Nick stepping in for Day 160 of the 365 Challenge. Out in Ithaca, NY for the weekend as my brother has a big race this weekend against Princeton and Yale for the Carnegie Cup Crew Race. Nice to be back on the East Coast and excited to continue my training in this near summer east coast weather. Also, after a great San Diego trip with the Cornell Crew team (picture below after a volleyball game), I was ready to be back with the guys for another race weekend on their home course.

Friday proved to be a big day in terms of my training. While Alex and his team paddled the course in preparation for the race on Saturday, I went for an 11.5 mile run on the outskirts of Ithaca. First mile was down to the brand new Boat house. 2nd mile was next to the railroad tracks along the river. The third was behind home depot and towards the highway before I ventured off into the woods, found a path that led me to a park with a very steep hill. The 6:15 min per mile pace that I was hitting came to an immediate decrease as I climbed the almost 2 mile hill. Pace dropped to about 7:40 per mile until I was able to get cruising again at the crest. Turn around after a few incredible views overlooking the farmland country of Ithaca, NY and headed back down the hill at sub 5 minute pace.

Returned to the boat house as the team was docking. Got a good dead lift leg workout in with one legged pushups to strengthen the core in between sets. Was very exhausted since that was my longest run since mid December. Feeling great and excited for this weeks’ workouts in all the different cities with different friends and family members.

Keep up the training. It will pay dividends.

AR. NF. NR.

Nick

Every time I go to write my blog, I think about how shameful my blog is compared to the Wednesday blog.  I have no media, no partner I am doing it with, and more times than not, nothing too exciting.  Well, not much has changed today, but I realized that consistency is not a bad thing. Every Thursday I do my 3 miles by myself and, after being out at lacrosse practice as an assistant, it is exactly what I need.  So today, I did just that.  After practice I went out for a 3 mile run . It was sunny and 70, and once again, a great Thursday workout.

-Tim

We are currently in the middle of our racing season on the water but I thought that a 2k test on the erg couldn’t hurt, so one of my teammates and I sat down to do one before practice. Below is the video of the final 1:30 or so. My form is not at all stellar but in my defense, it is the last 350 meters of a 2k and it has been weeks since we’ve done any 2k prep…regardless, congratulations to Nathaniel, my teammate, who ended up pulling a personal best.

http://youtu.be/VTy4wnZLfRc

ar.nf.nr.

-Alex

Hello We are One 356!

Spring is upon us! WOOHOO!!

 Last week I spent everyday working out in a hotel gym.  However, today was such a treat as my workout was a long walk on a beautiful NH beach, in 85 degree weather with my new husband! This walk was followed by another walk into town to get an ice cream! First one of the season 🙂

Although this was not a  hard core, sweaty, “feel like you’re going to die” workout, sometimes your body needs a little break and to remember its the simple things in life. 

xoxo

Granite Girls

Happy Monday 365-ers! I hope everyone had a great weekend and got in lots of good exercise!

I’ve grown a little tired of doing so much running lately, so I’ve been substituting extra miles on the old bicycle for the usual jogs. Sunday was a particularly good day to be a Los Angeles cyclist as the city held one of its regular CicLAvias. The city closed off over ten miles of downtown road for the event, leaving the streets car-free for thousands of bikers, skaters, runners, and walkers. Having to dodge cars and buses on my ride this morning definitely left me longing to live in a more bike friendly city. I found a nice thirteen-mile bike lane from my house to the beach that doesn’t have too many cars whizzing by, but the idea of someone opening their car door on me is constantly in the back of my mind. Nonetheless, biking has become my new favorite hobby and I hope to keep logging lots of miles.

Have a wonderful week! See you next Monday!

-Derek

It was a beautiful weekend here in Baltimore and with the perfect spring weather, members of team Baltimore set out to partake in a variety of activities and workouts.

Graham Becker and Mark Wheeler are pictured below getting a good workout in at the local rock climbing compound.

Erich Raschid had his first game for his Sunday Kickball League today, where he wore his WAO365 shirt to help spread the word and build awareness within the league.

This afternoon Mike Kirby, Graham Becker and Chris Diller had a group run around the Baltimore Inner Harbor.  Below is a picture of Chris celebrating the end of the run.

We hope everyone has a great week with plenty of great workouts!

See you next week!

-Go O’s

This week seemed to have flown by faster than many other weeks in a while. It’s officially spring time so that means my traveling season is well on its way. With Portland, Nashville, San Diego and Florida already under my belt, I’m looking forward to the next few weeks spread out in upstate New York, Philadelphia, Boston and New Hampshire. My workouts as of late have been going really well. I have logged almost 40 miles per week for the past two weeks. Been getting into a regular lifting routine while incorporating urging workouts and biking to keep the heart rate up in between reps and sets. All in all, pretty happy with how my training has been progressing.

I warmed up with some of my Santa Monica teammates before their race today at UCLA. They raced the mile. Tony, my training partner, won it in 4:04. It was a relatively windy day and this week of training was very demanding. Now I know 4:04 sounds fast and don’t get me wrong, it is, however, we were hoping to see some results under 4 minutes today. Another big race next weekend.

Hope everyone is getting more devoted to their spring training in whatever activity you chose to do. Beach season, that 4th of July road race, summer softball leagues…whatever it is. I wish you all the best of luck and remember to use WAO and myself as a resource and guide for any and all activities.

Be sure to pick your day and make the pledge on the site. Challenges, city wide and teams/days, are in the making so be sure to join.

AR. NF. NR.

Nick

Happy Friday,

Getting a little sick of that generic opening, but I can’t think of much else. 

Since the weather was beautiful in New England today, I broke out the tennis racquet. I played quite a few times this week with my roommate KE, but today we put our friendship aside and played a few sets. 

KE mopped the floor with me in both sets (6-2) and (6-4) but I blame his youth and my bad back on the results. Regardless it was all about the work out and love for the game. 

Enjoy your weekend,

Maxim 

Moving even deeper into our spring racing season, we were down in Washington, D.C. this past weekend for the George Washington University Invitational.

The course is right next to Georgetown, on the Potomac:

I was lucky enough to have an incredible fan section:

We raced Georgetown in our first race and just beat them over the 2k course with a time of 5:35. In the afternoon, we raced UCSD and were able to improve our time to 5:30. Hope you all are enjoying the week and getting in some good workouts.

ar nf nr

-Alex

Today was a cardio day! I was able to get to the gym before and after work.  This morning I was in Harrisonburg VA and ran intervals on the treadmill for 15 min and then went on the elliptical for another 15.

Today I flew on the smallest commercial aircraft I think exists. There was SO much turbulence and I got incredibly motion sick, it was not a great experience and doesn’t bode well for my husband who would some day like to get his pilots licence and a small plane like that! But none the less we landed in Philly, PA! I figured I was lucky to be alive so it could hurt to work out again. 

The gym at the hotel in Philly is awesome!! I walked on the treadmill for 25 minutes at an incline of 6 and a speed of 4 with 5lb weights in my hands.  For any of you who do not like to run, this was a great sweat and my arms felt as though they might fall off!!

Have a great week!

xoxo

Granite Girls