Beer Drinkers' Appreciation Society (BDAS) 2020 Version - ALWAYS OPEN (Page 53)

Got in a double today...1200 yards in the pool and some strength work then a lunch bike ride, which was 10 x 30" @ 110/115/120 progression, some ILT work, then 2 x 6' top of sweet spot.  Those 6' intervals are tough after you've burned through your glycogen during the preceding efforts.

Ravens game on today at 3:40 PM.  It's been postponed three times now due to a COVID outbreak but looking like they'll get the game in.  Not much hope for my favorites today with a very depleted roster.  Oh, well - 2020...

Hope everyone is having a good week so far.  It's been flying by for me because work is crazy.

That's a tough one, Gretchen.  I've always self-coached using principles from some of the material Andrew mentioned above (Friel has a cycling-specific one, too).  There are a bunch of free plans on Trainer Road for members (using one right now), and some relatively inexpensive ones on Training Peaks as well (some with email connection to coaches).  There are even some really good ones here on BT.  If you're looking for a more personal touch than that, you could jump on The Triathlon Collective Facebook page and ask for recommendations (I think there's a specific sub-site).  An old BT-er runs that site and you'd see a ton of familiar names over there.

What's tough about stock plans is moving stuff around for schedules, and reacting to your body's adaptation.  I took Friday off last week instead of a light treadmill and swim workout because I was feeling a little "toast" from the past three days.  I could've pushed it, would probably have been fine.  But I absolutely KILLED Saturday's workout and that probably wouldn't have been the case had I pushed through Friday.  Even a coach might not have seen that.

Always a balance of the science that goes into the structure and the art of how you react, as we are all really experiments where n = 1.

After a planned off-day yesterday hit the gym at 5:30 AM this morning with 30 minutes on the bike, 30 minutes on the treadmill, leg workout, and a short swim to feel better.  Solid day and I was home by 7:45 drinking coffee.  I normally go 30 minutes or so later but was awake early so just headed in.  Pretty much no one there. 

I'm concerned we're going to lock down Maryland by the end of the month so I'm getting in my gym time while I can.  Tomorrow and Thursday are both hour-long sweet spot interval workouts.  And another off-schedule Ravens game tonight. 

Hey, all.  Good luck, Andrew!!

A couple days of sweet spot intervals.  Yesterday was a failure, today executed perfectly.  Probably didn't help that I had a tough workout on Tuesday and stayed up late watching the Ravens game Tuesday night.  Sleep really plays a big role in my training success.

Tomorrow is a swim day and then another 90 minute sweet spot workout on Saturday.  Trying to build the diesel engine back up!

Hi, Gretchen.  Guess we're holding down the fort for the time being (assuming Andrew had his baby...well Andrew's wife anyway ).  A good few days but last night's Ravens game took about 10 years off of my life so a really easy day.

Struggling through a training plan after going rogue for more or less a whole year.  LOL

Sweet spot work is tough mentally.  I'm more a chaser I suppose.

Congrats!!!!!