Week 15: Training Update

Week 15
6 weeks to go...

Mon 6/16
Run 5 mi
Masters Swim
300, 250, 200, 150, 100, 50, all with 30 sec. rest in between
15 x 50 on 1:20 - 4 fast, 1 slow, repeat x 3

Tues 6/17
Bike 2 hrs in Z-2
Time – 2:02
Avg HR – 132 bpm
Time in Zone 2 – 1:34
Avg Speed – 16 mph

Wed 6/18
Run 6 miles
Masters Swim – I forgot that I only did half the workout that day because my shoulder was bothering me. I don’t remember what the workout was that day.

Thurs 6/19
SSS – 70 long, boring minutes!

Fri 6/20
I had a choice between Run 3-4 miles or Rest. I chose Rest.

Sat 6/21
Long, HOT bike ride
8.5 miles inside on trainer, 74.5 miles outside on what felt like the surface of the sun, for a total of 83 miles. I was supposed to go 100. Avg 15 mph.

From my earlier email to you…
Ride was HOT and slow. As it heated up, I found it harder to keep my HR in zone 2 - mostly toward the end of the ride when it was over 100 degrees. My average speed for the ride was 15mph - ugh! I ended up with a total of about 83 miles counting the 8.5 I did before we went out and the 1 I tried to do after we got back. I think the heat must affect me a bit more than the average person as I am completely wiped after being out there in it very long. It's a shame because I know my body had more left, strength-wise, but the heat just sapped it all out of me. I slept for about 3 hours after we got back!

I think from now until the event, I'm just going to have to plan on riding the trainer for a couple of hours before hitting the road. I just won't have anything left to try and do any indoor riding after being in the heat.


Sun 6/22
REST