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The running zone

Out for a run this morning with Julie. We pretty much ran the entire 7 mile loop at Julie’s pace. There is a hill on the loop just as we start mile 3 and I pushed it there and she dropped back a bit, but caught back up on the downhill. This was a pretty easy run, heart rate stayed below 150 for the most part except for the few little hills. My wednesday morning run is going to have to start early though so I can get a couple more miles in next week.

It’s time to start adding on some more running or rather longer runs to the plan. Last week was a total of 11 hours training, not bad, but only about 1 hour and 45 minutes of it was running.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/74640180

Weight: 167

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More Intervals

It’s tuesday again, and that means more intervals on the CompuTrainer. Not just intervals, but short high intensity intervals that suck the life out of you. I did ok until that last interval, I just didn’t have anything left in my legs at that point. The beginning of the workout felt pretty good, each interval I could see my heart rate climbing and the second to last it really got up there, but I made it through. Then the last interval, not sure if I just wasn’t mentally ready or my legs were just done. It is about an hour into the ride so I just may have had nothing left. It was better than last week where I only made it to through 3 intervals before my legs had nothing.

Week 14 Session 1 Chart

Weight: 167.8

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Easy swim

This morning was an easy swim, relatively speaking. Not many people at the pool so we just kind of made it up as we went along. After the long bike ride yesterday I was kind of tired anyway.

500 warmup
500 pull
250 free
500 10×50 on 50
500 free
500 2×150 on 3:45
500 5×100 on 1:30
Total: 3250 yards

Weight: 167

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Longer and Longer

The long Sunday ride was three hours and thirty minutes! I fired up the CompuTrainer 3D software and did the Ironman Kona course for this ride. I need a break from the Lake Placid live course, after about 5 weeks of it I need a change. The first half of this ride is pretty much up hill, not very steep but kind of long steps. I did a little over 63 miles during the course of the three and a half hours. My legs felt good for the first 3 hours and I could feel them start to tire toward the end. I think my legs definitely remember the last ride as each ride once I get to the point I was at the week before my legs always start saying hey, time to end the ride!

The snow is pretty much gone, now we just need some global warming and it will be back on the streets. It was tempting with the sun out, but at three and half hours at 32 degrees didn’t sound like much fun.

Weight: 165.6

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Long swim/Short run

Normally I head to the Andover Y for the morning swim, but today I headed down to the Beverly Y. I knew the rest of the group was showing up at 7 so I got there and 6 and put it some yards before the rest of the group showed up. Melinda put up a workout on the board and we ended up adding another 2500 on to the 3000 I did early. Then it was out for a short run. I’ll post the Garmin activity when I get home later. Below is the swim workout.

3000 warmup
600 – 300 swim, 200 pull, 100 kick
300 – 4×75 swim/drill/kick
800 – 4x 200 Negative Splits
600 – 6×100 descending 1-3 4-6
150 – 3×50 descending
100 – 4×25 on 30
Total: 5500 yards

Weight: 166

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I’m starting to really like long intervals

Thursday morning means either a tempo ride or long intervals depending on what the program calls for. Today it was long intervals. Two 20 minute intervals at 98% of CP30 score. Essentially it is like doing the CP30 test for 20 minutes taking a break for 10 minutes and then continuing on for another 20 min. As you near the end of that second interval I can really feel my legs starting to burn, but I also know that I’m going to be able to finish, I just feel like I have enough. My average heart rate for the ride was 150, but for the intervals it stayed pretty steady between 160-166. Definitely a good solid workout, days like these I feel like I’m making progress toward becoming a faster cyclist. We’ll see!

Week 13 Session 2 Chart

Weight: 165.6

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Made it before the rain

I was fortunate enough to get out for my run this morning before the rain came. I think I was a little over dressed this morning, when I started out it was 30 degrees, but by the end of the run it was closer to 40. I tried to maintain a nice even pace today and not push too hard, wanted to let my legs recover.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/73309746

Weight: 166

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Another tough day on the CompuTrainer

Just like last week, couldn’t make it through all of the intervals. The program called for me to increase the watts to on the intervals, so I did. I managed to get through the first 3, but then had to rest twice in each of the next 3. Looking at the program it says that this first session should be done on 72 hours rest, of course I think this is designed strictly for a cyclist and not a triathlete. I wish I could get an extra day after the long endurance ride but it just doesn’t fit into the schedule that way. Sunday is the long ride and fortunately monday is a swim day so the legs do get a rest as I don’t kick much when I swim, but my legs still were feeling tired from the 3 hour ride and 15 minute run on Sunday. I tried keeping the cadence high but at 272 watts, I could only do that for so long. I’ll just keep working at it and we’ll see when the next CP30 test comes if there has been any imporovement.

Week 13 Session 1

Weight: 165.4

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Where did that hour go?

I don’t know where that hour of sleep went, but I could have used it this morning. The alarm went off and I just didn’t want to get up. I look forward to swimming, even though they can be tough workouts, I almost feel like it is a day off. My body seems to recover much better from swimming than it does biking and especially running. The following is the workout from this morning.

600 warmup
400 pull
200 kick
500 10×50 on 55
500 4×125 on 2:00
500 5×100 on 1:45
500 4×125 pull on 2:00
500 5×100 on 1:45,1:30,1:45,1:30,1:45
Total: 3700 yards

Weight: 166

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Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate

Today was the long endurance ride and it seemed to take forever! I realized early on that it wasn’t going to be a good ride, you can just feel it in your legs. I really need to drink more water after yesterdays 10 mile run, it makes a huge difference. Once you get dehydrated it is very difficult to recover, I drank 3 water bottles during the ride but still ended up weighing 4lbs less than yesterday. I’m trying to lose weight, but not all in one day!!!! I’ll be sure to drink more next saturday after my run to be better prepared for the long ride. I was supposed to do 3 hours 15 minutes but ended up just doing 3 hours followed by a 2 mile run. I actually felt ok during the run, even though it was pretty short. 

Weight: 163.4