Wasaga beach and back

Today I went out with Leslie and rode to Wasaga beach and back for a nice easy 3hour ride. Leslie is in training for her first 70.3 race doing the Disney 70.3 in May. Today's ride was suppose to be a group ride with others who will be doing Disney too, but the the weather was threatening and the others didn't want to take the chance of getting caught in a t-storm. But if they listened to me, they would have had a great ride today like Leslie and I did! :p :p :p

The morning looked threatening, and at the start there was a little thunder on the horizon, but as I predicted it was only passing by, that and I watched the weather forecast which predicted the same ;) Leslie and I started out with most of the ride to Wasaga being clear sailing with the wind on our backs. The clouds were breaking up with sun was peeking through the clouds soon as we started. When we got to Wasaga beach we stopped for a break to take in some nourishment and adjust our crotch chamois (Leslie had a new tri suit and couldn't get the Velcro chamois to sit right. lol) Then it was back for the ride home. The ride home was looking good until we started heading south and the winds were on us. A heavy cross wind in our faces, but we dreaded on crusing at around 24kph in spots, then hitting a few ( 3 ) steep hills slowing us down and taxing our legs. We finally got back in around 3 hours of riding time, not bad for the first time out.

I predict a great ride for leslie in Disney, she is a strong biker.

Tonight is our Tri clubs social, more on that later. time for more hydration.

Today's workout

Today's training...

run 30min on the threadmill and dove for an hour 1m and 3m.

Happy Earth Day.

If you can't plant a tree, hug one instead! : )



Today's training...

Swim 1000m

Run 30min

Weights.

Hard core workout.

I'm tired!

: )

Going down?

Here is a little clip of our elevator ride down the CN Tower Saturday after my stair climb. . .

Today's training...

Swim 1000m

CN Tower stair climb

It was a Good day for Climbing stairs.

Joanne, Victoria and I got up first thing in the morning to drive down to Toronto leaving home at 4:30am. When we got to the registration area there already was a long line up. It took about 45 min for me to register and get my time card and wrist band so I can start of my climb up the stairs.

Once registered we had to go through security with metal detectors and explosive detectors, then it was of to the next line to wait our turn to go up the stairs. At the start I punched my time card and off I went. I didn't go to fast but at the same time I didn't go slow. I kept a steady pace most of the way, huffing and puffing, talk about a cardio workout. At level 60 of 140 I think? I had to stop for a breather and stretch to catch my breath and get my heart rate down, at most I stopped about 15 seconds, then off I went again. My legs were holding up and as I felt the burn in my quads I eased up again to relax my legs, all the time still pushing upward. in all I stopped about 3 times to catch my breath and by the time I got to the top my throat was so dry I couldn't swallow.

I made it to the top, 1776 steps in 19:29 then another 4 flites of steps to come out here at the observation deck.

I was surprised with my time, because half way through the climb I really didn't think I would make it up, and thought I would have to walk the rest of the way to finish with a slow time, not that I was racing? I just wanted to give a good effort to make it to the top in a reasonable time, so I just dug down and kept going, and thinking at the same time my heart would explode at any second....The average times to climb I was told is between 25 and 45 min, so I think I did well.

Today I'm surprised because after all the burn in my quads in the stair climb yesterday I'm not at all sore and plan on doing a 10km run today.... I guess all this base training is working for me.

Some pictures of the day...


As we drove into the city. A shot of the tower from front street a mile out from the tower.

In line waiting to register.
My WWF shirt from the back with my time of 19:29
View form the glass floor looking down the base of the CN tower A ground level shot of the CN Tower looking up.
Me at the base of the CN tower. View looking North to Barrie, Do you see my house?
The View of Toronto Business towers dwarfed from the height we are looking down at them.Close up view of my car in the parking lot a 1/2 mile away. (black one in the middle of pic)

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Calf feeling better and good day to train.

My calf is feeling good this morning after a good nights rest. No real problems walking after a good stretch. I still feel a little tightness but no pain.

Woo Hoo!! what a day! sunny and warm, going up to 20C today. It's going to be a great day to train!!

This morning I went to the pool and swam up a storm, came home for breakfast ( bacon and eggs & toast) and cooked dinner for the family ( rice and meatloaf ) Made my lunch for work, then went for a short bike ride.

One more sleep..... well half a sleep anyway until the CN Tower stair climb. ( half sleep because by the time I get home from work and get to bed it will be 1am, and I have to get up at 4am to get ready and to go to Toronto in time to be there for the 6 -7am start so I can get the bonus prize they are offering. : )

Today's training...

Swim 1000m

Bike 20km

: )

Damn I tweaked it!

What a great day for a workout! the sun is shining the air is warm in the high teens, and what's left of the snow is melting away. So what am i doing going to the rec center to run on the treadmill for when I can ride and run outside?

Well that's what i should have done instead! serves me right for not listening to my senses!! ....

Today was looking so nice out I was thinking maybe I should ride today and do a brick run after, and if time, I could go to Holly and do some diving, all before going to work. But Nooooo! I don't listen! I instead go with my plan of going to the rec center and run the treadmill for an hour and then go for a cool down swim, then some diving. so what's the big deal? Well! I'll tell you....

When i got to the rec centre I warmed up first, stretching my legs and extra stretching my calf, no problem, I get on the mill and start my run. After my run I stretch some more, specially my calf, then head down to the pool, no problem. I get in the pool and swim 20 lengths, no problem. I head over to the diving board and start running through my dive list, no problem. I was doing 2 of each dive starting with front dive. no problem, reverse dive, reverse somersault, front 1 1/2, front full with a full twist, no problem. Then I go to the end of the board and set myself up for a back dive pike, no problem.

Now my second back dive pike, BAM!!! ....As I pushed the board for my take off, i tweaked my calf muscle, the one that I pulled a few weeks back. I guess it's still not 100% healed. It was only a little twinge, but enough to say to myself I better stop.

I go to the hot pool and stretch it out. I put it on the jets to message it and then rest it for a while. It's not to bad of a pull, like I said it's just a tweak, but any more of a tweak it would be a muscle pull. I could walk on it but it had some tightness, so I called it a day and headed to work.

I hope it won't effect me on my CN Tower Stair climb on Saturday.

Today's training...

Run 10km

Swim 500m

Dive 45mins

Swam like a rock

Today's training...

Swim 1000m

Chilly bike

I went for a short ride today and man it was chilly, only 8C and I was in shorts. Brrrrrrrrr!

The weather is looking promising, we might reach the high teens by friday. Woooooo! I'll enjoy riding with the warmer weather, that's for sure!

I didn't go to the rec centre to run or dive today. After all the food and drink over Easter, I didn't feel like going, plus I don't think I can fit into my bathing suit now. I'll go for my swim tomorrow and see how that goes and try to lose a few lbs of water weight before heading to the diving boards on Thurs.

CN Tower stair climb is only 4 days away! I can't wait!

Todays training

Bike 20km

Man have I got wood!

My lumber and drywall arrived this morning. What a workout lugging it down to the basement.

Between my son and I it took about an hour to haul it down.

In other news I set up a new blog for my Diving club, called the Barrie diving club blog. You can access it through the "About me" link on the side of this blog.

It will be used for diving info mostly. Check it out one in a while. : )

Today's training...

Lifting wood and drywall downstairs and Run 5k