LA Cycling Day

Our LA Mayor, a.k.a. Mr.Telemundo.  From the speech he is giving, this guy has a lot of charisma.  I was going to ride with his group, but I got tired of waiting.  These news reporters wouldn't stop interviewing him.

So, this is the day, 7-mile event that they set up in LA for cyclist.  All free of cars, only cyclists, runners and walkers.  LA the finest were everywhere, one officer even came up to me and ask me about my Look.  At first I thought I did something illegal...lol.  Normally, cops don't act that friendly.  When I ran the LA Marathon, only the Fire Fighter guys were cheering.  Cops were all standing there with their dark Oakley sunglasses looking like a mean prison guard.   Nevertheless, I had a great conversation with him.

Gotta love LA. It's my home!  Oh Brasil..no, this is just a Brazilian BBQ restaurant. It's the infamous farmers market at the Groove. Back to my training log.. 5 more weeks to go, and I am still dogging it..only 9-10 hrs per week of training.  Next week, I need to double that amount. 

Training Log 8/30 to 9/20

12 weeks left:
Mon: Run 40 min
Tues: Run 40 min, Bike 10 min, Run 26 min
Wed:  Recover, a few sets of push ups
Thurs: Bike 2 hrs, Run 26 min
Fri: Recover
Sat: Walk all day at USS midway/Sea World..lol
Sun: Bike 5 hrs (Irvine to Camp Pendleton)
Total Trainning: 9 hrs 22 min

11 weeks left:
Mon: Nothing
Tues: Run 60 min
Wed: 6-8 sets of push ups/pull ups
Thurs: Bike 2.5 hrs.
Fri: Run 50 min med fast pace
Sat: Drill in Vegas
Sun: Drill in Vegas
Total Training: 4 hrs 20 min

10 weeks left:
Mon: Run 1 hr
Tues: Swim 10 min, weight training.
Wed: Bike 1 hr
Thurs: Run 10 min fast pace
Fri: Bike 2 hrs
Sat: Bike 3 hrs, Run 20 min
Sun: Swim 20 min, Run 10 min
Total Training: 8 hrs 10 min

90 mile ride from Tustin to Camp Pendleton

So, I didn't do a LA-SD ride like I was going to do.  Instead, I did a OC-Camp Pendleton ride, roughly 90 miles round trip.  I started at 2pm and ended up going back to Peggy's house in Tustin at 8:30pm in the dark.  On the way back, I ate at this burger joint in San Clemente, and hit a pot hole and got a flat.  That delayed about 30 minutes.  Got back to Irvine, pitch black, freezing my ass off, with cycling lights.  Stupid google direction got me going to the wrong way for about another 15 minutes.  Overall, a good experience.  Will I do this again.  Ah... may be not alone.  (Juan, I know you are reading this, you said you will do one)

Once I passed the front gate on base, the headwind was a serious business.  I went from 18-19 mph to 10-11 mph.  By the way, Camp Pendleton is a huge base with miles of shooting range and big forest.

I wanted to turnaround here, but was curious to see that's over the hill.  5-10 minutes later, I climbed over and there was nothing.  I took a little relieve up there, and start heading back. 

Lesson Learned:
My weakness: 1) hills 2) headwind
My strength: the opposite of above... lol  No serious, I need flat + a little tail wind = my strength 

USS Midway in San Diego

A relaxing day in San Diego with my fiance, this is at USS Midway. 

HH-46 Sea Knight, I worked on this helicopter before.  Not only did I work on this kind of helicopter, I worked on this "particular" one before.  I remember the same serial number back in 2002 when I was assigned to Detactment 4 of my Squadron.  What a surprise to me..  The HH-46 had already been decommissioned, the HH-60 is their replacement. 

This was the kind of bed I slept on every night for 6 freaking months.  The become very comfortable after a long day of work.  You can actually open up the bunk and put your stuff underneath.  The Navy made this very convenience for everybody.

Junior Officer 0-1 to 0-3, they get a more comfortable bed that is comparable to the CPOs E7-E9. 

Typical work center for the fighter squardons on the ship.

Other aircrafts on the flight deck.

Gun shoot with the team!

Our Officer-in-charge set us up a drill weekend for us to qualify for the 9mm and shotgun.  I had such a great time!  The MAs (MP) there were very knowledgeable and professional.  One of the instructors is a real cop on the outside, and the female instructor is a LAPD dispatcher.
Although the shotgun was powerful, but I still like the 9mm more simply because I feel like I have more control of the target.

In a few months, we will get to sign up for jump school "Parachute Course".  Now I know what it is like to be paid for something you enjoy doing!

Sunday Afternoon Ride in the Southbay

Cruising in El Segundo Beach during sunset.  I love riding at the beach!  Beautiful scenery, fresh air, ocean smell, beautiful houses, beautiful runners..

 

Scanttante vs Look 

Training Log 8/16 to 8/27

14 weeks left:
Mon: Run 11 miles
Tues: Swim 70 min
Wed: Run 7 miles
Thurs:  Recovery; 4 sets of push-up
Fri: Run 6 miles
Sat: Drill weekend, rest
Sun: Played soccer during my drill weekend
Total hrs of training:  5.5 hrs + soccer 

13 weeks left:
Mon: 5 sets of Pull ups, trying to recover from yesterday's soccer game.
Tues: Swim 1.2 mile + 800 meter = 1 hr 13 min
Wed: 2 sets of Push ups, stretching exercises.
Thur: Bike 20 miles to work; Run 3 miles; Bike home 14 miles.
Fri: Recover, a few sets of push ups.
Sat: Bike 3.5 hrs.
Sun: Run 10 min, Bike 1.5 hrs
Total hrs of training: 9.25 hrs.

I am dogging it for the past 2 weeks..  Obviously, I need to increase my training time.  These hardcore Ironman out there spend 30 hrs a week of training.