Blogging yesterday wasn't an option with Telecon day from hell, so hopefully I will be able to get up parts III and IV of my Super Bowl XLIII recap in the next couple of days. Today, though, I thought I would get back to what my blog originally started out as.....My training diary. Now that football season is over for the next few months, it's time to get back on track and get those miles back up. Today was my first official day back with the running group, and we had one seriously tough workout on the docket!
Mamma Michele's evil mind brewed up just a torturous workout. 4x400 (60), 6x200 (45), 4x400 (60). The rest period is in second in the parentheses. You'd think that 1 minute and 45 seconds would be a huge time to rest....Think again...Your just barely getting your breath back before you have to get goin' again....
Mamma Michele does a great job at setting up our target times for each workout. Mine were as follows:
400s: 1:38
200s: 46 secs
That's a real quick turnover!!! Especially since my speed work in the last couple of weeks hasn't been much. I did get in the hill workout last week before I headed to Tampa, but that was it for the whole week.
We're also paired with other runners, I think there were 6 at this time goal. So having a nice pack of runners is good, because you get the whole group running a single pace, and it's easier to judge if your going too fast or not.
My times were very close to the targets, and NOT ONCE did I ever go above. Every one was either on the money, or a few seconds fast. Here's what I pulled off the Garmin and sent to Michele for her tracking purposes.
Actuals:
4x400: 1:38, 1:37, 1:35, 1:37
6x200: 43, 45, 44, 45, 43, 44
4x400: 1:33, 1:35, 1:36, 1:36
What I'm really proud of is that my last set of 400s were faster then the first set...except for #3 were I was one second slower. I'm really happy with that!!! Every single 200 was faster with #1 and #5 at a blazing 43 seconds!!! That's under 1:30 for a quarter!!! That's SUB 6 pace for a mile if I could hold it that long!!!
And that's the goal of the workout....Get your legs and lungs used to running at an above lactic threshold pace.
Oh yeah....And did I mention that I did this on heavy legs today. See, yesterday at my kids flag football practice, the kids were dogging routes most of the time. To me, that's a terrible habit to start forming at 9-12 years of age. I try to preach, practice how your going to play. If you don't, then your not going to play well in a game with the time comes, because the timing is off. The offensive scheme I lay out is all timing based. It's quick, and they know it. So when they were dogging the suicides, I challenged them on the last one. Told them the old man was going to run with them. Guess what....The old man beat them. And I was wearing JEANS!!! I even had one of the moms jump in and run it with us. So next practice I'm going to add a little incentive to beating the old man......Win.....and you get to be captain in the next game. Lose....and you have to do an EXTRA suicide....I'll make it just one has to beat me...then 2....etc...Make it a game. They thrive on challenges like that.
With that...It's off to work, and get a move on on the day!!! Train hard and LIVESTRONG!!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Super Bowl XLIII Wrap Up (Part II of IV)
Saturday
Saturday started out a little slow. We woke up late due to the 2 hour time zone and the late night check in. The room we were staying in was pretty nice. The Hotel was located just outside Disney World, and was hosting an RC Car event. That was pretty cool. Watching cars zoom around a carpet track at close to 40 miles per hour was pretty amazing. The race is scored very similar to NASCAR. All the cars have transponders in them, and their position on the track is all tracked via computers and sensors that are under the carpet. Talk about high tech. This was the premier RC Race car event. They literally went 24 hours per day while we were there.
After watching that for a few mins, we headed out for a little breakfast at Dennys, and we were off to Tampa for a day at the NFL Experience. The weather was absolutely BEAUTIFUL! You couldn't have asked for better weather. I brought most of my game day attire, left the jacket for Super Sunday. Ya know...I can't give it all up. Donned my Garrison Hearst jersey for the the. The drive to Tampa proved interesting. The number of people donning Steelers gear on their cars was immense. At one point, I was TOTALLY boxed in. My front, rear and both sides had Steelers fanatics around us giving us the BIZ. I had my Cardinals flags flying.....well....until pops rolled down the window at 80 miles per hour....that flag really took off! Oh the agony.....After the lengthy traffic jam, we got to the parking and headed to the EXPERIENCE! Since we didn't have tickets, we stood in line to get them. Some really nice people gave us one VIP entry into the experience, so we only had to buy one ticket. The line wasn't near as long as everyone said it was. I would say we spent maybe 20 minutes. As we were getting ready to go in, we ran into an Arizona Republic photographer who knew me from teh stadium and wanted to get some pics. This one made the BEST OF THE SUPERBOWL in their must see section!
