IM Week 6 summary April 30-May 6

More biking outside this week.  Missing a normal swim workout so my swim total was lower than I hoped this week. Also the YMCA is now closed on Sundays, so no swimming for me on Sundays until the bodies of water warm up!!

I love my new ultegra pedals! They are very cool and should have switched earlier. However, I missed clipping in  on two consecutive days and thrashed my left shin both days. Day 1's was worse and caused bleeding. It looked like I was hiding a golf ball under my skin,... but right on the tibial ridge!!  On Thursday I also took a 0 mph crash as a moderately busy intersection. Lots of people witness it.  Light changed and I was able to get stopped, but not unclipped. Once I fell, the upper leg (left) was unclipped but the right was not. It was quite a project to get the foot pinched between the bike and ground to unclip to get the bike off of me.  Just one more reason to like running better,... no one ever falls over at a red light when out for a run!

Week 6 totals:

Swim 3100m
Bike 90.9 miles
Run 22.5 miles

IM totals:

Swim 18,250m
Bike 511.1 mi
Run: 118.4

IM Training Week 5 April 23-29

A great week of workouts. 3 swim workouts, 4 bike workouts and 4 runs. I biked 3 hours on the trainer for my long ride. That was tough and the legs felt shot at 2 hours in, but I made. The highlight of the week and so far in the trainer was a 1600 meter time trial in the pool. I wore the wetsuit and swam it in 38 minute 40 seconds. This was a 12 minute personal best and I felt strong!! The training is already paying off 5 weeks in!!

Week 5 totals :


Swim 5000m
Bike 116.9 mi
Run 22.2 mi

IM Training totals (5 weeks):

Swim 15,150m
Bike 420.2mi
Run 95.9 mi

IM Week 4 summary April 16-22

Volunteered at the Boston Marathon  on Monday , completed my other workouts on the other 6 days. This was the scheduled recovery week. I'll still take and come back harder the next week. Things will get challenging for me for pool time at the Y is only open on  Sundays for one more week.  Last week weighed in at 155 with my lowest body fat in more than 4 years!!

Week 4 totals:


Swim 2400 m
Bike 59.3 miles
Run 16.8 miles

IM Training totals (4 weeks)
Swim 10,150m
Bike 303.3 mi
Run 73.7mi

IM Week 3 Summary April 9-15

A tough week; fought a cold ALL week and was lethargic,... adjusted the workouts down to accommodate the sickness

Week 3 totals:


Swim 1800m
Bike 81.3mi
Run 15.5mi

IM Training totals (3 weeks):
Swim 7750m
Bike 244.0mi
Run 54.9 mi

IM Week 2 summary April 2-8

A busy week, but got in 3 swim workouts,  4 bike workouts and 4 runs.

Week 2 totals:

Swim 3300m
Bike 72.4 miles
Run 23.4

IM training total (2 weeks):

Swim 5950m
Bike 162.7mi
Run 39.4mi

Day 6 and 7 IM

Was supposed to swim and run on Day 6. Pool schedule and my schedule did not mix. So I ran 8.5 miles of hills. Day 7 was a REST day. Thank goodness. Week 1 complete. 23 weeks to go.

Week 1 totals:
Swim 2650 m
Bike 90.3 miles
Run 16.0 miles

Total IM training :
Same

Day 5 March 30- IM Wisconsin

Toughest day yet.

Bike 2:30 on the trainer. 41.9 miles and ran 3 miles later int eh day in 23 minutes.

The bike tore me up. Very sore,..used my gel seat and biking shorts. I need to invest in a new pair of biking shorts soon!!