What a weekend!

Well this past weekend was Kevin, Mike and Gary's last longer brick workout and Sunday morning didn't start off well or end very well either.

Here is a summary of what happened:
1. Gary had to come to a quick stop and fell off his bike. Well it cracked his Cervelo frame. (12 miles into the ride)
2. Mike fell off his bike going up the sidewalk at the Yacht Club and his seat fell off. (24 miles into the ride)
3. Well I had two blow outs at the same time plus when we tried to put a new tube in the stem came out. (55 miles into the ride)
4. Mike almost fell off his bike going back up the sidewalk to the Yacht Club.

Thank goodness no one got hurt.

Very Busy Week

It has been awhile since I have written on my blog because I haven't had time. It has been another busy week but I got a few minutes so I thought I should write something. Below is my typical week:

Monday: Up @ 5:00 a.m to walk Dixie and possible go for a run. Then I have my Middle School Cross Country practice at 8:00 a.m until 8:50 then I start work from 8:50 to 4:15.

Tuesday: Up @ 4:50 a.m to walk Dixie then head to the pool for a little swim. Go to work @ 8:20 until 4:15. Then head out to the Lake Buena Vista running practice to help coach about 50 runners for the marathon season. Back at home by 8:00 p.m

Wednesday: Up @ 5:00 a.m to walk Dixie and try to run. Middle School Cross Country practice from 8:00 a.m until 8:50. Then I start work from 8:50 - 4:15. Head to Orlando for our Team Hendryx running program for 6:00 p.m practice until 7:00 p.m. Back at home by 8:00 p.m.

Thursday: Up @ 4:50 a.m to walk Dixie then head to the pool if I can stay awake long enough. Head to work at 8:20 until 4:15. Hopefully get a little workout in after work.

Friday: Up @ 5:00 a.m only because Dixie keeps waking me up to take her out. This is the day I try to sleep in but I do have my cross country practice @ 8:00 a.m until 8:50 a.m. Work from 8:50 until 4:15.

Saturday: Well this Saturday I have to be at our Team Hendryx running program at West Orange Trail @ 7:00 a.m to help our athletes with their long run. Then I will head back home to jump on my bike to try and meet up with Kevin, Gary and Mike on their 112 mile bike. I should be able to catch 50 miles or so of their ride.

Sunday: We have our Team Burnham practice @ 7:00 a.m to help them with their long run. Then head back to Clermont to try and get a workout in and catch up with our Ironman training athletes as they do a relay in the Florida Challenge after biking a 112 and running 6 on Saturday.

I guess I know why I have been tired lately but it is fun. I am coaching Middle School kids all the way up to adults training for either a 10k, 1/2 marathon, marathon and even an iron distance triathlon.

The next four weeks are going to be really hectic because I have Team Hendryx practice on Wednesday plus our cross country meets. Thank goodness that Rene' has offered to help out a little and Steve is stepping up to help cover a practice or so on Wednesday.

Until next time, Be safe!

1st swim back after 3 weeks off

Well I got my stitches out on Sunday. Thanks Dr. Mike for taking care of me. I haven't been able to swim for 3 weeks so today I decided to get up early, well actually Dixie got me up at 4:55 a.m so I went for a swim at the NTC. When I got there I realized that I wasn't fully prepared. I didn't have my swim bag with me but I did have my swim suit on and a pair of old goggles in my bag. While I was standing on the edge of the pool I realized that I had my swim suit on inside out. Oh, well my friend "Jim" told me to just jump in and no one would notice. I just thought it was kinda of funny that I didn't even realize it until I got to pool.

A couple of pictures from Boulder

Above is a picture of the mountains in Boulder but you can't see them because a storm was coming in. Actually it rained the first few days that we were here. I will add a new picture of what the mountains actually look like without the clouds.

I thought this was neat. I saw this the other morning as I was walking Dixie. Looks like someone was in need of help. I didn't think they were going to clear the trees but they did and the big balloon actually was able to help push the smaller one until they were clear of everything.

Good Week in Boulder

It has been a good week in Boulder. A little gloomy the first few days but the sun is out now and it is really nice. The temperature is perfect. I have done a few workouts with Kevin Konczak and we have been talking about a camp that we want to put on in May.

Dixie is doing well and getting adjusted with the other animals around.

I will post some pictures once I get a chance.

Oh, good job to the PAL kids today at their race in Howey-n-the-Hills.

Made it to Boulder

Well after driving two days and covering a little over 1800 miles we finally made it to Boulder, Colorado. Dixie did really well on the trip but was glad to get out of the vehicle so she can run around. Going to take it easy for a few days because we are a little tired from the drive.

Oh, we are staying at Rene's sisters house and her mom has a cat that has put the fear in Dixie. The cat has been stalking Dixie and now Dixie is scared of the cat. Too Funny.

Will post more later.

Brief Summary of Last Week

Summary of last weeks training.

Monday: PAL practice at Windy Hill Middle School. Running intervals and bike spin.

Tuesday: Lake Buena Vista Club practice. Thunder storm rolled in so we got rained out.

Wednesday: Team Hendryx running program over at Blue Jacket Park. We had our participants do timed intervals and everyone did a good job.

Thursday: No coaching practices so I was able to get some good training in on this day.

Friday: I ended up swimming in the lake with Kevin Johnson on for an hour. Then I rode with him while he was doing his bike intervals.

Saturday: Bill and I were at PAL practice. The PAL kids had a swim workout, then we had them run some with some hill work. After practice, I decided to go for my run but I noticed that my right foot was hurting pretty bad. I then realized that I had strain some tendons while at PAL practice. I won't go into the details of how I hurt the foot. Well I ended up running anyways and did a lap around the lake at 10:45 a.m and it was already hot. After showering and getting some food in my stomach I noticed that I couldn't walk on my right foot. Well when Rene' came home from taking her 3rd class of Kinesiotaping she used some of that magic tape on my foot and I was able to walk around. For more information on this tape check out Rene's blog @ http://www.renemayerfl.blogspot.com/

Sunday: Steve, Rene' and I went out for a 60 mile bike ride. After an hour into the ride we were all dripping wet from the heat and humidity. The last 1 mile we did get caught in a rain storm which cool things off for 5 minutes then the sun came out just in time for me to jump off the bike and run 5 miles.


Any interest in doing some open water swimming e-mail me @ sean_hendryx@hotmail.com