February was another great month for me. I ran the Saturday 5 mile race 3 times, and had a PR in a cold and windy half marathon. My running confidence is UP!
But I did not only run, I also swam and biked.
I feel more comfortable on my bike, and can wear tri shorts for rides 2 hours or shorter. I have been doing a lot of big gear, lower cadence intervals as well as low gear superhigh (for me) cadence intervals and my legs have gotten really strong as a result. I also watched more TV than I thought possible, but for some reason I can't read on my bike, and I save my "good music" for my runs.
I also feel better in the water. I have been doing some interval training, mostly ladders and 300 or 400m repeats. I am not timing myself because my goal for the swim is not necessarily to be faster, but to swim the same pace I swam in August, with less effort. I know this is not the best strategy, but it is what I choose to do. I don't flip turn, I don't push from the wall, I swim continuously from one end of the pool to the other. One thing I need to work on is my kick. I forget about it and barely move my feet.
Most importantly, I still LOVE LOVE training!
The numbers:
RUN: 214. 5 miles (including a low week of 40 miles as taper)
BIKE: 20 hours (including a week of only 2 hour biking as taper for my half)
SWIM: 12 miles
Strength: 2 hours
Plyos: 6 sessions....skipped on a few
BRICKS: 3
* 2.5 hour bike+5 mile run
* 2 hour bike+ 4 mile run
* 3 hour bike + 5 mile run
March will include a few running races, before I switch gears to triathlon only for my June race. I am hoping to be able to ride my bike outside - I am really nervous and hope that riding my tri bike outside will be just as much fun as it has been inside. I also hope I won't break any bones during the multiple falls I know I will take. Any tips about tri bike riding would be much appreciated!
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Wow! You have put some serious training in. Is there an Ironman or a HI in your future? How fun to do so many races in February! I love 5 miles and rarely get to race it. My 8K next month is certainly close.
Your confidence should be up because February was a great month for you!!!!
I also wish I could ride outside, to try my new bike:)
see, I don't care what you call yourself but I say you're Hard Core! :)
I've rarely thought trainer rides were fun. You'll get more comfortable on the road the more you do it. Just always try to anticipate what the cars will do and proceed with caution until you have a good idea of what they are doing. I've seen too many people get hit by a car because they got in the cars path. Yes it was the driver's fault, but an experienced rider would anticipate the car was going to turn into them and didn't see them.
Wow, you ran so much more than me, and I didn't bike or swim! Great month!
Love our ongoing passion to train and keep training. I don't know about you, but i hope mine never leaves me.
My hero!! Just like Amanda said, "Hard core."
Hurry up and fix your PR at the top of your sidebar:)
Great month like usual! I wouldn't have expected anything less! Glad you're LOVING training!
I can watch TV on the bike but not on the treadmill. I don't read on either. I've tried audiobooks but I can't focus on them. I have too much of a scatterbrain:)
Yep-hardcore:)
Your running stats alone are awesome! Add in the biking and swimming and I'm stupefied. Great job with all the training!
Sounds like a pretty great month for you there - good results! love that you're LOVING your training - are you loving it more because of the variety do you think?
AJH - yes, a HIM in June, and who knows what after...maybe try to qualify for nationals
Petra - I love the variety, I also feel swimming and biking allow me to stay injury free.
You have some really great numbers! :)
I am going to be biking a lot lately and wondered about reading while riding. I ride some at the gym and do ok there but I don't feel like I push it much either there.
I'm interested to hear about your kick and if someone says something about it; I know when I swam on the swim team in college our coach always said you do not kick as much as you think you should. I'll have to put in some videos of Michael Phelps and check out his kick :).
Happy March, AM!!!
Wow. Amazing month! Your low week in mileage is a higher week for me :) Congrats on your half marathon PR. I have lots of catching up to do!
another awesome month for you!! hope you get to take that bike outside soon :)
I think it's great that you are using the winter months to get comfortable with bike/swim and improve in them! June better watch out. Heck, March better watch out.
I hope you are swimming outside, that would be way way more hardcore. Also, great numbres this past month! Imagine when the weather gets nice.
so love that you point out how much you love training!!! I am excited to get this rib healed and then meet with a trainer to maybe put together a plan to really get stronger!
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