This week was a flurry of activity. Work has been busy and I had another full week of training. This would have been my biggest volume week if I had managed to do all my workouts but I didn't. A boiling hot pool (90 degrees!) on Wednesday made for a shortened swim workout and a splitting headache on Thursday kept me off my bike after work. But other than that, it was a pretty successful week. My coach has introduced speed work back in my life. Holy smokes. It's nice to open it up a bit, even if it is for shorter distances.
This weekend started with a visit to a townhouse that our real estate agent sent us. We've also had two different contractors come by the house to give us an estimate to finish the basement. So the Florida plans are kind of moving along. The townhouse we saw was beautiful but priced a bit higher than we really want to be and we figured it would go for even more than what it was listed for. We're happy to look around and see what's what for the next little while, until we at least get the basement sorted out. Once that gets going, then I think we'll be in a better position to put an offer in on something. But for now, we're just checking things out. Going from a large detached home to a smaller town home will be a change that's for sure. But if it means no more winter, then I'm ok with it! As for Florida, Holly (Hoho Runs) asked where we were looking and we're aiming to be in the Clermont area. Once we figure out how much we have to spend on a place down there, then we'll take a trip down and do some more exploring.
Anyway.....how about that training week??? I'm linking up with Holly (HoHo Runs) and Tricia (Mississippi Piddlin) for their Weekly Wrap. This is how my week went down.
Monday: OFF
Tuesday: 50 minute weight workout, 60 minutes of hills in the a.m. 60 minute ride in the p.m.
Wednesday: 1650m in a disgustingly hot pool. I couldn't do the workout it was just too hot. Our coach said we should just do what we could. I had to get out every 200-250m to cool down it was just too much. I did, however get this. Yup, I finally hit 1 million metres since I started tracking my mileage back in 2012.
Thursday: 9.5km run with 20 minutes at tempo pace. This was tough. My legs were feeling Tuesday's workouts. But I still managed a decent pace for the 20 minute section. Thursday night I came home to this package of awesomeness from Zoot.
Friday: 2300m swim
Saturday: 89km ride with 2x10 minutes in zone 4, followed by a 20 minute run off the bike. Holy moly this was a tough day.
Sunday: 3000m swim, 2 hour run with the last 20 minutes at tempo effort.
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| Using the GoPro to check my form |
Total time: 11h 36 minutes vs. the 13h 35 minutes that was scheduled. But I'm ok with that!
Next week is my last big week before my mini taper for the Mississauga half. This coming weekend is going to be a big one, we've got 2 birthday celebrations and it's our 12 year wedding anniversary next Sunday. ANNNNDDDD....Game of Thrones starts that day as well, ha ha ha.
Hope you guys had a great week! What sort of fun did you get up to? Did you have awesome weather? It was sunny at 20 degrees in Toronto today!
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