Week 14 - Back on Track

I have to admit that this past week has been one of the best training weeks yet. Except for Monday though. I wasn't scheduled for anything as it was my day off but I decided to go for a relaxing recovery swim just to get my sluggish body mobile again. But the night before, I attended a staff party and had a bit too much wine. The rest is history. After swallowing water and coughing under water, I decided to call it quits after 1000M.

However the rest of the week was great with good tempo runs and bikes and really decent brick workouts. The weather is still playing havoc with us and we had a late Spring snow dump so I ended up doing a few workouts inside on my spin bike and treadmill. Boy the weather sure is cold for this time of year. I am a bit leery of getting in the lake at our normal time which is the end of April this year as it has been very cold this winter and the water will be freezing.

By the weekend I was starting to feel the effects of my hard workouts but still managed to get a good 90K ride in with friends Bob and Julie. Except we seem to stop a bit too often for my own liking because of my friends needing to re-supply with liquids and pee breaks. Oh well what can I do but go with the flow?

Today I had a great long run again adding on an extra two KM just because I felt so good. Excluding my warmup and cool down, I averaged 5:32 min. kms again. L-Glut and an hour power nap and I was fine again with no stiffness in my calf muscles. This next week will be the last week of my endurance phase and overall it has been a good progression in my training.