This morning I got up and out for a bike ride down here in Englewood. I threw my Garmin on my Dad’s Peugeot. In it’s day it was a really nice bike, it is in rough shape now though. It has been through a couple of floods and in need of some work. I did…
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Last day of Orlando Training
This morning is the last day of Orlando training. I got up early again and did a 6 mile run before everyone else got up. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/64260035. Changing climates is a tough thing, it is so much more humid down here than at home during this time of the year. Lucky for me that Lake Placid…
Florida Training continued…
Got up early again this morning and got out for a run. Just short of 7 miles. I’m not used to the warmer, more humid weather. Here is what the Garmin recorded http://connect.garmin.com/activity/63954832. Yesterday I did some training in bad weather. Rain! Poured at the Magic Kingdom, but we managed to make it to quite…
Training in Orlando
Training has moved to Orlando for the next few days. The weather in New England was just not condusive to running outside after the 20 inches of snow and 20 degree temps. What do you do when that happens? Go to a warmer climate!!! Ok, so we had a family trip to Disney planned anyway….
At the Pool
The swim workout was a good solid workout today. Dave was in my lane today, he doesn’t do flip turns, but he is pretty fast, especially his free. On the 300 he pulled away by almost 25 yards, luckily when I looked back the rest of the group in my lane was further back than…
The Big Snow
Yesterday we had a big snow storm come through and drop 20 inches of snow. That put a little kink in my workout plans. I had planned on running, but when I woke up there was already a foot of snow on the ground and none of the plows had gone by. My workout ended…
CompuTrainer – Intervals
I was back on the CompuTrainer this morning. This is the first Session since the Test Set that I did last thursday that recalibrated my wattage for the coming weeks. I knew I should have slacked off on that Test!!! On the Interval training day I use the coaching software for my workout. Using a…
The Mental Swim
This morning was feeling kind of tired and thinking that it would be a good day for an easy workout in the pool. I got there when the door opened to the pool at 5:25 and started my warmup. Unlike Friday though, quite a few other people were there on time this morning so a…
The Endurance Ride
Sunday is the long ride, this week the plan called for only an hour and a half ride. I think it was because of the Test Set on Thursday. The other reason is because the program has you build up over 4-5 weeks and then drop back and build again. Today I loaded up a…
The Friday Swim
I showed up at the pool a little early today and got in a few laps before the rest of the crew showed up. Not only was I early but it seemed like quite a few people were late. I ended up doing 800 warm up. Friday seems to be a lazy day in the…