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my plan called for:

GOALS:

Swim: - 4h
Bike: - 14h
Run: - 15h

ACTUAL THRU TODAY:

Not to far away from plan.  Im still having problems with PF and a bum knee so I opted for elliptical training instead of running when it was really bad.  I should be able to get in an hour or so on the bike before we close the door on January.  Wil have to find some time in the next few days to firm up February plans including the race on Presidents Day.

I had planned to do a Half Marathon on Feb 17 but looks like Im going to shorten that to a 10k.  My 14 year old son, Phillip, wants to run the 10k and I really want to run it with him.  I think I will enjoy it a lot more crossing the finish like with him.  I know that the time is coming when he doesn't want to run with his Dad so Im going to take advantage of it.

Jan 2007 Training Goals

1. swim 16500 yds

2. bike 220 miles

3. run 45 miles

4. 2.5 hours core work

January's totals:

Bike:

10h 53m 50s  - 164.92 Mi

Run:

7h 55m 04s  - 36.58 Mi

Swim:

3h 42m 08s  - 8800 Yd

Strength:

45m 

The first half of the month was down due to my illness.  I mae up a lot of ground but still came up short in evreything.

Feb goals

Bike - 200 miles

run 45 miles

swim 19000 yds

core workouts 2 hrs

I have an indoor tri on the 19th but I am not going to taper for it.  more of a see where I'm at race.

How are you all doing?  I have been taking sneek peaks at logs but I have been really swamped at work and haven't had time for inspires.  Looks to me like you all are doing pretty good!  I'm impressed with Lisa's advance at swiming!  Way to go girl!

I'm struggling a bit wit a sore lower back (not quite sure what is going on).  I hope to be back on track with the inspires soon.

Hello from the frozen East coast...  I have been sick as a dawg and swamped at work.  Not a good combination!  I've updated my logs, although no exercise has been done in a week.  It is amazing how much you miss the routine and pick-me-up from a good workout once you can't do it.   Thanks for the "Inspire Me's" but I think I'm on the mend now...

January totals:

I missed 3 swim session, 3 bike sessions, 2 runs and...  well... I need to get back into the swing with the core work.

February Goals (ammended for sick loss):

I'm still in.  Had a slow weekend but moving forwrd. Short indoor tri next weekend (15:00 per event) then need to ramp up my running. (25k in may is going to sneak up on me.)

Ken

I'm still here also!  I think we have been using the inspire function more than the thread lately.  I had a great race yesterday.  I'll have the race report up soon and you'll be able to pick it apart .  Lisa do not fear intervals!  Sure they can suck.  My time /100 yds has dropped dramatically since i started doing intervals.  One thing I did was mess witht he "rest" time.  If I finished a set and I was sucking too hard to go at the end of the "rest" time I'd take another 10 secs.  YOu'll find that it won't be long and you'll almost enjoy intervals.

I like to keep my candence between 90 and 100.  There are others that shoot for 80 - 90.  Alot of it I think depends on how it feels to you and what happens to your heart rate.  At this stage stay aerobic and keep building that base.

I'm looking like I'll come up short on my Feb. goal in both the run and the bike.  As I have said before I like to set the bar high.  I will say this much given my performance yesterday and am very happy with where i am at!

I use my heart rate as an indication of how hard I am going.  In the pool it is more of a precieved thing as my monitor doesn't work int he water very well.  On the bike and on the run I use it to make sure I don't go anerobic (unless that is what I am shooting for).

As for the stationary bike I won't be much of a help.  I ride my road bike on a trainer and spin away (changing the restistance by changing gears).  Maybe on of the other guys might have some advice on that one!

Well guys I am going to come up short on my goals for the month.  Starting the month with a sore back and now I have it back again (I lifted something at work I should not have).  No training today except snow removal - which hurt enough.  I'm hoping the spasms will die down enough so i can swim tomorrow.  Actually if that happens I could reach the swim goal.

I was up very late last night waiting for daughters who were out in the snowstorm to come home.  They were taught better than that! 

March Goals

1.  Watch all this snow melt (about two feet worth in the last week)

2. Bike - 200 miles (I haven a Century the end of April I want to do)

3.  Swim - 20000 yds

4. Run - 30 miles

5. Strength - 1 hour

It is time for me to buckle down as June 3 isn't that far away!

Nicely done Lisa, keep up the good work.

Nice Job Lisa!

A mile non stop.  Next thing you know you'll be telling us you signed up for an IM!