Thursday RUN 10 miles in 1:50
Friday SWIM 2000y in :50
Saturday RUN 6.5 miles in 60 mins
Sunday RUN 1.5 miles in 13 mins
Geez you'd think I was really training for something with those numbers...!!!
The Thursday run was a surprise, I had some mental low moments but overall the run get better over time. I felt like I keep going and going for more! Refreshing in the end, didn't hurt or wear me out. I was concerned about the slick fresh but frozen over snow, but it was minimal and melting by finish time. This was just an out-n-back into TGP.
Friday's swim was another surprise--there were 9 other Club members at the pool! The BHB was there too, she has a job! :) In the end this was therapeutic, I had a pretty bad morning. RM and I had planned to meet for this swim and in the end it was exactly what I needed. He picked 5 sets of 400's, varied drills or intervals and we flew through them. In an out of habit move, I plunked my gear at the shallow end of the pool.
Saturday I was up in Illinois, this was a run in the late morning up to the school road then over the hill and back. As usual, there was a steady wind, this one out of the south. So I froze the right side of my face on the outbound, tailwinded then headwinded, then the left side of my face received the attention. It wasn't cold, to be honest, but a strong and steady wind that doesn't let up does hurt after awhile. The surprise here? I ran with my phones music to my 2013 soundtrack. I haven't run with music since I started running in 2004 or 2005. Did I like it? I could go either way, but it kept my mind from wandering and I liked that.
Sunday was just to round up to my goal distance of 25 miles. Up to the yellow house road and back in a few minutes. Barely broke a sweat.
NUMERICS total of 6hrs and 48 mins (as usual doesn't count my bike commute time)
SWIM 3950 y in just under 2hrs
BIKE 17.5 mi indoors in 1 hour
RUN 25.1 miles in 4hrs 8 mins
Next up: look at how to schedule running this month, and think of a winter swim goal?
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
It's been a month! Now what!?
Monday SWIM 1950y with Evolve, COMMUTE 6 miles
Tuesday RUN 6.8 miles in about 70 mins, COMMUTE 6 miles
Wednesday BIKE 17.5 miles in 60 mins indoors
On Monday my B2B FINISHER jacket arrived in the mail!! IT'S AWESOME! Been wearing it all day since :)
The Monday swim was 2x 4x75 with a mix of moderate and fast 25's, then 8x50 on 60s, then 6x25 sprint. Felt great, some back spasming again in midset but nothing to stop for.
Tuesday was the 25th, so the one month mark since B2B. I have a self-imposed "month off" that I guess ends today? Or round it up to this weekend? Nah, this is a pre-season run :) Guess I could call it the first real training run for the 100-miler?
Am I doing the 100-miler? The date was announced: June 5-6th. I have a lot to work on between now and registration, start there.
Tuesday RUN 6.8 miles in about 70 mins, COMMUTE 6 miles
Wednesday BIKE 17.5 miles in 60 mins indoors
On Monday my B2B FINISHER jacket arrived in the mail!! IT'S AWESOME! Been wearing it all day since :)
The Monday swim was 2x 4x75 with a mix of moderate and fast 25's, then 8x50 on 60s, then 6x25 sprint. Felt great, some back spasming again in midset but nothing to stop for.
Tuesday was the 25th, so the one month mark since B2B. I have a self-imposed "month off" that I guess ends today? Or round it up to this weekend? Nah, this is a pre-season run :) Guess I could call it the first real training run for the 100-miler?
Am I doing the 100-miler? The date was announced: June 5-6th. I have a lot to work on between now and registration, start there.
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Rest both training and logging
Monday RUN 3 mile commute home
Tuesday RUN 2.2 mile commute from Chevy, RUN 3 mile commute home
Wednesday COMMUTE 5.2 mile
Thursday RUN 6.6 miles with BillS
Friday and Saturday OFF
Sunday BIKE 20 miles in about 70 mins indoors
Not much to say, except I'm enjoying the 'off' time. Still really stressed, very up and down.
On Mon saw the Dr, he seems happy with everything, not worried about weight or diet, and is running some micronutrient tests to see about my intense salt cravings. Are they in my head? Or are they physiological? (I tend to think the former!).
NUMERICS haha!
3 hrs and 25 mins
SWIM none
BIKE 20 miles
RUN14.8 miles
COMMUTE 5.2 miles
Tuesday RUN 2.2 mile commute from Chevy, RUN 3 mile commute home
Wednesday COMMUTE 5.2 mile
Thursday RUN 6.6 miles with BillS
Friday and Saturday OFF
Sunday BIKE 20 miles in about 70 mins indoors
Not much to say, except I'm enjoying the 'off' time. Still really stressed, very up and down.
On Mon saw the Dr, he seems happy with everything, not worried about weight or diet, and is running some micronutrient tests to see about my intense salt cravings. Are they in my head? Or are they physiological? (I tend to think the former!).
NUMERICS haha!
