The Life and Times of Sam Luna

This post will be updated with results as the month of December goes on.  MC^3  - Bike, I did a dry run on the bike to see where my current comfortable fitness is before a full blown effort later this month. Relay-istic Winners  -  Run, On 12/1 as I thought I knocked this out asap as the first workout Tri Harder Next Time  - Swim - Just had to "GET IT DONE"! Team Results   Individual Results

Wrapping up November and heading into December with a fun Virtual Challenge from the Castelli Colletivo . They call it the December Challenge; create a relay team to complete an Olympic Distance Triathlon. So that is a 1500 meter swim, a 24.9 mile (40K) bike, and a 6.2 mile (10K) run finished in December. So why not just do one event? I have decided to join 3 relay teams and do all 3 events. So how will I do this? After some brief thoughts I have decided to knock out the 10k asap, probably the 2nd of December. Then maybe try a 40k TT on the bike trainer over the weekend and then use the rest of December to "hone" my pain cave and get another 40K in at the end of the month. The swim will just have to happen. Fortunately the pool is outside, but heated so I will find a "warmer" afternoon and get it done. MC^3 - Bike Relay-istic Winners -  Run Tri Harder Next Time - Swim Team Results   Individual Results

Hello to the 2 people that keep checking for an update (I see you mom and dad)!  So as I round the corner to 40 and being a masters I decided it was time to put some work in and start to train a bit. With the pandemic time management has been a bit easier with a work from home schedule.  A couple race reports to share. Galveston Daily Press Run 10K  -  Results I signed up for this race to use as a Coral A course certificate qualifier for the Aramco Half Marathon with hopes of pacing Sarah.  The course is used for a few different series, but I have never done any of the bridge runs. I did a few workouts leading up to the 10k that included hill repeats to help simulate the anticipated grind up and down the bridge.  I felt like 6:30 pace would be pretty close to my ability and a HR between 174-178 would be a good range. I ended up with an avg. 6:19 pace and HR of 181. Good day for 2nd overall. Full stats

Sooo Sam on a MTB??? Sure why not!   I really needed to just race. Sometimes you just need to go deep and enter the pain cave.   One of my fellow UH alums, Ben Proko who is not only a Band Instructor, but a Triathlete, Coach and Race director. He puts on a few different races and with the Pandemic, he was able to get this race approved with precautions and a limited field. I was also fortunate to be able to do this race with my friend Fede who was doing his first triathlon! We had a blast and it was great to be able to race and see some old friends! Results   Pictures

A 10k? A race you ask? Yes, lets do it! Its been long, and all the pre race jitters came back! Warm up and race morning seemed like I was a newbie all over again. Results

 Annual Video chasing Sarah around the Half Marathon