FitOldDog’s Training Diary (Day 98 of 221), From Aortic Surgery To Lake Placid Ironman 2014 - A Little Of What You Fancy Does You Good

Lake Placid Ironman 2014 reminder to athletes.

The annual reminder from the organizers, by e-mail, much appreciated. I might have forgotten!

Easy week.

Workouts:

Picture of a slice of poundcake at Nordstroms

I bet it’s not this pound cake: “This recipe is over 100 years old and is the original kind of pound cake: it contains 1 pound each of butter, sugar, eggs and flour and contains no salt, baking powder or flavoring (but flavoring such as vanilla extract or almond extract can be added if desired!)” Click image for link.

Swim: 3,200 relaxed yards. I made all the intervals, but I used pull buoy on the 100s to make the times more readily, allowing me to focus on the power stroke, which turns out to have many interesting aspects, especially hand angle.

Warm-up 400
400 :30 sec rest
4 * 100 1:50
300 :30 sec rest
3 * 100 1:45
200 :30 sec rest
2 * 100 1:40
800 pull
Warm-down 200

 

After the swim I espied a slice of pound cake and resistance was futile. It was great, Paleo or no Paleo. Not being a paleolithic human has many advantages, and this is one of them.

 
Walk and rollers: 2.5-mile walk with the dogs, followed by some gentle roller work to get my myofascia moving in preparation for tomorrow’s runs.

 Important Note: These posts do not provide medical advice. You should always consult your physician before undertaking or significantly modifying an exercise program.

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About Kevin Morgan

About Me: Senior Scientist Ironman Triathlete & Blogger. Carrboro, NC. Mantra: safe exercise for better health through improved mind and body awareness. Business USP: use the experience of an actively competing scientist Ironman triathlete with an abdominal aortic aneurysm stent graft to develop a safe approach to exercise for better health through improved mind-body awareness, if you have diabetes, heart disease, cancer, obesity, other health challenge, or you are simply dealing with the effects of aging. Marital Status: Partnered Ethnicity: Caucasian
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