2012 Cycling Events

Currently i am working on building a list of 2012 cycling events for the Penticton Area (within 2 hour drive). There are a few events that i am interested in competing in, so over the next few weeks i will start to plan my season accordingly to best prepare myself for them.
You can see the list here http://bit.ly/tTAtX8 and there is also a link to download the PDF version which i also created.

Los Angeles

Got an awesome Christmas present from the Girlfriend
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/134592152
Check out where we drove Yesterday

2012 Races

So looking at the running races of 2012 and i have found 10 that interest me. I feel that i could target 4 or 5 of these depending on how my fitness is going and if it is going even better then expected, there might be a triathlon or two that i might race.

1 Jan
Polar Bear Run 2k & 5K, Polar Bear Swim, Peachland

12 Feb
Freeze Up 5K, Peachland

04 Mar
IRA #2 – TIMEX #6 LAKESIDE 5K - Penticton

15 Apr
IRA #5 – WINE CAPITAL 10 K – Oliver

22 Apr
Spring 10K & Half Marathon – Peachland

13 May
IRA #6 – BLOSSOM 10 MILER - Penticton

20 May
Peach City Half Marathon & 10K - Penticton

03 Jun
Giants Head Run 5.4k, 10k, Summerland

01 Jul
Canada Day Beach Run 5 & 10 K - Peachland

09 Oct
Okanagan International Marathon - Kelowna

http://www.interiorrunning.ca/Other/2012_events.pdf

Training

So starting to look at my training lately and it has been improving. I've been getting out and running a bit more consistently. The Photo below shows my last 4 weeks where i have covered 84 kms with most of that being running. I did put in one big bike ride with 13 other total workouts. A total of 8 hours doesn't seem much but my runs have been around 20-30 minutes.

Looking at my stats there is plenty room for improvement as i think i could get my 4 week hourly total up to 20-30 hours averaging 1 hour a night, 5 nights a week. My big thing is, i need to take the indoor trainer seriously and do some intervals. I will work my way up to 20 x 3 at 80% of MHR.

Sports Action

So lately i have been doing a bit of light gambling which is a lot of fun trying to predict winners. I have been playing Sports Action Oddset by the BC Lottery in which you have to choose the winner of at least two different games (maximum of 6 games) where the odds are multiplied to give you the odds for the combined games you choose. So far i haven't had too much luck, with Hockey being the hardest to pick the winners as there are so many different things that make a Hockey team a winner.

Today was my first day of picking winners of the NFL and i accidently picked the New York Giants to beat the undefeated Green Bay Packers. I also have Baltimore for the win over Cleveland. My odds are 6:1 and i have a $3 bet on. Hopefully i come out a winner. I'll let you know how it goes.