Trek Up the Tower 2010

This was my third year racing up the tower and i was able to cut 14 seconds off my fastest time. Specifically:

Time:    6:02 
Overall Place: 24 of 1126    
Place in Gender: 24 of 524     
Place in Age Division: 3 of 124
Team Place: 2nd (Ryan W, me, Scott B)

For me, the key was a deliberate start and an even pace.

Gallup had a record number of climbers and i was proud of everyone's effort.

Time to train and race on level ground for a while.

January 2010 Totals

January saw a resurgence in consistency.  As for volume, swimming was solid.  Biking was pretty good but not great.  Gone are the days of running 80 miles per week (only running a max of 3 days/week because of injury concerns) so i filled the gaps with work on the StairMaster and stairs and that has paid off.

Here are the numbers:

Swim -- 17.1 miles.  11 swims.  1.6 miles (2575 meters)/swim.

Bike (trainer) -- 212.75 miles.  8 rides.  26.6 miles/ride.

Run -- 96.5 miles.  13 runs.  7.4 miles/run.

Stairs -- 501 minutes on StairMaster.  12 climbs.  41.8 minutes/climb.  Also climbed 286 flights of actual stairs over 4 sessions.

Lifting/Abs work -- 10 sessions.