bigDH's accountability training a.k.a Beer Drinker's Appreciation Society (Page 12)

Next weeks workouts:

Mon, 2100yds int. swim followed by 5.5 mile run

Tue, 2200 yds long swim followed by dreadmill (2 miles maybe)

Wed, 6.2 miler at home.  Hockey at 10:30 p.m. (late night)

Thur, off day

Fri, 1:30 on spin bike.  (possible 2 miles on dreadmill)

Sat, off day

Sun, 9.5 mile long run.

Goal is to lose 3 lbs. this week.

Have a good week all.  Keep setting and meeting your goals!

Got to the gym today and did 45 min on the stationary bike

Praying that I get an inhaler this week, otherwise the plan is:

Monday: Swim 1500 yds, Walk 20 minutes

Tuesday: Bike (stationary if I don't have an inhaler) 30-45 minutes

Wed: Swim 1700 yds, Walk 20 minutes (will add in jogging with inhaler)

Thursday: Off, Volunteering in the morning and will be on my feet all day

Friday: Swim 1500 yds, Bike 30 minutes (stationary w/o inhaler)

Got my gym bag and most of the stuff I asked for came in it.  Went to the gym and ran 2 miles on treadmill then did 300 metres in the pool.  Slow but was nice to do something.

Plan for the week is to run everyday and hit the pool 3 times.

Hey guys, looking good. I just got off my trainer. The new shoes & clipless pedals are magic. I felt so efficient I couldn't get my heart rate up; can't wait to see how that translates to speed on the road.

Next week's plan:

Mon: AM LTHR run test, which totals about 20' running easy and 30' running hard.

Tue: AM swim 30', possible weights PM trainer ride 30' - 45'

Wed: run 60'

Thu: AM swim 30', possible weights PM trainer 30'- 45'

Fri: run 40', possible PM trainer (recovery)

Sat: run 75', swim 45' and weights; if no swim, then trainer 70'

Sun: swim 45' and weights if didn't do it on Sat; trainer 70' if didn't do it Sat

Have a great week everyone!

Plans for the week:

Monday: bike 40 min

Tuesday: yoga

Wednesday: swim 600-700yds run 30 min

Thursday: bike 45 min

Friday: run 30 minutes

Saturday: run 30 min

Sunday: swim and bike

I'm really hoping the weekend plans will work out... My future in-laws will be here visiting and they tend to want to go out all day so hopefully i can get out and go to the gym for a swim.  I'm also starting this 21 day yoga challenge that I found online.  It starts tomorrow... 10 minutes meditation per day, 15 minutes yoga per day and one vegetarian meal per day.

What is the yoga challenge website?  I really need to start an at home practice.  

My weeks plan:

Sunday sw 40 focus on pull, B Long ride 90 

Monday R 40 with strides

Tues R 30, B on the trainer 60

Wed B 45 with intervals

Thurs R 60 easy and long

Friday REST-Date night!

Sat - SW 30, speed; 

Here's the website.... http://www.yogajournal.com/21daychallenge/

They email you a video everyday and a recipe to try.  

Okay, managed to drag my butt out of bed this morning for a run...barely. I don't usually run Mondays but had the chance and took it! Plans for this week is to run Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday with some cycle trainer/spin classes sprinkled in there.

Also starting the 100 push challenge with my 9 year old son. We completed it last year and we are going to do it again this year!

Have a great week everyone!!

We both did, although my son's form was somewhat...not so good! 

Pushups are a great exercise that is underused!

http://hundredpushups.com/

Gotta start somewhere! you will be surprised how much you will improve! I never thought I would be able to do it! I find the iphone app made things even easier!

Managed to get in the whole 20 minutes walking on the treadmill at a good pace.  Got my heart rate higher than I thought it should have been.  This was after getting 4 hours of sleep and babysitting the 2 year old this morning before my brother got off his shift.

I got in the water and was only able to get in 1200.  My chest started tightening up around 800 yards, so I got to 1000 and then did a long 200 cool down.  I stopped at the pharmacy and asked them to send the request again, this time with a note saying emergency on it.  The woman was very helpful and gave me all the information I would need if I had to go the an urgent care center or an ER, fml if that happens. 

Went home a took a nap.  Thankfully my brother was home to make sure I woke up and I've been okay since.  Will have to cut back on the yardage for swimming this week.  Maybe if I end up in the hospital one of my f*ing doctors will write me a prescription.  It's gotta be nice leaving the office at noon on a Monday!

monday - 1.5 hr trainer

tuesday - run 5 miles

Wed - rest day or trainer for an hour

Thursday -  run 3.5 miles

Friday Swim 2000  Trainer for 2 hours

Sat - Run 6

Sunday hopefully off.

First I want to vent. Just got a new Garmin 405 for xmas. Used just a handful of time and it already went bad. Doesn't turn on cant do a soft or hard reset and garmin will get back to me in 3 days. GREAT. 

Anyway, I have a couple training partners that are trying to get me to commit ot a HIM in June. I just did my first tri last year. I did 3 sprints. I wanted to do an olympic this year. I know there isn't a huge difference in distance from olympic to HIM in the swim but that's what I am the most concerned with. I know I can finish but I don't like to do things just to do them. I want to be competitive. 

Laser 

Sounds like you made your decision, no?

On a semi-related note, I am approaching the Prep period for training for my first HIM in September and I've been doing tests to train by heart rate. I found that my bike LTHR is about 151 and my run LTHR is 179. Is that big of a difference normal? I'm not surprised that it was a lot lower on the bike - I'm a pretty new cyclist compared to running and don't really have enough bike fitness yet to get my heart rate really high - but this difference seems kind of extreme, right? I'm thinking I might need to re-test on the bike. BTW, the original test was on the trainer, so it wasn't some variable like wind or temperature.

Do any of you train with heart rate? How do you like it? I have a few internet friend triathletes who are just starting with HR with their coaches, and they're frustrated with the slowness. The science makes sense to me, at least from what I understand, so I'm giving it a whirl using the tests from Joe Friel's Your Best Triathlon.

OK, re: 100 pushups, getting back in the pool, dragging selves out of bed early on a Monday to run: you all rock!

Brutal run this morning. Mentally weak! It was all I could do to not stop and go sit in the hot tub!

I am looking forward to this half marathon to be over with!

Have a great day everyone!