I have made the week of Thanksgiving my transitional week into my "Winter of Fun" Training plan which will begin on Monday, Dec. 1st. I figured that I would run every other day and put in about 20 - 25 miles this week. However, I have only ran once in a span of 4 days. I'm thinking about running tomorrow AND Saturday but we'll see if the motivation is there.
And this week is usually my week of eating whatever I want. For the past 6 years (beginning in 2003), I have started my week of Thanksgiving off with a trip to the NCAA Cross Country championships. So I usually leave on Sunday, return on Monday, and then head home or to my grandparents' for the holiday on Tuesday after I'm finished with class. And this week was no different. Here is what was all consumed on my trip to Terre Haute:
Sunday lunch: 2 jumbo slices of pizza from Pazzo's before we left.
Sunday dinner: 12 hot wings from Buffalo Wild Wings and some beer
Sunday 4th meal: double cheeseburger and fries from McDonald's
Monday breakfast: HUGE omelete and 3 pancakes from IHOP
Monday lupper: triple steakburger, fries, and a large strawberry shake from Steak' n' Shake
Wednesday was full of food thanks to my gram's cooking. French toast for b'fast. Potato soup, cornbread, and ham for lunch. A large, large meal for dinner followed with two servings of dessert.
Thursday was just a few eggs with sausage for breakfast. Lunch was my Thanksgiving meal at my dad's. My stepmother and aunts made a ginormous meal and I tried to eat it all. Dinner consisted of leftovers from lunch. I am now awake at 11:30 trying to let all of the food settle because my stomach hurts extremely bad. I'm thinking about fasting for about 72 hours, or maybe 1 - 2 weeks, ha.
But I would like to give props to everyone who cooked food over the past few days that was eaten by me. Everything that I ate was extremely good and I could not ask for a better family to spend the holidays with.
Maybe in a few weeks I'll have some blogs about my training, but until then I'll enjoy my rest.
Tony
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
Leisure Time
Since I'm not exercising at the moment (with an exception to a few short swims), I have had a crazy amount of free time. I have watched movies, taken naps, and played on the internet a lot. I should be doing homework, but its hard to get motivated to do homework when it's not due for a while. And today was a lucky surprise. We got snow for the first time this fall so I cancelled my running class this morning. My other two classes got cancelled on Wednesday because the pool is closed today due to a swim meet that is going on. So today is a day off that I wasn't expecting.
Last night was my big intramural swim meet, haha. My team had an amazing showing. My buddy, Will Vietti, went 3 - 0 in his races. He won the 100 IM, 50 breast, and the 200 free relay. I happened to win the 100 free, get 3rd in the 50 fly (my worst stroke), and also contributed to our 200 free relay victory. Some of my other buddies told me that some fast guys usually swim, but I guess they weren't there this year. I was only one of two guys under :60 for the 100 free, when I heard last year the winner went in the low :50's. And our relay won by almost 15 seconds. I didn't expect to dominate like that at all. Our other two team members placed well in the 50 free, 100 IM, and 50 breast. But I guess when we're swimming against a bunch of out of shape frat guys, it's not fair, haha.
On Sunday, I'm headed up to Terre Haute, IN to watch the UK girls and Adam Henken from UK compete in the NCAA XC meet. I have gone every year for the past 6 years, but this is only the third time that I have someone from UK to root for, and only the 2nd time I'll have the whole team to root for. My old roommate Chris Millisor and I are headed up with a group of guys from the team. We may have to start off the trip like we did 6 years ago with a dozen of donuts being consumed in the first 30 minutes of the trip.
Go Cats
Tony
Last night was my big intramural swim meet, haha. My team had an amazing showing. My buddy, Will Vietti, went 3 - 0 in his races. He won the 100 IM, 50 breast, and the 200 free relay. I happened to win the 100 free, get 3rd in the 50 fly (my worst stroke), and also contributed to our 200 free relay victory. Some of my other buddies told me that some fast guys usually swim, but I guess they weren't there this year. I was only one of two guys under :60 for the 100 free, when I heard last year the winner went in the low :50's. And our relay won by almost 15 seconds. I didn't expect to dominate like that at all. Our other two team members placed well in the 50 free, 100 IM, and 50 breast. But I guess when we're swimming against a bunch of out of shape frat guys, it's not fair, haha.
