3leggeddog

It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted, mainly because I’ve not done squat this summer.  To remedy that situation, I’ve started training for a duathlon to be held November 15th.  I’m two days into training…well, 3 if you count my ride this past Sunday…and already my quads are killing me.  I’m walking like the 94 year old lady that lives down the block.  If we raced today, she’d smoke me.

My training plan is a combination of a runnersworld.com running plan interspersed with cycling days.  It was put together by a triathlete friend of mine and I think it’ll work out pretty good.  The hardest part for me is running because I’ve never been a strong runner.  I did a two mile walk/run on the treadmill Tuesday…ok…it was a walk/walk/walk/walk/run/walk/walk/run kinda thing, but I did do the two miles.  Rode 11 miles or so on the stationary bike yesterday morning, but I’ll probably switch to evening bike rides.  I hate riding the stationary bike but it’s convenient.  The gym has spin bikes and a DVD training program so I may do that.  We’ll see.

Anyway, I’m going to post my workouts and progress if anyone is interested.  Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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