5-18-08 Weekend Recap

Saturday - Well it was quite a weekend. The temps & sun were so nice. The wind wasn't as cooperating. Saturday I got in 80 miles which felt really good. There were times when I felt I had to lean at a 45 degree angle to balance the cross wind out but it was all worth it when I turned and had a tail wind. Once that happened it was pretty easy to stay above 26/27mph. Got to ride with a very nice bunch of triathletes from DSM. I had to laugh that we were all in our aero-bars and were still drafting every once in a while. Thought only road racers did that, guess when you have 30+mph wind gusts it helps to get protected. Followed the ride with a 3 mile run - not easy!

Sunday - An early morning 2 hour run followed by an hour bike ride. Got in 14 miles at a pace of 8:24 which shockingly felt pretty good. Transitioning to the bike hurt for about the first 15 min. but then I got into a pretty good rhythm. Ran with Sara and Kelli - we had a nice time. Sara is such a strong runner - I feel like she could turn on the afterburners at any time and leave me in the dust. More to come soon.

Have a good week! Don't just workout - train for something!

Workouts for May 2008

Week #19 May 5-11th
Monday SWIM 0:45
Tuesday BIKE 1:30 RUN 0:55
Wednesday SWIM 0:45 BIKE 1:15
Thursday SWIM 1:00 RUN 1:05
Friday Total recovery day. Relax and put my feet up...
Saturday BIKE 2:25
Sunday RUN 1:35 BIKE :55

Not a bad week - the Thursday workout here will be the challenge

WEEK #20 May 12-18th
Monday SWIM 0:45 BIKE 0:50
Tuesday BIKE 1:40 RUN 0:55
Wednesday SWIM 0:45 BIKE 1:20
Thursday SWIM 1:00 RUN 1:15
Friday recovery day - get ready for a killer weekend.
Saturday BIKE 3:25 RUN 0:50
Sunday RUN 2:00 BIKE 1:15

Huge weekend - Might shoot for a 100mile bike ride on Saturday, we'll see how the weather turns out. Hopefully good cuz >3hrs on the trainer might make me crazy!

WEEK #21 May 19-25th
Monday SWIM 0:45
Tuesday BIKE 1:40 RUN 0:45
Wednesday SWIM 1:00 BIKE 1:15
Thursday SWIM 0:45 RUN 1:05
Friday - Rest Day
Saturday BIKE 2:50
Sunday RUN 1:40 BIKE 0:50

Thank you for rest days! I look forward to these. I think I've had <12 since the first of the year

WEEK #22 May 26-June 1st
Monday SWIM 0:45
Tuesday BIKE 1:40 RUN 1:00
Wednesday SWIM 1:00 BIKE 1:20
Thursday SWIM 0:45 RUN 1:15
Friday You'll need this day off to regroup before a tough weekend.
Saturday BIKE 2:45
Sunday RUN 1:45 BIKE 1:00

Not to bad here either. The workouts are changing from endurance work to speed work. However the time allocated isn't changing. Now in the competitive season - so some of the weekend workouts very well could be events.