342 Days To Ironman

Summary:
This morning it was back on the bike for an hour in the pain cave.  I'll say it felt better than it did last week but still not feeling like I'm completely back into the swing of things.  I was a bit sore from my run yesterday but I did manage to bike faster than I did last week on Monday.  Probably be a few weeks yet before I really feel like I back and ready to get after it.  Right now is really about staying in reasonable shape and not getting fat.

Pushup 30, 25, 25
Crunches 25, 20, 20
Curls 30lb 10,10,10

Week 50 Totals

Weekly Totals:

Swim: 34:49
Bike: 53:00
Run: 1:03:52

Total Hours: 2:31

Summary:
Not the week I really intended to have this week but with being sick and over doing it early in the week there wasn't a whole lot I could do.  Next week I plan to get few more hours in but the following week I'll be headed on a family vacation to Disney so it won't be an ideal week for workouts either.  Probably going to be late October before I really get back into the swim of things.

343 Days To Ironman

Today was my first day back working out after spending the last few days being sick.  Although I was sick I was pretty beat up after doing the 3 days of work outs at the beginning of the week and really needed some days off.  I feel bad to have a false start like this but there is still plenty of time until my race next year so there really isn't a need to rush back into it.

Workout:

Followed by:
30,30,20 Pushups
30,30,20 Crunches
10,10,10 : 30lb Curls

346-344 Day To Ironman

Came down with a cold so I took Wednesday - Saturday off from working out.  In fact, on Friday I took the day off work and slept most of the day in bed.  Felt better on Saturday but this was not a great week of workouts.

347 Days To Ironman

Went to bed last night at 8:00pm and slept until 7:30 this morning.  When I work up I was tired as hell and there was no way I was working out.  Taking today off and seeing how I feel tomorrow.

348 Days To Ironman

Swam for the first time today, it was fast but it was tough.  I think I may be getting a bit sick so that could be the issue rather then not being recovered from Ironman.  Swimming generally comes back way faster than everything else.  We will see later in the week when I swim again.

Update: Got home today at around 8:00pm after a long day of work and went right to bed. Slept until 7:30 the next morning and felt destroyed.

349 Days to Ironman

Morning ride that was my first ride since Ironman and it was more of a struggle then I thought I it would be.  I got in less then an hour since I had to be at a meeting first thing in the morning.  I just felt tired from my run yesterday and feel like I will be struggling all week to get back into the swing of things.  This week will be primarily about getting on the bike, in the pool and run, not to "improve" by any means.

350 Days To Ironman

I have a dream of actually keeping this blog up to date with my training log for Ironman training.  With 350 days to my next Ironman I'm considering this the first day of training leading up to that race so it seems like as good of day as any to start the blog again for the 100th time.

Workout:
Run: 4.58 Miles, 47:12 minutes

Summary:
Given it's only 3 weeks from Ironman Wisconsin I'm not feeling 100% yet.  The plan is to spend the next few weeks doing medium intensity workouts to maintain fitness and keep my weight down. Ideally I would like to get into a routine of pushups, situps and some weight training to stay tone.

Workout: