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March 2

Strength
  • 1h 20m

Upper body workout. Supersets. Pull-ups and push-ups warm-up for first 8 minutes. Chest/back and shoulders/arms. Abs sets for 1 minute between supersets (15 sets).

Sport
  • Stretching
  • 50m
The soreness in my legs is finally starting to dissipate.  I'll probably need another 2 days to get through it.  I may try a short jog/walk at lunch to see how the ankle feels.  I feel like I need to start running soon or I'll suffer the consequences at Lonestar 1/2.

March 1

Swim
  • 1h 00m
  • 3300.00 yards
  • 01m 49s /100 yards

2000 straight (33:30) (1:41 pace)
1:30 rest
4X100 on 1:45
1:00 rest
3X100 on 1:40
200 IM
1:00 rest
400 free hard effort(6:15) (1:32 pace)
No CD...rain and had to head home to wake up the kids.

Sport
  • Stretching
  • 50m
My legs are dead after two days and five hours of riding.  I'll probably let them rest until Thursday or Friday and focus on swimming, weights, stretching/yoga and pilates.  I went to bet at 9:30 last night and managed 7 hours of good sleep and will try to do the same tonight. 

I missed my window of opportunity to workout at lunch today.  Instead, I'll lift tomorrow morning and try to do some Pilates before the gym tomorrow. 

February 28

Bike
  • 2h 09m
  • 40.00 miles
  • 18.60 Mi/hr

First outdoor ride this year. Started a 7 am and 36 degrees. Hands were cold though not too bad. Feet were pretty much frozen. Took it out a little slow for the first 10 minutes and then picked up the pace averaging 20-21 for the next 50 minutes, then slowed back down again (16-18) and stopped once reaching the turning point. Took it back a little quicker on the way back averaging 21-22 most of the way back with some 2 minute sprints at 24-25 mph.
TE=2.7
kcal=1575
AHR==71%

Sport
  • Stretching
  • 35m

February 27

Bike
  • 3h 00m
  • 53.00 miles
  • 17.67 Mi/hr

Steady state, flat, even cadence b/t 75-95 rpm. Long, slow endurance ride.
TE=1.9
kcal=2225
AHR=69%

February 26

Sport
  • Stretching
  • 30m

I skipped the morning swim workout today.  Calf muscles stopped twitching while asleep but they were still prone to cramps/charlie horses and would have made swimming difficult.   Taking lunchtime workout too so I can attend a father's lunch/hoedown at my son's preschool.  Looking forward to it. 

Weigh-in this morning....at 187.8 and total loss of 18.8 lbs in 57 days (4.2 lbs lost this past week).  Expecting a gain next week.  I can tell I'm a bit dehydrated after yesterday's workouts so that 187 is not a true measure.  I'll weigh again tomorrow once my fluids balance out.

February 25

Bike
  • 1h 15m
  • 24.80 miles
  • 19.84 Mi/hr

Spinning at the gym after working late. What I thought would be a recovery ride turned out to be a pretty tough ride. Did five minutes sprints (100-120) followed by five minutes of high gear/low cadence (40-60) out of the saddle for the first hour. Last 15 minutes was in the saddle at 90 rpm. Knew it was pretty hard when I was laying in bed at 11 pm and the calves were twitching like crazy and was getting charlie horses in my calves and in my feet.

Run
  • 05m
  • 0.62 miles
  • 08m 03s /Mi

After the ride. I spent 5-10 minutes on the treadmill to see how the foot felt. Still not perfect but better than a month ago. I will continue to rest it and maybe start walking more on the treadmill over the next few weeks.

Strength
  • 1h 18m

Morning Workout. All supersets. Lunges, bodyweight squats and step-ups in between supersets for the first half of workout. All abs/crunches between sets on second half.
TE=2.2
AHR=71%
kcal=1046

Sport
  • Spinning Class
  • 1h 00m
Arms and shoulders were tired after the morning workout.  I probably need to take a week off to let my legs recover.  My legs have a constant soreness/tiredness that I can't shake.  I need to get the bounce back.  I imagine once I get back to running and less lifting/biking they'll start to feel better.  Lunch ride was brutal on the legs.  Again, the lungs feel great but the legs are running out of gas, which reinforces the point that I need to take it down a bit and recover longer.  Tonight's ride was nearly more challenging than the spinning class (less sprinting, more strength).  Tomorrow is a day off from the bike, while Saturday is a long trainer ride planned for early morning.  After Sunday's ride, I'll take Monday-Wednesday off from any bike/leg workout and see how I feel.

February 24

Swim
  • 1h 14m
  • 4100.00 yards
  • 01m 48s /100 yards

Stretched for 15 minutes at home before heading to the pool.

1800 straight swim (30:20; 1:41 pace)
MS:
3X100 Declining
Pyramid (RPE=7)
1X400 (6:20) w/:15 rest
2x200 (3:20s) w/:10 rest
4X100 on 1:45
8X50 on :50
CD
4X100 kick

Sport
  • Stretching
  • 1h 15m
Braved the 37 degree temperatures and managed to have a really good swim.  A lilttle chilly after taking off sweatshirt and tights...so I stood on the deck for only about 20 seconds before saying "f*%# this" and jumped in.  Water was a steamy 77.  After the initial set, practice started and only 4 of us showed up...out of a group of 15.  After getting out of the water, I felt good but felt a little bloated and had some stomach cramps.

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