Alice's Training Blog

Columbus,OH 
Today
Moderate or heavy rain shower High 81FLow 64F
  • Temp: 65F
  • Hum: 87%
  • W: 8mph S
THURSDAY
Patchy rain nearby
High 73F
Low 47F
FRIDAY
Sunny
High 62F
Low 37F
SATURDAY
Partly Cloudy
High 64F
Low 44F
SUNDAY
Partly Cloudy
High 67F
Low 47F

June 21

Bike #1
  • 38m 13s
  • 12.03 miles
  • 18.88 Mi/hr

2nd loop, same course, by myself.
Wow! This was actually good! Includes stop signs.
Yay! Felt very good. Forgot HR strap.

Bike #2
  • 56m 58s
  • 11.69 miles
  • 12.31 Mi/hr

Showing Kim the course. Stopping at each stop sign to talk and check gearing, etc.
Forgot HR strap.

Run
  • 44m 01s
  • 4.75 miles
  • 09m 16s /Mi

Ran the run course for Alum Creek. Wow, the grassy part is pretty tough. Uneven, muddy, etc. with moguls and hills. Glad I did that ahead of time! faster on my second loop.
First time running sockless!
Not sure when my HR got that high. I felt like I was at about 170-175 the whole time.

Practiced transitions a lot - it was good.
First time sockless.
Did the shoes-on-pedals bike mount about 6 times.
Did the switch to running shoes, hat and race belt, plus switching the Garmin to wrist, about 3 times. A couple times I forgot to put the Garmin back on the bike and had to loop around again.
Good practice. Trouble getting my shoes on despite baby powder in them. Maybe will try body glide, too. Had some rubbing on my right arch. The running shoes I'm favoring right now are not super for getting on and off or going sockless. But I like the smaller thinner sole. Might have to find something different next time I buy shoes.

Legs felt great going bike to run. It was the shoes that were the problem.

June 20

Run
  • 32m 23s
  • 3.50 miles
  • 09m 15s /Mi

Interval workout in Worthington Hills. Not bad considering heat, sun and the big hill.

w/u half mile
quarter mile repeats: hard/easy
2:09min 6.9mph
2:17min 6.5mph
2:09min 6.9mph
2:46min 5.4mph (after hill)
2:05min 7.2mph
2:28min 6.1mph
2:10min 6.9mph
2:29min 6.0mph
2:05min 7.2mph
2:23min 6.3mph
1:55min 7.8mph
2:35min 5.9mph

Forgot HR strap

June 19

Bike
  • 1h 11m 58s
  • 20.00 miles
  • 16.67 Mi/hr

Trainer ride.
Trainer setting Level 1
5 min w/u
6 min hard, 1 min easy
x6
Kept HR above 140 for each of the hard repeats.
I worked really hard. As usual, I'm disappointed with the speed I could achieve for this energy output.
My average speed during the hard intervals was about 18. I couldn't push it any harder and hold it for the 6 minutes. Still, this is the first interval workout I've done on the bike in a long time.
Once intervals were over, I had 6 miles left. I did a combination of LT and one-legged drills and easy spinning.
Found it interesting that I was more comfortable achieving 18mph by pushing a hard gear at a lower cadence than by pushing a low gear at a high cadence.
I need to work on leg strength.

June 18

Run
  • 52m 28s
  • 4.77 miles
  • 11m /Mi

With double jogger and 2 kids.
Pumped up the tires on the jogger, hoping for a better time. No such luck. I wasn't thirsty at all on this run, though, even though I was covered in sweat. Very weird.

June 17

Swim
  • 30m
  • 1100.00 yards
  • 02m 43s /100 yards

DRILLS:
300 w/u
100 catchup
100 fists
100 treadmill
100 sighting
100 kicking
100 alternate side breathing
100 hypoxic
100 isolated arms

(I did 300 of drills a couple days ago, which are part of this workout on the schedule)

June 16

Run
  • 1h 20m
  • 8.00 miles
  • 10m /Mi

Very difficult run. I went out immediately after eating a very fiber-heavy dinner. My stomach felt like it was up in my lungs, and I had to stop for 5 minutes (off the clock) to use the bathroom and stand around for a minute. Still, proud of myself for finishing! Kept it in Zone 3 almost the entire time.

June 15

Swim #1
  • 06m
  • 300.00 yards
  • 02m /100 yards

100 w/u
100 followthru
100 fingertip drag

Swim #2
  • 28m 36s
  • 1600.00 yards
  • 01m 47s /100 yards

1600 straight for time. Not bad. Benchmark was 30 minutes.

Strength
  • 50m

  • EXERCISE

    Sets
    Min
    reps
    Max
    reps
    Min
    wt.(lb)
    Max
    wt.(lb)
  • BACK - Back extensions
    3
    12
    12
    0
    0
  • BICEPS - Pullups
    3
    0
    0
    0
    0
  • CHEST - Flat Bench Press
    3
    8
    8
    75
    75
  • CORE - Crunches (FB)
    3
    15
    15
    0
    0
  • CORE - Physio Side Raises (FB)
    6
    12
    12
    0
    0
  • LEGS - 2 Leg Squats
    3
    12
    12
    90
    90
  • LEGS - Hamstring curl
    3
    12
    12
    30
    30
  • LEGS - Hip abductor
    3
    12
    12
    115
    115
  • LEGS - Hip adductor
    3
    12
    12
    95
    95
  • LEGS - Hip Swing
    6
    0
    0
    0
    0
  • LEGS - Leg Extensions
    3
    10
    12
    4
    4
  • LEGS - Standing calf raises
    3
    12
    12
    90
    90
  • TRICEPS - Assisted Dips
    3
    0
    0
    0
    0
  • TRICEPS - Pulley pushdown
    3
    6
    7
    40
    40

Didn't get to 3 of my exercises. Will try to fit them in later this week. Sigh. It was really busy in there.

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