Here was my training plan from my awesome coach, Daryl, this week (plus what I actually did):
Monday, February 4th – REST –
(Since I did my Monday swim on Sunday (see week 5) — I had myself a rest day!! YAY!! A great night to spend with the family!)
Tuesday, February 5th – BIKE/RUN –
1:00:00 Big Gear Bike: Warm Up with 10 minutes Easy cycling, 5min steady, 5min easy. (5x) 4 min Big Gear (70-80 rpm), Mod-hard effort on 2 min Recovery 10 min Easy.
30:00 Steady Hill Sprint Run: Steady effort run with 3-4x10sec hill sprints, walk back recoveries. Focus on quick hands an feet, lifting the knees aggressively, not pushing off.
(Great set pushing big gear around 81 RPMs – could have gone to harder gear. Quick easy run off bike — treadmill. After 15 min, did 4 x 10 sec hill sprints at 8% incline (about a 7:10 pace). 3.57 miles for an average pace of 8:24)
Wednesday, February 6th – SWIM –
CSS 12 x 100s: 4×100 WU, 12×100 at CSS pace with 10sec recovery, 4×100 CD.
Nothing better than wearing comfy sweats post swim!
(2000 yards — booyah! Was aiming for 45 minutes, but it took me 49 minutes. My sets for each 100 were around 2:15-2:20. Would like to get this down.)
Thursday, February 7th – BIKE/RUN –
1:00:00 Bike Ride: 10min WU, 3×12/3 minutes continuous as 12 minutes Steady then 3 minutes Mod-hard, 5min easy spin.
30:00 Steady Transition Run: Run off the bike for 30 minutes Easy and relaxed.
(Great bike workout. Hard! I was thoroughly soaked. Quick run off bike – felt good! 3.71 miles for an average pace of 8:05. A few planks afterwards for dessert!)
Friday, February 8th – LONG RUN –
Progress to Steady 90:00 run: Based on duration, split the run into thirds: ***Easy effort for first third ***Steady effort second third ***Hold your Steady pace in final third, effort may increase a bit Always start at an effort that leaves you room to finish strong. This is an endurance session, keep the effort comfortably aerobic at all times. Practicing Run:Walk Technique is highly recommended.
Sporting my F3 tech shirt! Get one here!
Ran in my new Brooks PureFlows. Love them!!
(The best thing about this run was the location! I love running in Bellingham. I felt good starting off, but then lost my mojo as I was just pooped — nonetheless, I pushed through. Two reasons for feeling poopy – not enough pre-run fuel and the brick from yesterday was late at night, so not much rest in between workouts. Here were my splits:: 8:36, 8:16, 8:13, 8:20, 8:24, 8:11, 8:09, 8:46, 8:14, 8:15, 8:06 — Ended up just a titch long with 1:31:29 – 11.00 miles total for an average pace of 8:19)
Saturday, February 9th – SWIM – WORK!
4×300 on 20s rest. Easy, steady, tempo, easy.
(BOO!! First missed workout!! I was so looking forward to this swim too! I got called into work at 3 am and worked ALL day. Had a two hour nap in the middle of the day, went back to work and came home at 11:45 pm. Yeah — so literally, no time for swimming.)
Sunday, February 10th – LONG BIKE/RUN –
3:00:00 Strength Ride: Ride as 30min easy, then steady riding with mod hard tempo climbs
30:00 Run: Run off the bike for 30 minutes Easy and relaxed.
Post Ride/Run Fuel:
Chocolate Protein Smoothie ~
two bananas; almond milk; almond butter and Bioplex Chocolate Whey Isolate Protein. Yummy!
(Awesome outdoor ride with Roxie and her husband Rusty! I rode to their house, which is a little over 2 miles away from mine and off we went. It was gorgeous out today, but still rather chilly, so I dressed warm. We rode 45 miles in 2 hours and 40 min, so I made up the difference by my ride to and from their house. I went a little longer on my return trip which gave me a total of 50.5 miles overall. Yippee! My furtherest ride this year!! Then off I went for a quick run. Legs felt a bit heavy and I felt like I was going rather slow, but when I looked down at my watch, I was doing an 8 min pace. What? Ok, I’ll take it! 3.8 miles in 30 minutes for an average pace of 7:54. Splits: 8:03, 7:52, 7:41, 7:38)
Overall Training Hours completed for Week Six: 8 hours 53 minutes
22.08 miles of running
86.5 miles of biking (estimate)
1.13 miles of swimming
I love the shirt! You’re my hero. Seriously. I have a 3-month gym membership that I just started. I can’t wait to get back into it!
Emily! You are so awesome! And- you made my day. 🙂 xo
Yay for gym membership!! Let me know how it goes!!
Awesome work! you are killing it keep it up!
P.S. How amazing are the Brooks PureProject? (all fo them). Have a great week!
Thanks Michele!! I am so in love with all the Pure Project shoes by Brooks!! I just got the PureGrit and can’t wait to try them!!
Unsolicited Advice Monday – About your “pooped” Friday. How disciplined are you about post workout re-fuelling? Smart people tell me you have a window of 30-45 minutes post-workout to restore your muscle glycogen stores. If the smoothie was post Thursday workout I will be quiet now. Great effort all week! Don’t beat yourself up about missing Saturday.
Great advice Tom!! I always try and refuel right afterwards like I did on Sunday — but I know I did not do this late Thursday after my brick. Then hit my long run with a mere banana on board. Shame on me! I know better. 🙂