“Rise above the earth and sky and fall…prepare to die. ” The Sword (Texans)
So I finished up a calander week here and here is the summary:
Sunday: 5:30 ride with 45 minute brick run.
Monday: am run 1:50. Pm run 40. Swim 60 min.
Tuesday: 60 min run / 5 hour ride
Wed: 60 min swim / 4 hour ride / 1 hour run.
Thursday: 5:45 ride / 30 min yoga
Friday: 60 min swim / 75 min run / 30 minutes core / 3 hour ride
Saturday: 6+ hour ride and my first century of the year. Brett did this in a single speed.
Total: 39.75 hours of training. Whoa.
I am really happy with how things went. Since I hit it and got in almost 40 hours I can’t complain since for me that’s the upper limit of what I can do in terms of training anyways. It was a bit of a press to train enough to be able to train here.
Of course this training is for more harder training to come in Spain. And that training is for bike races which are training for harder training for my final training before my first tri races which are training events for my final push of training before my ironman.
A huge step this week, but only one of many. I would be discouraged if I saw it as how much I have to do, but am seeing it more of a process, and its a process I love to see unfold. So I am finishing up stoked and excited, motivated and happy, and ready for the next steps.
I made this path by walking; having done it many years in a row now, and its the perfect one for me, as it should be, since its of my own creation. Can’t wait, can’t wait, can’t wait- let’s do dis!
(Pic: Big/long training days alone, here in the lone star state, where everything is big.)
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right on, right on. luv the pic.
That is one of the coolest photos I’ve seen in awhile.
That is some of the finest weekly January training I’ve ever seen. Well done John. Were you training with power and HR down there? How are your numbers at this time of the year compared with last year? I’d bet you’ve never been this fit this early before! Keep it up brother.
Phil: thanks, I got all artstic ya know, because I am.
PJ: ya know its a good pic because its of my fav subject: Me. God I love me.
Rooney: I used watts. I am normally fitter this time of year but this year I got way less training in my legs as I just started up around the first of the year because I raced so late with the World Championships in 2009.
The good news is that I got a nice amount of base in me generally so it wasn’t too hard building back up with a few good weeks of training before Texas so that when I got to Texas I could really do as much as I wanted. I feel good about my training there. I am still not as fit as I am normally for winter but last year I peaked too soon, so I am hoping to hit it right for my first Ironman.