Well I have now made it through my first week of training since making the decision to follow through with the half ironman. So, how did it go? Well it went like this:
Monday - 4.1 mile easy run; 7 mile (30 min) bike
Tuesday - 5.15 mile easy run
Wednesday - 4 mile run with 2 miles at a tempo pace
Thursday - 5.37 mile run including a warm up 3 miles tempo and cool down; 7.26 mile (30 min) bike
Friday - rest day
Saturday - long run day 10 miles
Sunday - 1300 meter swim; 1 1/2 hrs (20.28 miles) on the bike
The workouts this week have all went very well. During my runs I had a lot of energy, legs felt good and I hit good paces on the hard runs. For the bike rides they went well too; however the long ride on the trainer is hard mentally! I never would have made it without some good episodes of Criminal Minds on the DVR!! Now for the swim - yuck! Well it wasn't that bad, the first 500 meters were a little rough but then I managed to get into a groove and felt pretty good by the end of the swim. I know after today's swim that I need to spend a lot more time in the water before July!!
Overall I think the first week went very well! The hardest part this week has been my diet :( it was not as good as I wanted it to be. So this week I will work on that too!
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