The Training is Coming Along Slowly

Well, another week and not enough training.......It was Spring Break this past week and the family came out to LA for 5 days.  Needless to say it was a little challenging getting in work outs were a challenge.  I did manage to get in about 25 miles of running...1/2 on trails and 1/2 on roads.  I'm not breaking any land speed records but making progress on my road to recovery.  The hamstring is coming along, but still tight.

On the Thursday trail run out in Monrovia a colleague of mine and I hit the trails at around 6AM.  At the turnaround on the canyon trails we ran across a mountain lion about 25-30 yards from us on a ridge above us.  It was a full moon and needless to say I will not be doing that run EVER by myself and most likely NEVER again at dawn or dusk.  Of the more than 100 runs in Denver I had never seen a mountain lion on the trails, although there were many sightings.  Seeing a big cat's huge yellow eyes in your headlamp is actually pretty scary shit.  We backed out of sight slowly then booked it out of there.

Friday night I managed to get in a 3 mile fast pace run on the treadmill followed by core and light weight training.  I'm trying to build a solid base going into the Leadman and then for the Summer DR.  The Leadman is going to be a serious beat down session for me.  I've only actually been on the bike 4 times since IM AZ....not good.

Today I hit Percy Warner Park with Michael Moore, a Summer Death Racer.  The trails were sloppy after an all night rain, so we got in 3 miles on the trails and 5 miles on the road.  Prior to the Syracuse game I got in a nice 20 mile ride on the bike.  I'm averaging 19-20 mph on my last two trips out, which is kind of my average for this track that I ride, but it is taking a lot of effort and certainly not sustainable for 70 miles.

Tired tonight and getting up early tomorrow morning to make a pot roast and going to get in 500 burpees before going to East Sunday church with the family.

Signing off....Cheers!

PT

Training Week #1

Last week began my official training for 2013.  I was able to get in 5 meaningful runs all at 5-6 miles in length.  Did a combination of lower paced runs along with some tempo and speed work outs.  The hamstring is still pretty tight.  I also made it back into the pool.  Core and strength workouts were included in all but one session.  It feels good to get back into a routine, but the going is rather slow.

With only about 4 weeks till the Leadman in AZ, it's going to be an interesting day.  The swim won't be an issue, but the bike is going to be a grind.  I haven't been on the bike since IM AZ in November.  I hope to get back on it this up coming weekend.  In the interim I hope to get in a few spin classes.  I'm thinking that the Leadman has a 70M bike which should usually take about 3.5 hours, but in my shitty condition it'll probably take me 4 hours of grinding.

I'm anxious to get back into race shape....just gotta stick to the plans.

Back out to LA this week.  I'm going to try and get in a couple of trail runs up near Big Bear.  Some altitude and hill training will certain get me up the learning curve quickly.  Both work and home have been moving at a crazy crazy pace as of late...and trying to just keep the balance.

Signing off from 30,000 feet...Cheers!