Certainly felt like crappola this morning and almost bailed on my run. Decided to quick have a piece of toast, peanut butter, and freezer jam (Thanks Erinn!) and then made a dash for the trail.. turned out to be a pretty good run for not feeling well!
Workout:

Type: Run
Date: 03/21/2010
Time: 09:35:00
Total Time: 00:42:19.00
Calories: 664
Distance: 5 miles
Average [...]

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Good day for riding hills, flats, time trials, all good.. and with 3 other great friends (including the spousal unit)….
Workout:

Type: Cycle
Date: 03/20/2010
Time: 11:50:00
Total Time: 2:00:00.00
Calories: 1638
Distance: 31.3 miles
Average Speed: 15.65 mph
Max Speed: 43 mph

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It was one of those workouts where I could not keep track of where I was.. for all I know today I did 2300…the 100 speed felt really good today - flip turns and cruising along!
200 warmup
250 drills
500 first main set (10×50s leaving on the top of the clock)
250 drills
500 time trial
200 cool down
100 speed
200 [...]

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12 hour day due to very late meeting.. but I didn’t want to miss out on this beautiful weather here in Portland.. Took off across the bridge and headed out on a new trail not really sure where I was going.. Once it started to get really dark I figured I had better head back.. [...]

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41 miles today - gorgeous but cold day.. felt great on the bike too… stretches of the road where 20/21mph was the average… I am considering swapping out my standard 52/39 for a compact crank… on the flats I feel great, but on the hills, even though I love climbing, it feels like I just [...]

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today we needed to run 1 hour with hills, so we started at Ladro in Bothell, down to the trail, left at UW Bothell, right to the YMCA and around the business park, then back up this hill past UW Bothell and back to Ladro for the best coffee ever!!!
Workout:

Type: Run
Date: 03/13/2010
Time: 09:50:00
Total Time: 00:58:00.00
Calories: [...]

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changed around the normal 1800 strength and stroke; added a 3rd set of drills instead of the normal two, and also substituted one of the drills (speed) with a single arm 25 for each side.. the ended with a 100 time trial (1:31!)… fealing faster and more fluid in the water finally…
Workout:

Type: Swim
Date: 03/12/2010
Time: 08:10:00
Total [...]

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Waterfront run today - soooooo wanted to simply sleep in, but I guess I can sleep when I am dead
Workout:

Type: Run
Date: 03/11/2010
Time: 06:13:00
Total Time: 00:26:41.00
Calories: 401
Distance: 3 miles
Average Pace: 8:53.33/mile

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Wanted to ride tonight, but by the time I got home from work it was waaaaaaaay to dark… trainer is the next best option while living in a hotel!
Workout:

Type: Cycle
Date: 03/10/2010
Time: 20:02:00
Total Time: 00:30:00.00
Calories: 655
Distance: 10 miles
Average Speed: 20 mph

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Far cry from what it was on Saturday, but at least it isn’t raining..
Workout:

Type: Run
Date: 03/09/2010
Time: 06:06:00
Total Time: 00:26:36.00
Calories: 399
Distance: 3 miles
Average Pace: 8:51.76/mile

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