Well, 12 weeks of ironman training has came and gone and it's now time to
move onto the next training block....weeks 13 - 18: IM specific training! What
does this mean? It means lots of long swims, bike rides, and runs. I just hope
the summer heat is kind to me...
But, since I'm talking about training, here's how last week went.
Monday
* Run (am) ~ 13.2 miles (1:58) - Monday is usually my rest day, but I put
off my long run on Sunday which meant I had to do it on Monday. I got up super
early at 5am on the holiday and fit these miles in all before 7:30 in the
morning :)
* Bike (am) ~ 37.1 miles (2:45) - Once again I usually don't bike on
Mondays but I couldn't say no to a fun easy bike ride with Victoria and Rachel
on Beach Drive. We meet up at 8am and I felt hungry after my run and basically
did a reverse brick. I almost bailed on them, but I am glad I went.
Tues
Rest Day! I also had a chance to finally go to the grocery store and cook a
decent meal for dinner.
Wednesday
* Run (am) attempt #1 - I got completely dressed in the morning to go run,
but felt to hungry to actually run, so I ate something and laid back down.
#fail
* Swim (pm) ~ 4000 yards (1:16) - I had a dentist apt so I fit this swim
in before I went. This is the longest I have swam to date and it felt good. I
did a 1000 warm up with a ladder: 100-200-300-400-500-500 and back down. It was
also nice swimming during lunch time. Wish I could do this all the time. If only
my pool was closer to my office.
* Run (pm) attempt #2 ~ 6.1 miles (:54) - Oh the run from hell! Why oh why
didn't I do this in the morning? Attempted to do 4 x mile repeats at a 7:45
pace. I did a mile warm up at 8:20 then my first mile I hit at 7:54, but I was
breathing hard and thought I might puke. I made it half way through my second
mile repeat and started walking for about 2 minutes. I got mad at myself and
starting running again, but I just couldn't run fast. For the rest of my run I
went into survival mode and just ran what I could without dying. Better luck
next time.
Thursday
*Bike (pm) ~ 22 miles (1:20) - Interval work with Jason at Haines Point
before meeting up with the DC Tri for happy hour at Cantina Marina. I must admit
though that happy hour was more fun than riding at Haines.
Friday
* Run (am) ~ 5 miles (:46) - Captiol Hill Repeats. I will never say these
are fun, but I met up with my friend Meaghan. Having company and talking to
entire run really makes the hill repeats not seem as bad as they really
are.
* Swim (pm) ~ FAIL! Thunder storms, tornado warning, etc. My pool was
closed :(
Saturday
* Run (am) ~ 10.6 (1:31) - I set no alarms and slept in until 8:30 or so.
It was so nice! I managed to get out the door by 9am though. My first three
miles sucked and my legs felt like rubber. I wanted to turn around and go back
home, but I figured I already made the effort to run so there is no turning back
...I have to finish it. And to my surprise the run did get better and I enjoyed
myself for the rest of what I had left of my 90 minute recovery week run. It
also helped that it was cooler out and we had no humidity. No humidity actually
meant that I could hold a 8:35 pace without feeling like it was the hardest
thing in the world.
*Swim (pm) ~ 3200 yards (1:05) - Went to the pool with Jason and to our
surprise the pool was uncrowded. yippie. I had the lane to myself for most of my
swim. I did a 1000 warm up, then 5 x 200 and 10 x 100s with a 200 cool down. I
really tried to swim faster on the 200s and 100s and know I need to do speed
work in the pool more often if I actually want to swim faster.
Sunday
* Bike ~ 78 miles (5:14) - Met up with Karen, Rachel, and Jason in Potomac
for a ride up to Karen's Aunt House. It was a hilly ride (5400 feet of climbing)
and maybe I should have looked at the elevation beforehand, but never the less
it was still a good ride. Karen's aunt was so sweet and had set up a rest stop
for us with all kinds of food (bacon!!) It was great. I will tell you guys all about the
ride tomorrow.
* Run ~ 2.3 miles (:21) - Short little brick run on an out and back on
River road.
* The rest of the day .... be lazy, eat pizza, and lay on the couch!
Totals:
Swim: 7200 yards (still mad I missed my shorter swim day)
Bike: 137.1 miles
Run: 34.9
bike commute miles: 29 (which I don't count towards training)
time: I have no clue, that's a lot of adding.
Happy Monday All and I hope everyone had a great weekend :)