3 hrs and 25 mins
SWIM none
BIKE 20 miles
RUN14.8 miles
COMMUTE 5.2 miles
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Another weekend off
Friday, nothing, missed my swim
Saturday BIKE 18 miles in just under an hour indoors
Sunday SWIM 2500y in just under an hour, 10x150y
For a grand total of 4.5-5hrs of training last week! I was going to run over the weekend but found excuses to not run. My back might hurt...I'm tired...I'm resting...I've too much to do otherwise...
But the best excuse won out: I don't need to! Rest!
And I'm terribly distracted. A run would help it, but it just wasn't there this weekend.
Saturday BIKE 18 miles in just under an hour indoors
Sunday SWIM 2500y in just under an hour, 10x150y
For a grand total of 4.5-5hrs of training last week! I was going to run over the weekend but found excuses to not run. My back might hurt...I'm tired...I'm resting...I've too much to do otherwise...
But the best excuse won out: I don't need to! Rest!
And I'm terribly distracted. A run would help it, but it just wasn't there this weekend.
Thursday, November 13, 2014
MORE COLD!
RUN 6.6 miles in about 56 mins, 8:30m/m pace
COMMUTE no way, uh uh, too cold. 25F!
Oh dang this cold snap sux. This supposed polar vortex from a storm in Alaska is really bringing it, but I can't complain too much because they have snow up north. We were spared that.
Since I wasn't going to bike into work, I needed to be home ASAP to ride in with DH. Our run group now has 2 new members -- welcome James and awesome to EW for coming back :)
The BillS shows up! He doesn't recognize me at first, until I 'buzz' him -- LOL!
I ran with DT this morning, super happy to be able to keep up with him even though he was most certainly holding back. The wind out of the west made it somewhat miserable to run the last 1.5 miles and I would have loved to run faster to warm up faster, but I didn't have much more in me. DT says he's planning to do MiTi Full in 2015!
Once done, my back started with some spasms. I was sitting on the patio behind the FP VC not so much in pain but lots of worry and discomfort. It went away after a few mins, but hopefully it was just from running stiff in the cold, not another problem I need to deal with this winter.
COMMUTE no way, uh uh, too cold. 25F!
Oh dang this cold snap sux. This supposed polar vortex from a storm in Alaska is really bringing it, but I can't complain too much because they have snow up north. We were spared that.
Since I wasn't going to bike into work, I needed to be home ASAP to ride in with DH. Our run group now has 2 new members -- welcome James and awesome to EW for coming back :)
The BillS shows up! He doesn't recognize me at first, until I 'buzz' him -- LOL!
I ran with DT this morning, super happy to be able to keep up with him even though he was most certainly holding back. The wind out of the west made it somewhat miserable to run the last 1.5 miles and I would have loved to run faster to warm up faster, but I didn't have much more in me. DT says he's planning to do MiTi Full in 2015!
Once done, my back started with some spasms. I was sitting on the patio behind the FP VC not so much in pain but lots of worry and discomfort. It went away after a few mins, but hopefully it was just from running stiff in the cold, not another problem I need to deal with this winter.
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
COLD!!
COMMUTE: 6 miles
Oh DAMN it was a cold ride in today! I felt not only terribly pain in my fingertips but also almost physically SICK afterwards. My body just didn't handle it very well. I huddled at my little heater at my work desk waiting for it to pass, and it took about an hour before I felt warm. Then another hour before I felt normal.
Slept in until almost 5:30, but didn't leave to walk the dog until 8:30am. It sounds like it should be a wonderful thing, but I really hate not having something to do in the mornings. It will pass, soon enough I'll be looking for an excuse to not do anything again.
Had lunch with TV today, we strategized on our plans for a 2015 100-miler. Whoop! Even though I'm not supposed to be thinking about this stuff until November :)
Not looking forward to the ride home tonight...
Oh DAMN it was a cold ride in today! I felt not only terribly pain in my fingertips but also almost physically SICK afterwards. My body just didn't handle it very well. I huddled at my little heater at my work desk waiting for it to pass, and it took about an hour before I felt warm. Then another hour before I felt normal.
Slept in until almost 5:30, but didn't leave to walk the dog until 8:30am. It sounds like it should be a wonderful thing, but I really hate not having something to do in the mornings. It will pass, soon enough I'll be looking for an excuse to not do anything again.
Had lunch with TV today, we strategized on our plans for a 2015 100-miler. Whoop! Even though I'm not supposed to be thinking about this stuff until November :)
Not looking forward to the ride home tonight...
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
I ran because I could!
RUN 6.3 miles in 57 mins
As per habit, I ran on Tuesday morning. I didn't need to. But I wanted to. So I did. :)
I realized only later in the morning that running 11 miles on 11-11-14 would be cool, but ah well.
Maybe at another level, I wanted a run to help with some stress I was feeling about today's appointment. I won't discuss that here, suffice it to say that it's another challenge and life is all about challenges and how we deal with them.
As per habit, I ran on Tuesday morning. I didn't need to. But I wanted to. So I did. :)
I realized only later in the morning that running 11 miles on 11-11-14 would be cool, but ah well.
Maybe at another level, I wanted a run to help with some stress I was feeling about today's appointment. I won't discuss that here, suffice it to say that it's another challenge and life is all about challenges and how we deal with them.
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