Getting Slack about Blogging

I just looked at my blog as was surprised to see that my last post was over a week ago. The time flies by pretty quick. One useful thing about this blog as a record of my training is that it allows me to look back to last year to compare. I recently went back into my blog archive to see how I was doing last year at the same time getting ready for the Mooseman triathlon. I think I am a bit ahead this year mainly because the early spring.

One of the highlights of last week's training was doing some sprinting at the UPEI track on Tuesday. I ran with my friend, Rob. We did a 10 minute warmup and then ran one lap hard and then then two laps easy and repeated that 5 times. It was a great speed workout and something I need to do more often. Otherwise, it was a bit slck for me during the week; I had two solid swims on wednesday and friday mornings; did not yoga Friday night. I had a very good weekend of training and sort of made up for a slack week. I biked for three hours Saturday morning and felt great; I ran for a half hour afterwards and felt like I could have run much further. Sunday I ran for two hours; felt really heavy for the first hour or so and then it got better as I went along. I was a bit slower than I was last weekend when I timed myself with my garmin. Then I did a ninety minute hot yoga class after the run.

Week ending May 10, 2010

This has been a good week of moederate training after my vacation in Cuba. My law practice is getting busier as it usually does in the Spring and Summer. I swam a couple of times last week and each time swam around 2000 metres. I probably should be swimming three times a week but haven't been able to fit that in. I ran once on Tuesday and had a good fast run. I did hot yoga on monday and friday. Saturday I did the mother's day time trial and added some training by biking out to it and back. The time trial was 20 k in windy conditions and I biked about 80 k in total. Today I ran for about 2 hours. I took my garmin with me and was surprised by how slow I was actually running. I ran about 22.5 k which is not that fast. But, I think you tend to run slower by yourself. I have run this route many times and it usually takes me longer. I am a bit sore and my right knee is aching at this moment (the one i think has a bit of arthritis)

It is amazing how your body adjusts to whatever distance you are training for. Last year during my ironman training, 2 hours would not have been a really long run. Now it is. I am planning on doing the China point duathlon in a couple of weeks and maybe the Red Island relay. I am hoping to make this summer about participating and having fun.

back from Cuba

I got back from Cuba on Friday evening. Saturday (may 1) i was going to go for a long run but I took it easy and did hot yoga in the afternoon. Sunday I went for a 3 hour bike ride at a moderate pace and ran 5 k after and felt pretty good (which is encouraging) While i was in cuba, I ran once for 45 minutes and swam about 20minutes to a half hour every day. I also did stretching class and a water aerobics class everyday. monday this week, I did hot yoga again and Tuesday, (today) I plan to run 17 k after work and maybe do some speed work as part of that. Tomorrow morning I will be back to the pool and Thursday night I plan to do the cycle PEI rec ride followed by a run. I am trying to get in as many brick workouts as I can this month.

Vacation

I am leaving tomorrow for a week vacation. i am looking forward to it. I am hoping to do a couple of long runs. I will be teaching 3 short fitness classes a day. So far this week, I ran on Tuesday about 9 k and felt pretty slow; I swam tuesday morning about 2000 metres; Wednesday I went biking for about 90 minutes and today I swam again and did a hot yoga class.

Count down to Cuba

On friday last week, I swam at lunch time. On Saturday I tuaght spinning and did a hot yoga class in the afternoon. I had planned to go biking but it was about 4 degrees and raining and I draw the line at biking in that. Sunday, I planned to go for a long run and it was raining again. I kind of used that as an excuse and went to the gym instead and ran 5 miles on the treadmill and did some weights. the weather has taken a turn for the worse but I guess we have been lucky to get in the amount of biking we did in March on PEI. I still feel that I am ahead of last year. I plan to do a couple of 90 minute runs in cuba next week and I will do some swimming in the pool and the ocean. I would like to do a short brick workout before i go to boost my confidence a bit. We will see how the weather goes. I am thinking about going for a short run today at lunch if it stops raining and I am doing hot yoga after work.

fitter than last year?

With this early spring, I figure I must be a bit fitter this year in terms of biking. I have been out biking since early March. I feel a bit fitter but it is hard to tell. I did more spinning classes during the winter and they were more intense than in previous years. I feel like my hill climbing ability at the start of the season is not too bad. Still, I am doing a half-ironman triathlon on June 5th and that is not easy to be ready for that this time of year. Last Saturday, I taught spinning in the morning and then Corena and I biked to Montague with the wind with the plan of being picked up in Montague. It was a smart idea and it was good except that I got a flat tire just before we got there. We also did a fairly intense one hour hot yoga class in the afternoon. Sunday, we ran for 2 hours at a brisk pace. That is the longest run I have done in 2010 and I was hurting a bit that night. I was a bit stiff and sore. I would say we ran 23 or 24 k.

Monday, I did a great hot yoga class; Tuesday, I swam about 2200 metres and then did spinning in the afternoon; Yesterday, I swam again about 2200 metres and then went biking after work for about and hour and 15 minutes. I am taking today off. I was going to swim and then last night at about 10pm said to heck with it. I may swim tomorrow to make it three times this week.

Week ending April 10th, 2010

This week I did well getting up early all 4 days. Wednesday am I went to the gym before work and did some weights and an ab workout. Wednesday evening I did hot yoga; Thursday morning I swam with Darcy and we did about 2200m. Thursday at lunch I ran with Rob J. for a quick 7 k. This morning, I went to the gym again and did basically the same workout as wednesday. I swam at lunch time again. This week I have done 3 swims which is a bit more than I have been doing. Tomorrow, I have big plans- spinning class in the morning, a bit of a break and then cycling for about 3 hours. I would also like to do hot yoga in the afternoon but I don't know if I will be able to squeeze all that in. I have agreed to go for a 2 hour run with Corena on Sunday.