On Sunday, I'm headed up to Terre Haute, IN to watch the UK girls and Adam Henken from UK compete in the NCAA XC meet. I have gone every year for the past 6 years, but this is only the third time that I have someone from UK to root for, and only the 2nd time I'll have the whole team to root for. My old roommate Chris Millisor and I are headed up with a group of guys from the team. We may have to start off the trip like we did 6 years ago with a dozen of donuts being consumed in the first 30 minutes of the trip.
Go Cats
Tony
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Fight Night
On Thursday evening, I went to "Fight Night" for the first time in my college career. Fight Night is an annual event that the Fraternities and Sororities put on to raise money. This consists of many Frat guys beating the crap out of each other. They had different weight classes to make it fair and they would box for 3 short rounds. Most of the fights were very entertaining. It made for a great laugh.
This week has consisted of homework and movies. My school schedule works out great for training, but when I'm not training, it makes for a lot of down time. I watched a movie almost everyday this past week and I have actually done a little homework. I have 3 groups projects and 3 papers due in the last 2 weeks of school. I also have 3 exams in those 2 weeks so those first 2 weeks of December are going to be fun.
And my next BIG race is this Thursday. I'm competing in the intramural swim meet, haha. I will be swimming in the 200 free relay, 100 free, and 50 fly. We'll see how it goes considering I haven't done any structured swim workouts in almost 2 weeks but I'm not too worried about it.
This week has consisted of homework and movies. My school schedule works out great for training, but when I'm not training, it makes for a lot of down time. I watched a movie almost everyday this past week and I have actually done a little homework. I have 3 groups projects and 3 papers due in the last 2 weeks of school. I also have 3 exams in those 2 weeks so those first 2 weeks of December are going to be fun.
And my next BIG race is this Thursday. I'm competing in the intramural swim meet, haha. I will be swimming in the 200 free relay, 100 free, and 50 fly. We'll see how it goes considering I haven't done any structured swim workouts in almost 2 weeks but I'm not too worried about it.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Just a Few Pics from the Race
I will look into getting a few more pics. My dad took several good ones. These are all from my coach, Beth Atnip.
Monday, November 10, 2008
IRONMAN 70.3 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
The last race of the season was another great race. I would have posted my race number and a little more info about the race last week but there was only one computer for the entire hotel to share in the lobby so I didn't get on the internet at all from last Wednesday until Saturday after the race.
I drove home on Tuesday to vote for the prez, and hang out with the family a little before I left for Florida the next morning. Wednesday was spent in the car. Beth and Jeff left Lexington around 7 am and picked me up in Corbin a little after 8. With traffic around Atlanta, and stopping at Bob Evan's for dinner (I think this meal was why I did so well, haha), our trip was pretty long. We didn't get into Tampa until about 9 pm or so. We were lucky enough to have a good friend, Ann Skerkoski, who works for the Ironman company who let us stay at her place that evening since our hotel reservations didn't begin until Thursday evening. We crashed for the evening after Beth went to the airport to pick up Eric.
Thursday morning, Eric and Beth worked all day while Jeff and I prepared for our race. We swam the swim course that morning while picking up our packets, going for a short run, and eating lots of food throughout the day. The race provided a very nice "Welcome Dinner" that evening for us. Friday, Jeff and I woke up and went for a little spin on our bikes just to loosen up the legs and make sure the bikes were working properly. We had to check in most of our equipment for the race today and leave it over night, which makes a less stressful race morning.
