Long Overdue

It has come to my attention that I have been severely lacking in my blog posts over the last couple weeks.  I apologize to all of you who use this blog as a distraction and/or a way to stalk me :) 

My training has been in kind of a lull the last few weeks, it started with my trip to Omaha for the NCAA wrestling finals.  The wrestling took up more time than I had anticipated so my workouts weren't as intense or as often as I wanted.  That was followed up by the a week leading into my Roto League Fantasy Auction draft.

I had never done an auction baseball draft before and so I spent a little extra time preparing for it.   I made it through that and was hit by the week of Easter.  We spent Thurs night through Sunday afternoon in Milwaukee.   Needless to say its hard to be in a routine when your routine is changing.  That being said I did get some good workouts in.

The week of the draft I was able to get all my workouts in leading up to the draft, I swapped my sunday workout for my saturday workout and missed my 60 min bike ride on the day of the draft.  I had every intention of riding when I got home, but the temp dropped a good 20 degrees on our way back from Iowa City and it was just too cold to ride. 

The weekend of Easter I took my swimming and biking stuff to Milwaukee.  I got 2 really good rides in.  There are some nice roads just off Lisa's parent's cul-de-sac.  The loop was a 5 mile loop and had some small hills, little traffic, and few stop signs.  Plus most of it had extra space so even when there were cars they had a whole lane to go around me. 

I ran this loop on Saturday for my long run of the week.  I had a really good run, ran it in about 7:20 pace.  It was a fun weekend, we got to go to a Brewers vs. Tigers exhibition game at Miller Park.  I had my first cheese fry in a helmet and 2 stadium hot dogs.  It finally feels like spring!!! 

This week has seen a good return to my routine, however I missed my lifting workout on Monday instead I went to the Filling Station (great wings) for a heart attack platter and opening day baseball.  The HAP comes with 6 wings and a serving of fries smothered in colby jack cheese with bacon bits and ranch to dip it in.  After the Cubs got utterly destroyed we went back home to take a nap and watch the instant classic that was the NCAA championship basketball game between Butler and Duke. 

I've got 3 weeks to lose the 5 pounds I've gained over the last month, too much eating out, not enough working out, before the River Run.  As I've said before my goal for this is a 21:45 which is 7 min/mile pace.   I'm hoping race day adrenaline helps me push that pace up to a 6:40 which would have me finishing in .  I've put together a play list that is exactly 20:38 long which corresponds to a 6:40 pace. 

My summer is filling up even more, trips for weddings, competitions, trips for fun, bachelor parties, the wedding is going to be here before I know and we still have a lot of little things to finish up.  EEK!!!   Hope you all have had a great month in my absence, and I'll be trying to post a little bit more regularly now.