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I've done the 20min and the 8min.  I'm disappointed in the results, or perhaps humbled is the right word.  The 20min results were about 152 watts, and this morning's 8min was 170 watts.  I'm still getting used to the trainer, so that may be part of it.  I'm going to do Black tonight, with the new 170 figure as the baseline, and see how it feels.

 Using 152 as the baseline, I ran Colosseum (50% to 80% FTP) and my heart rate never went above 130, which is well below my z2 threshold.  Comparing heart rate and wattage is a bit of a non sequitur, but I though that there'd be at least some relation.  

The alternative is that my easy days aren't easy enough, which is a common enough refrain that there must be some wisdom in it.  

I'm also down for the pushup challenge.  Currently, it took me five sets to do 100 pushups (30, 20, 20, 15, and 15), so we'll see how it improves this month.

App bought!...PUMPED to do 100 Pushups!

Darren, might you be with child? You might want to pick up a preg test. I kinda feel the same after the superbowl.

Push up challenge going well. Too cheap for the app. Just doing 33, 33, 34. My kids are into it. I came down for breakfast yesterday and they were doing them already!

Short bike today for recovery week. Run swim Wednesday.

Take in your empties and use the refund for the app...

Swim as much as you can. If it starts to bother you than dial it back. Really work on your technique. 

Great thanks.  Like I said earlier I just want to get more comfortable in the water since Monday I am heading to the swim group so they can fix me 

How in the hell do you gain 12 pounds and weigh 192 if you work out 4 hours a day.  (that's the emoticon for surprised!) 3 beers a day = 600 calories - tops!  I would imagine that you would burn that off by riding one way to work.  

Maybe you should switch to those Molson 67s... 3 beers = 200 calories

Congrats on the solid day.  If you keep that up - you will look better than Thor in your speedo.

Jared - Welcome back!  Once again - sorry about the loss of your friend!  Feel better soon!

This was my story last november.  I started doing 25 yard lengths, and would doa  workout of like 300 yards, and call it good at first.  In 10 months, I completed a HIM.  1.2 mile swim and felt good doing it.  Hang in there and keep working at it.  You've got the right attitude, and it will come in bunches.  each week will get better.  you may not notice each session, but it will getter better with time in the pool.

You should be fine swimming a couple of times in a row.  during HIM training, I would do 3x per week with a shorter/more difficult speed workout, an intermediate, and a long swim.  I used to do 2/3 swims in successive days, and have a bike or run in those two days as well.  swimming is the least stressful of the 3 sports, and can also be used as a good recovery workout between run/bike days.

Alex - I completely agree with Kevin.  Last year - I was right where you are.  In fact, I was looking at my totals for last January and remembered how tough those first few months were.  But by September, I was able to swim 130 lengths (not bragging because it took me forever to get it done).  Just letting you know that you can do it!  I promise you will get there.

Just checking in... I ate well, did my pushups, and got my run in... I'm enjoying a bowl of ice cream to celebrate.  

Tomorrow - I'm going to cook up the dish that Bobby and Justin wrote about.  I tried it last week and loved it - so I thought I would try something different.  Instead of tomatos - I'm going to add spinach, onion, green pepper, mushrooms to about 2 TBS of ginger.   Then instead of the salsa I added last time, I'm going to top it off with some soy sauce.  I'll let you know how it goes!

Tomorrows workout is a 30 minute ride plus more push ups... I might have to have a tasty beverage to celebrate.  

Update:

I got my 6.2 miler in today at a slower pace than normal.  I took off 8 days or so in the peak of my build for my marathon, and had already started to make concessions for why I may not reach my goal come May.  I even thought that I may be able to change down to the HM instead.  but then I decided to get off my a_ _ this morning and go for a run.  It felt so good, I think I'll do it again tomorrow.  The Lower Body injury is still sore, kinda like the deep tissue damage a good bruise from a car wreck can feel like, but I think with some easy runs, I should be able to rehab it and build mileage at the same time. 

Another 6.2 miler for tomorrow morning and a hockey game tomorrow evening against our arch rivals of the beer league.  (should be mildly entertaining for 40-50+ yr. olds.)

Feels good to get back out there, it was getting too easy to skip and sleep in.  now I must punish myself for my laziness by getting back out there and getting it done.

well done!

It really isn't a pretty since.  It seems like every weekend since Christmas has been a big eat-a-thon.  It was fun while it lasted.

Not on the team for this one.  Cheering you guys on from the sidelines though!

Crappy workout this morning. Didn't want to get up. Hit every traffic light...run was brutal. Row wasn't much better. In the end it was done though and feeling better for it. Group cycle training for tonite! 

oh and pushups this afternoon! Have a great day everyone!