Sunday's training was a success

Title says it all.

Like I mentioned before, I'm doing a duathlon in Cartersville, GA. (PT Solutions Cartersville Duathlon) on April 15.  It is a 5K run, 17 mi bike, & 5K run.  Fun fun fun!  It will take me longer to complete it than any of the triathlons I plan on doing this year.  However, I believe it will be harder on my body than a tri.

Last Wednesday I brushed the dust off Dave's bike (that I borrow for these things :) ) and went for a 6+ mile ride around the block and then went for a run.  I was suprised how well that went.  I went 2.32 miles and averaged 8:34 min/mi.  Sweet!  Last year I averaged 10:00+ min/mi on post-cycle runs.  Already found a big improvement there!  Lol.

So Sunday I decided to do a 4 part training session.  Run - Bike - Run - Weights.  So I ran 2.36 miles (9:16 min/mi average), cycle 7.3 miles (didn't really try to go fast, but still ended up at the same pace as all the tris last year), ran 2.03 miles (8:06 mi/mile average), then did upper body weight training.  I took 10-15 minute breaks in between each activity to log it into Runkeeper, take an energy gel (or drink some chocolate milk), drink water and head back out.  Afterwards, I felt like I could do more stuff, but then I started coughing pretty hard -- that's my body's way of saying "I'M DONE!"  Lol.  So I did housework.  :D

So needless to say, I'm confident I can handle that duathlon in.... 3 weeks.  Could have gone further on all activities, but I didn't.  Wanted to test the waters (so to speak).  With some more conditioning, I'll be good for April 15th.  :)

I was rather proud of myself.  Dave and I both figured that it would be wise to rest on Monday.  So I did.  I was ready to go at it again, but I held off.  I wrote in this blog instead.  Lol.

Now it's Tuesday.  I rode the ZX-6R to work today because it's so gorgeous outside.  My spirits are up.  After doing some research and crunching numbers, I'm motivated once again.  More on that later.  :)  I can't wait to get home and do some running this evening.  Plan for tonight is to go running (about 3-3.5 miles) and some weight training.  I've been toying with the idea of going to the pool.  After all I do have "homework" to do.  :P  Guess I'll figure it out when I get home.

I suppose I might be a little unorthodox.  I don't plan workouts week by week.  I tried that last year.  FAILED.  Lol.  I never stuck to any of the plans.  Then I feel guilty later for missing stuff.  So now I just plan which days I will be doing any activity (or activities) and then figure it out on the fly.  Might be a little backwards, but it's kind of working so far -- better than what I tried doing last year!