Yea! A recovery week.
Last week was brutal. Just over 15 hours. It was great to get outdoors for some bike rides and all of my runs, but each discipline was longer than the previous two weeks. I have relegated my body aches and pains to old age, and not to serious orthopedic problems. They(the pains) hang with me like an unwanted parasite, but like a good parasite, never seeming to finish me off! My friend had his chain break in two places, and this allowed me to see how to splice a chain back together and still finish a ride. Today I swam for 45 mins at a good pace, then ran for 120mins on some of the marathon course. I was very tired, and is hard to believe that I would have to run another 14 miles for a full marathon.
I am hoping to buy a wetsuit with our tax refund. With our air temperatures being a little lower than normal, the USGS reports that this should be cold water temperature summer.
Spring break is here for the kids. One is already in Phoenix with family. The others will be leaving for Yellowstone later in the week. I have promised my son I would build him a tree fort so I am taking a two days off work and training to get the first stage done.
This week I will only be training for 8 hours and this should allow my sore muscles to heal up. After that the next 4 weeks will ramp up the hours progressively each week.
More later!
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Week 15-part 2
Epiphany!
#1) So my wife goes to workout with me on the training bike. After 30mins of a planned 60min ride, she says "This is really boring. Training by blocks of time is very hard, because you cant bust your butt and get it over with as in distance workouts." I could not figure out why was so exhausted after a good and hard "block of time" work out. It was because I could not finish early no matter how hard I was running, biking or swimming.
#2) I have had this waxing and waning allergy runny nose, and hacking cough for the last 3 months. I thought it was a cold. But nothing I took ever made it better. This is also when I increased my swimming to 2 or 3 days per week. The CHLORINE. Duh....I have allergies and mild asthma! Hopefully with nose clips and flonase nasal spray I can get this under control.
Tomorrow I have a 180min ride planned, followed by a easy 30min run. It will be about 45 degrees out and I am sure I will get an epiphany on wind chills!
Cheers.
#1) So my wife goes to workout with me on the training bike. After 30mins of a planned 60min ride, she says "This is really boring. Training by blocks of time is very hard, because you cant bust your butt and get it over with as in distance workouts." I could not figure out why was so exhausted after a good and hard "block of time" work out. It was because I could not finish early no matter how hard I was running, biking or swimming.
#2) I have had this waxing and waning allergy runny nose, and hacking cough for the last 3 months. I thought it was a cold. But nothing I took ever made it better. This is also when I increased my swimming to 2 or 3 days per week. The CHLORINE. Duh....I have allergies and mild asthma! Hopefully with nose clips and flonase nasal spray I can get this under control.
Tomorrow I have a 180min ride planned, followed by a easy 30min run. It will be about 45 degrees out and I am sure I will get an epiphany on wind chills!
Cheers.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Week 15
Good morning:
Last weeks total workout hours was 11.9.....This week is scheduled to be 14, and next week almost 16 hours. Will be a challenge to see if my life schedule will be able to accomodate this increase. More and more of my workouts are duel events. My weekly number of runs is going up. Almost all are 6 miles or greater. I had a great outdoor bike ride on Sunday.
This morning I left for the pool at 4:30 am. Amazing how many people were at the gym. Probably 50-75 were the pool for swim team or Masters classes. My calves are still barking at me, but really not getting any worse. Feet are sore after long runs. I am pushing my proteins and trying to eat better. Gave up Cookies for lent, and anyone who knows me this is mighty task. I have two containers of gatorade, and try to keep up on my electrolytes.
Farm life is going okay. Animals look tired of the winter. Our snow pack is melting and I am seeing more and more of our pasture each day. Our local lakes ice is melting, and making me think more about getting a wet suit.
More later.
Last weeks total workout hours was 11.9.....This week is scheduled to be 14, and next week almost 16 hours. Will be a challenge to see if my life schedule will be able to accomodate this increase. More and more of my workouts are duel events. My weekly number of runs is going up. Almost all are 6 miles or greater. I had a great outdoor bike ride on Sunday.
This morning I left for the pool at 4:30 am. Amazing how many people were at the gym. Probably 50-75 were the pool for swim team or Masters classes. My calves are still barking at me, but really not getting any worse. Feet are sore after long runs. I am pushing my proteins and trying to eat better. Gave up Cookies for lent, and anyone who knows me this is mighty task. I have two containers of gatorade, and try to keep up on my electrolytes.
Farm life is going okay. Animals look tired of the winter. Our snow pack is melting and I am seeing more and more of our pasture each day. Our local lakes ice is melting, and making me think more about getting a wet suit.
More later.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Week 16
Hello:
Well week 17 when well. Much of the same workouts except increase distance in the run, and adding a bike combo to the swim. I ran 11 miles of the marathon course on Sunday, and the hill was tough. I am feeling lots of anxiety and frustration at this time. My IM is only a few sheets of calender pages away. The weather sucks for outdoor training. I know I need to increase my weekly long rides from 2-3 hours to 4-5 hours in the next 30-45 days. I have compared my 24 week training plan to the Beginner IM triathlete training plan. Oddly the beginner IM training plan appears to be more difficult and more organized. My wife has given me some good insight and advice and so I have decided to follow the Beginner Triathlete plan for now. If you are following my blog you can follow my workout plans by going to
http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=19
and then clicking on the Beginner Full IM training plan.
More later!
Well week 17 when well. Much of the same workouts except increase distance in the run, and adding a bike combo to the swim. I ran 11 miles of the marathon course on Sunday, and the hill was tough. I am feeling lots of anxiety and frustration at this time. My IM is only a few sheets of calender pages away. The weather sucks for outdoor training. I know I need to increase my weekly long rides from 2-3 hours to 4-5 hours in the next 30-45 days. I have compared my 24 week training plan to the Beginner IM triathlete training plan. Oddly the beginner IM training plan appears to be more difficult and more organized. My wife has given me some good insight and advice and so I have decided to follow the Beginner Triathlete plan for now. If you are following my blog you can follow my workout plans by going to
http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=19
and then clicking on the Beginner Full IM training plan.
More later!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Week 18
Howdy!
Well last week went well. I had to improvise due to the Volleyball schedules and hotel situation, but was able to exercise almost every day. Only missed one day of swimming. We had some free time, so we did a road trip to Death Valley. I was able to get a 75 min run there and it was a beautiful 73 degrees. Death Valley reminds of the photos taken from the Mars rover.
Very depressing to come home to heavy snow. Has been snowing for 9 days. We have 18 inches of heavy, slushy snow. Probably have another 30 days of indoor exercise. Any treadmill run over 75 mins or bike trainer over 2 hours is very mentally painful.....even with a movie. Time to suck it up and drive on. On Wednesday are Brick days.....on Tuesdays I am trying a swim/bike combo.....
more later
Well last week went well. I had to improvise due to the Volleyball schedules and hotel situation, but was able to exercise almost every day. Only missed one day of swimming. We had some free time, so we did a road trip to Death Valley. I was able to get a 75 min run there and it was a beautiful 73 degrees. Death Valley reminds of the photos taken from the Mars rover.
Very depressing to come home to heavy snow. Has been snowing for 9 days. We have 18 inches of heavy, slushy snow. Probably have another 30 days of indoor exercise. Any treadmill run over 75 mins or bike trainer over 2 hours is very mentally painful.....even with a movie. Time to suck it up and drive on. On Wednesday are Brick days.....on Tuesdays I am trying a swim/bike combo.....
more later
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