Sunday Run

I went from campus down to the Arch and back, about a 6 mile loop, with my friend Joe earlier today. Joe is a non-runner training for his first half-marathon coming up in a couple months. It was a little warm, but enjoyable. I didn't wear a watch, but we probably did 8:15-8:30 miles. I think I took 3 steps for every 2 of Joe's (he is 6'3" or so), but it was fun.

Quick Bike

Hey all-
Just got done with an easy 20 miler, at about 18 mph. Weather was nice and the ride was pretty easy. St. Louis is not great for biking. It takes about 10 miles to get out past the gridlock of stoplights. The law of conservation of momentum is shot to pieces in downtown St. Louis. Oh well.

This one's for Josie

Hey all-
I've upped my volume since the last time I posted. I am doing longer and longer training sessions to hopefully do either a half or full marathon this winter, and then olympic (maybe half-iron?) distance triathlons next season. My longest training sessions the past couple weeks have been a ten mile run (from 1 PM to 2:30 PM on a hot St. Louis day... thank god for water fountains!), a 30 mile bike, and ~1.3 mile swim (continuous). For those interested, olympic distance is 1.5/40/10k (1/25/6 mi) and half iron 1.9/90/21k (1.2/56/13.1 mi). I think the olympic distance is doable... a half iron might need another season to get that volume.