Hello from the snow covered state of Kansas. It's not snowing much here in Salina, but it's blowing wind like crazy and it's WAY cold. I can't seem to escape this stuff.
In good news, I knocked out some good stuff in the pool the last couple of days, which is good considering I hadn't swam since last Thursday...gross!
Also, as it's so cold and blizzards are happening outside, I've only been able to run once since being here, but I'm putting in some decent time in the trainer. Truth be told, I may not be 100% on my workouts, but this is the best I've ever done.
Theresa seems to be in good spirits as we visit her home, and we are really getting excited (she is, she just won't admit it!) about the new addition to our family.
Maverick Thomas/Aspen Myler is now "full-term" and could come any day, but we're still expecting them in the middle of next month. I sure hope the little thing lets us get back to CO before comin' out!!!
Well, I hope and pray that you are all having a blessed Christmas and want to extend a warm "Happy Holidays!" to everyone.
Hasta later!
-Yorek
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Startin' to feel like an athlete!
Well, it was a great weekend for me...
Friday went well with an hour run and some good core work afterward to get nice and sore. Then Saturday was a solid indoor workout on the bike with 90 min. in the trainer then 30 more minutes on the rollers at a pretty good clip. It finally felt like I got in a good solid workout.
Sunday I woke up to howling wind of about 30 mph and a temp of about 15 degrees...aka GO BACK TO SLEEP WEATHER. Well, the weather didn't get any better and I was worried that laziness and rationalizing would take over and I wouldn't get my run in. For some reason around 3:00 I decided I'd brave the storm (it had started blowing sideways snow at around 1:30) and run to the indoor track to try and at least get a bit of a run in then run back home. I didn't think I'd get all 12 miles in, but at least I could say I did something. Well, Sean and I ran to the indoor track the long way, then after about a mile I actually started to feel good. I started clipping off 6:30's before I knew it and felt wonderful as I was just in shorts w/ no shirt indoors! I ended up running a little over 9 miles on that little track and even threw in a 5:20 ish mile just for kicks...it felt wonderful! I finally felt like an athlete again...I got home and had run exactly what I wanted to in the first place...good times.
This morning was my first time back in the pool after getting my lip split in two. I felt awkward the first few hundred yards and my lip felt funny under the superglue holding the two pieces together, haha. But I eventually found my stroke and knocked out 10x100 with Sean. I got in a bit of a cool down and got after about 2200 yards. Not too shabby :)
We came home and made EXCELLENT omelettes and just chilled for a while. Jake and I got into an argument about Tony Romo and the Cowboys (I get a little defensive when it comes to Romo...I'm not sure why, but I really want him to do well. This post season he'd better show up for me!!!) And I was ready to do my 2nd workout right at noon. I ran for about 45 min. easy to shake out the all indoor run that I did yesterday. My knees are awfully sore, but I think I just might be getting old. Ugh!
Well...that's pretty much it. Resie's taking a Calc final at the moment and we'll leave for Salina, KS to have Christmas with the Zackary family on Friday mornin'. I sure hope I can find a pool there!!!
Hasta later,
-Yorek
Friday went well with an hour run and some good core work afterward to get nice and sore. Then Saturday was a solid indoor workout on the bike with 90 min. in the trainer then 30 more minutes on the rollers at a pretty good clip. It finally felt like I got in a good solid workout.
Sunday I woke up to howling wind of about 30 mph and a temp of about 15 degrees...aka GO BACK TO SLEEP WEATHER. Well, the weather didn't get any better and I was worried that laziness and rationalizing would take over and I wouldn't get my run in. For some reason around 3:00 I decided I'd brave the storm (it had started blowing sideways snow at around 1:30) and run to the indoor track to try and at least get a bit of a run in then run back home. I didn't think I'd get all 12 miles in, but at least I could say I did something. Well, Sean and I ran to the indoor track the long way, then after about a mile I actually started to feel good. I started clipping off 6:30's before I knew it and felt wonderful as I was just in shorts w/ no shirt indoors! I ended up running a little over 9 miles on that little track and even threw in a 5:20 ish mile just for kicks...it felt wonderful! I finally felt like an athlete again...I got home and had run exactly what I wanted to in the first place...good times.
