Planning ....

I want to make a list of the workouts I want to do next week. Writing them in my calendar seems too final, I know things will change and I don't want to feel stuck. So if I just have a list, I can pick and chose the ones that work with my schedule.

First, here are the workouts I should do according to my plan:
Swim (45 minutes, 1:00)
Strength (1:15)
Run (30 minutes, 45 (w/ intensity) )
Bike (45 minutes, 45 minutes)

Plus last week I missed a 1:15 easy bike (among other things, but that is one I want to make up).

GOALS: 1:45 of swimming, 1:15 of running, and 2:45 of biking. OK, that is not too bad, hopefully I can do more :). Also I will have the weekend to get some exercise in, weather permitting!

Week Eleven - Eh

So like I said in my last post, time has been short lately. And over the weekend I was moderately committed to getting my workouts in - because I really wanted to spend time with Chris! I really missed him last week, so leaving him for a swim just didn't seem appealing when we only had two days together. But overall I am happy with what I got done last week. Also, I think this week will be a little less work, but is supposed to be a rest week, so I can hopefully make up some workouts.

Total: 7:33, 51.48 miles
Swimming: Nope
Cycling: 1:53, 28.3 miles (masonville, sweet :)
Running: 2:13, 12.43 miles (long was 6.33 miles in 1:11)
Strength: I think I've given up on that ...
Walking: 3:30, 10.75 miles (with Chris on Saturday)

No Time to Train!!

This week I have been working a lot, about 10-12 hours a day, and haven't had much time for training. I did run twice, and both runs were really nice. There are some cool routes from Colorado College, where I am teaching for the next few weeks. I ran a little over 6 miles the other day on a route that could be 10 miles, so I am hoping to be able to do the whole things some time while I'm here. Actually it goes by Garden of the Gods, so I could probably run forever if I wanted (or could). :)

But it got snowy at the end of the week, so I had to stay holed up in my apartment the last few days. There is a pool here but the hours are really inconvenient, so my chances of swimming much are pretty slim. My goal for the weekend, while I'm home in Fort Collins, is to swim twice and bike once. Another run would be really good, too. We'll see how that goes.

Week Ten - Rest and Work

Finally a rest week that I stuck to! It was my last week in Fort Collins before the teaching experience, so I focused more on hanging out with Chris and getting work done. I skipped some workouts but at least got in the key 'time trial' workouts for biking and running.

Totals: 5:48
Swimming: 45 minutes, 1750 meters
Biking: 3:45, 50.8 miles (5 mile TT (but not all out) in 15:11, about 1:20 faster than last time :)
Running: 1:10, 6.7 miles (3.1 mile TT in 26:30, an 8:33 pace)

Week Nine - A big one!

My birthday was Sunday of this week. I am 29! One more year in my age group ... although that doesn't mean much since I'm not really competitive. I can usually finish in the top half, so I will enjoy that one more year until I move into the even more fast age group of 30-34. I must say, one thing I really love about tris is the fact that not being particularly young doesn't seem to slow too many people down. So hopefully I have many many years of triathlons left!

Anywho, here are my totals from the week. Chris and I also went snowboarding Sat - probably my last trip of the year. Beautiful weather but crappy snow/ice!
Total: 10:17, 68.5 miles
Swimming: 3:10, 7825 m (long 1:15, 3375 m)
Biking: 4:15, 53 miles (long 2:30, 31 miles)
Running: 2:22, 10.6 miles (long 1:22, 7.5 miles)
Strength: 30 minutes

Colorado Half Marathon and Training Plans

Well I just registered for the Colorado Marathon (half). This will be my first half marathon and is pretty key for getting ready for the half ironman! I think the course is really nice, I did the 10K last year and liked it a lot. I also went ahead and purchased Gale Bernhardt's phase 2 of base training, which ends with a half marathon. Unfortunately the timing didn't work out as well as I had expected so I had to cut out the first two weeks of the plan. Also, I am not sure how well I will stick to it when I am working in Colorado Springs for 4 weeks. My goal when I go down there is to run and swim a lot, but biking can take up a lot of time and might have to get the ax, except on weekends. More on that later. Anywho, should be fun :)

Week Eight - More nice weather!

Well another week has come and gone. It was another unseasonably warm week in the Fort, but also super windy some days. I skipped weight-lifting this week, but at least I got in all of the aerobic workouts. I might have been a little overzealous and abandoned the base training heart rate zones a couple of times too - I rode over the dams on my 'long' ride and ran up Maxwell Hill the next day. Not easy but fun!

Total: 8:53, 54.5 miles
Swimming: 3:05, 7700 meters
Biking: 2:41, 36.5 miles (long 27 miles, ~1.5 hrs)
Running: 2:52, 13.3 miles (long 8 miles, 90 minutes)

Useless numbers from February

One of the things I really like about using a training plan from active.com is how easily you can track your workouts. And, you can see how much you do each month, which doesn't really serve much purpose but is kind of interesting to me.

Of course the thing I did the most was cycling - 15 hours and 194 miles.
Next was swimming - being committed to going to Masters has helped a lot - almost 7.5 hours and 16.9 km (10.5 miles of swimming, cool)
I ran 28 miles in a little over 5 hours (I'd like to see that number go up, seems like I've been able to maintain 10-12 miles per week in the past).

So total I trained for about 34 hours. That's an average of 8.5 hours a week, which I'm happy with, considering I also try to have a life outside of training ;)

Week Seven - Squeezing it In

Work and travel definitely took precedence last week and that is why I didn't do any strength training. I am starting to feel discouraged about the strength training, it makes my arms pretty tired, especially now that I am swimming 3 days a week. But the stretching and core part of it are pretty important, so I will try to at least keep that up. Also it is time to get back to some bike workouts, especially since it will be in the 70's this week!

Totals:
7:20, 42.65 miles
Swimming: 2:55, 6300 meters
Biking: 2:05, 26.75 miles (all commuting)
Running: 2:20, 12 miles (treadmill/interval workout was long but not very far)
Strength: NONE! Oops