Six weeks in: 74 hours and about 540 miles of training already! I am very glad this week is over as it turned out to be a combination of some very hard key workouts.
SWIM: Thankfully, only because I hate it so much, the pool was closed most of the week and I only got two swims in. The pool is also closed all of this week for swim meets, so I won’t be swimming at all. YES! I do plan on spending the extra time on the bike though.
BIKE: I got one hard spin class, one trainer night, and one long ride in. Trainer night at Trace Bikes was good because John and Kristine stopped by to give the team a presentation on nutrition and USANA supplements while we road. Turns out my current vitamins suck and I’ll now be taking USANA (at a team discounted price, THANKS!). The long ride was probably the hardest bike ride I’ve had since I started riding; I was very sore once I got back home. It was about 35 degrees and came on the 14th day in a row without a rest day. My legs were toast before Jeff and I even began. Ended up with 72 miles, 4:16 total time in the saddle, 16.8mph, average HR 155, 4060 feet of climb and supposedly 4009 calories (Garmin cannot always be trusted in caloric burn). Anyway, it was a great base building ride and good for me mentally to push when I didn’t have much left to push with.
RUN: This week picked up with speedwork outside with a track coach Johnny Pryor (yes, another coach/trainer). We did mile repeats at 6:38, 6:36, and 6:30. The second session was a tempo run. After warm up, we did 3@6:53 (splits were 7:02, 6:56, and 6:40 – really kicked on that last one). The temperature was in the low to mid 30s during these runs… hopefully I can keep it up when it hits the mid 90s this summer. Since Mark and I did a hard long run last week and I needed a rest day (and had a long bike on Sat), I did not get a long run this weekend. The addition of speedwork was enough I think.
Weight training is really progressing. The quantity of workouts that we pack into an hour and 30 mins is out of control. Friday, we packed in 5 circuits that I went through 5 times and each circuit had 3 exercises that I repeated 15-20 reps. That’s 75 things that I did sets of 15-20 of. INSANE. Most of the individual exercises were single leg stuff that I had to do on each leg too, so even another multiplier. The workout was NON STOP, had speed sessions on the bike between circuits, and lasted one hour and 45 mins too… very tough and nearly all legs. Maybe if I can every fully recover, I’ll notice a some improvement on the bike.
As noted from the picture above, it snowed again on Monday (that much came down in only 1.5 hours too). Unfortunately, I’d just lifted weights and it was dark or else I’d been out running in it. Snow running is awesome. I also cooked some great food this week. One such dish to speak of would be the mesquite grilled pork chop, mixed steam veggies with almonds and ginger, and the
SWIM: Thankfully, only because I hate it so much, the pool was closed most of the week and I only got two swims in. The pool is also closed all of this week for swim meets, so I won’t be swimming at all. YES! I do plan on spending the extra time on the bike though.
BIKE: I got one hard spin class, one trainer night, and one long ride in. Trainer night at Trace Bikes was good because John and Kristine stopped by to give the team a presentation on nutrition and USANA supplements while we road. Turns out my current vitamins suck and I’ll now be taking USANA (at a team discounted price, THANKS!). The long ride was probably the hardest bike ride I’ve had since I started riding; I was very sore once I got back home. It was about 35 degrees and came on the 14th day in a row without a rest day. My legs were toast before Jeff and I even began. Ended up with 72 miles, 4:16 total time in the saddle, 16.8mph, average HR 155, 4060 feet of climb and supposedly 4009 calories (Garmin cannot always be trusted in caloric burn). Anyway, it was a great base building ride and good for me mentally to push when I didn’t have much left to push with.RUN: This week picked up with speedwork outside with a track coach Johnny Pryor (yes, another coach/trainer). We did mile repeats at 6:38, 6:36, and 6:30. The second session was a tempo run. After warm up, we did 3@6:53 (splits were 7:02, 6:56, and 6:40 – really kicked on that last one). The temperature was in the low to mid 30s during these runs… hopefully I can keep it up when it hits the mid 90s this summer. Since Mark and I did a hard long run last week and I needed a rest day (and had a long bike on Sat), I did not get a long run this weekend. The addition of speedwork was enough I think.
Weight training is really progressing. The quantity of workouts that we pack into an hour and 30 mins is out of control. Friday, we packed in 5 circuits that I went through 5 times and each circuit had 3 exercises that I repeated 15-20 reps. That’s 75 things that I did sets of 15-20 of. INSANE. Most of the individual exercises were single leg stuff that I had to do on each leg too, so even another multiplier. The workout was NON STOP, had speed sessions on the bike between circuits, and lasted one hour and 45 mins too… very tough and nearly all legs. Maybe if I can every fully recover, I’ll notice a some improvement on the bike.
As noted from the picture above, it snowed again on Monday (that much came down in only 1.5 hours too). Unfortunately, I’d just lifted weights and it was dark or else I’d been out running in it. Snow running is awesome. I also cooked some great food this week. One such dish to speak of would be the mesquite grilled pork chop, mixed steam veggies with almonds and ginger, and the
steamed potatoes with garlic, chili powder, and cumin. ALL organic and all natural. Healthy and tasty! Rest day was Valentine’s Day; however, Kristin had to work until about 3:30. We still celebrated with some Chipotle (how romantic right?) and watched some movies at home with the dogs. It was a great rest day.
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