Ryan Mac’s HIM Focus Group - CLOSED (Page 11)

Hi everyone! Happy Friday!

Battled the 'I don't wanna' demons and went out for a lunch run. Loved the sunshine.  The wind notsomuch.  It was just a chilly run.  I haven't used my HRM in ages so i strapped it on to see if I could run by HR.  I'll need to test my zones but if it stays where they are i'll have trouble staying Z2. 

What is everyone else up to for the weekend?

Jen 

I don't doubt that it was an off day -- but I don't know why that was.  I did a 5k Turkey Trot in November that I chalked up to an off day.  But honestly, not every day can be an off day, so I don't know if I'm doing something to sabotage myself or if they aren't actually off days and that's just where I am....

The disappointing thing was to focus all my efforts on running (dropping the bike and swim completely for the last two months) only to come out five minutes slower than where I was in October....for a race I hadn't put that much training into and didn't taper for.  

I was following a plan that I put together myself.  I pulled from other plans to put it together as I wasn't finding other plans that looked like what I needed (says the girl who doesn't know much about running....heh).  I wanted to be running 6-7 days a week with one long run, one tempo run, and one run with 5k - 10k interval work.  Unfortunately, I got sick at the end of November that stopped me in my tracks for 11 days, which ended up being well over two weeks to get back to a point where running felt reasonable again.  So the plan got derailed as I tried to get back to where I left off.  So I certainly acknowledge that my training leading up to the race was not ideal and ended up not actually following the plan for the last six or so weeks.

Saturday bike workout done. 2 hours on the trainer with about 1:15 at HIM watts or above through a mix of different intervals. Short run later. Tomorrow is longish run and swim.  I always like to swim before doing any other workout as run and bike seem to hurt my swim. Unfortunately, the pool doesn't open until Noon on Sundays. Would rather get the run done early so hard to decide what to do......not exactly a crisis  

Well this sucks.  I feel better.  Still coughing a little trying to get this rattle out of my chest.  So I went on a little 30 minute jog on the treadmill yesterday.  Felt good.  Went grocery shopping with the wife and bent over to pick something up and coughed.  Pulled my lower back.  Now I'm laid up missing out on a 2 hour ride and 1 hour run this weekend.  This week has been hell.  Oh well.

I am jealous of those with warm weather! We got up to the freezing mark yesterday and then snapped cold again last night. Brrrr.

Thinking about heading out for a run right now ... i just need to suck it up

I did a bike this morning - did some intervals and felt good overall 

Swim at lunch-did something I have not done in a long time. Swam a mile straight in the pool. Workout called for MS: 4X400 on 7:00. Since it was a pretty easy day I thought it would be good to stretch it into a long interval just to remind myself of the mental side of long swims. Felt really good and kept it super easy finishing @1:40/100. Not very exciting but something different.

Strength and a short easy run this evening.

My order came in from iathlete with the finger HR sensor. Going to try to get that up and going later today. 

My coach had me doing 1650 TT on a monthly basis during my swim build last year.  I also worked up to 3x800 leaving at 12:00 which was essentially a TT.  It was pretty brutal to look at on the schedule but I think it provided a stimulus similar to what you get from racing.  Being comfortable in an uncomfortable situation and dealing with it.  I think it made me a better racer as well.

This was definitely not a TT type of effort. It was a relatively easy swim day and I just rocked along at an easy pace. Longer TT efforts every once in awhile certainly help replicate a race effort.

Tried to download the myithlete app on my iphone but my phone is so old I don't have enough storage to update the software and download the app. Crap....maybe I'm due a new phone. Looks like it has to be downloaded on an iphone, tablet or android device rather than a laptop.

We're like dominoes here - i am not feeling great - sore throat, cough and sore neck! Tylenol and cough syrup make me functional - so i can work at home and not take a sick day but i think i'll hold back on any hard workouts.

I keep thinking about joining the Y that is two blocks from my work - not as convenient as the  yoga studio across the street - but would be good for strength, swim and running on my lunch. But somehow i've never gone to check it out so obviously i haven't needed it that badly.  Though, i think with being back at work and trying to do a HIM i'll need to use my lunch hour as much as possible. Anyway, being home i can actually use FB (blocked at work) and came across a free 5-visit pass! I think i will use it and finally check it out! :D 

Do most of you use your lunch hour at work for for workouts?