Weekly Training Log March 13-19

Well, the second week of my triathlon training plan has not gone so well.  Sunday we got home late from visiting friends for the weekend and I couldn't muster up the energy to get on the bike for a 90 minute ride at 9:30PM.  By Tuesday, all three of us had come down with bronchitis.  It is worse today (Sunday) than it was all week so it's not looking to be a very productive start to this week either.  Also, we now have our yearly flood in the basement so that knocks out running on the treadmill and using my trainer.  I wish we either had a larger house where we could move it to the main floor or a basement that stayed dry in the spring!  Anyway, here's the week:

Sunday: none
Monday: Swim 2500yds; Run 40 minutes on treadmill, 4.25 miles
Tuesday: Run 3 miles, outside, 29:40
Wednesday: Bike 60 minutes on trainer, 18.36 miles
Thursday, Friday & Saturday: none- sick

Weekly totals:
Swim: 2500yds
Bike: 18.36 miles
Run: 7.25 miles

Hopefully this crud is at its peak today and I will start feeling better soon.  I'm looking forward to feeling better and getting back on track!

Weekly Training Log March 6-13

The first official week of the triathlon program I'm following started on Monday the 7th.  I'm happy to say I made it through the first week!  My running miles will be a little higher than the program I'm following because I incorporated a marathon training program into this as well.  Here's the week:

Sun: Ran 6 miles outside, ICY!, 70:38
Mon: Swim 2500yds; Ran 40min on treadmill, 4.26mi
Tues: Ran 30 minutes on treadmill, 3.1 miles; Bike 60 minutes on trainer, 17.71mi
Weds: Swim 1650yds
Thurs: Ran 11 miles on treadmill, 1:46:27- My longest run without walking EVER!
Friday: Swim 1350yds; Bike 45min on trainer, 14.65 miles
Saturday: Rest

Totals for the week:
Swim: 5500yds
Bike: 32.36 miles, 1hr 45min
Run: 24.36 miles

Weekly Training Log Feb 27-Mar 5

This week went MUCH better.  Almost everything worked out as planned.  Here's the week:

Sunday: Ran 4 miles on treadmill, 37:39
Monday: Ran 3 miles outside, 32:10
Tuesday: Swim 2350yds; Bike 45 minutes on trainer, 14.94mi
Wednesday: Rest
Thursday: Ran hills- 4x.25mi hill, active recovery, total 4 miles
Friday: Swim 1700, Core circuit (included 1.07 mi of running, 10:00)
Saturday: Bike 90 minutes on trainer, 30.81 mi

Weekly totals:
Swim: 4050
Bike: 45.75
Run: 12.07

And since the last day of February was Tuesday, here are February's totals:
Swim: 5150
Bike: 75.27
Run: 17.52
I was a little disappointed in February's totals until I remembered that I had taken the first two weeks completely off for my knee.  Luckily I have no recurrence of pain since I started up again (Knock on wood!)

This Monday officially starts the 20-week triathlon training program!  There's no messing around now.  I start right out with 3 days of two workouts per day and over 7 hours of training this coming week.  Now if the weather will just cooperate...

Training Log Feb 20-26

This week's training didn't start off too well.  I tried to run at the in-laws on Sunday, but after almost falling on the ice twice, I decided to call it quits.  Then on Monday we weren't able to get all the way home because of the weather and by the time we got home Tuesday I was exhausted!  I can't wait for spring and the end of this seemingly endless winter!

Sunday: Ran 0.52 miles before quitting because of icy roads
Monday: None
Tuesday: None
Wednesday: Bike on trainer 45:00, 15.67 miles
Thursday:  Swim 1250yds (200wu, 20 min continuous, 250cd), felt terribly slow, had a hard time keeping form
Friday:  Ran 1mile on treadmill, 9:07.  Then Liam woke up and I didn't get him back to bed until 11pm so I decided to just go to bed!
Saturday:  Bike 30 minutes on trainer, 9.62 miles.  Legs were dead again. 

So this hasn't been a great training week.  I also started doing a core routine on Thursday.  I think this may be the reason my legs are so tired.  I was supposed to go longer on Saturday's ride but I need to get out for a decent run today (Sunday) so I stopped early to spare my legs.  I also skipped the core routine on Saturday in the hope that my legs won't be so tired on today's run. 
Only one more week until I officially start the triathlon training program! 

15-Minute Creamy Avocado Pasta

"Oh…my….gosh.

Alert the grocery store because there is going to be an avocado shortage in my town. Well, more than usual that is.

[And yes, I said ‘store’. As in singular…We’re small town folk.]"  

(Quoted directly from Oh She Glows)

I could have written these comments about this pasta myself (including the one about one grocery store!)  This stuff is absolute perfection!  No changes were needed with this recipe so I'm just going to link to her blog.  Also, my pictures were terrible so I'll let you look at hers and leave you instead with a picture of my son shoveling this pasta in as fast as he could.  He loved it, too!  Check this recipe out, you won't be sorry.  This stuff is delicious!


15-Minute Creamy Avocado Pasta from Oh She Glows

Mmmm...YUMMY!

Training Log Feb 13-19

I realized today that I didn't post my training for last week.  Here it is:
Sunday: Run 1 mile outside, NO PAIN!!!, Swim 1400 yds (250wu, 3x300, 250cd)
Monday: Run 3 miles, 30:08
Tuesday: Bike on trainer 45:00, 14.62 miles
Wednesday: Run 4 miles, 41:07
Thursday: Swim 2500 yds (600wu, Pulls-6x150, Pulls-6x100,Pulls-6x50, 100cd)
Friday: Bike on trainer, 90:00, 28.3 miles
Saturday: Rest
I am happy to say that I had no knee pain on any of my runs this week.  It has to be the way I change my stride to adjust to the treadmill. 
This week's training info will follow shortly!

Training Log Feb 6-12 and Injury Update

Another rest week because of the knee.  I originally thought that I would be able to get back to it this week but that didn't work out.  Monday I was sick.  Tuesday I ran and had pain running until I started striking midfoot instead of heel-striking.  Then I was sick again the rest of the week and my knee hurt.  Soooo, that leads to yet another rest week. 
BUT...
I believe I have found the source of my tendinitis!  We went for a walk yesterday and I jogged just a little to test my knee out.  There was NO PAIN!  So I started thinking about it and figured out that my knee pain started about 6 weeks after I started running exclusively on the treadmill and 3 weeks after I went from all runs at 0% incline to all runs at 1% incline.  So I went outside for a mile today, again, no pain!  I think it may just be the treadmill.  It's supposed to be nice out all week so I'm looking forward to getting more runs in outside to really test out my theory.  

So anyway, here's the one day from this last week:
Tuesday:  Run 1 mile on treadmill, 9:40; Bike on trainer, 20:20, 7.06mi