January totals:
Swim – 10,900 yards, 3 hrs and 50 min
Bike – 134.5 miles, 8 hours
Run – 181.9 miles, 27 hours and 32 min
Total – 39 hours, 22 minutes
My bike and run mileage and time were significantly up in January from December, and I sacrificed time in the pool to get it there. I’m not too concerned at this point about doing more than one swim per week since I have a decent swimming background and my workouts thus far have all been over 3000 yards. Definitely not enough time on the bike yet, but I am LOVING the Computrainer class I am taking (see description a few posts ago). I spend almost two hours on the bike each class, and it goes by super quick and is a great workout. I’m sure it will also improve my cycling technique (which it needs to, have I mentioned how much I suck at biking?)
LOTS of running this month. I am pretty sure I am going to run the Snickers Energybar marathon on March 6th in Southwest Georgia . I was having my doubts on making it there – training through the dead of winter, recovering from some finicky hamstring pain from my last marathon in October, and trying to avoid further injury have all been barriers to me getting to the starting line. I am on week four of the five week peak in mileage and I have been feeling better and better every run (knock on wood). Faster paces have felt easier, and my legs (and hamstring pain) have been improving. So, I am cautiously optimistic about getting to that starting line at this point….Yesterday I did an 18 mile run with the last 14 miles at goal marathon pace – I was nervous about this as it is the hardest and most predictive workout of my training plan so to speak (not to mention the 20 degree temps and 15 mph winds adding to my anxiety). But, I had a successful run and felt like I could have done a couple more miles at marathon pace at the end.
Can’t end this post without talking about my new favorite thing – Active Release Technique. This soft tissue technique is performed by a chiropractor (usually) and the basic concept is to return your muscles, tendons, etc to their normal range of motion by working out the scar tissue that builds up on them and in between them over months and years of (over)use. I had heard fantastic things about ART on online forums – and finally changed my insurance so I could get this covered. OMG, it IS Fantastic (although the actual process hurts like crazy!!!). For such a simple concept, it has amazing results – I have seen an improvement in my hamstring issues and more importantly, my chiro has been able to control a sudden onset of shin splints over the past couple weeks (side benefit is that the chiro can talk me off the proverbial ledge after I present with a new pain and I’m convinced my running “career” is over).
On to February – hoping that the decent winter weather holds up as I finish my last few weeks of marathon training – always makes it easier to run outside if its above zero degrees (that’s Farenheit….) February 15th kicks off the “official” start of Ironman training, which is going to be overruled for the first couple weeks by my marathon taper. Luckily I’ve been doing enough in the offseason to not feel too guilty about this.
If anyone is wondering, the roadside clothing item has been worn post pick-up. Don’t judge :)
Swim – 10,900 yards, 3 hrs and 50 min
Bike – 134.5 miles, 8 hours
Run – 181.9 miles, 27 hours and 32 min
Total – 39 hours, 22 minutes
My bike and run mileage and time were significantly up in January from December, and I sacrificed time in the pool to get it there. I’m not too concerned at this point about doing more than one swim per week since I have a decent swimming background and my workouts thus far have all been over 3000 yards. Definitely not enough time on the bike yet, but I am LOVING the Computrainer class I am taking (see description a few posts ago). I spend almost two hours on the bike each class, and it goes by super quick and is a great workout. I’m sure it will also improve my cycling technique (which it needs to, have I mentioned how much I suck at biking?)
LOTS of running this month. I am pretty sure I am going to run the Snickers Energybar marathon on March 6th in Southwest Georgia . I was having my doubts on making it there – training through the dead of winter, recovering from some finicky hamstring pain from my last marathon in October, and trying to avoid further injury have all been barriers to me getting to the starting line. I am on week four of the five week peak in mileage and I have been feeling better and better every run (knock on wood). Faster paces have felt easier, and my legs (and hamstring pain) have been improving. So, I am cautiously optimistic about getting to that starting line at this point….Yesterday I did an 18 mile run with the last 14 miles at goal marathon pace – I was nervous about this as it is the hardest and most predictive workout of my training plan so to speak (not to mention the 20 degree temps and 15 mph winds adding to my anxiety). But, I had a successful run and felt like I could have done a couple more miles at marathon pace at the end.
Can’t end this post without talking about my new favorite thing – Active Release Technique. This soft tissue technique is performed by a chiropractor (usually) and the basic concept is to return your muscles, tendons, etc to their normal range of motion by working out the scar tissue that builds up on them and in between them over months and years of (over)use. I had heard fantastic things about ART on online forums – and finally changed my insurance so I could get this covered. OMG, it IS Fantastic (although the actual process hurts like crazy!!!). For such a simple concept, it has amazing results – I have seen an improvement in my hamstring issues and more importantly, my chiro has been able to control a sudden onset of shin splints over the past couple weeks (side benefit is that the chiro can talk me off the proverbial ledge after I present with a new pain and I’m convinced my running “career” is over).
On to February – hoping that the decent winter weather holds up as I finish my last few weeks of marathon training – always makes it easier to run outside if its above zero degrees (that’s Farenheit….) February 15th kicks off the “official” start of Ironman training, which is going to be overruled for the first couple weeks by my marathon taper. Luckily I’ve been doing enough in the offseason to not feel too guilty about this.
If anyone is wondering, the roadside clothing item has been worn post pick-up. Don’t judge :)
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