I know most blogs do a Friday funnies, or wordless Wednesday, there are what I ate Wed posts and all sorts of interesting things people blog about, but I am going to start a weekly recap of my week. I think it will be beneficial for me to go back and review my weeks of training. Will this post be one of my most interesting posts for people to read? I doubt it, although I hope someone out there can gain something, maybe even learn from a mistake I made.
Sunday: 10 mile run. I know I already posted about this, but I am starting my recap posts on Sunday. I still can't hammer home how big a confidence run this was. I had been feeling a little uneasy about my training going into it, so it was nice to get it finished.
Monday: 12 mile bike. This started a recovery week for me and I actually slept in that morning and got my ride done at night.
Tuesday: 1750 yd swim followed by a 3.7 mile run. This is the beginning of my running without a Garmin phase. It was nice and I actually felt better running by going by feel rather than by data. I doubt I will ever give up logging my miles altogether, but I admit, it was nice to feel like I was running fast only to look at my pace and see that I wasn't.
Wednesday: 17 mile ride. Nothing really special about this. It was what it was. I have been breaking my rides down into 3 mile stretches and working on different things rather than just pedaling.
Thursday: 1400 yard swim followed by a 5.7 mile run. Again, I ran naked. Not even an iPod this time. The only noise I heard was my breathing, my feet hitting the road and whatever that was in the cornfields I ran by. (I hate corn fields, nothing good ever comes out of a corn field).
Friday: Rest Day! Slept in till 7AM and felt like it was noon. It has been so hot lately that I only crave sleep and cold water it seems! It did feel good to wake up with the sun being up!
Saturday: Tomorrow I have a 28 mile bike planned, Unfortunately, it will be a trainer ride and I think it will have to be very early in the morning. We get to pick up the older boys from camp tomorrow morning and riding on the road will not work out. I am ready for my knuckleheads to come home though, so it will be cool.
Sunday I will be racing in the Memphis Runners Track Club Road Race Series 5K. I plan on running it semi hard, but not going for a PR or anything. Should be a fun race and I get to wear my new Tri team top, but more to come about that soon. I am also looking for a heart rate monitor for when I start my marathon training, so I am sure that topic will pop up sometime as well. Have a great weekend, Train hard!
My journey to Ironman #2.
Showing posts with label week in review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label week in review. Show all posts
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Monday, July 16, 2012
Week in Review
For me, it is always hard to get back into the swing of things after vacation. I was able to do some running and swimming on vacation, but I was on vacation, so I wanted to relax a bit, but I also did not want to take any steps backwards from my training, so this week was important to me. I only have about 50 something days left before my Half Ironman triathlon, so I think I know where I need to be at this point.
Monday- Travel day back from Florida (it seems like it was so much longer than a week ago)
Tuesday- Nothing- I got called in to work at 2AM due to a burglary, so it messed up any thoughts on working out.
Wednesday- 23 mile ride on the trainer. I am still seeing positive results from using the trainer during the week.
Thursday- 1500 swim followed by a 4 mile run. This was not a speed set, but I vowed earlier to not make it a treadmill run and I kept that vow. Made the run better, even thought it rained on me.
Friday- rest day- I really thought about adding some workouts to Friday, but I knew I had a big weekend coming up so I stuck to the plan.
Saturday- 40 mile ride. It rained on us as well, and I hate riding in the rain. Come to think of it, all a majority of my bigger races have had rain on the bike segment. I also finished out the day doing yard work on Saturday.
Sunday- 10 mile run at 4PM. We went to church that morning, there was no way I was going to get up early enough to knock off 10 miles, then we had to drop our older boys off at church camp, which took about 3 hours round trip, then we were suppose to meet some friends at their house to cook spaghetti for a homeless group (we do this once a month), so in order to get my run in, I ran to their house which was exactly 10 miles away! It worked out beautifully!
This weekend really gave me a good confidence boost, as far as mentally knowing I can do the distances. I still have plenty of time to work on things to prepare even more. My goal is to beat my previous HIM time of 7:35. I know these are different courses (IM Branson vs. NashVegas 70.3), and the bike shouldn't be so hilly, but the distance is the same. So, I really expect to have a better time.
Thankfully this is a recovery week, cause I am sore after this weekend, but I am ready to hit it hard and fast this week. Coming soon is a post on my new Tri Team I joined and another post I am working on called "20 things you will never hear me say" Thanks for reading!!!
Monday- Travel day back from Florida (it seems like it was so much longer than a week ago)
Tuesday- Nothing- I got called in to work at 2AM due to a burglary, so it messed up any thoughts on working out.
Wednesday- 23 mile ride on the trainer. I am still seeing positive results from using the trainer during the week.
Thursday- 1500 swim followed by a 4 mile run. This was not a speed set, but I vowed earlier to not make it a treadmill run and I kept that vow. Made the run better, even thought it rained on me.
Friday- rest day- I really thought about adding some workouts to Friday, but I knew I had a big weekend coming up so I stuck to the plan.
Saturday- 40 mile ride. It rained on us as well, and I hate riding in the rain. Come to think of it, all a majority of my bigger races have had rain on the bike segment. I also finished out the day doing yard work on Saturday.
Sunday- 10 mile run at 4PM. We went to church that morning, there was no way I was going to get up early enough to knock off 10 miles, then we had to drop our older boys off at church camp, which took about 3 hours round trip, then we were suppose to meet some friends at their house to cook spaghetti for a homeless group (we do this once a month), so in order to get my run in, I ran to their house which was exactly 10 miles away! It worked out beautifully!
This weekend really gave me a good confidence boost, as far as mentally knowing I can do the distances. I still have plenty of time to work on things to prepare even more. My goal is to beat my previous HIM time of 7:35. I know these are different courses (IM Branson vs. NashVegas 70.3), and the bike shouldn't be so hilly, but the distance is the same. So, I really expect to have a better time.
Thankfully this is a recovery week, cause I am sore after this weekend, but I am ready to hit it hard and fast this week. Coming soon is a post on my new Tri Team I joined and another post I am working on called "20 things you will never hear me say" Thanks for reading!!!
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