07 (A-race) (7 wks till next race) 6) 1/2 IM 10/28/07 (A-race) Scenario 3: 3 Sprints, 2 Olympics, 1 HIM (Similar to Scenario 1, first 3 are the same) 1) Sprint 04/31/07 (B-race) (8 weeks till next race) 2) Olympic 05/28/07 (A-race) (13 days till next race) 3) Sprint 06/10/07 (C-race) (12 wks till next race) 4) Olympic 09/03/07 (B-race) (5 wks till next race) 5) Sprint 10/06/07 (B-race) (3 wks till next race) 6) 1/2 IM 10/28/07 (A-race) My goal is to just compete and have fun, no serious time allocations are set at theses races or my future IM. After the last race on 10/28/07 I will continue to marathon training with the 1st potential marathon 6 or 11 weeks later.

OK, again feel free to comment or ask any question.

Today, I think I will go down to the gym, 24 Hour Fitness by my house is having a casting call for the Next Biggest Loser! I saw all the lanes they set up yesterday and asked a guy there how many they were expecting and he said between 600-2000! HOLY CRAP! Also there is a motorcycle party/sale/ride thingy this afternoon but it's raining and kind of cold so might not go to that, that's all I need is to get freakn sick again!!!

Have a great day everyone!!

Its FRIDAY!!

You got that right people, FRIDAY! Today, I went to the gym and was scheduled for a workout but being as my office opens at 9am instead of 9:30am M-Th so I decided that I would get a short treadmill run and ended up getting in an easy 2.5 miles in about 28 mins and then some stretching. It was good to be back running but I could still feel my left hamstring and right calf/Achilles tendon being sore so I stretched them pretty good after running and will get another stretching session in before I head home from the office. This weekend looks like it will be an easy relaxing alone time weekend for me as my wife has decided to pick up a couple of overtime shifts at the hospital working Sat/Sun from 10am -10pm, yikes!!! Sometimes I'm not sure how she works that long but all to her for being strong and just a shout out to her for working so hard! And my daughter is going to be at a friends house tonight because of some school play and tomorrow she is going to the mall and movies with some more friends and then I will pick her up after the movies and finally meet the infamous "Johnathan" that she has been ranting and raving about and how she likes him!!! WTF!! I think Johnathan is on my list!! As any protective dad would be, I have to look mean when I meet him, LOL.. its great to be a parent at times! Any ideas on how to make him shake in his shoes and let him know he better not mess with my daughter? HAHA.. I always thought being a Chiropractor was good enough because I do know about 10 different ways to break a neck! Kidding,, really its just about 3... Anyway, with all the free time I am going to watch some movies, workout, cook and get some reading done and what ever else comes around. Currently I am doing research on a few consulting companies that help in starting an office or expanding your office as I am looking at moving on and opening my own office but it does take time, money and research. But all in all I am just looking forward to a nice easy weekend as next weekend I will be tied up in continuing education seminar on Sat and Sun.

Have a great Friday!!! rockon`