Training Log Archive: ironqueen

It's another gorgeous, sunny day here. Got to take advantage of it. Planned to bike 120 kms to Mahone Bay to meet my friend for lunch but the Beavers thought it not wise to be biking out in "Deliverance" without any company.

So, instead I took out the mtn bike and climbed my usual mtn. Found Tupper Lake Road off to the right of this road, so went on gravel around the lake and saw the beautiful cottages.

Zoomed down English Mtn at 58 kms/hr. How does Lance and the guys go over 60 kms in a tuck?

It was a fun ride and am feeling more comfortable on both seats with each time in the saddle.

First time I've swam 2 km straight in about 3 wks. My arms were sore from the intervals yesterday and my breathing from the biking hills last night. I kept going and got faster but overall this shows me I need 2-3 swims/wk again.

Right after swimming the 2km, I got dressed and out in 35+ degree weather to run 20 kms. Notice how I only made it 11. I was pretty much shuffling for 4 kms and then it all got better. I'm just upping all the training and trying to do more bricks. Still feel great with the level of fitness and training. My spirits are positive and I'm enjoying it.

Haven't been focusing on my swimming at all in the last month as you can tell from my log. I've come to love it and it's now my best discipline. Since I swam 6 mornings a wk for the last 1.5 yrs, I've been focusing on the running and now biking more. Needed to speed up the running, and you know the drill on the biking.

Today was hard work. I did 20 repeats of 100metres on 2.15 minutes. The first one I did in 1.40 minutes which gave me a nice break of 35 seconds. Repeat six was 2.05 minutes so those 10 seconds barely brought down my heart rate.

Now that I'm in the 1/2 I'm going for speed. I LOVE the swimming. I just get right back in my groove.

Off for a bike ride with the beavers tonight. Yahoo. I feel strong and fit and happy. Thanks Bash (sorry, I think of you as Bent so I get confused sometimes!!)

C • Bash & Bent 1

Biking with Cricket, Newbie and Valley Girl. Cricket has been putting the time on her new bike so she's strong and loves to cruise, but my other 2 friends are only biking once a wk with us and not comfortable on the bike nor do they love it. So, Cricket and I zoomed a bit but I still had to just spin and wait for them often so this wasn't a flat out ride.

Very hilly and 2 great mtns though, so I got a good work out--just not the average speed I'd like.

It's a wonderful, hot and sticky 35 degrees. Since I was cold and rain soaked last Tuesday on my bike, I'm not complaining. I've been training hard even with every other day a rest day, so the first 6 kms I felt like I was crawling. Anyhoo, it was up the south mtn and I didn't stop for liquid at my usual 4 km mark. I'm getting stronger. Compare my time to the 20 kms I did on Friday, and you'll see I was slow. Still glad I did it.

C • Good work! 1

Tired after night of dancing and socializing but beautiful day and have to ride. Instead of mountains I went out on the windy 221 toward Middleton. It was rolling and hilly and the head wind made it challenging. Wanted to go 90 kms but had to be happy with this. Averaging 25.1 kms/hr and max speed 45 kms/hr. It was fun.