Alice's Training Blog

June 2

Run
  • 32m 21s
  • 3.80 miles
  • 08m 30s /Mi

warm up 4:45 min
6x400meter intervals with 400meter easy in between:

Lap 1 1:46 min; 8.5mph
Lap 2 2:04 min; 7.3mph
Lap 3 1:48 min; 8.3mph
Lap 4 2:14 min; 6.7mph
Lap 5 1:52 min; 8.0mph
Lap 6 2:47 min; 5.4mph (red light)
Lap 7 1:49 min; 8.2mph
Lap 8 2:39 min; 5.6mph (red light)
Lap 9 1:58 min; 7.6mph
lap 10 2:19 min; 6.4mph
Lap 11 1:52 min; 8.0mph

cooldown .44 miles

18 minutes in Zone 4, 12 minutes in Zone 5! Nice!

Total ascent 430 feet.

It hurt. It sucked. And it was REALLY hot out there.

  • Calories: 1060 From fat:337.51 (37.76g, 31.84%), From Carbs:575.91 (144.99g, 54.33%), Protein:146.58 (36.9g, 13.83%)

June 1

Swim
  • 27m 31s
  • 1400.00 yards
  • 01m 58s /100 yards

300 w/u

10x 100 on the 1:50
(This is a step up - I have been doing them on the 1:55.)
100 c/d

Great workout! I was still able to get 10-15s rest, so I was completing them in 1:35 to 1:40 each. Also the water was a few degrees cooler (yay!). Felt good. Lifeguard Joel even commented that I looked a lot stronger and my stroke looked better.
I was breathing hard and really working, but it is a speed/force workout, so I'm supposed to be doing that. In the coming weeks I'll be transitioning to longer reps (200s and 300s instead of 100s) which will help me approximate that pace during a long swim. Currently there is a big difference between how I swim a 100 and how I swim a 1600.

May 31

Bike
  • 3h 24m 31s
  • 56.77 miles
  • 16.65 Mi/hr

Rode Alum Creek with David. Previous longest ride this year was 30 miles, so this was a stretch, plus it was only my second ride on the Felt. Thank goodness for carbon - what a smooth ride!
I have a lot to work on mentally. I was getting really upset that I couldn't keep up and at one point had a breakdown and was crying with snot flying everywhere, but proud to say still pedaling! Part of the problem was a headwind for the first 15 miles that seemed to be there no matter which was we were headed. Very demoralizing, thinking I was traveling at 15mph on my beautiful new carbon-everything ride. Ugh! Things got better and I was proud to complete the mileage. Also, I have been training mostly on the river path, which is very flat, so this was a challenge. My butt started hurting at mile 45. But I did it! I need a lot more miles to "become one" with this bike, but ultimately it is a lot more comfortable than the roadie, and I can't wait until I can maximize its potential (for me). Still, this ride was a hard reminder that the bike seems to be my weakest sport right now, and that's not good, since it's the biggest piece. But not bad doing the distance for a HIM in May, when my HIM is scheduled for Sept.

2500 calories.
Yes, max HR of 180. I was working!

May 30

Run
  • 1h 18m 10s
  • 8.00 miles
  • 09m 46s /Mi

770 cal
Used Garmin to alert me when I was out of Zone 3. Cool feature, but turned out to be annoying because it only happened on hills when there was nothing I could do about it.
Still, nice relaxing run, and my second time using a workout I loaded into Garmin.

May 29

Run
  • 38m 43s
  • 4.36 miles
  • 08m 52s /Mi

First time using Garmin.
Set up interval workout

  • 5mi warm up 9min/mi
  • Quarter mile repeats fast/slow
    Lap 1 1:55min 7:41 pace
    Lap 2 2:17min 9:10 pace
    Lap 3 1:58min 7:55 pace
    Lap 4 2:23min 9:36 pace
    Lap 5 1:58min 7:55 pace
    Lap 6 2:22min 9:29 pace
    Lap 7 2:02min 8:09 pace
    Lap 8 2:23min 9:35 pace
    Lap 9 2:02min 8:12 pace
    Lap 10 2:26min 9:45 pace
    Lap 11 1:58min 7:55 pace
    Lap 12 2:25min 9:43 pace

    Cooldown:
    .83 miles 9:08 pace

    Swim
    • 28m 16s
    • 1600.00 yards
    • 01m 46s /100 yards

    1600 yards straight. Some distraction sharing a lane with 2 others, and the lane next to me had some sloppy swimmers. Good practice, I guess.

    Garmin Forerunner 305 is cool! My first interval workout where I wasn't CONSTANTLY glancing at my watch. Just run, wait for beep, run faster, wait for beep, run slower! Awesome!

    May 27

    Run
    • 54m 21s
    • 4.58 miles
    • 11m 52s /Mi

    RAIN! Also lots of time waiting to cross Morse Road and also stopping to look at raccoons.

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