This morning was my first time back in the pool after getting my lip split in two. I felt awkward the first few hundred yards and my lip felt funny under the superglue holding the two pieces together, haha. But I eventually found my stroke and knocked out 10x100 with Sean. I got in a bit of a cool down and got after about 2200 yards. Not too shabby :)
We came home and made EXCELLENT omelettes and just chilled for a while. Jake and I got into an argument about Tony Romo and the Cowboys (I get a little defensive when it comes to Romo...I'm not sure why, but I really want him to do well. This post season he'd better show up for me!!!) And I was ready to do my 2nd workout right at noon. I ran for about 45 min. easy to shake out the all indoor run that I did yesterday. My knees are awfully sore, but I think I just might be getting old. Ugh!
Well...that's pretty much it. Resie's taking a Calc final at the moment and we'll leave for Salina, KS to have Christmas with the Zackary family on Friday mornin'. I sure hope I can find a pool there!!!
Hasta later,
-Yorek
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Feelin' better
Well, I feel much better after having done some riding on the rollers this week and some MUCH needed core work.
The last week has brought up some ample thinking time, of which I have been thinking of my unborn child (who will only be "un"born for about another month or so) and how I will need to take care of him/her.
Triathlon isn't exactly paying all my bills right now, much less Resie's or the baby's upcoming bills, so I have decided to go back to school...again...and attempt to get my master's degree in Coaching. It's completely online and offered here at Adam's. Some disagree with this decision, but I feel it's the best for me at the moment. Just pray that I stay focused and do what's necessary for my family to have a better life.
On a lighter note...I have been watching many a youtube vids (as one does when it's -9 outside with no TV) and have been seeing a lot of "10 greatest athletes" and "best athlete of the last decade" opinions that I certainly do not agree with. I mean guys like Reggie Bush are tremendous athletes, no question, but top 10 all-time?? Even of the last decade, I wouldn't put him in my top 10.
When I think of a great athlete, I think of someone who has a combination of endurance, power, grace, and sheer raw talent. Not necessarily in that order.
Somebody like Alberto Contador's endurance comes to mind, but the power and fluidity of his movements are so crisp and clean...or Nastia Liukin's uneven bar routines that are poetry in motion masking brute strength...or my overall top pick for World's greatest athlete of the last 2 years Usain Bolt. 6'5" and running 9.58 and 19.19...really? What he had done to the world is just sick, and makes me wonder what else is out there.
Though Bolt's good, and there are so many wonderful athletes in the world...there is one pick for athlete of the last decade that stands out above everyone. Stands WAY out!
Michael Phelps...nobody has dominated a sport more thoroughly before or since him. Yes, Lance Armstrong won 7 Tours...but that's it...just the Tour. Phelps dominated every major championship, every year, in almost every event. I mean, at 19 he won 6 golds and 2 bronze in Athens '04, then he won 8 gold medals in Biejing...8!!! Fucking 8 gold medals in ONE Olympics. (Sorry for the "F-Bomb" but I felt it necessary) And he's still not done...
Anyway, there are so many more athletes that I look at...Chrissie Wellington, Alistair Brownlee, Greg Bennett, Haile Gebreselassie, Bekele, Ronaldinho, Shannon and Mackenzie Yorek, Anna and Karrie Meares, Victoria Pendleton, Mark Cavendish, FABIAN CANCELLARA, Hicham El Guerrouj, yes...Reggie Bush, Colt McCoy, Wes Welker, LeBron James, Steve Nash, Dirk Nowitzki, Therese Alshammer, Grant Hackett...and the list goes on and on.
K, I'm done :)
Hasta!
-Yorek
The last week has brought up some ample thinking time, of which I have been thinking of my unborn child (who will only be "un"born for about another month or so) and how I will need to take care of him/her.
Triathlon isn't exactly paying all my bills right now, much less Resie's or the baby's upcoming bills, so I have decided to go back to school...again...and attempt to get my master's degree in Coaching. It's completely online and offered here at Adam's. Some disagree with this decision, but I feel it's the best for me at the moment. Just pray that I stay focused and do what's necessary for my family to have a better life.
