Training back to normal

March 18th (Week 5 Day 2) Ironman triathlon training

Well I waited a day to make this post just to make sure my Monday training wasn't just a fluke and my body does feel back to normal to train.

March 16th
I headed home after work and went straight to the gym to get my swim in. I did a quick 250 WU, 2x1000, 250 CD. I was able to keep up my 1:40 / 100yrd split all the way through both 1000. All in all the swim only took me 50 minutes, which I was pretty happy with.

That was supposed to be my only activity of the day but I came home and after my fiance went to bed I decided to bike for 45 minutes on my trainer. Not too intense of a workout more just trying to get used to the different handle bars.

March 17th
I skipped my work party in order to train, now I know I'm taking this serious.
I got home and immediately changed to go for a run. This was the first time of the season where it was actually warm enough to go for a long run and still light out. Running out doors is very different then from on the treadmill. Normally on the treadmill I"m doing a constant speed with little to no grade change. Here I was going up and down hills and over different terrain. I still managed to finish the 3.5 miles in 30 minutes that I wanted to but it was a big change from the repetitiveness of the treadmill. I'm going to have to start switching all my runs to out doors, I just need to figure out the routes I can take so that I can put water in place to stay hydrated.

After my run I ate dinner and then decided to bike on my trainer again. I was supposed to go for 90 minutes but stopped at 75, I wasn't tired or anything I just didn't have a watch or a clock that I could see so I stopped to check and then I didn't feel like getting back on so I'll just add that extra 15 minutes onto my next ride on Friday.

March 18th
Today is a rest day, not so much from the workouts the last two days but because I'm going to do a 45 minute swim and then immediately attempt a 2hr run tomorrow so I want my muscles to be nice and relaxed for it.