Weekend and Snow Day review

March 2nd (start of 3rd Week) Ironman Triathlon Training
Feb 27th Ironman Triathlon Training
Finishing up my work out didn't happen Friday night but this was more due to choice then because I was lazy or any other distractions.

Feb 28th Ironman Triathlon Training
I decided I wanted to push myself even more on Saturday so i woke up early and headed to the gym.

Swim - 2x300 wu, 1500, 500 fast, 4x100 cd
Run - 90mins 9.25 miles (finished 9 miles in 85minutes then did a 5 minute cd walk)

The Swim I felt great and I decided to change up the work out slightly from the one purposed, it was supposed to be 2x1000. Well during the first 1000 I decided that I need to get some speed back into my workouts even if it's distance speed and I was still feeling strong 750yrds into it so I pushed myself to finish the 1500 (which i did in just over 26min) and then rested for 4 minutes. My goal for the 500 was 7:30 (which is a 1:30 per 100yrd time my goal for the actual swim will be a 1:20 per 100m split) I ended up finishing right at the 8min mark. Good but not what I wanted. I could chalk it up to having already completed 1900yrds but this is still off the pace I want to be able to do through out the swim.

The run felt much better the last week. Tip of advice when ironman triathlon training make sure you either run with synthetic boxers or no underwear at all, I was still chafed from last week (hence not running all week except for soccer) and at the end of the run and even the next day the chafing wasn't worse. This time i was able to run at 6.5mph for the first 30 minutes then I switched to 40s rest and 9:20min run at 6.5 for the next 30 minutes the remaining time was spent at 6mph 1:30 rest and 8:30 run until I finished the 9 miles. Originally my plan was to walk for another 30 minutes to get up to 11 miles but my legs were starting to give out so I decided that since I had swam immediately before the run and I finished the 9 miles 5 minutes faster then last week that I was good to finish up.

March 1st Ironman Triathlon Training
My fiance had been bugging me for weeks to do our taxes and she needed the day to do report cards for her kids so this was the day I decided to do them. I still had a swim to make up and the Bike that was scheduled for the day. In the end I wasn't able to get to the swim because the gym is only open until 7 on Sundays and I didn't finish my taxes until 6. My biking went well did 90 minutes approximately 24-25 miles.

March 2nd Ironman Triathlon Training
Woke up to find 12inches of snow on the ground with my street still not being plowed. So I figured running this morning was out of the question so I hit the bike again. Did 60 minutes on the trainer approx 17 miles. Felt good the entire time and really worked on my tempo. I was able to maintain a 65-67 rpm rate through out the entire time I was on the trainer.

My work actually was canceled because of the snow so at 12 I headed over to the gym to get a swim and run in. Only to find out when I got there that they decided not to open for the day. I ran some errands and headed back home. I really wasn't in the mood to bike any more so I took the rest of the day off.

March 3rd Ironman Triathlon Training
Today I had physical therapy in the morning, so that killed any chance at a morning workout, and I am planning on staying late at work to play poker with some friends. So I guess after a good weekend of training today will be my rest day for this week.