This is where the insanity starts!!!! See, people in PHX know that I'm not actually Kid Rock. I've done enough media interviews that it's pretty well published that I'm just a crazy fans of the team that looks a LOT LIKE Kid. BUT.....Tampa didn't quite get that memo! Add in the fact that there are famous people in town who want to be seen, and you have a recipe for photo ops with "fans" all over the place. Literally! I swear....I couldn't walk but 5 feet before people would run up for me to take a picture. That was a totally new experience for me!!!! We pretty much hit everything that the NFL Experience had to offer!!!! As we were leaving, we made out way to the NFL store, and bought our commemorative Super Bowl Ticket Holder. From there, it was back to Orlando to the Hotel, clean up a bit, and off to a Cardinals Fans ORLANDO meet up at Fridays again!
This time, the meet up at FRIDAYS was a HUGE success. Imagine the local Orlandans...if that's even a word....when they came upstairs to a watch a UFC fight, to be overwhelmed by Cardinals fans! Their face were priceless. In all, I'd say at the highpoint, there were about 40-60 member from the Arizona Cardinals Fans forums there. I have a BUNCH of pictures, and I will get those uploaded tonight as well! You talk about a fun little pep rally!!! The beer was flowing, and the excitement was in the air.....TOMORROW was the SUPER BOWL and my Cardinals and our fans that made the Trip were READY TO SHOCK THE WORLD!!!
Saturday started out a little slow. We woke up late due to the 2 hour time zone and the late night check in. The room we were staying in was pretty nice. The Hotel was located just outside Disney World, and was hosting an RC Car event. That was pretty cool. Watching cars zoom around a carpet track at close to 40 miles per hour was pretty amazing. The race is scored very similar to NASCAR. All the cars have transponders in them, and their position on the track is all tracked via computers and sensors that are under the carpet. Talk about high tech. This was the premier RC Race car event. They literally went 24 hours per day while we were there.
After watching that for a few mins, we headed out for a little breakfast at Dennys, and we were off to Tampa for a day at the NFL Experience. The weather was absolutely BEAUTIFUL! You couldn't have asked for better weather. I brought most of my game day attire, left the jacket for Super Sunday. Ya know...I can't give it all up. Donned my Garrison Hearst jersey for the the. The drive to Tampa proved interesting. The number of people donning Steelers gear on their cars was immense. At one point, I was TOTALLY boxed in. My front, rear and both sides had Steelers fanatics around us giving us the BIZ. I had my Cardinals flags flying.....well....until pops rolled down the window at 80 miles per hour....that flag really took off! Oh the agony.....After the lengthy traffic jam, we got to the parking and headed to the EXPERIENCE! Since we didn't have tickets, we stood in line to get them. Some really nice people gave us one VIP entry into the experience, so we only had to buy one ticket. The line wasn't near as long as everyone said it was. I would say we spent maybe 20 minutes. As we were getting ready to go in, we ran into an Arizona Republic photographer who knew me from teh stadium and wanted to get some pics. This one made the BEST OF THE SUPERBOWL in their must see section!
This is where the insanity starts!!!! See, people in PHX know that I'm not actually Kid Rock. I've done enough media interviews that it's pretty well published that I'm just a crazy fans of the team that looks a LOT LIKE Kid. BUT.....Tampa didn't quite get that memo! Add in the fact that there are famous people in town who want to be seen, and you have a recipe for photo ops with "fans" all over the place. Literally! I swear....I couldn't walk but 5 feet before people would run up for me to take a picture. That was a totally new experience for me!!!! We pretty much hit everything that the NFL Experience had to offer!!!! As we were leaving, we made out way to the NFL store, and bought our commemorative Super Bowl Ticket Holder. From there, it was back to Orlando to the Hotel, clean up a bit, and off to a Cardinals Fans ORLANDO meet up at Fridays again!
This time, the meet up at FRIDAYS was a HUGE success. Imagine the local Orlandans...if that's even a word....when they came upstairs to a watch a UFC fight, to be overwhelmed by Cardinals fans! Their face were priceless. In all, I'd say at the highpoint, there were about 40-60 member from the Arizona Cardinals Fans forums there. I have a BUNCH of pictures, and I will get those uploaded tonight as well! You talk about a fun little pep rally!!! The beer was flowing, and the excitement was in the air.....TOMORROW was the SUPER BOWL and my Cardinals and our fans that made the Trip were READY TO SHOCK THE WORLD!!!
