Training Week 2: 12/24/07 - 12/30/07

Planned Training
Monday - 12/24:
AM - Run = 25 min done
PM - Swim = 1 hr Master's swim done
Tuesday - 12/25:
AM - Bike = 30 min, Run = 20 min (brick) done
PM - none
Wednesday - 12/26:
AM - Bike = 1 hr 20 min done
PM - Swim = 1 hr Master's swim done
Thursday - 12/27:
AM - Bike = 45 min done
PM - Run = 30 min done
Friday - 12/28:
AM - Strength = 45 min core routine
PM - Swim = 1 hr Master's swim done
Saturday - 12/29:
AM - Bike = 2 hr done
PM - Strength = 45 min core routine
Sunday - 12/30:
AM - Run = 1 hr 10 min done

Weekly S/B/R Compliance (based on BT training plan):
Swim = 180 min/145 min = 124%
Bike = 279 min/275 min = 101%
Run = 187 min/145 min = 129%

Total SBR training time for Week #2 = 10.8 hrs

Tuesday, 12/15/07 Update:
Sunday we ended up going for a hike with my brother, and hiked 4.5 hours and 8.2 miles up the Agua Caliente Hill Trail (~2200 ft of elevation gain). So much for a "rest" day.

I picked up a new seat for the tri bike. The other one is way too painful and causes numbness in places women don't want to be numb. The new one seems to work well, so I will keep riding it for awhile. It has a cutout that goes all the way to the nose of the saddle, so it looks like I'm riding on a pair of tweezers or something.

The training schedule this week seems to be easier than last week. I have all of this week and next week off from work, so I am definitely attending all of the noon Master's swim workouts instead of the evening workouts. It's still freezing cold out at noon, but the sun is up and I try to reason that that makes it somehow warmer. After each workout I jump in the dive tank since it's heated 10 degrees warmer than the lap pool. It is sinfully delicious. That's the only way I can describe it.

Friday, 12/28/07 Update:
Today I did the stupidest thing ever...got up at 4:45AM to go to Master's swim at 6. I couldn't go to the noon or evening workout due to other activities, so if I was going to swim today this was it. For 15 minutes I contimplated going to another pool later in the morning, but realized it would be just as cold out. So I got up and went and got in the pool while it was 25 degrees out. We couldn't even see 25 yards down the pool from all the steam. I figured the cold air would make the water feel warmer, but it didn't. I was just cold AND wet. My swim gear froze over on the deck during the swim workout. I think this qualifies as some sort of strange Tucson polar bear's club.