... Is what I got when I stayed up all night last night to watch the webcast from the Hawaii Ironman World Championships!

Even though I am a Duathlete and NOT a triathlete, this is an absolutely electrifying event! Dragana and I were glued to the big screen already from the start. Half the screen on the live video feed and the other half for the comprehensive text updates & standings.

Dragana cruised off to bed around 1 am local time but I, the nerd, stayed up until 3:45 am to watch when the first men crossed the finishline.

We were cheering hard for the Austin Pros in the race, but unfortunately none of them featured high enough in the standings to get any TV time.  We'll have to claim Michael Lovato as an Austinite as he has lived there before & I met him at Jack & Adams.  Super nice dude and he got 9th yesterday, GREAT JOB! 

This week I have slowly been getting back to training. Very low intensity & even less volume, BUT that's intentional. I will continue to go relatively easy and also do some 'cross training' in the next few weeks before getting back to more serious & structured training before the first A race of 2009.  More on what race that is in a few days...

Training in the week of Sept. 29 - Oct. 5:

Sunday, Oct. 5:  2hrs 30min run, ca 33 km (20.6 miles).  Started at North Beach in San Francisco, ran towards the Golden Gate, over the Golden Gate, in & through Sausalito before I turned around and ran more or less the same way back.  Felt OK, pace veeery comfortable but a little stiff in the end.

Training in the week of Oct. 6  -  Oct 12:

Wednesday, Oct. 8: 63 min morning run, ca 12,5 km (7.5 miles).  Ran down Gear St & Market St. down to the Embarcadero and all the way down to the Presidio and back. Again very comfortable pace.

Friday, Oct. 10:  20 min run (13 min warmup & 7 min cooldown), 60 min weight (!!!..........) training in between. Went thru prety much the whole body!

Saturday, Oct. 11:  1hr 40 min bike ride back at home in Nacka to Gustavsberg & back.  Ca 18 mph avg speed.  Nice fall day & only had a long sleeve jersey, NO JACKET!!!  Not bad for Sweden in October...

Sunday, Oct 12:  1 hr 53 min run, ca. 24 km.  Ran first 12 min with Dragana at ca 56 min 10K pace, before she ran off & did her thing. Gradually picked things up throughout the run and ran ca 41:30 min / 10 K pace in the end.  Most of the run on trails & fairly hilly. Another very nice fall day!

Total for the week:  4 hrs 56 minutes

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