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Today
Thundery outbreaks in nearby High 84FLow 68F
  • Temp: 73F
  • Hum: 83%
  • W: 4mph E
SATURDAY
Sunny
High 78F
Low 68F
SUNDAY
Sunny
High 78F
Low 68F
MONDAY
Partly Cloudy
High 82F
Low 67F
TUESDAY
Partly Cloudy
High 84F
Low 67F

March 23

Run
  • 1h 07m 54s
  • 8.96 miles
  • 07m 34s /Mi

Always 1 mile WU/CD. After warm up for the duration of your run 6 minutes easy zone 1-2; followed by 1 minute pickup zone 3 can creep into zone 4. Force back to zone 1-2 during easy section.

Ran pretty much to plan. No HRM, so just guessed at the pickup intensity. Nice evening to be out running. Hip/groin pull still slightly bothersome. :(

  • Health data: Sleep: 3 Soreness: 3 Fatigue: 3 Hours slept: 7

March 22

Bike
  • 2h 17m 48s
  • 43.88 miles
  • 19.11 Mi/hr

RBM/Arbor Hills route two loops, plus Josie/544 to 121. Used the Christmas-gift aero helmet for the first time. Very nice.

No HRM, but tried to keep a harder, Z3 effort for the second half.

Run
  • 20m 19s
  • 2.73 miles
  • 07m 26s /Mi

T2: 2:21

Heritage park loop, around the street, plus end of block. Legs were mostly back ~.75 mi, and felt pretty good by 1.25~1.5mi.

  • Health data: Sleep: 5 Soreness: 5 Fatigue: 5 Hours slept: 8.75

March 21

Swim
  • 48m
  • 2743.20 meters
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NTex Masters

Swim today was pretty easy, overall.

Put on the wetsuit again for the first time since last fall. Sheesh.. it feels like cheating to go that fast.

  • Health data: Sleep: 4 Soreness: 4 Fatigue: 3 Hours slept: 5

March 20

Run
  • 1h 02m 30s
  • 7.88 miles
  • 07m 55s /Mi

Always 1 mile WU/CD. After warm up for the duration of your run 4 minutes easy zone 1-2; followed by 3 minute pickup zone 3. Force back to zone 1-2 during easy section.

House to Russell Creek, 2 loops of park, and back. No HRM strap. Got in about 7 of the 3-min pickups.

Hip pointer? Still nagging. Especially noticable at start of run, though can still detect it throughout. Right upper leg feels a little 'out of whack' a couple of hours later - outer hip, glute. Not terrible, just a little different. (Possibilities include: compensating for hip pointer with subtle gait change; weight still higher than desired (extra impact), though I'd expect that to affect both legs.) I should probably be doing some dedicated stretching each day.

Bike
  • 1h 00m
  • 15.20 miles
  • 15.20 Mi/hr

Easy recovery spin on the trainer.

  • Health data: Sleep: 5 Soreness: 4 Fatigue: 4 Hours slept: 6.75

March 19

Bike
  • 1h 30m
  • 22.96 miles
  • 15.31 Mi/hr

Indoor trainer
Warm up for 15 minutes zone 1-2
HR zone 4 for 6 minutes
RI zone 2-3 as soon as recovered
HR zone 4 for 4 minutes
RI zone 2-3 as soon as recovered
HR zone 4 for 2 minutes
RI zone 2-3 as soon as recovered
Repeat for duration of workout
Include 15 minutes cool down zone 1-2

Got through two complete sets, plus some extra 2 min intervals. No HRM, so had to just push hard. Probably not hard enough for zone 4, but it was a decent effort.

  • Health data: Sleep: 3 Soreness: 4 Fatigue: 3 Hours slept: 5.6

March 18

Whatever weather front blew in yesterday really hit me last night -- stuffy head, sinus pressure, the works.  I slept pretty poorly and woke up early.  But I didn't feel up to going to the track for running, plus it was supposed to have been storming like mad by then.  Given that the rain held off and that it will rain the rest of the day, I'll probably regret that decision.

I busted another HR strap this weekend.  :(  The senser popped out of the chest strap, and it looks like the contact points corroded away again.  That sucks.

  • Health data: Sleep: 2 Soreness: 3 Fatigue: 4 Hours slept: 7.25

March 17

Swim
  • 1h 20m
  • 4000.00 meters
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NTex Masters

Warm Up
1 x 200 easy rest 30 sec
4 x 75 25 free/25 drill/25 non-free rest 15 sec

Transition
2 x 200 – Pull @ 3:30 (4:00 or 4:30) 2d 200 faster than 1st

Main Set – TWO LADDERS
4 x 100 Free – Rest :60
4 x 75 Free – Rest :45
4 x 50 Free – Rest :30
4 x 25 Free – Rest :15
Rest 1 minute – put on paddles and buoy
THIS LADDER FASTER THAN THE FIRST LADDER
4 x 100 Pull – Rest :60
4 x 75 Pull – Rest :45
4 x 50 Pull – Rest :30
4 x 25 Pull – Rest :15

Cool Down
1 x 200 Easy Swim bring the HR down, focus on technique – have a specific aspect of your stroke to work on each 25

Then I did several more 200s, a 150 with Coach Dave watching, and another 50 coldown.

Total time in pool: 2:00

Ahh.. it was social day at the pool today, it seems.  I woke up late and didn't get started swimming until about 5:30.  Still it wasn't a particularly hard workout, and I decided not to run and instead put in some extra yardage (including getting some coach-time).  But with the multiple breaks to chat with people, I think I was in the water for two hours!

  • Health data: Sleep: 2 Soreness: 3 Fatigue: 2 Hours slept: 5.25

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