söndag 17 april 2011

First week of training

Maybe the week that was could be seen as my first week of actual, serious, down-to-business training since I crashed in early march. Got out cycling, got my feet wet in the pool and ran some faster miles. Saturday was a good workout.

monday noon: warmup + 20K hard effort on the tri-bike. um. not fast. 32 mins. yesterday's 180K ride seemed to weigh in on my legs.
afternoon/evening: 3h/99K ride on road bike.

tuesday: hill intervals: 15*1.30-1.45. total bike time 1.30h

wednesday: 3h/99K road bike + 1h/11K run. my back is protesting against the drop bar rides.

thursday: swim 10*100m/1.30-1.40. total 1.5K. first swim since the crash. and I felt it. boy did I feel it.

friday: 55 mins bike, inc. 20K hard ride/32 mins. + run 25 mins/6K. first running/cycling in shorts this year.

saturday: 3h/102K ride on the tri-bike +1h/11K run. this was a good workout. felt the fatigue working evening shift afterwards.

sunday: 55 mins bike, inc. 20K hard ride/32 mins. felt like having flamingo legs.

tisdag 12 april 2011

On the road again!

A lot of firsts last week: first ride outdoors since I got hit by a car six weeks ago, first ride with a road bike this year, first ride with my new gir's carbon ride.
 It all came back to me – what I love about the sport of cycling and triathlon. There's nothing better than the speed and thrill on the road.
Began easily, as I am known to usually do, with a 6 hour ride on sunday. Great fun. Didn't even let the 17-meter-per-second-wind gusts ruin my day. 
Next day, I had to try my triathlon/TT bike. WOW. Can't beat the feeling, cruising down the road at 45kph. 55kph sure feels good too, but that's a little harder for me to sustain...
But, after, initally, two weeks of inactivity, then three weeks of indoor cycling on the bike trainer, I must reiterate what I have always been saying: the indoor bike trainer just isn't the same as riding outdoors. It's just too easy on your legs. Great cardiac training, sure, but not enough strain for the legs.
Now, I will have  to ride lots and lots of miles to find my legs. And then, there's this thing of me needing to get back to swimming too.
Last week was a good start. 20h15mins, of which 17h15 mins cycling and 3h running. More. More. More.
The first race of the season in Barcelona is coming up awfully fast. I have only one week of running since the crash, and no speed work.