Monday Strength and Balance Workout (morning); 1:15 hour run, 7.86 miles run (afternoon)
Tuesday Houston work trip (no workout)
Wednesday 1 hour bike workout (30 second accelerations throughout)
Thursday 30 minute run, 3.06 miles run
Friday 50 minute bike workout, 90+ RPM in small chain ring
Saturday Red Poppy Ride, 64.6 miles (100K), 3:33 hours, 18.19 avg speed
Sunday 3 hour run, 15.92 miles
The first glaring omission this week is swimming. I had no swim workouts. I could make excuses, but the reality is that the life/family/work/training balance is not always balanced. Just didn’t make it to the pool for a variety of reasons. My swim has been coming along better than any of my disciplines, so I’m not beating myself up over it. I’ll just get back in the pool this week and pick up where I left off.
I’m really proud of my bike ride on Saturday. The course was rolling, so the hills were nowhere near what the LBJ Ride’s were a month ago, but the wind was again blowing at 20 mph. Considering how often I was going no faster than 10mph, I was very pleased to have achieved an 18.19 mph average over that distance. That said, and to put it into perspective, at that speed it will still take 6:09:25 hours to complete the Ironman 112 bike ride.
My run this morning was better than I had imagined. I had already planned a route that would allow me to bring it home anywhere between 1.5-3 hours depending on how my legs responded after yesterday’s ride. As you all know, there is no route around my home that doesn’t have some pretty long, sustained climbs with high grade hills. I took it easy doing as my training schedule said and kept my heart rate in Zone 1-2. So while 15.9 miles is a pretty slow-go, I was proud to finish the time goal. At this point in my training, it’s all about building the endurance for a 13-17 hour day. I feel like I’m doing that well.
All said, it was a good week. Work is really busy and we are hoping to buy a home in the next few weeks, so stress and time constraints are high. I’m just trying to stay consistent and disciplined with my training and doing the best I can. I still feel motivated to train and am still enjoying it, so that’s a good sign that I’m doing it right.
Until next week, KIA KAHA!
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