Iron Week 45

Well, it's about 45 Weeks until my first shot at Ironman. Lots of time. Right. I'm still working up a training schedule, and since today is a work "Admin" day, and I may not do any training either, I might have time to put some final touches on it.

So how was the week? Crummy stuff first - my weight is still 242lbs. Crimeny, I can't seem to get into the 230's and stay there. Of course, last year I was struggling at around 250 - 255, so I guess these remaining fat cells are entrenched. Dug in. I'll just keep chipping away, I guess. What else sucked? Running, that's what sucked! Only 5 miles - but hey, I got me some new digs! BEASTs - so in hindsight, I was taking it easy, breaking them in...yea, that's it.

Ok stuff - swimming. Put in all of 6,400 yds or so - most of that was a 3k swim on Sunday with Jetpack. I haven't swum in a 25yd pool in forever - felt like I was cheating. Did 500yds x 6, then watched him finish up another 700 yds. My right elbow still hurts, but I think that's a somewhat permanent thing - taking time off has not seemed to fix it. My goal has always been to average 6k a week, so that was good, but my Ironman goal is nearly double that, so I'll need to work that volume up a bit. ONE-O-ONE wise, a 3k swim is a good thing - with breaks between sets, I did it in 1:10, which is very cool...

Finishing on a good note, yep, it's all about the bike! I had a really good week of bike training this week! Tuesday was a 37 mile interval set, Thursday was my now-signature 42 mile pyramid set (awesome smoker btw), and Sunday I somehow finished a very, very slow 92 miler in some hills. It was extremely casual on the way up - Jetpack and I laughed it up the whole way... funny thing as the temps rose, and the wind picked up in our face - the way back really sucked! But, it was the first time I did a long Swim-Bike Brick like that, and the whole experience was pretty cool. Almost a good IM bike, and overall a great 101 training day.

14 hrs of training this week - the most I've ever done. I need another big week this week, then a nice taper before Chicago. I promise, more running this week!