Week in Numbers

Well, apparently I have nothing else exciting to talk about than training this week. I suppose in some ways that is a good thing, i.e. my body has cooperated and I have been able to do ALL MY TRAINING. Whoot!

It was a pretty big week. I did have my first 3:00 run scheduled, but will my IT band on the fritz, I decided it was too much to build from only 1 2:30min run a couple weeks ago to 2:30. Also, during my run Monday I tightened up and cut an 1:45 short to 1:20 to avoid the pain.

After a massage on Monday Kylah said the IT band loosened up better than it ever has, so I was excited about that. I decided to go for 2:30 on Wed (vs 3hr) and felt pretty good so I added a bit at the end to get in 16miles.

We (momo, ironshane) and I had a pretty darn good ride yesterday. Shane & I had 5:45 and Momo had 5hrs so S & I headed up to her place to add the extra mileage. Let me tell you, we were slow as all get out to get there. It usually takes us about 35mins to get to her gate and ugh, this time it was close to 40mins, avg a mere 14.5mph.

Fortunately we were bookin the rest of the way and brought the overall avg back up to 18mph (18.4 for the 5hrs with momo) bringing us to a daily total of 104miles. Jeez that is a long ass time on the bike. Literally....

Surprisingly I felt really good afterwards. I was starving, and craving SALT and BEER. I cured both cravings and S & I were in bed by 8:45. We are quite the exciting couple you know...

Today is my rest day, and while my muscles are tight I actually feel great! Looking forward to this week's training as we only have a moderate (slow easy) ride of 3:30 and a mod run of (1:30) cause we are headed to MEXICO! We'll participate in the 10k on Saturday then let our bodes recoup for a couple of days before heading home to the last 4 weeks of heaving building/peaking before the TAPER!

I promise after next week I'll have some more exciting posts & pictures to share after Mexico :-)

Here are the numbers: ~20.5hrs including a couple hours of strength (actually made it for Daniel torture both days this week)


Comments

Bolder said…
good lord you work out like a machine!

IT Band -- do you use a foam roller?
April 27, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Spokane Al said…
104 miles averaging 18 mph - you absolutely rock on the bike.
April 27, 2008 at 6:53 PM
Di said…
that is a good bike!!
April 27, 2008 at 10:32 PM
My Life said…
Woooow... that is some week!! Go you! ;)
April 28, 2008 at 7:25 AM
Supalinds said…
Holy hell, will wait with a beer at the finish line for me?

Awesome week!! You are kicking some serious ass and should be proud of yourself!!

Your IT band is keeping up with those long runs, that is great!!!
April 28, 2008 at 8:06 AM
brendaj said…
What a great week. Every time I see your blog entries, I'm reminded that I should get a sports massage!
April 28, 2008 at 10:56 PM
Steve Stenzel said…
WOW!! Heck of a week!!!
April 29, 2008 at 1:57 PM
Judi said…
You are rockin' on the bike. Makes me feel like getting out for a ride - just have to get this marathon out of the way.
May 1, 2008 at 11:19 AM
Tea said…
wow---you are amazing on the bike!
May 1, 2008 at 7:02 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

IMCDA #7 -- The Sunset Year

Image
It's been two months since Ironman CDA. The last Ironman CDA. It was a late registration for me.  After a couple stressful and busy years, I wasn't sure if I wanted to tackle another long event or take the year off. But, as per usual, as the training progressed so did my desire to race. About a week after I finally pulled the trigger and registered, the rumors started going around about it being the last year for the event in my favorite town. Denial at it's best, I didn't believe it. They still had another year on the contract so surely they would honor that.... Turns out, choosing to race this year is something I'll forever be thankful for. Being able to run down the finish line on Sherman for the last time is truly a blessing. There are a lot of things that made this year so special. I had 3 athletes racing that day, my BFFs in town cheering all day with Shane and what I felt like was a million people rooting for me. Earlier in the year I set a goal of gettin
Read more

Kona 23'

Image
It's been a while! I started this blog/journal to document training adventures for my first Ironman in 2007. It was a fun adventure and *back then* blogging was the social media of today. It connected me with so many special people that I met and continue to keep in contact with (albeit, not enough). Life got busy, training was more of a lifestyle then a new adventure and sharing my daily with the world became just, well irrelevant. While so much has changed since my last post, there is still a lot of the same. My love for swimming, biking and running, dogs and wine is still there, but my desire to keep pushing and find new boundaries has definitely faded. Over 20 years in this endurance world I've found more in myself then I ever dreamed possible. I've met the most amazing people and traveled to beautiful places.  In 2021 after several years of pandemic chaos, I brought myself back to top end fitness and lined up for my 14th Ironman and 8th IMCDA. I had a solid day, 6th in
Read more

Coeur d'Alene Scenic Challenge

Relays are FUN. Seriously... no stress, just show up & do your part! I've done one relay before, in Mexico - I totally forgot how much fun they can be. The CDA triathlon is something I found on line a LONG time ago. I don't even know why I was looking at races in this area, because we had not started our plans to come here for the summer yet. Anyhow - I looked it up for this summer, and if happened to fall the week after Troika, what was supposed to be our 'A' race.... Had I only known..... So, still not wanting to give up on the race, I put out an "Ad" on Facebook looking for someone to join Shane & I for a team. My only thing - I was going to swim. After swimming in 2 different, not so pretty lakes this summer I wanted to swim in CDA. Not to mention I had had about enough with my sub par swim times lately..... Sure enough my Facebook post worked and within 24hours of posting we had a runner. How cool is this. A girl that I have not seen f
Read more