Well Mother Nature blessed us with a reprieve from the polar vortex this weekend. It felt like spring out it was so nice! I hope you managed to get out and take advantage of it. Looks like the brutally cold temps will be staying away for the next week, which means we *should* have a fairly uneventful drive down south. Yup, we're headed back to Clermont for two months. I'm super excited! But first, the massive task of packing. UGH. And of course this coming week is when I scheduled all my appointments. Because I somehow thought that would be a good idea. Ha.
I have some exciting news to share! I have been accepted as a Lole Ambassador! They were looking for a female run coach to round out their roster of Ambassadors so I got the spot! This means I get to host 4 (or more) events at the Lole Yorkville store, all running related. It also means that I get a discount on my favourite clothing brand. I live in their stuff. I also train and run in it so this is a huge win / win for me. The most fun part? I will be hosting a clothing party as well! I'm not sure where or when just yet but I have some ideas so stay tuned for that. Guests will get a discount too. WOOHOO.
Anyway, I'm trying to head to Florida as healthy as possible since I will be away from my normal health care practitioners for a couple of months and I don't want to have to go and see someone down there as it more than likely won't be covered on our extended benefits. So, I'm trying to get 'tuned up" as much as possible, ha ha.
Speaking of which, I had another fascial stretch therapy session this past week and she focussed on my upper body. Wow. I am feeling SO much better in the pool. My chest feels so much more open and my shoulders don't feel as tight. My shoulders were a bit of a mess. So much so that my therapist took a picture of the difference.
Crazy right???
I'm definitely feeling much better through my chest and upper back. I could still use a bit more mobility through my t-spine but I'm sure that will come if I keep working at it. I can really feel the difference in the pool, which is fantastic. G commented that I'm swimming much better. I think my form is a bit better too. Now I just need to work on my catch a bit more. My goal is to be able to swim between 1:40-1:45 in a half ironman distance swim. So I've got a bit more work to do.
I had a big week of workouts planned but by Friday I was feeling a bit run down. I hadn't slept well for a couple of nights (thank you hormones!) and it caught up with my on Friday. I had a swim and a run on tap and I did neither. Saturday I thought I felt better (my HRV said otherwise but I ignored it) and I got on the bike and tried to ride for 2.5 hours.
I made it 10 minutes in and couldn't settle my heart rate so I pulled the pin. This time next week I will be able to ride outside for as long as I want so I am not going to worry about trying to cram anything in this week.
So instead of the monster week I was hoping to have before we leave, I had a meh kinda week. But it's better than nothing. This is what went down:
Monday: 1 hour sweet spot ride. Felt really good.
Tuesday: 35 minute run (6.7km). I was supposed to have some tempo work in there but some poor food choices for lunch made that NOT happen. I followed that up with 15 minutes of lower body work.
Wednesday: 2750m swim. This felt good. I was a bit sore from the FST treatment the night before but otherwise I felt ok.
Thursday: 60 minute strength session. I did almost the entire workout I had my class do. 55 minute V02 max ride in the p.m. That didn't go over so well. My legs were toast (not surprising given I did my strength work first, duh). The hard riding also bugged my lower back. So I made it through half of the intervals and then called it a day.
Friday: OFF
Saturday: OFF
Sunday: 2650m hard swim, followed by a 13km run home in the a.m. Then I did 60 minutes of strength work with my class in the p.m. The GoPro came to the pool yesterday so there was some goofing around.
Totals for the week:
Swim: 5400m
Bike: 71km
Run: 19.7km
Total time: 8h 10 minutes.
How was your week of training? Have you had poor food choices ruin one of your workouts? What did it for you? Mine was having Chipotle for lunch.
Happy Monday!
~ Coach PK.
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