One foot in front of the other.
So, I was in the pool for my workout yesterday and I was abruptly told that the ‘pool is closed’.
Usually, I got to the pool at about 2:30 pm and it closes at 4:00 pm so that the lifeguard can have dinner/lunch until 4:30 pm. So about half way through my workout, at about 3:15, the lifeguard starts walking around the pool saying, “the pool is closed!!”. I popped up to aks him why the pool was closing 45 minutes early and the answer I was given was that there was an “issue”. I asked why there was no sign at the desk, and the answer was, “They’re putting a sign up now.” to which I replied, “That doesn’t do me any good! I’m in here now!”
So, what can you do? Hopefully today will be a better (and more complete) workout in the pool. I would go for a run, but the “real feel” temperature right now is SEVEN degrees farenheit!
You Bar (enter the code: Bmarathon at checkout)
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Josh Cox breaks American 50K record
Brandon’s Marathon Youtube Page
Brandon’s Marathon on Facebook
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Brandon’s Marathon on YouTube!
Sentara New Year’s Day 5K Results
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Some Audio (disclaimer: not my best work!!)
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Richmond Sprint Tiathlon (Link to stats is on the page)
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There seems to have been a problem with the first posting of Episode 17. So, here is the corrected, full version of the episode.
ENJOY!!!
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Gebrselassie’s World Record Marathon
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Running in the Center of the Universe
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Strong Island Results (To see full results, just click “Get Results”. To see MY results, search for bib #32.)
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My Run for Central Park Results
Full Run for Central Park Results
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Strong Island Rookie Triathlon
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San Diego Rock ‘n Roll Marathon
Redondo Beach Triathlon results
Bobby crosses the finish line at clock time 5:18:27 (click here for the video!)
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Here are the details:
First; about 3 days before the race I was riding a bike to the store. The bike has SPD pedals, but I was wearing flip flops because it was just to the store and back. Somewhere along the way the pedal rolled and I cut my the high part of my heel (almost near the bottom of my achilles). No real damage, but there went any hope of not wearing socks.
Days before:
I kept up regular, but lesser workouts up until the Friday before the race (race was on sunday). During the day on Saturday, I went to the check in/clinic they had for the event. Got to take a look at the course and so on. On Saturday night I had a big plate of penne with pears in a gorgonzola cream sauce. Went to bed at 10 pm.
Race day:
I woke up at 5 am, had two eggs with cheese and a banana. I wanted to be checked in and in the transition area by 6:15, but made it at about 6:20. I had plenty of time to set up my transition area just right. I was wearing a one piece tri suit by TYR, and a Zoot Fuzion, full wetsuit (which I will never do again, I’ll explain later). I had two bottles of water set to hose the sand off my feet and everything ended up working out just right.
The start:
The day was overcast, so not so hot and the water was about 62 (f-ing cold). I was in the 3rd wave, which I think was the biggest (34-14 y/o). I got near the front of the group.
The swim:
Had a clean start and got into the mix right away catching multiple feet hands and elbows to my face and other parts. I am sure I also returned the favor. It took me about 5 minutes to pull out in front of the big pack. There was one guy that just took off and ended up out of the water about 30 seconds ahead of me. I pulled way out and I think I was third out of the water for my wave. The reason I will never wear a full sleeve wetsuit again is that it created resistance to my stroke. I had to work harder to get my arms out of the water and this ended up killing my breath. And let me tell you, I am feeling it today.
Coming into the breakers was fine. I caught a couple nice wave that gave me a great push, but I also caught one that broke under my legs and almost flipped me. Once i was standing, I had about 20 yards of water to run out of, which was SOO hard. Once out of that, I had about 75 yards to go to the transition. The real problem was that the entire run up the beach really was UP the beach. By the time I hit the boardwalk into T1 I was in so much pain. I got to my area ok, took a drink of FRS and got my socks and shoes and helmet, etc. on. I then tried to get on my bike before they reminded me that I had to run out of the transition. All in all, I think I was in the transition for about 45 seconds to a minute.
The bike:
I was riding a Cannondale R5 with Look Keo Sprint pedals. It is a road bike and not a tri-bike per se, but it did a great job, and since I train on my own road bike anyway, it is what I am used to. I did rather well on the bike and I believe I only lost about 4 places to guys that were definitely seasoned triathletes and riding $5,000+ tri-bikes. I took advantage of drafting and using it even passed one of the guys that had passed me. I made it into the transition very well and got my cycling shoes off and my running shoes/hat/glasses on in about 30 seconds.
The run:
I was using Yankz for my shoe laces so I saved a lot of time with that and the fact that I had socks on made my shoes go on even faster. The run was a 2 mile course, that was on a lot of boardwalk, which was nice and easy on the legs. However, running is by FAR my weak point and I lost probably about ten or so places to guys that were crazy fast. At mile one there was a set of about 5 stairs that burned like hell. Just beyond that was a water station. It was at that water station that I discovered the bad side of drinking water from a cup while running (I choked). I also dumped the remainder of my water on my head, forgetting the fact that I had a Nike Dri-fit hat on and it would push away any water that hit it! Oh well. The final 30 yards included a hill (up) which sucked and then a nice sidewalk.
My official time was 52:48 and I finished 6th in my age group. I am not sure about my overall place, but I will let you know once they post that info (if they post that info). Overall, I was extremely pleased with my performance. I need to work on my running, no doubt, but I hung in there and it felt awesome to finish.
THE ARGYLE AVENGER!!
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After a short absence… I’M BACK!! Running 30 min’s today, I am now SLOWLY rebuilding toward my previous runs. Check out the episode (number 4 even though I say number 3 at the beginning of the show) below.
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Welcome to episode 2! Hope you enjoy!
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Hey there everyone! This is the first episode of my podcast tracking my progress. Either listen to it here, or check it out in Itunes!!
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Thanks so much for visiting my site! My name is Brandon Wood and I am the social media manager and a customer service rep for Newton Running. This site and podcast follow my adventures on the way to competing in and training for all kinds of endurance events, especially triathlon and running. Click the "About Me" tab for more info!
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