Sunday, May 24, 2009

The Silverlake Triathlon

Last Sunday I did the Silverlake Triathlon in Pearland. Overall, the race was uneventful. This was the third time I have done this race and out of all the races I have done I have done this one more than any other. Out of my three races here it was my second fastest. It was my fastest run but it was my slowest bike and slowest swim. My bike was only 4 seconds slower than my fastest time but it was still my slowest. My swim however was 1'15" slower than last year and it was my second race in a row with a poor swim time. Part of the issue at this race was that I had a guy behind me that kept grabbing my leg. I kicked him once but I couldn't shake him. I still felt that I should have had a better swim time due to the amount of time I have spent in the pool this year. I really need to get down to The Heart of the Matter with my swimming. It has always been my weakest part of triathlon but I made it less of a liability in 2008. The good news is that I have plenty of time to work on it prior to IM Cozumel.

Later

Monday, May 11, 2009

Nerd Alert, Nerd Alert

In the first of a couple non triathlon related posts I wanted to give a review of Wolverine and Star Trek. I'll be brief as to not give too much away.

Wolverine was a good movie but there was some cheesy points in the movie. First, the good stuff. The movie did a good job at explaining how Wolverine came to be and how he got his claws, etc.... The new characters that were introduced were cool. I particularly liked Deadpool and Gambit. I would have like to have seen Gambit in the first 3 X-Men movies.The scenes where Wolverine and Sabertooth were fighting back to back were lame but overall I thought the movie was good and I do recommend that you see it. For fans of comics I hope they keep making lots of these Superhero movies.

Star Trek was freaking awesome. I am a huge fan of Star Trek. I have seen all the movies more times than I can count. I've seen every episode of all the different Star Trek shows with the exception of DS9. I thought the story, the special effects and the casting were great. The movie portrayed the characters much differently than they have been done in the past. Karl Urban who plays McCoy sounded just like DeForrest Kelly and he even made a lot if the same facial expressions. Chris Pine who played Kirk was great and did not try to imitate William Shatner which was probably good. Zachary Quinto who plays Spock looked just like Nimoy and the cast brought an interesting take to Star Trek. This was a great story and I highly recommend this movie even if you were not a fan of the original series.

Bellville

Saturday I rode 70 miles out in Bellville with the TNT Cycle Team. They needed a a coach to fill in so I volunteered. I needed the miles so I ventured out. The first half of the ride was pretty easy but as we turned back the heat and the wind picked up. To make matters worse the hills were brutal. The team did well with the exception of rider who was having trouble with the heat. It was great to get out a get a long ride in.

As for the rest of my training everything seems to be going pretty well. I've kept the miles at a moderate level the last couple of weeks with the exception of the last ride. I have a couple of Sprints coming up and then I start to ramp up the mileage for my upcoming races leading up to IM Cozumel.