Happy Monday and what a week. I had been fighting a cold and/or sinus infection (I didn't feel like WebMDing it) and I thought that I could just push through it, but decided against it and took a few days off. I am about 95% now and should be able to get through a full week of workouts. Fingers crossed. But here is my recap of what I did do.
Monday 1/28 - Plan: Swim (1750m) / Actual: Swim 1750m (Pace 2:01/100yd)
I'm a swimmer, it's what I do with ease. So doing a mile long workout is nothing to me. Until I go look at Triathlon training plans and they suggest working up to a mile, for I guess obvious reasons. Haha. Oops. The swim portion of the Tri I am doing is 1500m. I know I can swim it but I want to swim it fast. So I need to work on figuring out workouts to get me that goal.
Workout: 150 WU (SKPS) / 3 x 50 drills (3 times) / 200 FB + 300 Free + 100 FB / 100 CD
Tuesday 1/29 - Plan: Bike 30 mins & Run 3 mi @ EA (11:21) / Actual: No Bike & 3 mi @ 10:57
After packing my bike into my car the night before, then waking up and actually getting out of bed when my alarm went off, then driving all the way to the bike path.... just to realize that my bike tires were kaput... So no bike ride. But I did get my 3 miles in, nice and easy, but my legs feel like they can never go fast ever again.
Run Splits: 11:10, 10:42, 10:58
Wednesday 1/30 - Plan: 4 mi @ EA (11:21) / Actual: Bike 21:16 - 3.77 mi @ 10.6 mph) & 3.75 mi @ 10:51
So like I had mentioned in my journal this week, my small town bike shop was able to get me up and riding again in a day, so I once again packed up my bike and this time was able to take it for a ride! Yay! It wasn't far and it wasn't fast but it was a good start. After my ride, I put my bike away and did a loop on the path that was 3.75 miles. Hello first brick workout of this training cycle.
Run Splits: 11:02, 10:54, 10:44, 10:54
Thursday 1/31 - Plan: Swim (1400m) / Actual: SKIPPED
Friday 2/1 - Plan: 4 mi @ EA (11:21) / Actual: SKIPPED
Saturday 2/2 - Plan: 4.5 mi @ EB (10:36) / Actual: 4.82 @ 10:48
After skipping two days in order to get rid of this stupid cold, I cut my Saturday run from 6 miles to however many miles it took me to get to the store. We had some errands to run, so I told my family I would meet them at the store in order for us to kill some birds with stones. It was a hill route and 2 days later my legs are still mad at me for it. But it felt pretty good, weather was nice, got to catch up on a podcast...
Run Splits: 10:36, 10:29, 10:33, 10:56, 11:32
Margarita Streak - Day 2
Sunday 2/3 - Plan: Bike 30 mins / Actual: Bike 22:18 3.6 mi @ 9.7 mph
Riding around my house is impossible unless I want a good hill workout. It's basically me coasting down and then powering up a hill. I did it twice. My legs hate me. I'm sure it was a good workout. But it sucked.
Margarita Streak - Day 3
HOPEFULLY I can get my full workout plan done this week, but I mean when I write these things out I cringe at how early I need to get up to get some of this done. I don't know if I have it in me but I will sure as heck try.
Upcoming Tri Training Week 2 (2/4 - 2/10)
Monday 2/4 - REST
Tuesday 2/5 - Swim & 4 mi @ EA (11:21)
Wednesday 2/6 - Bike 11 mi & 4 mi @ EA (11:21)
Thursday 2/7 - Swim
Friday 2/8 - Bike 40 min & 5 mi @ EA (11:21)
Saturday 2/9 - 7 mi @ EB (10:36) + Strides
Sunday 2/10 - Bike 15 mi
I should probably take some classes now, because I'd love to try a Tri and join the cool kids club!
