Week 6
by rchackman
Week 6 of my build up to Great Floridian felt great. I included a walk on my recovery day and yoga to start my day on Wednesday. The harder training gets, the more important recovery becomes.
I also did some strength work on Saturday, followed by the elliptical, to change up the routine a bit. I was getting tired of swim, bike and run workouts. Although, strength workouts always seem to hurt that much more when you have not been lifting.
I was dreading the pain that would become the run leg of my brick on Sunday. I went hard on the run to assess my fitness at this stage. I felt strong. The run portion was only 30 mins and I used the first 5 mins to ease into it and then progressively raised the speed on the treadmill by half a minute per mile pace, every 5 mins or so, until the run was done. I was happy with the outcome.
WEEK 6
Mon June 11 – (PM) 40 min walk
Tue – (PM) 40:00 run to the pool, 45:00 swim (2000 yards), 25:00 run home
Wed – (AM) 1 hour of yoga, (PM) 1:20:00 bike
Thu – (AM) 1:15:00 bike, (PM) 45:00 run
Fri – (PM) 1:15:00 bike
Sat – (AM) 45:00 run, (PM) 45:00 strength, 30:00 Elliptical
Sun – (AM) 1:45:00 Brick, (PM) 50:00 swim (2000 yards)
Total: 1 yoga, 1 strength, 1 walk, 1 elliptical, 2 swim, 3 bike, 4 run, 1 brick
Total: 11 hours (not including the walk and yoga)
I had to fight with myself a little bit last week to stay on target. For some reason, it was tough for me to get into it mentally last weekend. I powered through and am glad I did. Consistency pays off. Well, at least I am hoping it does.
I’m having that kind of week this week. I’m tired, mentally and physically, and I know it’s merely the result of my body adjusting to the tougher workouts. Time to hunker down and just get it done.
I couldn’t have said it better. Hunker down and get it done. May not be pleasant but I think those are the workouts that make me mentally stronger.
Hunker down, great advice. I hunkered down yesterday and did my workout inside. I just got a cadence/speed detector for my bike (I guess I’ve never really taken it that seriously before) for use on the road–but also on my bike trainer. I had no idea it would take so long to ride just 6 miles on my trainer!
Be proud of yourself! You did it
Thanks for sharing, you let everyone know that when you believe in what you can and you go for it, that it can be done..
thanks !!