Weeks 10 - 12: Training Update

I've had very limited access to email for just short periods of time since I've been away [in NJ for Reserve Annual Tour]. I'll try to summarize my workouts and bring you up to date.

Week 10
11 weeks to go...

Monday 5/12 - Run 6.4 miles in AM, then did Lake Pleasant swim workout in afternoon.

Tuesday 5/13 - Spin 80 minutes

Wednesday 5/14 - Run 5 miles - Master's swim class

Thursday 5/15 - Spin 85 minutes

Friday 5/16 - Long bike ride. WINDY!!! Wow, this was a very hard ride. Even though my course was different than the previous week, I ended up exactly the same mileage - 83.3 two weeks in a row. But, thanks to the wind, it took me an hour longer this week. I was on my bike for 6.5 hours. Because the ride was so much longer (time wise) than I'd planned, my nutrition suffered and I felt pretty bad by the time I was done.

Saturday 5/17 - OFF (had to work at the base)

Sunday 5/18 - OFF travel day to NJ

Week 11
10 weeks to go...

Monday 5/19 - Spin 60 minutes, run 3 miles

Tuesday 5/20 - OFF

Wednesday 5/21 - Spin 90 minutes

Thursday 5/22 - OFF

Friday 5/23 - OFF

Saturday 5/24 - 60 minute run

Sunday 5/25 - 5 mile run

My training has really suffered since being gone. Our schedule is making it very difficult to be consistent but I'm trying to work something in when I can. I'm not going to be able to get into the pool at all until I get back. I'm just trying to maintain and I can regroup when I return. We'll get back sometime on Thursday, so I can get some pool time in after that. I'll also be able to do a long bike ride on Saturday morning.

Week 12
9 weeks to go...

The second week of Annual Tour really busted my training. I did get in a long-ish bike ride on Sun Valley Parkway on Friday of that week (maybe 60 miles, but I couldn't tell because my bike computer's battery went out). Time to re-group and start fresh next week!