Let's take a look at how my week unfolded.
Monday: 2000m swim in the a.m. 40 minute easy spin in the p.m. Was supposed to be 60 minutes but my legs didn't feel good and I was bored so I got off the bike.
Tuesday: 80 minute ride in the a.m.
Wednesday: 2100m swim in the a.m. 60 minute interval workout on the bike (4x8 minutes at 180-200w with 2 minutes rest), followed by a 8.5km run with 3x1 mile repeats within it. Followed by a Vega Recovery accelerator + a bag of ice on my knees.
Thursday: OFF
Friday: 2450m easy swim
Saturday: 1800m open water swim, 71km bike, 8km run.
Sunday: 100km ride with 70 of it at race pace all along the DVP & Gardiner with my friends David & Heather. SO much FUN! Followed by a 6km run at race pace. Followed by eating ALL THE FOOD.
The weekend was tough, I felt like it was non stop and I didn't really get as much sleep as I would have liked. But, on the plus side, I got into the water and I am pretty sure I've figured out my fueling strategy for Luxembourg. YES! Now if only all my aches and pains would go away, I'd be a happy woman. I feel like I'm operating at about 75% these days. My knees still bother me and now my right hip is acting up. Apparently I have a knot or something in there. I've got an A.R.T appointment tonight and I suspect that it's REALLY going to hurt after all the work I did on the weekend.
Totals for the week:
Swim: 8350m
Bike: 257.37 km - the biggest week of mileage I've had on the bike in a LONG time
Run: 22.67km
Total time: 14h 9 minutes. Yeah, I'd say that qualifies as a part time job! Bring on the next week of Mingsanity!
How was your week of training?
3 comments:
Part-time job?! ... If that's your idea of PT then what would you have to endure for full-time PK? :)
All good preparation for Luxemburg in a little under 3 weeks from now eh?
No suprise you wre both hungry and tired on Sunday, what a ride!
How many weeks are you on the Mingsanity programme for? :)
Sounds like a hard core, amazing week of training. You are inspiring me for my 70.3 training that's about to begin, I need to step it up big time!
I would definitely say that training for endurance triathlons is a part-time (if not full time) job. Those hours don't even include prep time, travel time (to and from pool), eating, etc. It really takes a lot! Great strong week - can't wait to see what you do next!
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