Week 5!
Week 5 is done! This was a longer week of training for me. The longest so far to date with 12:25 minutes of training planned! But I got it all completed, and Training Peaks is all green! (the boxes turn green when you complete a workout!)
Monday: rest day!
Tuesday: 1:15 minute bike, followed by 20 minute run. I did this one at home on the trainer, and was super proud of myself that I got up before work to do it. Seems always so hard for me to do that!
Wend: 1:05 minute interval run, 3,100 yard swim.
Thursday: one hour recovery spin. There also may have been some pizza eaten on the trainer during this ride. Lol!
Friday: 3,400 yard swim, + 30 minute recovery run! I attempted to do the recovery run on the treadmill using zwift and the new footpod I had bought. I was not super successful, however, as zwift kept thinking I was doing 20 minute miles no matter my speed. I'll have to try it out again, maybe at a different gym (my work gym doesn't have the best internet).
Saturday: I got up at 6am and traveled to Boulder to meet my coach for the first time, and swim with their masters group. It was a great and challenging practice for sure. Afterwards, we grabbed a starbucks and chatted about nutrition and a few other items for Ironman. She doesn't think that I'm taking in nearly enough calories on the bike, so going forward during my long rides and brick workouts, we have to practice this and try to really dial it in, so to speak. After coffee, I was driving home and convinced a friend to go do my 1:20 minute run with me! She was at the pool, so I stopped for a quick pedicure and eyebrow wax!
This week:
Monday: swim (I was exepecting rest day. Sad!)
Tuesday: 1:05 bike, 30 minute run
Wend: 1:05 run
Thur: 1:15 recovery spin
Friday: off (and travel to Seattle for Dad's bday)
Sat: 30 min run, 1 hr swim
Sunday: 1:30 run (with no HR monitor or anything other than to keep track of time. This is already giving me anxiety).
All green!! Means I did everything as planned this week!
Monday: rest day!
Tuesday: 1:15 minute bike, followed by 20 minute run. I did this one at home on the trainer, and was super proud of myself that I got up before work to do it. Seems always so hard for me to do that!
Wend: 1:05 minute interval run, 3,100 yard swim.
Thursday: one hour recovery spin. There also may have been some pizza eaten on the trainer during this ride. Lol!
Friday: 3,400 yard swim, + 30 minute recovery run! I attempted to do the recovery run on the treadmill using zwift and the new footpod I had bought. I was not super successful, however, as zwift kept thinking I was doing 20 minute miles no matter my speed. I'll have to try it out again, maybe at a different gym (my work gym doesn't have the best internet).
What? You don't wear your PJs to the pool?? Missing out!
This is zwift running. Similar to cycling, but you're running! (Duh!) Or in my case walking because the pod wasn't working right!
Getting the feet cleaned up. Beautiful sunrise on Saturday morning!
After that we headed out to run. It was a pretty trail to run on, but was a little hilly. As a result, I had trouble keeping my heart rate down. I also don't think I had ate enough after the swim practice maybe.
After that we went shopping for some new running shoes. Mine have been bugging me right under my bunion on my right foot. Apparently the toe box of the shoes I have are too narrow. New shoes should be here this week, so let's hope that fixes the problem!
Sunday: Sunday was a 3.5 hour ride. After not being home at all last weekend, and being so exhausted during the week that I don't do anything around the house in the evenings, I felt like I didn't need to spend the 1.5 hours to drive roundtrip to some of the places that I could get a ride in. This usually isn't me. Usually if it's nice enough to be outside, I'm outside. But for some reason, I just had this urge to stay home. So I buckled down for a 3.5 hour training ride. It wasn't my favorite, but it honestly wasn't soo bad. I watched 2 movies, and a little bit of a third. After I met up with a friend for some pizza and beer!
I had been slacking on laundry, so mismatched socks it was for the trainer ride!
About half way done!
Here you can see the set up for riding on the trainer. I use my ironing board to put things on. I've seen people buy tables or bookcases, but I like the ironing board, and it didn't cost me anything! So it's got my computer on it for plugging into zwift, remotes for the TV and the fan, my nutrition (not all of it is pictured. During the course of the ride I did 3 bottles of skratch, 1 of water, 2 scratch "cookies" (more on these later), a banana, and a package of skratch chews!). Then I also threw a couple of extra tank tops on the back of the ironing board to change into, because I sweat through mine so much. Basically, the only time I had to get off the bike, was 1 quick break to pee! Makes it much easier to get the ride done if you're not hopping off to get more water and such...
After pizza and beer, I came home to fold and put away laundry. Yep, that's 10 days worth of laundry. And I wear professional clothes to work for the most part that don't get washed. Help! (ignore the fake flowers in the background, that was a craft project.)
Here are my totals for the month of February. Considering it was a) a short month, and b) my first month back into training, I'm pretty satisfied with those totals. I'm pretty sure March is going to be even higher!
This week:
Monday: swim (I was exepecting rest day. Sad!)
Tuesday: 1:05 bike, 30 minute run
Wend: 1:05 run
Thur: 1:15 recovery spin
Friday: off (and travel to Seattle for Dad's bday)
Sat: 30 min run, 1 hr swim
Sunday: 1:30 run (with no HR monitor or anything other than to keep track of time. This is already giving me anxiety).
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