school's in...

and i am out to lunch... but what a great summer... the past 4 years have been the best of my life... and this summer has arguably been one of the best of the 4 (hard to compare experiences, but short of world's in hawaii... well it's been a good one)... tons of riding on my new road bike (30-50/day between commuting, and put on the tights type riding), riding my mt. bike... maybe once per week, but enjoying that... running say, 20-25 miles per week, ultimate 1/2 times per week (and sometimes that has meant 'a half)... learned to juggle and do a few tricks, got started unicycling... basically a great time...

the only things i didn't get to do... looking back on last year... i had hoped to learn to windsurf this summer, but didn't... but i did get in 80 days of skiing, my running times are getting a little better...

i'm mildly bummed i'm not playing more ultimate this year, but i'm kind of focused on school, and coaching, and frankly, it's easy to get pretty much broke (money wise) for that last month of the summer when you are teaching...

i also got a little burned out on disc after march/april/may/june, pretty much 5or6 days/week of practice, or when my hammy was busted, running practice when i couldn't really run... i'm pretty psyched... now that the season of daily doubles is over, to start adding back in some disc, and some weights...

weeks workouts for those of you who's life has been lessened by my absence?
today, recovery day... 26 miles on bike. 6 of those miles due to bringing two right shoes to morning cross country practice... and by right, i mean wrong... juggled about an hour (working on 4 balls), lifted weights/abs... worked a little, but school wasn't ready w/ the books, so i ordered what i could from the print shop, organized the room a little, hooked up the computer...

sunday, 54 miles riding, including 30 while following a race riding the course backwards... topped by a 10 mile sprint trying to match the womens pack... unfortunately my riding partner was kind of small... so i got no draft, so no rest... i.e., a sweet interval ride... we lost by 200 meters or so... but i was tired b/c

saturday, hiked down off of south sister (big 10000 foot mountain) and rode around say 10 miles for recovery...

friday... light, say 15 miles riding, couple miles run/walk, a vigorous game of everybody's it tag (hey, gotta havethe fun days) (then hiked up south sister, 5000 foot vertical, say, 7 miles?. steep. camped on top at 10000 feet, nice)

thursday... i think that was the 30 mile ride... plus some extra commuting... say... 40? oh, plus a run... of probably 5 miles... can't remember... no, wait... easy 3-4 mile run... slow and easy, with core workout... played ultimate...

wednesday... now it's getting hazy... oh yeah, ran the steps at the college... 6 hard intervals of say 2.5 minutes each? plus the run there and back...

tuesday... shevlin park run... 5.5 miles, 37 minutes, 7 minute pace, (much slower in beginning, faster at end)... lot of commuting... weights...
monday... run, maybe that was the day i mountain biked 20 miles plus the 25 miles of commuting...

and i'm eating my veggies and fruit...

out of here...