This Week in Training

Well, the first noteworthy thing about this week is that we didn't take a rest day, and we're not going to. The Half Ironman training plan we're getting from Dawn doesn't always have rest days (she says that an easy swim on Mondays is just as good as a rest day). I don't think we purposely didn't take a rest day, though; I think we just didn't manage to find a good time for one.

We ran Monday and Tuesday mornings because we were expecting to meet with Dawn on Monday evening, and we weren't sure what she'd tell us to do. But, we got rescheduled to meet on Tuesday evening, so we ran Tuesday morning, too.

Wednesday is always our swim/bike day because we take a half day from work especially for that workout. It worked all winter long while we were training for the marathon. This week, the swim was fabulous (in my new two-piece plaid swimsuit that I got from the Cap Tex expo - fabulous!). For the bike, we practiced in the neighborhood in our aerobars and got a little more comfortable with them. By the end of the ride, we were flying down the streets at our usual pace. However, the weather got way too hot and we were worried that we'd get too sore from the new positioning on the bike, so we cut the ride short.

On Thursday, we rode with the Tri-Sition group. Well, actually we started out with the Tri-Sition group and ended up by ourselves on Kyle Seale Pkwy. It was windy and humid, but the ride was awesome. For most of the ride back to the store along 1604, we rode in our aerobars. I think we had the fastest training ride of our lives, clocking ~21 miles at 16 mph.

And this morning we ran...faster than expected. Both of us have sore backs from the aero position. I really hope that feels better soon.

We even got in 2 small post-run yoga sessions this week as well.

I'm looking forward to Boerne Lake tomorrow morning - it will be the first swim of the season without a wetsuit. Then we'll ride the 28 mile Waring loop and practice more in the aerobars. We have a long run of 6 miles planned for Sunday.

I'm tired just typing all this, and now I'm going to bed!