June 2012

Running

As I explained in the previous post, I intentionally stepped my training way back for the month of June. The good news is that I’m feeling good again now, so July should look much better. I still somehow managed to run my fastest mile since I was 18.

Month | Distance | # Workouts | Avg per Workout
January | 78.06 Mile | 9 | 8.67333 Mile
February | 75.2586 Mile | 9 | 8.36206 Mile
March | 126.15 Mile | 14 | 9.01071 Mile
April | 146.28 Mile | 16 | 9.1425 Mile
May | 166.75 Mile | 18 | 9.26389 Mile
June | 54.83 Mile | 7 | 7.83286 Mile
Total | 647.329 Mile | 73 | 8.86751 Mile

Cycling

Marin Headlands

I was able to get three good rides in on our trip to San Francisco, which really made the month. Two of the rides were just in the Marin Headlands, but I felt really good climbing some really big hills for a change. After the conference ended I went over to the East Bay and rode Mt. Diablo. I felt much stronger on that big ass climb than I did last time (three years ago). The heat was brutal though. It was 68˚F when I left downtown San Francisco and it was 98˚F on the unshaded slopes of Mt. Diablo. I drained both of my water bottles by the time I was halfway up the mountain. Luckily I found a place to refill them so I could continue on up. I flew past a number of riders closer to the top, which is always motivating.

Summit of Mount Diablo (4000 ft, 98˚F)

After returning home I did a couple of the Tuesday night crits, finishing one of them in 7th place, my highest finish yet. I also rode the Wednesday night TT for the first time and did by far the fastest TT of my life, averaging 25.3 mph for the 9 mile course (with my chain rubbing the derailleur the whole time). I think I only hit 24 mph twice on the old Seymour 10 mile course. I’m definitely getting more and more accustomed to my (relatively) new TT bike.

Bike | Distance | # Rides | Avg per Ride
Lynskey | 14.44 Mile | 1 | 14.44 Mile
Pocket Rocket | 102.31 Mile | 8 | 12.7888 Mile
Thundercougarfalconbird | 165.82 Mile | 4 | 41.455 Mile
Total | 282.57 Mile | 13 | 21.7362 Mile

Month | Distance | # Workouts | Avg per Workout
January | 25.33 Mile | 2 | 12.665 Mile
February | 40.08 Mile | 3 | 13.36 Mile
March | 213.43 Mile | 20 | 10.6715 Mile
April | 253.27 Mile | 23 | 11.0117 Mile
May | 322.147 Mile | 24 | 13.4228 Mile
June | 282.57 Mile | 13 | 21.7362 Mile
Total | 1136.83 Mile | 85 | 13.3744 Mile

Swimming

I made it to the pool a few times before taking several weeks off. The good news is when I started back again I picked up right where I left off. I love that about swimming. Maybe it’s harder to do if you’re actually any good though. I’ll probably never find out.

Month | Distance | # Workouts | Avg per Workout
January | 0 | 0 | 0
February | 0 | 0 | 0
March | 0 | 0 | 0
April | 1750. Yard | 2 | 875. Yard
May | 8050. Yard | 7 | 1150. Yard
June | 4100. Yard | 3 | 1366.67 Yard
Total | 13900. Yard | 12 | 1158.33 Yard

Walking

Month | Distance | # Workouts | Avg per Workout
January | 51.53 Mile | 16 | 3.22063 Mile
February | 42.92 Mile | 18 | 2.38444 Mile
March | 41.15 Mile | 14 | 2.93929 Mile
April | 31.89 Mile | 12 | 2.6575 Mile
May | 37.5107 Mile | 13 | 2.88544 Mile
June | 39.4 Mile | 18 | 2.18889 Mile
Total | 244.401 Mile | 91 | 2.68572 Mile