Looking back over last week, I did pretty well with my training. One goal I had was to swim 3 times. I accomplished that with 2000 yard on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Swimming 3 times a week really is the magic number. By day 3 your stroke falls in to place and swimming becomes second nature. I will try to keep this up.
My running mileage on the other hand has been slacking. I did make it to the Tuesday track workout (lunch with Eric) where we ran 6×600. I had opened my mouth a little too soon and ended up leading the final 600. I did hit 2:00 on the dot.
I also made it to both the Tuesday and Thursday training race. The turnouts were really low, but the pace was steady. I was lucky to get 30 miles in each night.
Once the weekend rolled around, I got stuck doing a long ride on Saturday, solo. I took the TT bike out, hoping to get close to 90. But the plan fell apart when I hit 104 in Waverly. The road was crap and my motivation was low. I decided to flip. I knew i would be getting more than 60 in so I thought I would be satisfied.
I completed the ride with 65 miles with a 21 average. I didn’t realize it, but I had a storm at my back. By the time I changed clothes and put on my shoes, it started raining. I figured I could still get 2 miles in before I totally got shit on. I headed out and turned two 7:30 miles. My legs felt good, and I really didnt feel like getting too wet.
Sunday the last day of my week, I convinced Jason to go on a long run with me. We headed to the park. We averaged around 8:30s on the way there. After we lapped the park, we headed back and picked up the pace. 7:10, 15 or so all the way back. I had too keep Jason in check. After we parted at the usual corner, I kept going shooting for a sub 7 the last mile.
I managed a 6:56 that last mile. I was really impressed with my legs, but they were sore. 11 miles for the day.
One month to Longhorn 70.3!
