learned a few things today

1. swim at least once within the 2 years prior to competing in a triathlon of any distance.
2. eat breakfast.
3.dont attempt to dead lift 500lbs 2 days before a triathlon.
4. Run at least more than once in the 6 months prior to competing in a triathlon.
5. riding bike to work everyday doesn't count as cycling training.

I think those are the most important things i learned today.
The Blue Lake triathlon was a BLAST. Shirley, Liz, and I had a blast. It was SUCH a good time. Liz took 7 minutes off her time from 10 years ago. We decided to call the Blue Lake triathlon our baseline and decide how to train for hagg lake. i must say that i wasn't prepared for it(no surprise). I need to get into the pool. I used to swim 5 times that distance every day for 5 years. However, it felt like eternity today. Shins got really tight too. Water wasn't very cold. Cant wait for the next one. I'll try to find pics to post.

got a pre

so i'm still catching up on sleep after getting in line at 4:30am to get the palm pre. Its even more amazing than i expected it to be. I love it love it love it. Doing the blue lake triathlon this weekend with Liz and Shirley. REALLY EXCITED about it. I walked Hannah to school today so i didnt get to have my normal protein breakfast. i've had cake for lunch and buttery sugar coated pastries for lunch. tonights workout should be interesting. bummed that 1rep deadlift day is the day before the triathlon. was hoping to try for a PR but also want to not be sore for saturday. We'll see. I'm really excited for the tri. had a bad week of flat tires last week and finally discovered a bunch of glass and metal in my tires. think it was from the hagg lake roads. Got new tires and have been good so far. The palm pre is the coolest gadget i've ever seen. wow. Todd was feeding me play by play text messages from the apple wwdc in SF. It was pretty cool for me to be able to share updates with folks before anyone on the web had even published anything. I told Todd he was making me look good and "in the know". I owe him a cheeseburger when he returns.

missing my vitamin i

OMFG! I cannot believe how painful life is without ibuprofen is. i quit(for the 2nd time) after an article john forwarded me. the article talks about reveling in your soreness and savoring it. for some reason, cindy just killed my biceps and forearms. i cant even extend my arms. made deadlifts feel really heavy today. People are starting to camp out at the wilsonville sprint store but still nobody in front of the downtown store. i've never slept on the streets before but if I see a line forming tonight, i'm jumping in it. if no line tonight, i'm biking down at 5am to get in line.

lovin the butterfly with a painfree shoulder

So a few months back I swore off butterfly kips. it was at a time when i was having a lot of pain. Well since i found joanna, i have no more pain and today's butterfly kips felt absolutely amazing. I was able to do 5 pullups in the time it used to take me to do 3. I felt like i could have done a million. Even though it was a mini cindi it was the first time i wasnt gasping during it and the only thing slowing me down was muscle failure on the pushups. I was doing chest to bar pullups and chest to floor pushups so i am absolutely thrilled. I could have gone faster on the whole thing but always remember burning out in the past. My 15minute cindy was only 2 rounds shy of my 20minie cindy. i like that. i've been going 5 or 6 times a week for a few weeks now. And at night, i'm trying to do an hour of some sort of exercise. I am feeling pretty good. i've been eating better than i ever have before. JOanna has worked miracles on my hips and shoulders. She said my muscles were so tight that they weren't all performing the roles they should be. As a result, supporting muscles were doing work for primary muscles for many activities. She warned me that i'd probably see a decrease in my strength for a while before getting stronger. Well, she was right. feeling much better and lifting pain free.

good sunday

so today was a fun day. Melissa and I kayaked around hagg lake for 3 hours while volunteering for an open water swim event today. it was great exercise. Then Jeff showed up and we all rode our bikes around the lake. It was actually not too bad. It was fun. i wanted to get some tennis in tonight but by the time we ended our day, i was so fried from the sun, that i couldn't muster up any energy. I got one of those nike ipod chips for my shoe. i need to get down to a track to calibrate it for me. Looking forward to the week. countdown begins for the Palm Pre release at on Saturday morning. I didnt even camp out to see star wars but i might consider camping out to get one of these.

cant grip anything anymore

my forearms are SO fried from today's workout. i learned a little lesson from the last time we did Helen and tried to slow the run down a little. Didnt get a PR but did do 2 minutes better than the last time we did it. I stopped once around the corner where John couldn't see me and i chalked up when i probably shouldnt have. Those two things cost me the seconds that prevented me from getting a PR. John had a good point that so many times when we think we need a drink or need more chalk, we really dont. At the time, I really though I needed it because my grip was going out. The reality is, i probably would have been just fine without it. The run is, by far, the worst part of Helen. I can tell when im carrying extra bodyfat and when i'm feeling leaner. Its funny how just a few pounds can make the difference. i'm feeling a little leaner than i did before our last helen. The running shoes probably helped a bit too.(thanks to John for the email to bring the right shoe). All the regular 7:30 folks were in at 6:30 and it was great to see them. Went on a steep bike ride with Aaron and Jeff last night. Liz, you're invited on the next one. So is anyone else thats up for it. :)It was a pretty good climb. i was talking to Todd and turns out that used to be part of his regular training ride. It was great to go out with 2 guys who at the end of the ride, wanted to eat lean meat and vegetables and not get a pizza and beer. All my other friends drink a lot more than i'd like to drink so i feel like i spend less time with them. unfortunate.

2 trick pony and the 80$ muscleup

Today i heard the term one trick pony and realized i'm kind of a one trick pony. Nathan, said i have a couple tricks since i can kinda row for being well under 6 feet tall. I need another trick. Deadlift is my other trick. i think i need one more trick. Ever since 80s day at the gym, hannah has been obsessed with wrist sweat bands. She wears them for days at a time. I think she sleeps with them on too. I've seen her wrist turn all prune like and sweaty from wearing them. much like a finger that's had a band aid on too long. Well, Nathan encouraged hannah to do some ring pullups which she can now do a couple of. She heard people mention muscleups and now thats her mission. She asked if i'd buy her 20 wrist bands if she gets a muscle up. I said sure. It would be worth the 80$ to have at least one Teisher get a muscleup. She's certainly motivated more than i am. Today has been a good day but i dont really have a good reason why. its been very quiet in my department. Also the Palm Pre cell phone is coming out next weekend. I literally have inappropriate dreams about this phone. Next to my bike, and my Simon Miller jeans, i think thats the only other "must have" material object. well, i do want to someday have a Bathys wrist watch and a Herman Miller Eames chair. Then my material collection will be complete. I figured, for an american, that's not too bad.