One of my best friends just climbed Mount Kilimanjaro while visiting Tanzania on a World Vision trip.
He recently through hiked the Appalachian Trail while raising money for World Vision.
July 2011
His post on Facebook read:
Top of Kilimanjaro, Highest point in Africa. 19,340 ft. It was cloudy. Couldn’t see a thing. Therefore, I’ll probably be doing it again at some point. I hope you’ll join me now that I know the way 🙂
The Daily Mission the other day was:
What’s the best piece of fitness advice you’ve heard? On the contrary, what’s the worst?
The Best:
Have fun with the run. Through high school, college, and all the years since I’ve probably heard thousands of pieces of advice – stretch this way, do this, run these workouts, and on and on. But I think the most important piece of advice is to just have fun. My best running occurs when I’m having fun doing it. Yes, all the other stuff is important to be a successful runner – but if I’m not having fun it becomes too much like work and then no one is happy.
The Worst:
This one is harder. I’ve had some great coaches through the years and some very experienced running buddies. Run every day. I’m not sure if anyone has actually told me that I needed to run every day to be in good shape or to be a runner, but I know plenty of people who do/did. One of the female runners in college ran every day and pretty much ruined her body. Our bodies need some time to relax and rebuild themselves. Some of the research shows that these rest days are almost as important as other workouts. This year I’ve still been taking at least 1 day off from “working out” but I’m running less due to triathlon training.
It was a busy week, but I got some good workouts in. Did I mention it was hot? We had heat indexes over or near 100 Mon-Weds hitting a record of 120. Fortunately the school I’m working at has air conditioning, well until it broke. We did survive, even though we had to cancel all of our outdoor activities and could only use the gym for short periods of time (it isn’t cooled). I was able to fight to keep my bike class from having to cancel our rides, so we took 45-90 minute bike rides around the Mississippi River stopping frequently for water and to relax. Whenever we stopped it actually felt hotter without the breeze, but it was a good way to get some easy seat time on the bike. I also decided to raise my bike seat on the commuter bike and it is a lot more comfortable ride now.
I skipped my Tuesday run due to the heat – it didn’t seem smart to over exert myself when I knew I’d be out riding for awhile in the heat. The bike commutes weren’t fun. I had a meeting on Tuesday after work and had to take Nadia with me. Usually we’d bike back to the meeting, but opted to take the city bus instead – good choice!
The weather over the weekend was amazing and on Sunday morning I was able to ride 18 miles with the temps in the mid-60’s!! It felt oh so good to zip up the bike jersey for the first few miles!
Bike: 102 mi
Run: 12.1 mi
Swim: 0.4 mi
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Dear Nick Cross: Congratulations! You have been chosen in the lottery and are officially registered for the 13th annual Medtronic TC 10 Mile on October 2, 2011. We are looking forward to another spectacular day in the Twin Cities. If you haven’t already, you’ll receive an additional email from Marathonguide.com, our registration provider, with your credit card charges. We want your experience to be enjoyable and memorable. Please read the following important information:
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Bike Trailer Train
July 2011
Stellar training last week!
Race Day, Sunday, October 2