Barqhead's Group - FULL (Page 16)

After three pretty intense days, I have decided to take a day off.  My legs are sore today.  It is a good sore.  I am going to give my legs a break again tomorrow by getting in the pool and and back running Friday.   I did get in some yoga today though. 

I'm back!

Sorry to hear that you are sick now, hopefully it won't affect you for as long as it did me, I started feeling bad last Friday evening and am just now - 8 days later, feeling back 100%.

I tried going to the steam room at the YMCA that first Sat and sweating it out, but by that night I had to crawl into bed and I didn't get out of the bed till Sunday night.  I still felt so bad I didn't even leave my room till Monday morning and the first time out of the house was Tuesday morning.

I tried going to work because of a training class, but then called in sick again Wed.  Went to work Thursday but still was just a shell of my normal self.  Finally by this Friday I was feeling okay and went to the YMCA last night to get in a nice long soak in the jacuzzi and then a nice easy swim.

Swam longer than I should have but I felt so guilty and "fat" from having not worked out in almost a week and so swam about 1 hr and 15 mins or around 2100 yds.

Hopefully you won't be sick for as long, I think it hit me so hard because I was at the end of one of the hardest 2 weeks of training so far and I was really wore down and my defenses were weakened.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

Went out and got in a 7 mile run today.

It was really SLOW though, took me 1 hr 29 min which is about a 12:50 min/mile pace .. didn't intend for it to be so slow but that is just the way it turned out.

I was really worried my run fitness may have fallen off somewhat sharply after being out for a week but I actually felt pretty good.  Lungs/breathing was great and legs and feet felt great, just a little pain in my feet/ankles toward the end.

If this nice weather holds up tomorrow then I plan on getting in some miles on the bike.

Got in a nice 23 mile bike ride today, much better average pace today.

This was probably because I went a little different route, more flat roads coming back and I was able to get into a rhythm and really keep the legs pumping.

My old route has lots of hills but it seems that for how fast I do down them, it doesn't compensate or average back out for how slow I come back up the hill, so my overal average mph suffers.

Has been around 15.6 or so the last couple of rides - today it was 17.25 mph for 1 hr 20 minutes.

Also, was surprised how well my azz and perineum felt after having not been on the saddle for over a week.

That's great!  Should be good motivation to get out on the bike. 

I really wish I could do group rides but I work 2nd shift so when everyone is riding I'm working.  And on the weekends, I'm still in bed when they go out for morning rides.  I am the lone wolf on all my rides.  On the plus side, I'm always the fastest one in the group!

Hi guys, how is everyone....sorry for being MIA for the pst few days.  I had to move and spent my whole 4 day weekend packing moving and unpacking.....I would rather pluck out my fingernails.  I have managed to still get in "most" of my training, although I missed several very important group rides Saturday (and of course the weather was a perfect 65-70 degrees).

All I can say is thank God for recovery weeks.  I have had some soreness in my left knee after a 60 min run on the treadmill the other day.  I HATE THE TREADMILL!!!  Not to mention that was the first time I ran that long in about 15 years or so.  Although I was proud for making the run, I have had soreness in my ankles and knees since.

I hope everyone has a good week of training!

Thanks Pam, I only ache when I run on the dang treadmill.  I can go out and run on asphalt with very little soreness and when I do have soreness, it's in my quads where it should be.  But each and every time I step on that treadmill somethings aches.  Something about the treadmill screws up my stride or where I am striking on my feet or something..... guess I need to make sure from now on to do my long runs outdoors.  With daylight savings coming back soon that will be easier.

barqhead - 2009-02-17 1:27 PM I swear I would ride my bike every day if my coach would let me (and if it's not raining and frigid). I went out today on my roadie and even though I'm really not in good form and am working hard for low average speed, I had a total blast! I love the feel of the sun and the wind. I love to dive bomb downhills and torque it up the climbs. Cycling is da bomb, baby!!!

 Cycling is definitely da bomb!  I never knew it could be so much fun until I bought my Moto!

Hope your hip gets to feeling better!

It's funny about injuries like that, you can ride just fine on the bike, but then try to run and it hurts.