Race Day: I wake up at 3 am and I can't go back to sleep. Our wave doesn't start until 8 so our alarm was set for 5. But I was just too excited about the race to sleep. I had a Panera bagel with peanut butter and a banana for breakfast with some coffee and Jeff and I headed down to the transition area around 6 am. We got body marked, hung around and got everything in the transition area set up, and just waited around. The key thing before the race was to listen to "This is Why I'm Hot" by MIMS, which was the official song of our trip, haha.
It was a wetsuit swim since the water temperature was just under 70 degrees. The swim started out a lot slower than I'm used to, and was pretty uneventful. I felt comfortable the whole swim and I ran up on the beach in just over 25 minutes. The wetsuit strippers were waiting for me at the beginning of the transition area, and I've never had any experience with wetsuit strippers. I wasn't sure whether to use them or to just strip it myself. Luckily, I layed down, a stripper grabbed my wetsuit, and less than a second later I no longer had my wetsuit on. They were awesome. I came out of T1 feeling great. I hoped on the bike and started hammering.
I got about 6 - 8 miles into the bike and I passed a large pack of cyclists (which is illegal). Right after I passed them, they tagged onto my wheel and shortly passed me back. They went from 23 mph to 28 mph just to pass me. I fought with this group for about 20 - 25 miles. I would try to get away from the pack and they would just stick to me like glue, and swallow me back up. The enevitable happened and I was stuck in the pack for the entire bike.
This was a bittersweet bike considering it's illegal to draft. I knew that I was one of the stronger cyclists in the group and if we were all not in a pack I could be in the front. But everyone that I talked to before the race said that everyone drafts at this race because it is so flat and because everyone is almost equal in their ability to bike fast. I ended up having the fastest amateur bike split of around 2:06:37 (26.5 mph, I think).
Anyways, I came into T2 feeling awesome. I had a quick transition and I took off flying. I went through the first mile in 5:21. I immediately tried slowing down. I knew that was stupid of me, but I just felt so good, it didn't feel fast. I started hearing footsteps around the 4th mile. I didn't look back, I just tried to keep pace. He ran right past me and accelerated. I managed to stick on his shoulder and we traded the lead for about 3 miles. Right after the 7 mile mark, there was an aid station that he skipped and I slowed down to get a little water and gatorade. He put a few meters on me and I never got that gap back. I slowed down a little over that last few miles with my last two miles being right around 6:20 for each. These were slow compared to the 5:50 pace I held through the 8 mile mark. I crossed the finish line and don't really remember much of what was going on.
I found out later that the guy I was running with WAS in my age group, but he was also the overall amateur champion. I finished 2nd in my AG while also finishing 2nd overall and as the top American. I was 24th overall including all of the pros.
I was extremely pleased with my result, and I am know limping around attempting to teach classes, haha. Now for some Rest and Recovery.
Sorry for the length of the post.
T-Bird
I drove home on Tuesday to vote for the prez, and hang out with the family a little before I left for Florida the next morning. Wednesday was spent in the car. Beth and Jeff left Lexington around 7 am and picked me up in Corbin a little after 8. With traffic around Atlanta, and stopping at Bob Evan's for dinner (I think this meal was why I did so well, haha), our trip was pretty long. We didn't get into Tampa until about 9 pm or so. We were lucky enough to have a good friend, Ann Skerkoski, who works for the Ironman company who let us stay at her place that evening since our hotel reservations didn't begin until Thursday evening. We crashed for the evening after Beth went to the airport to pick up Eric.
Thursday morning, Eric and Beth worked all day while Jeff and I prepared for our race. We swam the swim course that morning while picking up our packets, going for a short run, and eating lots of food throughout the day. The race provided a very nice "Welcome Dinner" that evening for us. Friday, Jeff and I woke up and went for a little spin on our bikes just to loosen up the legs and make sure the bikes were working properly. We had to check in most of our equipment for the race today and leave it over night, which makes a less stressful race morning.
