Triathlon Training 2010: Week 6

DAY	SCHEDULED	ACTUAL	COMMENTS
Monday	OFF	OFF	Travelling
Tuesday	Run: 30 min	OFF	Tired from the travel so rested.
Wednesday	Swim: 400 yards	Swim: 400 yards (15 min, 3.75 min/100 yds)	I’m finding it difficult to keep track of the number of laps I’ve done. May need to come up with some sort of counting system like where I move a marble on the pool deck after each lap is completed.
Thursday	Brick… Bike: 30 min Run: 10 min Walk: 20 min	OFF	Went to REI to learn about road bikes.
Friday	Swim: 500 yards	OFF	Too tired. I know – lame excuse.
Saturday	Run: 45 min	Brick… Bike: 5 miles (26.5 min, 5.3 min/mile) Walk: 12 min (0.7 miles, 17.14 min/miles)	Got lots of sleep so back into it but aiming to take it easy since didn’t do much in the last week. Installed a cool app on my phone that helps me track distance, time, and other stats.
Sunday	Bike: 15 miles Walk: 30 min	Run: 25.5 min (1.9 miles, 13.42 min/mile)	First *real* run since nearly a month ago when I busted up my toe. Decided to alternate 1 minute running/walking, aim for 20-30 minutes, and see how it felt. Went much better than expected! Continuing to bike and swim kept up my fitness level in general I think.

Overall Thoughts:

• There are four weeks until the triathlon that I haven’t signed up for yet but plan to soon LOL. Also, briefly discussed doing a triathlon in September as a relay team. I think that could be fun.
• Learned that getting a road bike will cut down my time a LOT. That’s exciting news! I thought I was doing pretty well before so maybe I’ll be awesome later on! Kendall is looking into them for us so hopefully will have one soon.

Here is the Google spreadsheet I made to track my progress.

Here is the same week last year. It is the last week I blogged about but actually didn’t do any of the training that week.