On a lighter note...I have been watching many a youtube vids (as one does when it's -9 outside with no TV) and have been seeing a lot of "10 greatest athletes" and "best athlete of the last decade" opinions that I certainly do not agree with. I mean guys like Reggie Bush are tremendous athletes, no question, but top 10 all-time?? Even of the last decade, I wouldn't put him in my top 10.
When I think of a great athlete, I think of someone who has a combination of endurance, power, grace, and sheer raw talent. Not necessarily in that order.
Somebody like Alberto Contador's endurance comes to mind, but the power and fluidity of his movements are so crisp and clean...or Nastia Liukin's uneven bar routines that are poetry in motion masking brute strength...or my overall top pick for World's greatest athlete of the last 2 years Usain Bolt. 6'5" and running 9.58 and 19.19...really? What he had done to the world is just sick, and makes me wonder what else is out there.
Though Bolt's good, and there are so many wonderful athletes in the world...there is one pick for athlete of the last decade that stands out above everyone. Stands WAY out!
Michael Phelps...nobody has dominated a sport more thoroughly before or since him. Yes, Lance Armstrong won 7 Tours...but that's it...just the Tour. Phelps dominated every major championship, every year, in almost every event. I mean, at 19 he won 6 golds and 2 bronze in Athens '04, then he won 8 gold medals in Biejing...8!!! Fucking 8 gold medals in ONE Olympics. (Sorry for the "F-Bomb" but I felt it necessary) And he's still not done...
Anyway, there are so many more athletes that I look at...Chrissie Wellington, Alistair Brownlee, Greg Bennett, Haile Gebreselassie, Bekele, Ronaldinho, Shannon and Mackenzie Yorek, Anna and Karrie Meares, Victoria Pendleton, Mark Cavendish, FABIAN CANCELLARA, Hicham El Guerrouj, yes...Reggie Bush, Colt McCoy, Wes Welker, LeBron James, Steve Nash, Dirk Nowitzki, Therese Alshammer, Grant Hackett...and the list goes on and on.
K, I'm done :)
Hasta!
-Yorek
Monday, December 7, 2009
A man walks into a bar...
And let's hypothetically say he is celebrating his 26th birthday with some friends and has a few too many drinks. Let's also say, hypothetically, he is asked to leave the bar...walks outside...and is punched in the face splitting his lip badly and giving him a concussion when the back of his head hit the ground...
This guy woke up the next morning so sick from the week's earlier workouts, the cold, and the celebrating that he could not speak for 4 days straight.
Ok...it's not hypothetical, I'm sitting here in the comp lab after my first day with the ability to speak (though still very hoarse), a headache and pretty nice lip that causes people to stare.
This is not the way I had planned the birthday night going, but I guess that's what happens. I'm not sure who hit me, or even why...neither is anyone else, but the good news is that I am recovering well and I was back on the trainer earlier today.
I'm certainly not proud of what took place, though I was actually behaving quite well and having a wonderful evening with some great friends, and I am only sorry that my poor pregnant girlfriend had to look after me these past couple of days. It should be the other way around!!!
Well, time to start training for the Desert Classic Du in Phoenix, AZ at the end of February...
Hasta later!!!
P.S. I'd like to apologize for letting things get in the way of my training...to my family (including Resie), my friends, my coach, and the people who support me. It's all focus all the time from here on out to get ready for 2010!
This guy woke up the next morning so sick from the week's earlier workouts, the cold, and the celebrating that he could not speak for 4 days straight.
Ok...it's not hypothetical, I'm sitting here in the comp lab after my first day with the ability to speak (though still very hoarse), a headache and pretty nice lip that causes people to stare.
This is not the way I had planned the birthday night going, but I guess that's what happens. I'm not sure who hit me, or even why...neither is anyone else, but the good news is that I am recovering well and I was back on the trainer earlier today.
I'm certainly not proud of what took place, though I was actually behaving quite well and having a wonderful evening with some great friends, and I am only sorry that my poor pregnant girlfriend had to look after me these past couple of days. It should be the other way around!!!
Well, time to start training for the Desert Classic Du in Phoenix, AZ at the end of February...
Hasta later!!!
P.S. I'd like to apologize for letting things get in the way of my training...to my family (including Resie), my friends, my coach, and the people who support me. It's all focus all the time from here on out to get ready for 2010!
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