Race Day: I wake up at 3 am and I can't go back to sleep. Our wave doesn't start until 8 so our alarm was set for 5. But I was just too excited about the race to sleep. I had a Panera bagel with peanut butter and a banana for breakfast with some coffee and Jeff and I headed down to the transition area around 6 am. We got body marked, hung around and got everything in the transition area set up, and just waited around. The key thing before the race was to listen to "This is Why I'm Hot" by MIMS, which was the official song of our trip, haha.
It was a wetsuit swim since the water temperature was just under 70 degrees. The swim started out a lot slower than I'm used to, and was pretty uneventful. I felt comfortable the whole swim and I ran up on the beach in just over 25 minutes. The wetsuit strippers were waiting for me at the beginning of the transition area, and I've never had any experience with wetsuit strippers. I wasn't sure whether to use them or to just strip it myself. Luckily, I layed down, a stripper grabbed my wetsuit, and less than a second later I no longer had my wetsuit on. They were awesome. I came out of T1 feeling great. I hoped on the bike and started hammering.
I got about 6 - 8 miles into the bike and I passed a large pack of cyclists (which is illegal). Right after I passed them, they tagged onto my wheel and shortly passed me back. They went from 23 mph to 28 mph just to pass me. I fought with this group for about 20 - 25 miles. I would try to get away from the pack and they would just stick to me like glue, and swallow me back up. The enevitable happened and I was stuck in the pack for the entire bike.
This was a bittersweet bike considering it's illegal to draft. I knew that I was one of the stronger cyclists in the group and if we were all not in a pack I could be in the front. But everyone that I talked to before the race said that everyone drafts at this race because it is so flat and because everyone is almost equal in their ability to bike fast. I ended up having the fastest amateur bike split of around 2:06:37 (26.5 mph, I think).
Anyways, I came into T2 feeling awesome. I had a quick transition and I took off flying. I went through the first mile in 5:21. I immediately tried slowing down. I knew that was stupid of me, but I just felt so good, it didn't feel fast. I started hearing footsteps around the 4th mile. I didn't look back, I just tried to keep pace. He ran right past me and accelerated. I managed to stick on his shoulder and we traded the lead for about 3 miles. Right after the 7 mile mark, there was an aid station that he skipped and I slowed down to get a little water and gatorade. He put a few meters on me and I never got that gap back. I slowed down a little over that last few miles with my last two miles being right around 6:20 for each. These were slow compared to the 5:50 pace I held through the 8 mile mark. I crossed the finish line and don't really remember much of what was going on.
I found out later that the guy I was running with WAS in my age group, but he was also the overall amateur champion. I finished 2nd in my AG while also finishing 2nd overall and as the top American. I was 24th overall including all of the pros.
I was extremely pleased with my result, and I am know limping around attempting to teach classes, haha. Now for some Rest and Recovery.
Sorry for the length of the post.
T-Bird
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Oct. Fitness Challenge Results
The epic battle between my car and my bike is over with the bike coming out on top.
I put 726 miles on my bikes this past month while only driving my car for 574 miles. So I guess living close to campus really pays off. I put almost 100 miles on my commuting bike alone.
And today was my last brick workout, and officially the coldest brick workout that I've ever done. It was 43 degrees when I started this morning so I put on all of the cold weather clothes that I had for the bike. It did warmup but not until later in the day. It is now in the upper 60's but I had to work at the pool so I did not have the luxury of doing a warm, afternoon workout.
So I guess the hay is in the barn and now the last 7 days will be pretty laid back.
I put 726 miles on my bikes this past month while only driving my car for 574 miles. So I guess living close to campus really pays off. I put almost 100 miles on my commuting bike alone.
And today was my last brick workout, and officially the coldest brick workout that I've ever done. It was 43 degrees when I started this morning so I put on all of the cold weather clothes that I had for the bike. It did warmup but not until later in the day. It is now in the upper 60's but I had to work at the pool so I did not have the luxury of doing a warm, afternoon workout.
So I guess the hay is in the barn and now the last 7 days will be pretty laid back.
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