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Wednesday - October 3

Bike

1h 10m 11s
24.80 miles
21.20 Mi/hr

It was good to get out for a ride today. I just wanted to cover the miles, as I hadn't been for a full 40K ride in a long time. The conditions were excellent. I really started to hit the wall at about 19-20 miles. My leg strength isn't where it was back in July and August. I need to avoid these long lapses from biking so I can maintain (and hopefully build) my biking endurance. Once the DSM half is over, I can spread my focus out to all 3 disciplines a little better.

Health data: Sleep: 5 Stress: 4 Soreness: 3 Fatigue: 2 Sick: 1 Overall Workout: 4

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Tuesday - October 2

Run

27m 14s
4.10 miles
06m 38s /Mi

It was such a great night, I couldn't resist going for a run. Quick pace, but still under control. This was a much more worthwhile run than yesterday morning's.

Swim

40m
1968.50 yards
01m 46s /100 yards

200m warmup

1500m main set - 29:10 (new PR)

Splits were 9:40, 9:55, 9:35

100m cooldown

Felt good to get a full 1500m in the pool.

Health data: Sleep: 3 Stress: 2 Soreness: 3 Fatigue: 3 Sick: 1 Overall Workout: 5

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Monday - October 1

Run

39m 13s
4.50 miles
08m 43s /Mi

I really don't like doing these easy/recovery runs. I have a hard time hitting the target pace. I was aiming for 8:00-8:20 pace, but I was too slow. It's weird, I don't see the point of going so slow. If I'm running this slow, I might as well not be running at all. What am I training? I barely even broke a sweat. I was never breathing hard. I think it's easier to run 7:30 pace than 8:30 pace anyway.

Health data: Sleep: 3 Stress: 2 Soreness: 3 Fatigue: 4 Sick: 2 Overall Workout: 2

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Sunday - September 30

Unwanted day off today. I really wanted to get up early to ride my bike, but it doesn't get light enough to ride until about 6:45 or so. With parents in town, plus needing to get ready for church, it just didn't work out for me to get a 25 mile bike ride in. I suppose I could have done a shorter one, but I didn't. In addition, the Bears officially suck, and my TGFFL team is just as bad. I knew it was a mistake to put faith in McNabb. Now I feel really stupid having him on all 3 of my teams. It's going to be a long season. At least the Cubs are in the playoffs. Game 1 on Wednesday...

Health data: Sleep: 3 Stress: 3 Soreness: 2 Sick: 1

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Saturday - September 29

Run

57m
6.00 miles
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6 X 1000m repeats

3:23
3:35
3:40
3:31
3:38
3:33

I rested for about 2 minutes between repetitions. The overall time includes a proper warmup, cooldown, and stretching.

The first interval was too fast, and I knew it. I was aiming to be in the 3:30-3:40 range. It's hard to slow yourself down on the first one, when you're fresh.

This has been a good week of running, but I only managed 1 swim workout, and no biking. I should try to ride the bike tomorrow, because I should really take a day off from the running.

Sport

Walking
1h 05m

Mowed the lawn this morning after running.

Health data: Sleep: 3 Stress: 4 Soreness: 2 Fatigue: 1 Sick: 1 Overall Workout: 4

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Friday - September 28

Run

41m 58s
6.20 miles
06m 46s /Mi

New PR by 40 seconds. I really wasn't running too hard until the last mile, when I was trying to get home in under 42. It's starting to get a little chilly for the morning runs - 45 degrees (and dark) at 6:30 AM.

Splits were 21:09 and 20:49.

Sport

Walking
30m

Went for a walk with the family in the evening.

Health data: Sleep: 3 Stress: 2 Soreness: 4 Fatigue: 2 Sick: 1 Overall Workout: 5

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Thursday - September 27

Recovery day. I was going to do a light run tonight, but Anisa isn't getting home until late, so I'll just take the day off. I'm planning on 5-6 miles in the morning, and then maybe 8 on Saturday. Speedwork Sunday? Or possibly I'll do a bike ride one of these days. I don't want to get too far out on that discipline.