Better each year
March 23
March 22
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.
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
March 20
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.
Easy recovery spin on the trainer.
- Health data: Sleep: 5 Soreness: 4 Fatigue: 4 Hours slept: 6.75
March 19
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
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
- Health data: Sleep: 2 Soreness: 3 Fatigue: 2 Hours slept: 5.25

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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. :(