IMAZ training - How's it going? (Page 6)

You can do it!

My long ride this weekend (4.5 hours) was in 30F temps, 15F with windchill. Wind warning was in effect, with 25mph sustained winds gusting up to 40mph. It was even snowing out for about 10 miles or so. But the snow didn't stick, it wasn't dangerous. And I was with many others on our collegiate cycling team, so there's always safety in numbers. But it was still a cold ride!

Happy training everyone!!

Looks liek this week is going to be tough - if anyone else is on the BT 20 week plan, there's a bike LT test and a tough run as well! 

I really admire all of you that are training through tough winters. We here in FL have had a reoerd-breaking warm winter. Yesterday is got up to 84 degress.

Last year the weather was great, too. I had to wear tights on the bike 2 times all last winter. Of course the down side to all of this is our horrible 5+ months of summer. 

For me, IMAZ has been great motivation to get out there and train. Last winter I didn't ride outdoors until March!! Fortunately it has been a  mild winter so far for Conn. I'm hoping I can escape without having to do anything on the trainer longer than ~2-2.5 hours.

Yeah, my ride yesterday got canceled half way through. 20 miles in it started raining bad so I rode to my in-laws house and called my husband for a SAG ride home. An hour later it was SNOWING! We got about 3 inches at our house. The pic below shows why I wasn't riding home.

It's sorta rainy and cruddy here.  the trainer is earning its keep.

Shoulder is better and I'm back swimming again.

 confidence is high, I repeat, Confidence ..is...high.

I hear ya on the snow sucking!  I had a Duathlon on Saturday.  Run/bike/run/bike.  All in the snow.  I won my agegroup and was 9th overall.  Then a 3:45 trainer ride followed by a 30 minute run in the snow on Sunday.  Good weekend of training.  Rest week this week.  I need it.

I was searching for a 2.4 mile OW swim before IMAZ and found this one. It's on April 1st and at Lake (un)Pleasant.

http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1376567

Did a 1 mile aerobic TT on the run and brought my pace down to 7:14 from 7:38 in 2 weeks.  Happy about that since I want to run 8 minute miles at IMAZ.

Had a good week last week as it was a semi-rest week with a makeup long bike ride in there.  Got everything done including the long bike that was cut short due to bad weather, then that was finished up on the Computrainer. So a 4:30 ride and a 30 min transition run. 

9+45 for a  rest week and a missed 75 min run that I will make up today.

I am feeling more confident as the race date approaches....I just need warmer weather (and no rain) so I can get more outdoor miles in on my bike.

Sounds like some great progress & lots of motivation...good job!

I'm coming off an R & R week, felt maybe I had done too little but had a 2 good runs today & the hammy is feeling fine so the reduced time was helpful.

This week is start to 2nd to the last of 4 week training blocks, really hope to build the run volume and bike distance over the next 3 weeks. Hope to follow the R & R week with a 112/4 rehersal brick.

This has become a part time job & still gets challenging to fit in all the planned training.