Three Things Thursday

Well, I am gonna give this Three Things Thursday style post a try.


1. My first ever marathon the Akron Road Runner Marathon is less than 40 days away and I must that that I am getting a little nervous about the whole thing. Also I have begun to ponder all of those questions that one has before doing something new. Questions like "Am I gonna be able to cross the finish line?", "Have I trained hard enough, should I be doing more?", or "Do I have enough miles in?". It is questions like these and so many other that taunt me while I am out form my training runs. A lot of time the questions just get answered with more questions. Other times they get answered with a resounding YES and other positive answers. The one thing that this whole process has taught me is that if you think that you can, you will.  The only thing that I am concerned with right now is getting to the start line healthy and ready to roll.


2. I never thought that cycling would be as fun or addictive as I have found it to be. For the past few months I have been riding to and from work. Both as a means to save money and for a cross training supplement to my running miles. I am sad though as my time in the saddle has been cut down to only two trips to work per week due to school starting back up and the need to get the I to school on the days that my wife works. In a way I am kind of glad that this new schedule has taken place because it gives me rest/recovery days and allows me to go out for longer continuous rides in the evening to work on different bike basics and to push for better form and gear selection. I am just going to enjoy it while it lasts because soon enough I will be riding on the trainer inside wishing it was just a little bit warmer so I could ride outside.


3. This evening I took the three boys out for a walk after dinner. Towards the end of the walk I decided that I would have them do something that we haven't done before while out on our walks. Since both of the older boys want to do a triathlon next I figured that it wouldn't hurt to start doing a little bit of training with them to get them familiar with how their race is going to work.  Today, they did their first brick workout. The J and the I both followed me as I pushed the H around the perimeter of a good sized parking lot on our way home. Once the lap was complete I had them go around twice on their bikes (they were both riding while I walked) and do one lap by foot. They both thought that stopping and dropping their bikes then taking off running around the parking lot was great fun. The I had some difficulty with the run part as he developed a side stitch pretty quick into the run, and he didn't have proper footwear either. He did however finished with out cutting corners even though he had to walk the last part he never quit. The J on the other hand thought it was a blast and wanted to do more laps. Total for the workout .24 mi bike and .12 mi run. I am sure that they could do more, but after walking just over a mile doing a follow lap and still having .25 miles to get home I think that they did awesome.

That wasn't so bad I may just have to do this again.