6, 6, 6:01

8th week in: 96 hours and 710 miles to date. 26 weeks left. Not sure I was fully recovered from the long run at 6:59 pace the past weekend because this week felt a little hard. I will be taking the current week a lot easier in preparation for training camp and then race season picks up.


Swim: The pool was open on Monday, so I got in a 1,000 meter alternate breathing swim. Not bad for me considering I haven’t been in the water for two weeks because of these swim meets keeping the pool closed.

Bike: I did one spin night with hills and a 70 miler on Saturday. We only averaged 17.5 mph but for some reason, I was tired at around 50 miles. It was tough to hang on for the last few miles. I guess the volume of lifting and intensity of running caught up to me this week.

Run: I did three 1 mile repeats at 6:00.22, 6:00.77, and 6:01.27. Felt fantastic during them. Left me TIRED and sore afterwards. I’ve never been that close to breaking a 6:00 min mile. I tried very hard to break 6 but just couldn’t. Thursday was hill sprints. Yeah, fun… NOT!
Lifting: 3 days, 1:30 each. Friday incorporated one back/shoulder exercise that totaled 500 reps after the 5 sets were complete. It was a tough week lifting. Fourtunately, I’m only lifting two days a week in the next two weeks then we transition to maintenance over the next 3 weeks. Come April, I’ll focus more on the endurance side of biking and running instead of building a strong base in the gym.

USANA: I’ve been taking my personalized vitamin packs from USANA now for about a week. I think I can tell a slight difference in how I feel, but it’s hard to tell considering I was trashed going into this week. I was currently taking GNC products, so it’s not like I was going from no supplements to using them. Hopefully these will pay off in the long run and keep my body clean of all the toxins and free radicals that build up from the training. See the photos, it’s an AM pack and a PM pack, so 16 vitamins a day (well, it’s a multi, fish oil, glucosamine, etc.). They come in that nice back that just dispenses what you need. It’s very convenient.


Giro Aero Helmet: As part of my Valentine’s Day gift from Kiki, I picked up this sucker on Sunday (my rest day; I figured I could do something on my rest day to help make me faster right?). I think Cozmo looks pretty fast in it.