Training Log Archive: carbon

A two hour XC ski lesson followed by a 2hr ski on my own to practice what I learned. A few things clicked right away while a couple of other things will need more work. The mood at the ski club was a bit affected by an avalanche accident right around the corner that killed two American people the day before. A big fracture line of a separate avalanche could be seen from the trails hitch acted as a constant reminder of what had happened.

I’ve noticed that a lot of AP users are setting out their goals for 2012. I find it hard to set my goals and motivate myself to train without firm race plans in place. I’m not sure that I know what I will do for 2012 yet, but I know I want to keep fit. The past month I’ve really been enjoying some free evenings and not having to get up insanely early to get a workout done before work, but I think that will have to change soon if I want to keep some of what I built up last year. So here I go:

#1: Keeping my diet healthy with lots and lots of antioxidants and get more sleep than this previous year, even if my training have to suffer a little bit as a result. Maybe only one or two early mornings per week and hopefully several nights of getting to bed early. I want to make those killer cells work as much as possible!

#2: Whether I like it or not, the running I did last year really brought by fitness up a notch and made me overall stronger and maybe even a little faster. I want to keep up with 3 solid runs per week with at least one being a longer one. I just need to figure out how to keep running fun.

#3: The strength and yoga/stretching work I did last year really helped me stay strong and fairly pain free in the RTNX and XPD races (and I suspect that the many dollars spent on physiotherapy also had something to do with it). I will want to keep this work up.

# 4: I really need to get stronger at paddling, but unless I have some adventure races planned out, I will not prioritize this. At least 1 good paddle a week to start with and build from there if some race plans solidify.

#5: I never have any issues keeping my biking fitness with the killer spin classes we have at hand here so I will just keep doing what I have always done. This year I will get back to commuting on the bike to work again as I really enjoy that.

I bet I will not reach the same hours of training as I did last year (973hrs), but hopefully I can still retain some of my fitness built up this year.

C • Keeping running fun 4

2 hrs of awesome spinning! 20 minutes in E4 and a bunch of E3. Felt good tonight in comparison to Tuesday night. Perhaps because I have some goals to live up to now...

10 minutes of core during the spin class.

Didn't quite get into the class tonight. Held my zones but was mostly in the lower end of them. Hopefully I can get into next week's time trials.