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Nice night for running. I didn’t measure my distance today just aimed myself at some big hills and ran up and down. Practiced my down hill running technique.

Logbook Activity

• Type: Run
• Date: 08/27/2008
• Time: 19:00:00
• Total Time: 1:11:52.32

Short swim and cycle brick today. Pretty hot so I just rode at the gym.

Logbook Activity

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 08/25/2008
• Total Time: 00:25:00.00
• Distance: 7 miles
• Average Speed: 16.8 mph

Logbook Activity

• Type: Swim
• Date: 08/25/2008
• Total Time: 00:19:30.22
• Distance: 880 yd
• Average Pace: 2:12.82/100yd

My mom has been in poor health most of her life. Without boring you all with every detail I will just sum it up as quickly as I can. About 15 years ago she had a couple of massive strokes. She is unable to talk and recently lost the ability to eat(she is now on a stomach tube). Lately she has not had much energy and has been very lethargic.

So with my recent health kick I thought it would help her to try to work up to walk a 5k and I just wanted to get a little feedback from those of you in the fitness business. My dad and I were talking at dinner tonight and thought a personal trainer might help. Are there personal trainers that specialize working with special needs people? If so does anyone know how I go about finding a good one?

I think that the idea of a goal(5k) would be good for her. Just to walk it and finish. It would be something she could look forward to and it would help her build strength while working towards that goal. It would also help her self esteem a lot to have a finishing medal. Also I would like to find a super easy training plan that would help her build up to that goal.

Logbook Activity

• Type: Swim
• Date: 08/24/2008
• Time: 19:46:53
• Total Time: 00:45:26.70
• Distance: 1760 yd
• Average Pace: 2:34.96/100yd

Logbook Activity

• Type: Flexibility
• Date: 08/24/2008
• Time: 07:00:00
• Total Time: 1:30:00.00

Logbook Activity

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 08/23/2008
• Time: 23:24:00
• Total Time: 4:21:07.00
• Distance: 60.41 miles
• Average Speed: 13.88 mph
• Max Speed: 43.5 mph

Big brick work out today. Started with a long ride through emigration to east canyon lake marina. Got a flat a couple of miles from my house with no spare so a friend came and picked me up. I felt a lot stronger today than I did last week. It was a different ride but about the same distance.

When I got home I put on my running shoes and went for a long run(over 10 miles). I felt great the whole day but my times are way off. I guess a few more good bricks will solve that problem. The key for me is finishing only so my time matters little. But it must be faster than the cutoff times.

Logbook Activity

• Type: Run
• Date: 08/23/2008
• Time: 15:00:00
• Total Time: 1:51:54.72
• Distance: 10.48 miles
• Average Pace: 10:40.57/mile

So I booked my room last night….I went with the fiesta. I thought long and hard about it and I figured it is in my best interest to stay near the race. So now it is full on…..like donkey kong! Silverman or bust!

Logbook Activity

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 08/22/2008
• Time: 19:00:00
• Total Time: 1:42:01.00
• Distance: 26.09 miles
• Average Speed: 15.34 mph