Tuesday's Workout

I ran stairs in my condo today. Four floors. I ran 6 reps with 1 walking warm up and 2 walking cool down for a total of 9 reps. Felt good.

Monday's Workout

Week 7. Supposed to be active recovery, but I don't feel like I've worked hard enough to need a recovery...

Did a 1hr run on the treadmill today. A little over 5 miles. Make sure you put the incline on 1% when using the treadmill, to provide a more realistic workout.

Friday's Workout

I did the Swim/Bike brick. First I swam continuos free-style for 1600 meters. That took 45 minutes. Then I immediately changed clothes and went upstairs on the stationary bike for 20 miles. That took 63 minutes. I was pretty well cooked after that.

Wednesday's Workout

Today I did weight training for chest, arms, back, and shoulders. No more than 30 seconds rest between sets. Good workout.

Tuesday's Workout

Swimming yesterday. I did the Wednesday swim workout yesterday with a slight modification due to time constraints:

1 X 200 (L1)
6 X 50 50’’ (Drill)
4 X 100 50’’ (L2)
3 X 50 50’’ (L3)
1 X 100 (L1)
Total: 1150 yards

The workout took about 40 minutes and kicked my ass. Felt like i wanted to puke. That's good, right?

Monday's Workout

Yeah, so I took a couple of days off. All things in life have to have a balance and I'm doing a pretty good job of that. Back to it on Monday though with a very nice interval run workout on the treadmill. Can't wait until it warms up and I get get outside. I did the week 6 Thursday Key Workout.
2 mile 30” (L2);
1 mile 30” (L3);
200M 60” (L4);
200M 30” (L2);
200M 60” (L4);
200M 30” (L2);
400M (L1)

Felt really good. Pushed myself but didn't feel like I was going to die or anything.

Thursday Workout

Today was all weight training. I did chest, shoulders, arms, and back with a 10 minute warm up of cardio.

Wednesday's Workout

Today I did the critical swim workout for the week (the one listed for Saturday). 1300 meters in the pool. It was supposed to be 1300 yards, but my gym's pool is measured in meters, so I sucked it up instead of doing the math. Hard workout. Hardest swim workout so far. Felt really good afterwards though. I can see how we could all probably benefit from some sort of clinic or seminar to help us with technique, especially early on, before bad habits get too bad.

John...you proably want to lose the breast stroke as soon as you can...i know I used to do the same thing when I first started out. The breast stroke will not be your friend when you get in the lake. It would pay greater dividends to better develop your freestyle stroke and go at a slower cadence and expend less energy, than to do the breast stroke. Just a thought.

Tuesday's Workout

Yesterday (Tuesday) I did the Tuesday workout, minus the weights. I like to do the weights all in one day and I was short on time. The workout was good, although I will admit that I averaged about 11 minute miles. Looking forward to the day in the not too distant future where I can look at those 11 minute miles and know they are just a memory.

And John...don't let my music scare you. It's ok to get a little eclectic and branch out. Try not to box yourself in too much.

Monday's Workout

I did the Wednesday triathlon workout. 82 minutes on the bike. about 23 miles. Not too bad.

Hello World

My friend John wants to use this blog as an accountability tool during training for the 2009 Savageman Triathlon. Good idea John. I'm a big smack talker, but I do realize the heap o mess I have gotten you, Matt and me into. Nothing like a good challenge though. Life is a bout challenges and goal setting and goal attainment. As Mr. Robert Browning once said, "Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?" I am sure we can do it and I am sure the journey will be just as sweet as the destination.

Ciao