It feels GOOOOOOD to be back....292 days till Ironman...

FINALLY I'm back to training!!!!  That long week off sucked. Sick every day, felt good every morning only to feel progressively worse as the day went on. But I made myself relax and not train and I feel good again. I got in my first swim in a week this morning, and it went surprisingly well.  I had thought about doing a shorter distance than the training called for, but nah, let's push it...i mean, that's how I got myself sick in the first place.  Course, I felt good the day I trained last week and woke up feeling like hell, but I really think it's behind me now.  I still have a date with my trainer tonight, so we'll see what tomorrow brings. 

1850 yards @ 37 minutes. 
   550 warmup
   1000 main set
   300 cool down.

298 Days till Ironman

And I'm sick again.  Pushed it last night cause I felt good now I feel completely miserable. Looks like I'll be taking the rest of the week off.  Stupid.

299 days till Ironman

Well, I just cracked the 300 day barrier.  Still a long ways, I don't even start training for it till July.  So I was sick this weekend which put a small dent in my training. Didn't do any training this weekend, but my Olympic is still a good ways out, so I'm not too concerned.  I was planning to take today off too, but I think I'm going to get on the bike tonight and get some spinning in.  I'm skipping the pool today, with how strong I've felt in the pool lately, I'm not too worried.

302 Days till Ironman

YES!!!!! Finally a day off.  Yesterday I had a great swim.  Did 1 mile in 35 minutes and could've gone a lot longer.  I averaged about 1:55/100 and had a ton more left in the gas. Not too bad for my 2nd full week back in the pool. I was very happy about that time.  My HR was nice and low, around 140 I think.  Seeing as how I'm still 17 weeks out, I'm feeling very good about race day.  Not to mention Ironman, which is still 10 months out. 

I'm going to enjoy my day off today, and looking forward to my easy 3 mile run tomorrow, and who knows what i'll be doing sunday..probably 30 or so.  Good times :)

303 days till Ironman

Not a whole lot to write about today.  Just another training day.  Yesterday after work I did 15 miles on a stationary bike.  Took about 50 minutes at an average HR of 129.
This morning I did a 1.85 mile run, slow and easy. Took 21 minutes, avg HR of 157.

304 days till Ironman

I'm feeling worn down and very sore. May have cranked up the volume to much.  But I suppose I'll catch up. 
Yesterday I did 1500 yards in the pool.  A 300 yard warm up, 19 sets(missed counting 3 sets somehow) of 50 yards all out, averaged about 47 seconds per 50, and a 200 cool down.  I do love that my cool down pace is the pace I had to work my butt off to maintain when I started.  Wish my running would get there.
I also did a 20 minute run for 2 miles, with an average HR of 151 on the treadmill.

305 days till Ironman

Had a really good weekend of training.  Nice long weekend as well.  On Saturday I took Sadie for a 3 mile trail run, which wound up taking 45 minutes.  The trail was snow covered, which added to the difficulty, but it was a really nice run.  She was loose, which she clearly loved, and i was able to run freely.  Sunday I finally got back out on the road and went for a 27 mile ride from woodfin through alexander, marshall, and back again.  It was a 10 mile very slight downhill to start, followed by a 1200 foot vertical, 1 mile long climb, then rolling hills the rest of the way.  Yesterday I got in the pool for 1500 yards, did strength training and rode the trainer.  Here's the sum up:
Saturday-3 mile trail run, 44 minutes, HR 160
Sunday-27 mile ride, 1:45, HR 164
Monday-1500 yard swim, 34 min; strength training; 45 min trainer, spinning, HR 134