Slightly later start today as I was feeling tired this morning. My daughter decided that Mum and Dads bed is better than hers and that Dads side was especially nice...cheaper Christmas gift coming her way this year!!
Cycled hard to work and could feel the effects of yesterdays run. Foot a little tender but better than I feared. Did a great 45min spinning workout today and Ill also be cycling home. This evening will be swim training - 800 meter warm up, 700 meters to follow and then 500 meteres speed work. Lets see how it goes!
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Monday, 8 February 2010
Monday 8th of Deb 2010
Had a nice quiet weekend. Did not exercise at all!
Up at 5:15am this morning, quick cycle to work in -6c which was a real treat! even the brakes on my mtb (hydrolic) were frozen! Met up with a training buddy from work and by 6:20 we were running. 1 hour and 37 minutes later I had beaten by pb for 21k by over 7 minutes! 3 energy gels and two small waters were used on the run. My heart rate was 158 on avg so that was also an improvement!
My right foot isnt too bad either but I guess it will feel worse later. Im going to try to keep it moving as much as possible.
Ill ride home at the end of the day and then take my little girl swimming..then I think I will collapse in a huge pile and sleep!
My legs are tired but I feel really pleased.
Great start to the week.
Quick Update - My bike travel case arrived just now...its massive!! Next time I go on hols with the family we could put all our stuff in 1 bag!
Up at 5:15am this morning, quick cycle to work in -6c which was a real treat! even the brakes on my mtb (hydrolic) were frozen! Met up with a training buddy from work and by 6:20 we were running. 1 hour and 37 minutes later I had beaten by pb for 21k by over 7 minutes! 3 energy gels and two small waters were used on the run. My heart rate was 158 on avg so that was also an improvement!
My right foot isnt too bad either but I guess it will feel worse later. Im going to try to keep it moving as much as possible.
Ill ride home at the end of the day and then take my little girl swimming..then I think I will collapse in a huge pile and sleep!
My legs are tired but I feel really pleased.
Great start to the week.
Quick Update - My bike travel case arrived just now...its massive!! Next time I go on hols with the family we could put all our stuff in 1 bag!
Friday, 5 February 2010
Friday 5th of Feb 2010
Cycled to work again. Had too much wine last night so my brain is not working! Plan to run 10k with some pace this morning and then cycle home!
Pic of bike with new bars! managed to get the cabling all sorted yesterday. Check out the state of my training room! high tech stuff I know....organised mind...blah blah blah
My bike sits in its turbo trainer right in front of the telly and I find that watching an hour long episode of band of brothers or something like that keeps me going...Will try to put something long on like Avatar when it comes out and see if I cant ride the whole way through!
Update - Did the 10.2k run at an avg pace of 4:30, very pleased as it felt really hard today, I guess wine, hot food and late night are not the best warm up really! I intend to pack all alco in for a month to clean the system out. I feel like I am on the edge of getting really fit. I need to keep this level of effort up and I am pretty sure it will pay off soon.
My week so far:
Monday 1/2/2010 Running 1:45h 21.5km
Tuesday 2/2/2010 Cycling 0:25h 8.5km
Tuesday 2/2/2010 Spinning 0:50h 25km
Tuesday 2/2/2010 Cycling 0:25h 8.5km
Wednesday 3/2/2010 Simming 0:30 1.5km
Wednesday 3/2/2010 Cycling 0:25h 8.5km
Wednesday 3/2/2010 Running 0:45h 10km
Wednesday 3/2/2010 Cycling 0:25h 8.5km
Thursday 4/2/2010 Cycling 0:25h 8.5km
Thursday 4/2/2010 Spinning 0:50h 25km
Thursday 4/2/2010 Cycling 0:25h 8.5km
Friday 5/2/2010 Cycling 0:20h 8.5km
Friday 5/2/2010 Running 0:45h 10.2km
Wednesday 3/2/2010 Cycling 0:25h 8.5km
Wednesday 3/2/2010 Running 0:45h 10km
Wednesday 3/2/2010 Cycling 0:25h 8.5km
Thursday 4/2/2010 Cycling 0:25h 8.5km
Thursday 4/2/2010 Spinning 0:50h 25km
Thursday 4/2/2010 Cycling 0:25h 8.5km
Friday 5/2/2010 Cycling 0:20h 8.5km
Friday 5/2/2010 Running 0:45h 10.2km
Friday 5/2/2010 Cycling 0:20h 8.5km
Thursday, 4 February 2010
Thursday 4th of Feb 2010
Cycled to work and back. 1 hour intence spinning, 10 minutes of heavy leg wiegths..all done for today!
