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one week away - ahhhhh! - week thirteen summary

8/25/2013

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Yesterday, I went to my third hash.  It was the 7th Annual Super Soaker Hash - which basically meant that once that hash started it was a constant water fight.  I had two medium-sized water guns...and there was a pool at the end of the hash, so everyone went in - and we still were squirting each other.  It was technically a run, but I'm calling it cross training because I was carrying water guns.  Dinner was served after the pool "party" and was delicious.  I got up at 7am today for a 5 miler.  Good start to the weekend!

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Week Eight Summary

7/27/2013

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My parents and a cousin have been visiting this week.  I have been continuing to train, but have not been keeping up on my blogging.  Last Friday (7/19), I hashed again - this was a "live hare" one where the trail is laid 10 minutes before the group heads off to try to snare the hare.  It was pretty fun though I got lost for a small portion of the trail.  I am counting theme-parking (Busch Gardens) as my 30 minutes of cross training for the 20th.  And before we headed to Clearwater Beach on Sunday the 21st, I ran 4 miles - the there and back route.
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week seven summary

7/15/2013

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This week wasn't too busy...I just didn't get a chance to blog about training earlier.  I ran on the treadmill twice this week - both times at 6.6 mph - 50 minutes on Tuesday and 40 minutes on Friday.  In between those days, I swam for 40 minutes at Copeland Park pool.  It was only my second time there, but I did and felt way better than the first time.  I still have some work to do on my freestyle - I think I'm swimming too fast.  I still can't get enough air between every stroke - I even tried taking a break every two strokes, but that didn't work either.
I did add the backstroke this workout as well - so I did laps with freestyle, sidestroke and backstroke.  Like I said, I felt a lot better - much less winded and was able to complete each 100m portion without stopping every 25m like last time.

I also tried something new on Saturday - hashing.  It has nothing to do with illegal substances, but rather is a social gathering that involves a mixture of drinking and exercising.  Some participants are there more for one reason than the other, but it was a lot of fun.  We biked a course that was set only an hour previously using flour, and the object is to try to figure the course out while completing smaller challenges along the way.  I'm doing a terrible job of explaining it, but it was a lot of fun.  This is a good site that explains it a bit more.  Needless to say, the 10 mile bike ride that included going over the bridge to Clearwater twice kind of wiped me out and I was not feeling up to a 7 mile run the next day.  The hashes are usually runs - this was a special bike hash - so future hashes should fit into my training.  This was also my first non-stationary bike ride in over 7 years, so I'm happy I didn't wipe out.
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