Training is going great!

Hello friends of TandV Training. Last week was a great week as was this week. I had a terrific birthday week topped off by a totally fun party. My Duathlon partner came to the party. We planned our strategy for winning the "Second Chance" Duathlon. The date has changed to September 11th do to some scheduling conflicts. No corporate sponsors for the team yet but there is still a lot of time. The wind has been taking its toll on training. I have been riding each day but only 8 miles. I have my walking/jogging time around Nokomis to 31 or 32 minutes consistently, now to rev it up a tad. It has been too windy for the Boston's but I have made friends (in passing) with a gentleman that bikes around the lake at least 4 times. It is a huge excercising"Community" & I have just scratched the surface. As the weather improves my intentions are to bike Harriet, Calhoun & Nokomis that will broaden the "Community" for me & give our team more exposure. We hope to have some sponsors in place -- we will need equipment & uniforms soon.
Thanks for your continued support it is truly appreciated. Keep all the positive energy coming our way. As always, make it a great day & I will too!

Training progress

This has been a great week of training. Today I saw the Bostons, it is always a good day when I see them. I was on the bike, so just a wave. It is hard for the Bostons to wave (it is hard for all dogs to wave). Yesterday I had my personal best time of 31 minutes walking/running around the lake. Fueled by some really good Special Dark Chocolate and good strong coffee I got into a good zone. My biking has been limited to 11 miles each day due to time. Until I get some good corporate sponsors I must also work. I am looking forward to the days when I can spend the entire day training. Our team is AMaZing. We have a positive outlook & can also hope for a possible cancellation on the Ortho Duathlon! Our quote for today "What we anticipate seldom occurs, what we least expected generally happens." Make it a great day & I will too.

Extremely bad news

Well fans, I have some extremely bad news. Vincent & I will not be doing the Duathlon. I waited too long to register and the registration is closed. I checked it last week and it was still open so I didn't stress on it. I really wanted to get set that I was going to be able to handle it before I paid the registration fee. They say good things come to those who wait. Not in all cases. I was looking forward to getting a number. I have never gotten a trophy for anything sports related.
After talking with some of my fans, we have some organizers that want to organize a Duathlon of with our own sponsorship. As far down as we might have been with this setback, now we can pick ourselves back up and finish with the best possible times. Train. Train. Train.
Our event will take place on August 28 (this will make it easy for me to keep track of the number of days!) Jeanne will be figuring out the exact race course for us. We will be offering prize money as well a participant Tshirts. I feel like I really let the TandV team down on the Ortho race but we must keep training.
I rode 18 miles Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. I walked the 2.7 everyday. I feel great about that.
If you would like to be a participant in the new Duathlon please let me know. We will be taking registration up to the day of the race. I feel it is important for everyone to experience this. There will be intense competition & the day will be so much fun.
It is not the end of the line with the Ortho Duathlon, I will plan for 2011. Quote for today "It is a big river indeed that cannot be crossed." Make it a great day & I will too.

139 days

Hello fans of Tourand and Vincent. This week has been an extremely good training week. I saw the Bostons a couple of times & the owners asked me for my blog address -- I am going to have it ready for them next week. In my time trials I don't have time to chat (that just seems so wrong) but this training is serious business & I am taking it as such.
My fastest time this week running was 37 minutes. I have been biking each day at least 8 miles (easy). Yesterday started out as everyday, in this crazy mixed up training world -- 45 minutes on the elliptical. Then 8 miles on the bike & 2 walks around Lake Nokomis.
Today I went the 18 miles on my bike. My thoughts were that I was going to get off my bike after the 18 miles and then walk around the Lake. "Jane stop this crazy thing" It didn't happen.
This afternoon I am switching gears and training for the Martha Stuart Duathlon, 5K raking then 5K uncovering plants. It's something I have been thinking about doing for the last couple of days but today just seems right. I don't plan on coming in 1st just finishing in under 12 hours!
Make it a great day & I will too.

Training 145 days

Hello fans of team Tourand and Vincent! Everything has been going well for the Tourand part of the team. After 5 plus hours in a Bunny costume over the weekend (great aerobic exercise, by the way) topped off by a 36 minute walk/run around Lake Nokomis today, I am feeling fantastic. No reports of cute canines on my last couple of rounds. The Boston's are usually there around lunch & I was a little later today.
Saturday was really windy but my time was still 39 minutes.
Barb may join the team. It is a commitment but the rewards are many.
Thanks for your support, I will let you know when they put chocolate and coffee on the food pyramid. I would hope for Tic Tacs to make it on there too, not a chance.

Make it a great day.