Have decided to add some pressure to the whole ironman campaign by trying to raise money of the Help for Heroes charity! will keep you posted.
Have decided to add some pressure to the whole ironman campaign by trying to raise money of the Help for Heroes charity! will keep you posted.
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
Wednesday, 3rd of Feb 2010
Woke up to 8 inches of snow...dug the car out at 6:30 am and went to the pool. Quick 1k and then home. Cycled to work in the snow! great workout and great for bike skills! almost knocked off bike and almost fell off about 10 times..great fun though. Went for a 10k run at 10:30, last 2k in 4:15 to 4:30 pace. Very pleased with the run after Mondays efforts.
Tomorrow up early and into spinning class.
Put some new profile bars on my tri bike so will post some pics soon..looks the nuts! now just need to get faster to avoid the "nice bike" comments by people thrashing me on race day!!
PLEASE CAN IT STOP SNOWING AT SOME POINT!!!!!!! less than 195 days to go and I really need to get some ks in on the bike....
Tomorrow up early and into spinning class.
Put some new profile bars on my tri bike so will post some pics soon..looks the nuts! now just need to get faster to avoid the "nice bike" comments by people thrashing me on race day!!
PLEASE CAN IT STOP SNOWING AT SOME POINT!!!!!!! less than 195 days to go and I really need to get some ks in on the bike....
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Tuesday 2nd of Feb 2010
My legs feel as bad as I thought they would today...to be expected I guess. My right foot is holding out just so I will see what its like tomorrow before deciding if I will run or not. Did a really good 1 hour of spinning at lunch and cycled to work and back. All in all not bad after yesterdays efforts.
Feel very tired now though so will skip the swim tonight.
Feel very tired now though so will skip the swim tonight.
Monday, 1 February 2010
1st of Feb 2010 part 2
A PB of 1:42 for 21k! We did a total of 22k. It was snowing the whole way, slippery underfoot so I think we can beat that time in the next week or 2 depending on the weather. Anyway, I am very happy with the run. I would never go as far as saying it was easy as it wasnt but I knew I would do it and I did. The aim is to throw one of these in every week from now on! Just need to sqeese 200k of bike in every week and 4k swimming!! need longer days.
1st of Feb 2010
Rested Friday. Did 1 hour on the bike trainer Saturday night and then Sunday went to the gym and did some cycling, upper body and 5 min run to cool down. Today (Monday) I am at work 6 am to meet with some guys and do a 22k run! http://iform.dk/ruteplanner/ballerup/22k
Herm...2 inches more snow but atleast its a warm 0c!
Will let you know how it goes when I am back....if....
I still have some issues with my foot so today is going to be a real test, I think I will need to rest from running for 2 days after today.
Herm...2 inches more snow but atleast its a warm 0c!
Will let you know how it goes when I am back....if....
I still have some issues with my foot so today is going to be a real test, I think I will need to rest from running for 2 days after today.
Thursday, 28 January 2010
28th of Jan 2010
Started the day off by cycling to work in the snow, 30 minutes. Then did my first spinning class! Have done spinning but not with a group. Very good, very hard 1 hour of exercise! now my legs are totally dead!
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Up to 27th Jan 2010
Hi to all of my 1 or 2 readers!
I am still training hard I just havent been motivated to update my blog as I dont even know if anyone ever looks at it!
Anyway, did 18k run today in -4 c and snow and wind..nice!
I am doing 1 or 2 swim sessions a week, trying now to do 1 long cycle mixed with some days of spinning and some short rides. I am trying to run 3 times a week, 10k twice and now trying get a long one in too.
Fitness has improved, have had some problems with my right foot but I think I am managing to control the issue. Too fast and too long too quick I think is the problem!
I will be trying to get back into posting from now on.
I am still training hard I just havent been motivated to update my blog as I dont even know if anyone ever looks at it!
Anyway, did 18k run today in -4 c and snow and wind..nice!
I am doing 1 or 2 swim sessions a week, trying now to do 1 long cycle mixed with some days of spinning and some short rides. I am trying to run 3 times a week, 10k twice and now trying get a long one in too.
Fitness has improved, have had some problems with my right foot but I think I am managing to control the issue. Too fast and too long too quick I think is the problem!
I will be trying to get back into posting from now on.
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