Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Ok...So I blew it

Swimming in the pool this morning did little to reassure myself that I really didn't waste my vacation as bad as I've been thinking since returning home Sunday night.

After ranting a while back that I wanted to swim anywhere besides a pool while knowing I would be spending 10 days in the clear blue waters of the Bahamas, I swam a full, count it, 1 time during my trip, and that amounted to little more than 2o minutes or so of actual swimming. Add a few ancillary swims while snorkeling and jumping off cliffs and I essentially did nothing to justify packing my swim fins, paddles and two sets of goggles. 

Perhaps you're thinking, well that's ok, everyone needs their rest and I'm sure you still managed to compliment what little swimming with some regular running, right? 

Wrong

The running was almost as bad as the swimming, granted I ran 40 minutes my second day there and another 20 minutes on day 7 or 8, neither workout justified the inordinate amount of food I ate nor the liberal amounts of Bahamian beer with which I cooled myself off.

All said and done I came back 3 pounds heavier than I left, a 6 pound deficit considering I was hoping to LOSE 3 pounds and while I needed some rest, I successfully peaked a full 3 months before my first A race of the season.

Not to be one to end on a bad note, I have a great tan now and the weather in Dallas is finally starting to look conducive to bike riding, learn from our mistakes to better ourselves going forward...

Sunday, March 1, 2009

2009 recap

So here's the deal...

I started a post to do a quick "recap of the last week or so" and ended up putting all of 2009 into spreadsheets for the last 30 minutes and it is truly an eye opening experience in how it allows you to see true distribution of workouts across all 3 disciplines.

And now, after wasting an hour trying to get things posted on here, I'm just going to give you an overall recap with some additional notes below with which I began this post.

January Recap -
Total Swim Time/Distance 6.5 hours/13,800 meters (8.6 miles)
Total Bike Time/Distance 5.2 hours/95 miles
Total Run Time/Distance 6.4 hours/50.2 miles

February Recap -
Total Swim Time/Distance 8.8 hours/16,900 meters (10.6 miles)
Total Bike Time/Distance 9.0 hours/161 miles
Total Run Time/Distance 9.4 hours/64.3 miles

Total to date - 
Total Swim Time/Dist 15.3 hours/30,700 meters (19.2 miles)
Total Bike Time/Dist 14.2 hours/256 miles
Total Run Time/Dist 15.8 hours/114.5 miles

**NOTES FOR FEBRUARY WORKOUTS**

Sunday March 1 - 45 min tempo run - approx 5 or 6 miles, running the first 3 miles as a warm up with my wife

Saturday Feb 28 - Biked 61 windy minutes up and down about a 5 mile stretch of road near the house to get an interval type workout, overall the average speed was around 17mph, not bad considering the conditions.

Friday Feb 27 - Ran for an hour at a slow even pace, covering almost exactly 8 miles, nothing extra ordinary about the whole event

Thursday Feb 26 - Usual hour swim at 630am

Wednesday Feb 25 -Ran 6 X 400m (1:30 per lap) intervals with a slow jog lap in between on the track after 1.5 mile warm up and ended with 1.5 mile cool down, overall time 47:31

Tuesday Feb 24 -Swam approx 2350m at the morning swim and ran an easy 18 minutes with the wife

Monday Feb 23 - Biked the same route as the day before, but on the road bike instead of the tri bike. Windier today but overall time was comparable for a first test between the two bikes

Sunday Feb 22 - Took the tri bike out for about 19 miles, out and back on a new route, ran an easy 19 minutes with the wife

Saturday Feb 21 - Ran 5 miles in 37 minutes

Friday Feb 20 - Ran about 8.5 miles in 66 minutes

Thursday Feb 19 - Swam for an hour at the usual 630am time

Wednesday Feb 18 - Ran 40 minutes including 4 x 400m @ 1:30 per lap with an easy jog in between laps

Tuesday Feb 17 - Swam 2550 meters in about 70 minutes at the usual time

Monday Feb 16 - All my notes say is that I ran, don't know the details on this one

Sunday Feb 15 - Rode the new road bike to the Post Office to pick up dad's mail while he's out of town, hour out and hour back, overall about 35 miles

Saturday Feb 14 - No notes for today

Friday Feb 13 - Rode the new road bike on the lake short loop, about 17 miles in 53:10

Thursday Feb 12 - Swam for a full 80 minutes, no notes on the overall distance

Wednesday Feb 11 - Rode my bike for 51 minutes, covered about 17 miles

Tuesday Feb 10 - Normal swim outing, went for 75 minutes

Monday Feb 9 - Ran 6.8 miles in 61 minutes

Sunday Feb 8 - Ran 6.5 miles in 47:34

Saturday Feb 7 - Rode White Rock Lake with Rachelle and uncle John, easy pace, 23 miles in 93 minutes, outbound leg into a 20mph headwind

Friday Feb 6 - Ran 4.6 miles in 30:50

Thursday Feb 5 -Regular 60 minute swim

Wednesday Feb 4 - Ran about 6.5 miles in 50:19, average HR 162

Tuesday Feb 3 - 65 minutes in the pool

Monday Feb 2 - 45 minutes on the bike

Sunday Feb 1 - Ran about 7 miles in 48:55