Big Steve's Group (Year Two) - CLOSED (Page 11)

Wow, you are all making me feel like a slacker as I am feeling tired and sluggish and really had to push myself yesterday to get my run in that I only did half the run time and miles I was suppose to do today.

You are right this group does keep you motivated, as there would be no way I would want to run after shoveling snow!  Now how does one top that!

Got in a short 4 mile run at lunch today.  Don't know what was going on with my heart rate during the first mile.  I ran 6 miles the other day and was in zone 2 the whole way (below 150).  Today at the same pace, it immediately shot up and stayed between 170 and 180 for almost the whole first mile.

Any ideas what my cause that?  I did an hour on the trainer last night but it wasn't a killer workout.  Also didn't get quite as much sleep last night.  Maybe a combination of the two?

Finished up the week with a recovery ride this morning. The legs were extra toasted so I went pretty easy. 90 minutes, 25.14 miles. 178 average watts, 205 max watts, 110 average heart rate and 94 average cadence.

Weekly total.

That's what I was thinking! I guess I need to stop wasting so much time sleeping? I can finally sleep more than 4-5 hours a night and I am taking advantage of it.

I'll treat the question as literal but thanks for the compliment.

1/8 week 1
Sun bike 46.47 start time 5:04AM
Mon run 14.75 start time 5:09AM
Tue swim 3300 start time 5:25AM
Wed bike 30.29 start time 5:15AM
Thur swim 3250 start time 5:25 AM
Fri Run 7.15 start time 6:05AM
Sat bike 25.14 start time 6:05 AM
101.90, 21.90, 6550

Basically by being consistent and getting my @ss out of bed even though I don't want to some mornings.

This is since last March when I first started logging my workouts here and my volume increased. It's been a long journey that all of you can take too. You can see the volume grow over time in the graph.

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/training/training-reports.asp?action=report&memberid=232475&start=3%2F1%2F2011&end=1%2F31%2F2012&duration=week&values=sumdist&hidevalues=0

Nice numbers Scott!!!

I went and did a hour of Yoga this morning with the Wife. I am taking the kids to the pool today to do some swimming and help my son with his swimming. He is doing his first tri in April, I can't wait to watch him. He is a strong runner so it should be interesting to see how he does.

Nice Ride Katie I am envious of you being able to ride outside.

After swimming 1000 or so yards today with the kids. I was home after dinner and was bored. Not riding my bike was getting to me so I went down and went for a ride on the trainer. I ended up with 19 miles in an hour with 230 watt avg 495 max. I still can't believe how much harder it is compared to what I was expecting. I was always told is wasn't going to be like a outside ride. Well it isn't that's for sure. I can't wait to feel the wind in my hair and the whistling in your ears as you fly down the road. I replaced the batteries in my heart rate monitor which was nice. I had a avg of 147 and a max of 161. Trying to decide if I should run tomorrow or not. It is going to be in the 40's which is warm for our winters. So I think O might sneak in a run tomorrow afternoon I think thats the only way I will stay close to Scott is working out 7 days a week

I with you on liking riding outside much more but I have to say I've seen more gains riding on the trainer.

Although I may be working out 6 or 7 days most weeks it's important to remember not all of those are hard workouts. Yesterday I rode the trainer for 90 minutes but my average heart rate was only 110 and a max of 119. The idea is to spin the legs full of blood helping the recovery process while not stressing the muscles and further breaking them down. Also two days this week were swimming where agains there's little stress on the legs yet lots of blood flow.

Today was 3 hours on the trainer. 55.08 miles, 18.36 MPH, 132 average heart rate, 148 max heart rate, 216 average watts, 255 max watts and 94 average cadence.

The last hour I felt better than the first two and it was by far the fastest.

Totals for this week - still in maintenance mode for three more weeks

Great jobs on the weekly totals. Looks like everybody is doing a great job building their base .

Idaho time to get your feet wet!

I know... you're right, Scott.  I've been putting it off (haven't swam since my Oly in August) - but I will definitely be hitting the pool this week.  It's not that I have an issue with swimming, I really enjoy OWS... but I hate the pool.  The chlorine, and the boring laps get to me.

Just got back from an 8.2 mile run around the little lake where we live. Beautiful - 26 degrees and sunshine - the whole way I got to watch people fishing and riding motorcycles and snowmobiles on the ice. Lots of snow in the forecast for the rest of the week, so time to rack-up some pool and trainer time.

-Ron

The marathon is 4 weeks away so my focus is on running right now.

S:  2800 Yd  

1 hour

Great job on the run.

On the pool do you just do laps or do you mix in intervals? I'm lucky to have a good masters program to attend but when I don't I write down my plan so I have something to stick to. Other wise it's easy to start corner cutting. Mix in fins, hand paddles, pull buoy........to keep it interesting.

It's pretty weak, but over my goal of at least three hours exercise.  Just randomly rolled my ankle.  Hopefully, it's healed in the next couple of days.  We'll see how next week goes, traveling to the cold northeast...

I do mix in intervals, in fact I mainly do intervals... only occasionally doing the long swims.  Don't do much with the "toys", but that's a good suggestion.

Once I get back into it this week, it won't seem so bad... it's kind of like going to the dentist - the longer you put it off, the harder it is to go back... but once you do, it's not bad at all.

Thanks!