Three Wishes

Apex,NC 
Today
Light rain shower High 81FLow 67F
  • Temp: 70F
  • Hum: 88%
  • W: 11mph SSW
FRIDAY
Overcast
High 78F
Low 61F
SATURDAY
Sunny
High 75F
Low 47F
SUNDAY
Sunny
High 73F
Low 50F
MONDAY
Partly Cloudy
High 76F
Low 60F

April 20

Swim
  • 1h 15m
  • 3062.12 yards
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Warm up

Drills
drills: 3 x 50 over the barrel, 1 x 50 flip n hold (5:30)

Workout (1:06:35)
5x100 @ 10, 1 min, 1500 @ 1 min, 5x100 @ 10
2:11, 2:20, 2:21, 2:19, 2:21
40:35
2:24, 2:30, 1:13, 2:29, 2:30, 2:28
(miscounted and ended up with 1550 and then my goggles messed up and I ended up with an extra 1x50)

Catch up drill
Cool down

Sport
  • Walking
  • 38m

Evening walk with Emma

 

Prepped cue sheet for the weekend.  I'm doing the Raven Rock Ramble 100k route but starting from home to add about 8 miles each way.  I hope that the rain is truly in the late afternoon/evening.  A dry morning ride is preferable Wink


Proof that triathletes are smarter!

"exercise appears to build a brain that resists physical shrinkage and enhance cognitive flexibility. Exercise, the latest neuroscience suggests, does more to bolster thinking than thinking does." 
Jogging Your Brain

  • Health data: Hours slept: 6.25

April 19

Bike
  • 44m 28s
  • 13.30 miles
  • 17.94 Mi/hr

Apex BBQ - Horton's Pond - Evans - Peakway

I tried a new route to avoid some of the new stoplights. This will work better once the detour is done in a few months.

Assignment: Ride 45 min (z2) with 5x1 min sprints with 1 min between ...

Run
  • 16m 40s
  • 1.89 miles
  • 08m 49s /Mi

Grabbed Emma for the run portion of the brick.

Assignment: ... then run 15 min (z2) with 3x1 min sprints with 1 min between

  • Health data: Hours slept: 7.75

April 18

Bike
  • 1h 40m 28s
  • 30.85 miles
  • 18.42 Mi/hr

Oh Melo Velo
Tody Goodwin to Pea Ridge

Beat the rain! Nice ride. Fun!

I was with Tom on the Fuji bike with an Ubuntu kit on and two other guys most of the way.

  • Health data: Hours slept: 7.75

April 17

Run
  • 50m 34s
  • 5.52 miles
  • 09m 09s /Mi

Nice run. A lot more humid that it has been. Summer must be just around the corner! Today's assignment: Run 45 min (z2) with 4x3 min @ 5k race pace with 2 min between

Swim
  • 1h 08m
  • 2843.39 yards
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There is a big sign on the door to the outdoor pool saying that the pool and deck are still closed. No Exceptions!

Warm up

Drills (5:30)
3 x 50 over the barrel, 1 x 50 flip n hold

Workout (1:02:35)
12x200 @ 10 alternating 200’s with easy and mod hard
4:33, 4:59
4:41, 5:06
4:43, 5:05
4:49, 5:21
4:43, 5:19
4:53, 5:20

Cool down

Calf cramps during the 4th stanza.


So...  I have to admit that I'm really confused about bike elevations and how they are calculated and what a good source for this information is.  Vineman is a hilly course and I want to be prepared.  I know that 3MM is hillier than Vineman and I will be ready but still, how does my ride from last Saturday stack up?  How does Raven Rock stack up?

Saturday's ride had wildly varying elevations -- MapMyRide gave the route 1581 climbing feet. The Garmin 310 gave it 3,360 ft.  I searched Garmin Connect and found Vineman bike's from other Garmin 310s that gave it 3400 or so climbing feet.   I guess that means that I'm on track???  By MapMyRide lists the Vineman course as 2100ish climbing feet.  Huh.

  • Health data: Hours slept: 6.75

April 16

Sport
  • Walking
  • 45m

Early morning walk with Emma.

  • Health data: Hours slept: 7

April 15

Run
  • 1h 00m 54s
  • 6.51 miles
  • 09m 21s /Mi

Haddon Hall

Legs felt a bit tired today. This is not a surprise given the quick build on the bike (50 miles last Saturday, 75 this yesterday).

Swim
  • 1h 12m
  • 2952.76 yards
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Warm up

Drills (200m ~ 5:30)
- 3 x over the parrel
- 1 x flip n hold

Workout 5 x 500 @ 45 (1:06:41)
12:28, 12:22, 12:33, 13:03, 12:54

Cool down

Decent swim. Not as good as last week. The first two 500s were good, the third one was kinda ok. The fourth one I said to myself, relax, you are fighting the water. That did not work. The fifth one I said to myself, continuous motion. I was tired by then though.

Sport
  • Walking
  • 30m

Afternoon walk with Emma and Kevin.

  • Health data: Hours slept: 8.25

April 14

Bike
  • 4h 17m 46s
  • 74.31 miles
  • 17.30 Mi/hr

Gotta love a road called Chicken Bridge!

MapMyRide gave the route 1581 climbing feet. The Garmin 310 gave it 3,360 ft.

I had two fig newtons just over an hour into the ride, then had a Clif bar an hour later and a Clif Zbar Krispy peanut butter during the third hour. (I am not a fan of the Zbar Krispy. Will probably not do that again.)

road markings
Triathletes need much larger road markings than cyclists

Chicken Bridge


We got Contagion from Redbox for our evening entertainment.  I really enjoyed the movie.  When we picked it out, I had no idea that it had that good a cast -- Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Kate Winslet.

  • Health data: Hours slept: 9

jmkizer's Training Log


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Totals

  • May's totals
  • April's totals
  • 2013 totals
  • 2012 totals