Plugging along

Monday’s 2 mile run after 30 min. lifting went fabulously. Tuesday’s 2750 yard swim went pretty well: Warm-up400 swim2 * 200 on 3:10, kick/swim/drill/swim by 50 Main Set2 * 300 pull on 4:10 – arms felt really good and solid4 * 200 on 2:45, descend 1-4 – No descending on my part. Basically just worked [...]

Garage, meet Dining Room Table.

I bought a gently used bike trainer on Craigslist. It’s a CycleOps Mag Trainer plus climbing riser block and training DVD. I haven’t gotten it yet but I’m excited about using it and building quads of steel. Because I live in a small townhouse, my lovely dining room table, which I never use, will be [...]

Hello, hello.

Training for the last week and a half (note: all runs include a 1 min. walk break after each mile): Friday, 9/4 – 30 min. strength training Saturday, 9/5 – easy 4 mile run… Not going to lie, this was rough. I did a poor job of hydrating/fueling beforehand, didn’t bring anything with me, and [...]

Exercisin’

Sunday – 14 mile bike ride. I was not feeling it at all so the ride was long, hard, and weary. My average speed was sad. Monday – 2 miles easy run in the morning, 30 min. weights in the evening Tuesday – 2900 yards swimming – first practice of the year with the tri [...]