Best Week so Far

This week has been the most intense week I have had training wise.  That is the reason why I didn’t get a post up yesterday.  Once I got home from work, I just kind of crashed and didn’t feel like doing anything.  A quick 12 hour rest was all I needed though.

I will start with what you have missed.  I commented on the bike ride to work on Tuesday and here is the link to the stats.  The ride home was much the same, and although it was late (I had to work late) I had fun with it.  I actually passed another bicyclist, sure he was on a mountain bike and not really trying, but I still passed him!  It is also fun when a car passes me right before a turn or railroad crossing and they slow down more than I have to.  It gives me a chance to “ride” their bumper, but I have my hands on the brakes and I am always ready to swerve around them if they do something stupid.  Come to think of it, maybe I shouldn’t do that…  Anyway, here are those stats.

The next morning, I woke up early again, went to the pool and swam 700 yards.  Once again the swim is feeling comfortable, which is growing my confidence.  I went back home, showered and jumped back on the bike to work.  Much the same, nothing special there.  Here are the stats.  The ride back home Wednesday afternoon was good, but very hot.  It was about 1:30 in the afternoon and about 95 degrees with full sun.  Here are the stats.  I was a little slow, but it was hot!

I woke up early again this morning and went for a run, but I slept in about 30 minutes longer than I wanted to.  I needed the rest!  I was able to squeeze in about 2.85 miles before my wife had to leave for work, and it felt pretty good.  It was cool, but the normal SC humidity is back.  Here are the stats.

Since Sunday morning, I have ran 14.14 miles, biked 35.75 miles and swam 700 yards.  I plan to swim at least 700 yards tomorrow morning and will probably bike to work again.  Add to that another run on Saturday morning and I have greatly surpassed total training for previous weeks.  This all works to add to my confidence.  If I am going to go the distance, I need to be able to do the training.  Oh, and not counting the swim, in the last 5 days I have burned an extra 3,385 calories.  My diet hasn’t been perfect, but I will look to shed a couple of pounds when I start to taper next week for the off-road triathlon.  I will keep you posted.