Beer Drinkers Appreciation Society (BDAS) 2023 Mentor Group - ALWAYS OPEN (Page 9)

That and it feels good once you get warmed up on the trainer, though I guess not as much in Z2.  I tend to get a little cold if I have a fan blowing on me for those longer Z2 sets.

This morning was a 45' anaerobic ride...2' intervals @ 120% with tons of rest in between.  Only four this week (six next week) and the 4th really took some focus and mental game-playing to get through it.  Finished up with a half hour of strength training in the Pain Cave. 

I'm addicted to Costco chocolate chip cookies.  If they're in the house, I'll eat like three or four a day.  I think that's like 600-700 calories LOL.  Glad I work out a lot.

I agree with you...the workout clusters are weird, Gretchen.  I spread my three runs out evenly (every other day) and group my cycling sessions 2 x 2 a week, the like you said swim whenever you can so that winds up being a couple of days in a row for my longer ones due to scheduling.  I also have a Bikram yoga day and an off day to I have to squeeze in 10 workouts (3 run, 3 swim, 4 bike) into those 5 days so it takes some patience to figure it all out.

Today was slog day.  An hour slog on the treadmill in Z2 (10' WU, then about 4.5 miles @ E pace with a few walk breaks), then 1500 slog Z2 in the pool with the first 1400 non-stop.  Didn't sleep well either so it was mentally tough at 6 AM but my old people buddies at the Y kept me honest. 

@Andrew:  good work getting the consistency in - it'll come along.

I got in my only double on my schedule.  Morning swim, 2700 yards with some power (paddles) and speed (sprinting) as the main sets.  Went OK I suppose.  Then lunch was 90' around the Z2/tempo range on Zwift - felt really easy so I guess that's good.  Tomorrow is spin class and a tempo run.

I posted this on Strava as well, but I've come to the conclusion that 53 ain't 43 and training this hard at my age is tough!!  I was looking through my training logs from 2014 and geez I had a lot of volume.  Doubles almost every day - no way in hell I'm doing that now. 

Hey, all.  Glad to see everyone is busy! 

@Gretchen:  cold pools are brutal; the heater was broken at our pool one time and the water was like 62 degrees and they had to cut short the kids' practices because their lips were turning blue - I made it through about 25 minutes then jumped in the hot tub LOL; nice work getting it in

@Nathalie:  I LOVED hockey growing up...huge Philadelphia Flyers fan (we had a couple of Swedish players on our team back in the 80s...the late Pelle Lindbergh was the most famous); the Flyers have been putrid for more than a decade so I really don't care any more; live hockey games are AWESOME!

@Andrew:  good to see you piling up the workouts on Strava...seems you're getting back into the groove (soon to be upended by your kids I'm sure )

@DQ:  where are you buddy???

I had a great week, biggest training week since early September with about 60 miles on the bike, 11 miles running over three sessions, 4200 yards in the pool and all the strength and core work to keep me from falling apart.  This week I'm dropping a little volume to force a day off today and we're driving most of the day Saturday.  It's tough to squeeze in that volume over five days, especially without impacting work.  Back at it tomorrow with some reps on the treadmill and more strength work.

Hope everyone has a healthy, great week!