Week 2

Week 2 COMPLETE! fun week. First time (real) mountain biking. Minimal swimming (not much of a priority as you can tell). 

Mon 5/7: swim 2400 yards, TRX. I have to admit, swimming felt crappy last week. Today it actually felt ok…more like semi drowning. Not to mention I forgot how fun it is to “race” the guy in the lane next to you.  More like me passing him, him not happy, then he “tried” to catch up and failed. More like it. J

Tues 5/8:  65 min interval work on the bike trainer (about 17 miles), 3 mile run (27 min).  Another early morning for the bike, ouch. I ended up working overtime at work, so couldn’t make it to run club. So I ran in the rain at home, which was kind of refreshing.  Legs feeling pretty sore from that combo of drinking/exercising a lot over the weekend.  Smooth move.

Wed 5/9:  75 min bike on the trainer (about 18 miles), STRETCH.  Weather was shitty, legs were sore, so why not a chill ride on the trainer? Sure. Trainer is boring, but I make it interesting sometimes by dancing …yeah probably horribly. At least you can close your eyes and rock out without getting hit by a car? 

Thursday 5/10:  5.4 mile interval run (50 minutes), stretch.   Honestly, woke up and felt pretty bad.  I also had to work over time (6am to 4pm), so wasn’t feeling like doing anything.  Went for it anyways….and now I feel so much better! I totally ate a few bugs, chaffed my arms, but was awesome

Friday 5/11: designated OFF DAY!

Saturday 5/12:  3.1 mile run (26 min), 21 mile bike (1 hour 40 min), TRX. Started the morning off with a nice run in perfect weather.  Then headed down to the south shore (first time) for a nice, relaxing ride with some friends (a few who are moving away soon).  The coast was beautiful and I hope to head back there sometime.  We finished up at an Irish pub in Hingham with beer and food. Then I came home and fell asleep. That tends to be the story. I always seem to wake up early now…my body is used to it during the week.  I’m getting so into training mode…so much that I felt like I should have done more when I got home. But sleep won that battle.

Sunday 5/13: 8.3 mile run (1 hour 15 min), 30 mile MOUNTAIN bike (2 hours 50 min).  So, I was NOT hungover this time around, so the run was a little more smooth and pleasant.  In case you all did not know, I got a pretty sweet mountain bike recently, but have not been able to get out on it yet.  There are some good trails around, but it’s all a 7-10 mile ride to just get to them.  I went with a friend of mine and played in Arlington trails. SO MUCH FUN! A lot of work though. I got into a fight with a branch and my pedals scratched me up pretty good a few times, but I loved it. What a different kind of workout…but a nice change from road riding.  Trail riding will definitely be in the mix for training to vary up things, no doubt.  I definitely almost fell a few times but managed to have my face not be on the ground (I still don’t have clips for my mountain bike quite yet).  Weekend weather ROCKED. took advantage, as you can tell.

Weekly Total : 2400 yard swim, 20.1 mile run (2 hours 58 min), 86 mile bike (6 hours 50 min), TRX x2

Solid increase in my running this week (record most ever in my life in one week).........next week is recovery, except i am doing reach the beach (200 mile relay running) and I have the LONGEST total legs of all 12 people (23 mile total). So next week will be a bit off of the training plan, but whatever.