Are We There Yet???

What Week is It anyway

2006-11-12T19:28:00.000-08:00

Well I have been slacking . . . not in my training, but in my blogging . . . guess I am better at training then writing . . . probably a good thing considering what I am trying to accomplish;)

This last week was a good one on paper but toward the end of the week I was feeling a bit fatigued, may be pushing a little to hard (big surprise there).

Monday - 5 mile recovery and strength circuit
Tuesday - spin and run @ the Basement
Wednesday - Track workout with the TEAM - Hard but totally fun workout - thanks Was!!
Thursday - Spin at Rob's - Just didn't feel into it, I think my legs were still tired from track
Friday - Well . . . so I decided to play a little pick up soccer and it is totally true what they say about specificity of training . . . I am not in soccer shape . . . not only did I blister my feet, but I strained muscles I didn't even know I had . . . needless to say I decided to skip my planned tempo run.
Saturday - So I woke up in worse condition then I went to sleep in . . . felt a cold coming on (I have a few friends and a few to many workouts to blame for that) . . . soccer was still kicking my butt . . . and I had made plans to do a 15 miler with Brenna . . . so I did what any good (meaning crazy) ironteamer would do . . . I showed up on time for our run . . . and glad I did. Perfect running weather and good company made the 15 miles fly by. Next stop our Iron University Strength training seminar.
Sunday - they say that the second day is the worst, "they" are totally right. Soccer is not for the weak. Anyway, off to Mountain View High for a swim and bike brick . . . let the good times roll. Workout was great, I felt much better in terms of my cold and my muscles after getting going. Absolutely beautiful morning, we couldn't have asked for a better day.

The aftermath. Hurting, tired and this cold is kicking my butt. I got some foam roller and streching to do before bed.

Write you next week (hopefully), same time same Iron channel.

Ty

Week 2

2006-10-23T12:50:00.000-07:00

Well my body is posting mixed reviews on my second full week of "iron training", truthfully I don't think I let my self have an off season and my training hasn't changed that much from last season . . . other then I have a lot more cool folks to workout with. I really like having the Team, it is very motivating.

Long run Saturday morning (10.5m + 3.5m), tweaked my knee a little bit. I am making myself stay off it until at least Wednesday (by off it I don't mean I am not working out or moving around - if you know me this is pretty much an impossibility - just no running).

Writing a blog is kinda weird (I have never done this before), I wonder if anyone actually reads these things, is it just a bit of narcissism? Oh well, I said I was going to post a training blog for any of my sponsors that might be interested and it is an interesting exercise.

Can't, Hardly, Wait!!!!

2006-10-03T13:57:00.000-07:00

Can't wait to kick this season off and meet the lot of you. Can hardly wait to start getting into the training. I have been told I will have to wait to really get going (a couple of weeks). Anyway, had a great tri season (thanks in part to the cool tri-geeks I get to work with) and am hoping to get back into a training regime before my over active appetite and propensity to sleep in catches up with my inner couch potato;)