Rocketman: Gonna Fly Now!

Olney,MD 
Today
Sunny High 86FLow 67F
  • Temp: 75F
  • Hum: 74%
  • W: 6mph WSW
WEDNESDAY
Patchy rain nearby
High 84F
Low 69F
THURSDAY
Moderate or heavy rain shower
High 80F
Low 60F
FRIDAY
Cloudy
High 69F
Low 42F
SATURDAY
Sunny
High 67F
Low 46F

April 8

Bike #1
  • 11m 30s
  • 2.65 miles
  • 13.82 Mi/hr

warmup

Bike #2
  • 1h 35m 07s
  • 25.13 miles
  • 15.85 Mi/hr

Columbia Tri route

very windy, hard effort; mostly headwind early, mostly tailwind later (really shows in the lap speeds); considering the wind this was a pretty good ride (about 3 minutes slower than last year's race)

Bike #3
  • 12m 22s
  • 2.84 miles
  • 13.79 Mi/hr

cooldown

April 7

Run
  • 57m 13s
  • 5.57 miles
  • 10m 16s /Mi

felt looong, but felt better than Thursday's run

April 6

Sport #1
  • Physical Therapy
  • 25m
Sport #2
  • Yoga
  • 25m

April 5

Bike
  • 1h 16m 43s
  • 18.57 miles
  • 14.52 Mi/hr

Ride steady. Do not take it too easy, but don’t blow it out either.

Run
  • 30m 34s
  • 3.01 miles
  • 10m 09s /Mi

felt especially hard today; I think my nutrition was off.

do what feels good. Ditch the HR monitor. Don’t even think about it. Focus on your form as needed and just run

April 4

Swim
  • 47m 55s
  • 2500.00 yards
  • 01m 55s /100 yards

neck and shoulders still hurting; dropped the last pull set

75's were great, the 50's not so much

Warm up:
200 swim, 100 kick, 200- Alternate 25’s: right arm only, left arm only, 200 pull: did as continuously as possible (didn't properly read the instructions)
15:32

6x75 fast. Do these on the 2:00. (Karen, I can do these on the 1:30)
1:14/1:16/1:15/1:18/1:17/1:17

300 pull easy: 5:45

6x50 fast. :10 RI
I was dying here!
48/52/53/54/53/54

300 pull easy : 5:49

6x50 fast :20 RI:
better with more rest but still tough
49/51/51/53/52/53

C/D 150 easy: 2:54

April 3

Bike
  • 1h 15m 07s
  • 20.21 miles
  • 16.14 Mi/hr

Warm Up - 15 minutes Easy

Main set – 50 minutes
• 5 minutes 60-70 cadence
• 5 minutes 90+ cadence

Cool Down - 10 minutes of easy cycling

Run
  • 25m 15s
  • 2.52 miles
  • 10m 01s /Mi

do what feels good. Ditch the HR monitor. Don’t even think about it. Focus on your form as needed and just run

April 2

Swim
  • 56m 46s
  • 3000.00 yards
  • 01m 53s /100 yards

a little bit of a struggle today; the left side of my neck is a bit tight (actually, both sides are a bit tight) which definitely wasn't helping

Warm-up:
600 (4x 100 swim, 50 kick no board): 11:31

2x500 Moderate :30 RI: 9:36/9:34
8x100 Moderate :20 RI
1:50/1:52/1:52/1:53/1:53/1:53/1:53/1:51
8x50 Moderate :20 RI
52/54/55/54/54/54/54/54

C/D 200: 4:00

HillSlugger's Training Log


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