Well, the weekend started off great. I got to sleep in for the first time in what seemed like forever. Then I met Justin Litchfield at Starbucks on Congress & 6th (a beautiful place to be in downtown Austin) for a quick cup of coffee, then we headed out for a ride that took us for a total of 67.3 miles according to my new handy dandy Garmin 310xt :) It was a good ride that got awfully hot (around 103) toward the end.
Then I got off the bike and ran just short of 4 miles. Ugh...that was tough.
Afterward I just chilled down at RunTex and ate a chicken sandwich (a HUGE chicken sandwich) before finally meeting up w/ Justin and Ira for a nice meal at a Korean place downtown.
On Sunday, I woke up...finally at around 10:00 which was nice, but I just felt lazy for sleeping in so late. Then I had some cereal, watched a movie, and fell asleep again. It was terrible! I just felt like crap and that I could sleep for days.
I finally made myself get up and do some laundry at the laundromat. Again...terrible! After finally getting everything folded and hung up...ish, I got myself to the trail for a run. What was supposed to be 10-12 miles ended up being just short of 8 miles as I ran 8:13 for my first mile and wanted to quit right there. I'm not sure why, but I felt horrible. I sucked it up for the rest of the run and there were 3-4 miles that weren't too bad, but it was starting to get dark, and I was done.
I went home, ate, and fell asleep.
Today has been great, I knocked out an easy hour on the trainer this morning, am about to leave work where I had a pretty good day, and I'm going to run and swim over at Pure Austin (Quarry Lake).
Tomorrow mornin' will be hill repeats on the bike! I can't wait to tackle Jester Road! It's a crazy hill here in Austin that I've never ridden, but heard crazy things about. It's gonna hurt bad, but I'm gonna crush it!
hasta later,
-Yorek
Monday, August 24, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
A Good Friday
Well, things are starting off well for me this mornin'. I knocked out a swim at Pure Austin that went pretty well and things at work are cheery as it's Friday, haha.
Last night I competed in the Kenny Hill Autowerks Crits and did well and terrible all at the same time. Turns out, I STILL don't realize that I don't have to be in every, single, solitary break that goes off the front, but I was. In the 3/4 race I went off the front about 5 times until about 2.2 laps to go when my teammate, Justin Litchfield, saw an opportunity to launch me and did so perfectly, only a lap early it turns out. I got a nice gap on the field, but got sucked up with a lap to go. Also, I won both primes earlier in the race. I still thought I had enough to make an effort to sprint for the win, but when the time came to sprint, I didn't have any legs left and ended up 10th.
Then, after the emotional recognition of Kevin Underhill, the man who died in a crash at last week's race, we started the 4/5 race. I sat...and sat...and sat for what seemed like forever until they rang the bell for the prime lap and I caught a small break of guys that went off the front. I set up perfectly for this and outsprinted a guy to take the prime and sweep all three primes offered in the 3/4 and 4/5 race. Then I just kept going off the front before getting sucked back up again. With one last effort, I followed a guy off the front for the sprint, but we were passed at the bottom of the hill (a small, steep hill about 1/4 mi. from the finish) and again, my legs just weren't there to sprint. I ended up 6th for a grand total of 2 points for the entire evening. The next time I go out there will be JUST for points and I am hoping to sit in the whole time. We'll see how that turns out.
Ok, that's it. I've got a long ride tomorrow w/ Justin Litchfield then a long run on Sunday....which I haven't done in FOREVER.
Hasta later,
-Yorek
Last night I competed in the Kenny Hill Autowerks Crits and did well and terrible all at the same time. Turns out, I STILL don't realize that I don't have to be in every, single, solitary break that goes off the front, but I was. In the 3/4 race I went off the front about 5 times until about 2.2 laps to go when my teammate, Justin Litchfield, saw an opportunity to launch me and did so perfectly, only a lap early it turns out. I got a nice gap on the field, but got sucked up with a lap to go. Also, I won both primes earlier in the race. I still thought I had enough to make an effort to sprint for the win, but when the time came to sprint, I didn't have any legs left and ended up 10th.
Then, after the emotional recognition of Kevin Underhill, the man who died in a crash at last week's race, we started the 4/5 race. I sat...and sat...and sat for what seemed like forever until they rang the bell for the prime lap and I caught a small break of guys that went off the front. I set up perfectly for this and outsprinted a guy to take the prime and sweep all three primes offered in the 3/4 and 4/5 race. Then I just kept going off the front before getting sucked back up again. With one last effort, I followed a guy off the front for the sprint, but we were passed at the bottom of the hill (a small, steep hill about 1/4 mi. from the finish) and again, my legs just weren't there to sprint. I ended up 6th for a grand total of 2 points for the entire evening. The next time I go out there will be JUST for points and I am hoping to sit in the whole time. We'll see how that turns out.
Ok, that's it. I've got a long ride tomorrow w/ Justin Litchfield then a long run on Sunday....which I haven't done in FOREVER.
Hasta later,
-Yorek
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
I'm BACK!!! (uh, blogging that is)
Hey everyone!!
I sure have a lot of news for ya to catch up with, but that will have to come in time. First and foremost, I have a new sponsor...Swiftrock! Swiftrock is a financial company owned by a Mr. Derin Scott who has been graciously helping these last couple months. He, and his large, friendly family, have been a huge support system for me and I am so happy to be around them.
Along w/ sponsoring my triathlon career, he has given me a job at another one of his companies, Orion Processing, where we help people with Debt settlement.
It's a great job that allows me to work and get in workouts as well.
Soon, though, I'll get a couple more sponsors and will be able to do tri's full-time! Then we will be able to start really seeing some improvements.
As far as racing goes, I won the Couple's Tri, flatted at the NYC tri, won Jack's Generic, and just recently won the Texas Duathlon State Championship at the Darnd'st Du in San Marcos. I am undefeated in multisport races so far in the state of Texas and I am hoping to keep that streak alive at my next big competition, the Austin Triathlon.
This will be a much deeper pro field than what I've seen in Austin, so it should be a great race. I have been working very hard on my swim and my biking is coming along great, so I'm confident that I'll be able to do well.
Well, that'll have to be it for now. I should be able to keep updated more often ;)
hasta later,
-Yorek
I sure have a lot of news for ya to catch up with, but that will have to come in time. First and foremost, I have a new sponsor...Swiftrock! Swiftrock is a financial company owned by a Mr. Derin Scott who has been graciously helping these last couple months. He, and his large, friendly family, have been a huge support system for me and I am so happy to be around them.
Along w/ sponsoring my triathlon career, he has given me a job at another one of his companies, Orion Processing, where we help people with Debt settlement.
It's a great job that allows me to work and get in workouts as well.
Soon, though, I'll get a couple more sponsors and will be able to do tri's full-time! Then we will be able to start really seeing some improvements.
As far as racing goes, I won the Couple's Tri, flatted at the NYC tri, won Jack's Generic, and just recently won the Texas Duathlon State Championship at the Darnd'st Du in San Marcos. I am undefeated in multisport races so far in the state of Texas and I am hoping to keep that streak alive at my next big competition, the Austin Triathlon.
This will be a much deeper pro field than what I've seen in Austin, so it should be a great race. I have been working very hard on my swim and my biking is coming along great, so I'm confident that I'll be able to do well.
Well, that'll have to be it for now. I should be able to keep updated more often ;)
hasta later,
-Yorek
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