Quick Ride

Just doing the Indian Head out and Back again. Still really tight and tough getting going, will be back at it soon enough though! Overall, moderately heavy wind and need to get my cadence back soon! Had progressively faster 5 mile splits through the ride...

quick run

Ran nice and easy with Trinity for a 2.4 mile warmup. She is having some adjustment issues to the new baby, so I wanted to take her out for some time with just me and no baby. Seemed to help. She still isnt' completely back to full strength, but she was definitely more excited about going today! After dropping Trinity off at home, got out for an additional 2x 1 mile repeats before coming home to play with Cole. Finished the miles in 6:51 and then in 6:33 min. Felt really good for the first one, really labored through the second.

Out for a short ride

Out for my first ride post-Cole! It was SUPER painful to pull myself away for the 1 hour ride, but I have had some mild migraines from lack of activity so it was definitely necessary. Only went for a short ride down to Indian Head, but still felt good to get out. A pretty strong headwind, and I was really tight, so I only avg 19.3 mph. Avg Cad 89 RPM.

Colvin William Caldwell!!! Zoom is BORN!!!

Hey everyone! So Little Zoom was finally born! Zoom turned out to be a 8 lb 12 oz baby boy, he was 21.5 inches long and was officially born at 5:59 PM. Things, as usual, didn't go as planned and due to his 14 inch head after being elongated from both pushing and forceps couldn't come out the right way SOOOO, a emergency c-section was required. Betsy and baby are both 100% fine and we are looking forward to talking with all of you over the coming days!

Last run before BAY-BAH!!!

Running first thing Monday morning before work. Trying to get in one last run before the baby birthin' tomorrow, since "I don't know nuttin' bout birthin' no babies!". Good run overall, maintained approx. 8 min miles, finishing the last mile in 6:48! Miles in 8:13, 8:08, 8:10, 8:19, 8:14, 8:07, 8:10, 6:49. Unfortunately, Trinity couldn't join me and it doesn't appear she will be able to in the near future :-(

Tough Trainer workout

Spinervals Totally Time Trial. Died out after the first two 15 min intervals. Just really killed myself in the process. Perhaps too tired from this weekends ride? Either way, I will have at min a 2-3 day layoff due to the best possible reason... OUR NEW BABY!!! Can't wait to find out what we are having!

Tracking Wilkes Boothe by Bike

Riding the Accokeek to Port Tobacco route. This is a great ride in Southern MD that follows some of the trail that was covered by John Wilkes Boothe as he attempted to alude the US authorities following the assasination of Abraham Lincoln. Really nice route, but had some issues. Some idiot in a white truck decided he needed to slow down to yell obscenties at me because I had the nerve to ride on the side of his road. I know, I know, I should know better than to use the roads he so rightfully paid for, but I just can't help myself! Then the ride turned out to be a bit longer than anticipated (50 miles in all) partially due to a wrong turn, but mostly because of a problem with the distance calculation on Mapmybike.com telling me it would be a 40 mile ride. Anywhoo this caused me to bonk at about 47 miles in, so I had to stop and get a snickers at a gas station. Overall a really fun ride and couldn't have asked for a nicer day.

Home late... on the trainer again

Got home late from work, so had to do a trainer workout. Got in the Muscle Breakdown Spinervals workout. Really beat me down. Been really worn out this week, just in time for the baby to come! Must be residual from last week's big proposal and the stress that went with that... Hopefully I will get some sleep this weekend!

And Trinity is BACK!!!

After about a 3 week hiatus due to a toe issue, little Trinity was finally healed up and ready to roll. This morning we went for a fairly easy 4 mile run, keeping it slow at 8:30 pace to make sure we didn't go too long or too fast for her as I am sure she lost a bit of fitness in the layoff. She was tired at the end and clearly wasn't in top form, but she is back and I now have my running partner again!

Father's Day ride

Going for a Father's Day ride, was originally going for 47 miles, but decided I wanted to come home a bit earlier and spend the afternoon with Betsy and the dogs so I cut it short and finished doing the 28 mile loop. Came within 35 seconds of my PR time for that course, so overall it was a pretty good ride. It was in the mid 80's with a nice breeze, so you certainly won't hear me complaining! Great ride, lots of fun, but glad I got home earlier to join Betsy to give the dogs a bath, take them for a walk and then watch a movie together to celebrate our last Father's Day without me being an 'official' Dad! Avg Cad 89