So far school, work and triathlon have been well in balance. I have kept up with work, been able to get a little ahead in school and have been able to maintain my workouts with slight modification.
Week 1/10:
Monday: No workout but did get a new closet built at my house.
Tuesday: No workout again - another snowy day and finished up house work before actually making it to class
Wednesday: 30 min Run, Bike 60 min - Endurance
Thursday: 30 min swim, 15 min Run
Friday: 30 min Bike - Interval
Saturday: MECTC Triathlon Clinic Individual Race - 10 min swim (500 yards), 20 min bike (5.67 miles), 15 min run (1.85 miles)
Sunday: MECTC Triathlon Clinic Team Race - 5 min swim (275 yards), 10 min bike (2.9 miles)
This week 1/17:
Monday: Off
Tuesday: 30 swim, 60 bike - Threshold
Wednesday: 45 Run, 60 Bike - Endurance/Interval
Thursday: Run 20 min, 10 bike
Friday: Off
Saturday: 85 Bike - Endurance
Sunday: 60 Run/Bike
I will start off with why my run workouts are rare. From all of the snow in the last two weeks, I have been wearing my snow boots which caused me to develop a bit of tendinitis in my heel. It first came about Wednesday of last week, but I just thought it was that stiff feel in my ankles I get every once in a while until I went running Thursday. Ouch. I cut my run pretty short because it was painful, came home, put ice on it and got on the computer to figure out what it was. I tried to stay off of it as much as I could Friday and Saturday. I decided I wanted to gauge my fitness a bit at the tri clinic so I popped a couple Aleve before the race and this allowed me to run pain free - for the most part. I passed on running Sunday for the team race. My Wednesday workout "run" was on the elliptical. I am just glad I can get my heart rate up to a relative decent level on that thing - although I looked like a crazy lady on it. I did run for a short while outside last night. I could feel a slight pain there, but nothing that bothered me. I am going to gauge Sunday on how I feel and then supplement my run with an extended bike workout as to not push my heel too quickly.
Ok, back to the MECTC clinic. For this being my second time in the pool since September, I felt awesome. It is one of those pools you get in and feel fast, even though you might not be. I felt really smooth. The good thing is that I was able to maintain my previous pace. The bad thing is that I wasn't and still am not fast, lol. Oh well. Minor details. The bike was good, but not the actual bike. We rode on T9 trainers. Problem for me: when I found a comfortable place, slightly leaning forward, I would slide forward on the seat so I would move back, but then I was too short to reach the peddles. My needs started getting cramped. I just concentrated on keeping my heart rate at my target level of 160-164. I didn't get as far as I would have liked but I also wasn't on my bike that I have been training on for 4 years. I think it comes out to 15. something miles per hour. I think I could ride that fast on my mountain bike for 6 miles. The run, I felt great. It was on a 1/8th mile indoor track. We started out already breaking into "groups". 3 girls took off in front of me pretty quick. I just wanted to maintain a relative "tough" pace which wound up being a heart rate of 178 and kept creeping up - my anaerobic threshold level is 177 so I was pushing myself. There was a girl next to me on the bike who wound up a little under a quarter mile in front of me, but she was breathing hard so I hoped she would die on the run and I was correct. I ended up lapping her twice and catching the other girl with relative ease. The last girl I caught on the last lap and then I was able to sprint out another 1/16th of a mile to get in front of her as well. I averaged about 8:10 per mile which was definitely in front of where I thought I would be at 8:30. The results haven't been posted. All I know is I did not win, but I would like to see how I compared to the rest of the girls to gauge my fitness level. I feel pretty good about where I am at. I really am going to hit the bike hard the next 10 weeks because I think that will help me the most in the race. I am going to take it easy on the run so I can make sure my foot heals and then hopefully be able to push the run the last 6 weeks or so. The swim, I just don't feel I am going to gain anything. All I want to accomplish is to make sure my arms don't get tired during the swim so I kick more and end up being tired for the bike. I can get into the pool once a week and probably twice most weeks - it just sucks swimming. I also learned a few drills at the clinic to do to help my stroke as well as out of water drills to help improve on days I can't get into the pool. February 5th and 6th the tri club is having "trials" to determine 10k run and 1 mile swim times to seed and decide who will be racing the official championship race. I am unable to make it to those so I will have to time myself around those dates so I can compare myself to the rest of the team and my past levels to see what I need to do prior to the race. I am getting nervous because I want to do well, but it is getting exciting as well, I ordered my tri top which is the fun part of tri - the gear. And just in case I don't get to it, next weeks workouts 1/24:
Monday: 60 Bike - Threshold/Interval
Tuesday: 30 Swim, 30 Run?
Wednesday: 60 Bike - Speed
Thursday: 30 swim if I don't have class, 45 Run?
Friday: Off
Saturday: 90 Bike - Endurance - Livestrong Ride
Sunday: 60 run endurance?
Run workouts are still up in the air depending on heel healing. That sounds kind of like magic.
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