The SUPER Re-CAP! Part 1 of 4
Wow...What an amazing four days. All those emotional highs, and the HUGE emotional low that was the ending of what will come down as one of the BEST SUPER BOWLS EVER! I'll say this.....Regardless of the outcome I had an absolutely AWESOME time, and I truly felt as if I was a ROCK STAR for the weekend. Lets recap the adventure.
Friday
Friday was really the first day that started it all. I had packed some of my things Thursday night, but I managed to get up early enough to get in the couple of hours of work that I needed to complete to get my 40 and finish up the little pack of odds and ends. The local news channel had my taping up for thier story on me being a DIEHARD Cardinals fan from Tucson. You can see the video here:
(http://www.kvoa.com/global/video/flash/popupplayer.asp?ClipID1=3395885&h1=Arizona%20Cardinal%20Fanatic&vt1=v&at1=News&d1=108233&LaunchPageAdTag=Sport&activePane=info&rnd=93843484)
From there it was off to the Airport. The Tucson Airport is incredibly uneventful. When we checked in, I was offered an upgrade to First Class for 90 bucks. In retrospect....I should have taken it! Ahh well...Probably better that I didn't, because they more then likely wouldn't have given me the keys to the rental car later. Our flight took us through Dallas, and when we got on the ground, I received a bunch of txt messages from Pete. Turns out his father in law was on our flight from Dallas to Orlando. So when we got to Orlando, we all met up, and after I got the rental car met for Dinner at Fridays Front Row. At the airport, it was apparent we were going to be significantly outnumbered by Steeler fans...And this was in Orlando. As I was standing in line, another van full of Steelers fans got off the bus....and the heckling of the LONE Cardinals fan...ME....began... I held my own as I walked the long line to the agent....And he said man...that was rough. They've been coming in all week.....but I haven't seen any Cardinals fans until today. I had to remind him that we all had JOBS and couldn't come in until Friday. He absolutely loved the response and gave us a free upgrade to a MINI-VAN....Gee thanks. Once we got the Van we turned on the GPS and headed for FOOD. Friday's Front Row was great, and sat and talked with Pete and his crew, just taking in all the amazement that we were actually in the Super Bowl! I'll update these posts with Pics as I've got a bunch on iPhone, but need to get them on here.
We finally got to the hotel about midnight and were so beat by then that we literally went to sleep and didn't wake up until about 9:30 the next morning....... (continued in Part 2 of 4)
Friday
Friday was really the first day that started it all. I had packed some of my things Thursday night, but I managed to get up early enough to get in the couple of hours of work that I needed to complete to get my 40 and finish up the little pack of odds and ends. The local news channel had my taping up for thier story on me being a DIEHARD Cardinals fan from Tucson. You can see the video here:
(http://www.kvoa.com/global/video/flash/popupplayer.asp?ClipID1=3395885&h1=Arizona%20Cardinal%20Fanatic&vt1=v&at1=News&d1=108233&LaunchPageAdTag=Sport&activePane=info&rnd=93843484)
From there it was off to the Airport. The Tucson Airport is incredibly uneventful. When we checked in, I was offered an upgrade to First Class for 90 bucks. In retrospect....I should have taken it! Ahh well...Probably better that I didn't, because they more then likely wouldn't have given me the keys to the rental car later. Our flight took us through Dallas, and when we got on the ground, I received a bunch of txt messages from Pete. Turns out his father in law was on our flight from Dallas to Orlando. So when we got to Orlando, we all met up, and after I got the rental car met for Dinner at Fridays Front Row. At the airport, it was apparent we were going to be significantly outnumbered by Steeler fans...And this was in Orlando. As I was standing in line, another van full of Steelers fans got off the bus....and the heckling of the LONE Cardinals fan...ME....began... I held my own as I walked the long line to the agent....And he said man...that was rough. They've been coming in all week.....but I haven't seen any Cardinals fans until today. I had to remind him that we all had JOBS and couldn't come in until Friday. He absolutely loved the response and gave us a free upgrade to a MINI-VAN....Gee thanks. Once we got the Van we turned on the GPS and headed for FOOD. Friday's Front Row was great, and sat and talked with Pete and his crew, just taking in all the amazement that we were actually in the Super Bowl! I'll update these posts with Pics as I've got a bunch on iPhone, but need to get them on here.
We finally got to the hotel about midnight and were so beat by then that we literally went to sleep and didn't wake up until about 9:30 the next morning....... (continued in Part 2 of 4)
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