Day 29: A Long Day of Suffering As I’ve written about before Sunday’s are hard days because it requires a lot of effort and a lot of time. This Sunday was no different. The schedule was tight to begin with: Swim lessons at 8am, Holden’s baseball practice at 2pm, and …
Day 28 We got back from Healdsburg Saturday afternoon. It was a beautiful day. After a week of rain the sun was finally out and blue skies were everywhere. It was a good time for a long bike ride. The Pla nsaid 30 miles so 30 miles it was. Without …
Day 27: Double sessions on vacation Today is Friday and day 27 on The Plan. That means it’s a swim + run day. We also happen to be on a mini-vacation in Healdsburg, CA (about 2 hrs north of us). This was the first time I’ve had to manage around …
Day 26: Virtual ride Nothing special about this workout. The plan called for 40 minutes of cycling with 8 minutes hard. As I’ve done before I jumped on the garage trainer and fired up Zwift. The “SST Short” program is a great ride to get into a Zone 4 HR …
Day 25: The pool felt good this morning. Slowly I’m starting to enjoy swimming. I was explaining to someone earlier that both in running and cycling I know how I’m doing just by feel; I know my spinning cadence, or running heart, or pace. Without looking at my watch or …
Day 24: On the trainer My training week begins on Tuesday due to Monday being a rest day. I’m always thankful for the rest day but, just like last week, find myself eager to get back into the training. It’s interesting how much I’m enjoying the training even when a …
Day 23: Swimming & Running Sunday is a difficult day. It’s difficult both because it requires a lot of effort, and because that effort requires a lot of time. This is at odds with having a family. Weekends belong to the family, and squeezing in two relatively long workout …
Day 22: A long bike ride Saturday’s are fun because the plan calls for a long bike ride. Because I’m in a “recovery” week my effort throughout the week has been set to the the effort from 2 weeks ago. That means that Saturday’s ride was set at 25 miles …
Day 21: Swim/Bike Brick Workout Today is day 21 on my 16-week training program. I’ve officially hit 3 weeks of training. I don’t count rest days so this is 3 actually weeks worth of days in which I’ve trained. There’s no doubt I feel the effect of my training. While …
Day 20: Swimming & Biking This week has been out of sorts. My schedule got thrown off by the warriors game and I’m just now getting things straight. I had rearranged the plan to put a makeup swim session in today. That meant I had both a swim and a …
