Greg's Running Blog

Today I was going to take it easier than yesterday. I wasn’t ready to run another 5 miles so instead I ran 3. But I ran that 3 like crazy. Well it was crazy for me. I ran the first 1 mile split in 8:18. Then the second two splits were 9:05 each. I finished the whole 3 miles in 26:33 total. It felt like a great workout. My only concern is that I seem to exercise at a pretty high heart rate and maybe I shouldn’t. But I have a hard time slowing myself down. I’ll have to figure something out.

But it wouldn’t be a triathlon if I didn’t ride some bikes along with it. In the morning I promised my son that after nap I’ll take him out on his Adams Trail a Bike and have a ride. He did not forget. So I ran 3 miles while the kids were napping then put the trailer on my bike and dragged him around for another 3 miles. We took the same route as I did for the run. Let’s just say my son does not do a whole lot of pedaling when we’re out and about. I can hear the ratchet clicking in the real wheel as he’s coasting. But we have a great time together and we talk about junkers and clunkers that we see on the side of the road or about angry dogs that bark at us. His favorite moment on today’s ride was when a small dog started chasing us and its owner had to whistle then run after the dog to stop it from following us all the way home. Then my son was giggling as the dog got disciplined for running away. We had to tell all about it to mom too . Times like these I really enjoy spending with my son, he’s growing up so fast so I have to enjoy these moments while I can.

As for the first leg of the triathlon we’ll have to wait until the weather gets better so we can swim in the pool again. In the winter I truly hate my pool but come April it’ll start to look better by the minute!

Running

• 26 minutes 33 seconds
• 3 miles
• 165 bmp avg heart rate
• 424 calories

Cycling

• 20 minutes 19 seconds
• 3.1 miles
• 127 bmp avg heart rate
• 204 calories