Week 8
So far, so good. It's great when my boss is on vacation all week. Not that he cares or isn't supportive of my race, but I feel less guilty. It's a slow work week anyway. I slipped away for a long "lunch" on Monday at the outdoor 50m pool for the first time this year. I switched the Friday and Monday swim workouts because it made more sense to me to do the long sets in the 50m pool and save the shorter sets for the 25y pool. I stretched the workout to a full 3900m. The only downside is this pool is full of something nasty--when I come out, my hair is brittle and it takes two days of scrubbing to get the residue off my skin.
Tuesday, I really wanted to focus on bike work so I set up the Computrainer for the first time in months. Yikes, I'd probably be in a better spot now if I did all the intervals inside. The CT suffers no fools, and I'm a fool on the road.
The 45 min. run was fine this morning. I'm dreading the long run tomorrow, though. I'm skipping the VDOT test because I know exactly where my VDOT is, and I missed a 150' run at the LP camp, so I want to get one of those in this week. The overnight low is supposed to be 77. It's going to be brutal tomorrow morning. Starting early doesn't help me because I hate the humidity more than the heat.
And one more gripe. I'm sick of 4+ hour bikes rides. I like them when I'm on a new road or somewhere interesting, but I'm sick of the W&OD trail on Saturday mornings. But it's the only relatively straight shot out of town with few stops, and I promised my family I'd be off the bike by 10:30 every Saturday (except for the race rehearsals). So I don't have time to drive anywhere to try anything new. Once I get about 1:45 out of town, I can hit the country roads for a few minutes before turning around, so that adds some variety. Oh well. For the final race rehearsal, I'm taking a day off work and may try to find somewhere new.
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ARGGHHHHH! I feel better now. I was having a tremendous run yesterday. Had done 3x1 mile intervals and was cruising home effortlessly enjoying the beautiful summer morning until the area between my right calf and achilles tightened up. I stopped to stretch, started up again and it didn't feel right. I stretched and walked it home.
I stretched, rolled, iced, and elevated yesterday. Feels much better today. Gonna take a few days off of running.
To say I'm aggravated is an understatement, but what the heck. Could be worse. If I get lemons, than I'll try to make some kick ass lemonade.
Got a TTT tonight. Looking forward to that.
Dave
Hoping this weekend to have good training days. Last 2 weeks before taper I have to trust the training hours I have spent. I think I would only do more damage by trying to adjust stuff.
Mike
Good week for me,
I had to move the long run to Sunday but hitting long runs and rides and ftp is creeping up toward 300 so very cool. No injuries and feel pretty good. On duty at the firehouse so back on the rat wheel today and hopefully get in some sleep intervals.
Pg
Had a really good ride today. Just sub 80 miles in 4:16. Felt very strong for the FTP parts, basically good for the 85% section, and was piecing it together for the end. One of the better long rides I have done. I finally made a bit of progress on the neck/shoulder pain I've been having, too. Figured out how to stretch it and make a few postural changes to keep it somewhat at bay (not perfect, much much better).
Way to keep on keeping on, all!
I'm ready for tomorrow though - 2 hours @ Z3 and a 30 minute brick run - that's practically a day off at this point, right?
I had a good weekend of riding. At least something is going good for me since there hasn't been much running and swimming. Did 100 miles in 4:35:04 on Sat. and finished with an IF of .809. Today's ride felt surprisingly good and couldn't' wrap my head around just going a solid 2.5 hrs. at .85 so I did as 12X10' (1') and got in a solid 55 miles in a little under 2.5hrs.
I might end up with a solid bike at least. But the run will be a huge ????
Well, I wrapped this week up on a good note. Had a mild setback with a calf strain early in the week and an attempt to run again on Friday was cut short as it still didn't feel good. I already ranted in another thread, so I'll leave it there.
Rode 100 miles yesterday and did 57 today. Today was tough, but I got it done. Wrapped it up w/ a 25 min ocean swim in my wetsuit. First open water swim this year. Had to cut it short as I was getting a bit seasick with the waves. Oh well, at least I got some time in the OW in the wetsuit.
Dave
Looking forward to the RR