Showing posts with label 2011 ITU Long Course World Championships. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2011 ITU Long Course World Championships. Show all posts

Monday, February 14, 2011

Valentine's Day!


Started another week: Race Week. I have the Herby Waterman Winter Series Race #4 on Sunday. I will be training through the race but it will be a good way to start testing my racing muscles (for running at least). I spent most of my time with Bella today. What fun! :-) It's Valentine's Day and I got my mother an 8GB flash drive that she wanted. Hopefully she won't read this post until afterwords. (Also I like the new bathmat Mom, I've been meaning to say it but never can remember, hopefully this helps)

Felt good today. My shin splints are still there but are succeeding. I will be focusing on short runs with more intensity from now on. Especially since the ITU Long Course World Championships are 18 miles instead of the usual 13. I need to be on my game for the run. That is where I will make up the most ground on the leaders. I'm developing my stride even more-so because I discovered I pumped my arms TOO violently. I developed my arms to pump and produce force but realized I've gone a little too far. Time to back that up.

Today's Workout
30 min Run
.....3x800 @ 2:42
Transition
1 hour Bike
.....Easy

10xLung Stretching Sips (on Bike)

4x25 Full Situps
4x25 Pushups
Full Body Stretch

Thursday, February 10, 2011

VAIL! - Colorado 6

It was a Bright Day with Charlie today. We went out on the mountain at 9 and skied until 4. Long day on the mountain but it was a bright sunny day. Nice groomed fast trails. We skied with Herb's friends for a little while Bill and ___. They liked skiing in the choppy snow. Charlie and I were fatigued from the powder days before but it still was a great day. I got some good video today which I'll use eventually! YAY! Now it's time to go out and eat :-)

2011 ITU Long Course World Championship's Length... So I found out the 2011 LC World's is much longer than a half ironman and much longer than the Long Course distance. I'm not sure why, I'll explain more later.

Today's Workout
15 min bike warmup
30 min run workout
3x800 @ 2:40 w/ 2 min r
3x400 @ 75 w/ 1:30 r
15 min elliptical cooldown
Full Body Stretch
Full body stick self-massage