5/30/10

Got up Sunday morning and ran 7.5 miles with Ken around 630a. I took a 2 week break from longer runs to get in some bike/swim time and really paid the price. The run was brutal...heart rate stayed between 171-190 the entire 7.5 miles. I finished at a 8:14 per mile pace...but it felt much more challenging than it should have. 

Once I finished the run, I hopped in the pool and did trainer Shellie's 800 meter swim workout.  I did extra sets on all the technique drills...so it was closer to a 1000 meter workout. After just over 2 hours of running and swimming I was pooped. 

My triathlon training is much like life...you may want to put a lot of yourself into one particular aspect (and maybe you get really good at that one thing) but the reality is that you have to be efficient and spread yourself amongst multiple causes (running, cycling, swimming, strength training, rest.) One is not more important than the other and, much to my initial surprise, there is only a little bit of carry over from sport to sport (i.e. you don't get better at running by swimming more.) 

Here is my training schedule for this week

Mon-Rest

Tues-Upper Body Strength Training

Wed-Core Training and Swimming

Thurs-Lower Body Strength Training

Fri-Cycling and Short Run

Sat-Rest

Sun-Long Run and Swimming