Busy couple of days

It's been a busy few days starting with Sunday at the Austin Marathon. I did not run this year although I kind of wished I had run it. It seemed to be near perfect weather and a lot of my friends had a great day of racing. Congrats to Kelly Harris for her Boston Qualifying time. It was great to see all of my Rogue Running friends out on the race course. My plan is to run with Rogue starting at the beginning of March for about 6 months for my Saturday long runs. After seeing my friends March can't come soon enough.
As for myself, I have fully recovered from my sick days and have got all of my workouts in so far this week. These include a one hour spin session on the trainer yesterday. I have been focusing on the trainer to try and improve my turnover speed and form. I followed it with a 15 minute core workout that I have been doing. It went pretty well and I am happy with the workout.
Today I finally got to swim. It feels like it has been forever since the last time I swam. I also used today's workout to improve my swimming form. I was in the waqter for about 36 minutes and swam 1200 by doing 12x100 intervals. I rested for about 10-15 seconds in between each interval so I could maintain enough focus on my form. I am trying to take less strokes per lap and glide for a bit longer. I can't wait to get out in the open water. I am excited to train with the Guppy Max group in the spring if they'll have me. Now all I have left is a round of strength training and that is my day.

It's back on

  I did get to spin on the trainer for about 30 minutes and oozed a ton of sweat and felt pretty good. My heart rate was 123 avg and 138 max. The fun thing about the trainer is that time goes by quickly because of my TV hooked up in front of it. Currently I am spinning my way through the entire Battlestar Galactica series. Yes, I am a nerd. It was an interesting episode about boxing that made me remember my brief stint at South Austin Gym kick boxing. I did it for about a year and had an awesome time meeting a bunch of great people. The owner Randy Palmer is the nicest guy you have ever met but punching him feels like hitting an iron door that opens up to a brick wall. Whenever I got into the ring with him I spent about 99 percent of my time just working on dodging his punches. Another guy who is a really good musician that is so calm and peaceful outside of the ring but punches harder than anyone there that was my size is a guy named Adam McIniss. If you ever get a chance to see his band perform and want to hear some music that makes you feel like the world is a good place then check out his band. Here is his website: Adam McIniss. I wanted to keep kickboxing but I kept getting hurt, it's a contact sport, and I needed something easier on my body. By the way a special thanks goes out to my friend Todd. My jaw still does not close all the way when I first get up in the morning because of his right hook. Wow the mind can wander during endurance sports training.
Definitely not what I had scheduled today but I am trying to salvage the end of my workout week while dealing with a recent sickness. I jumped off the bike and took Oskar for a quick run. We did a half mile out and back for a total of one whole mile. He is getting better and better every time we go out. Best dog ever.
Good luck to all of my running friends who are doing the Austin Marathon tomorrow. 26.2 miles to glory!!