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May 08, 2006
THE WEEK AFTER THE WILDFLOWER
This was a pretty easy training week. Monday and Tuesday were rest days, to recover from the Wildflower. While I never had the extreme muscle soreness that you get from running a marathon, the 100 mile ride did still beat me up pretty well. The first couple of days my legs were just “tired�, and it was all I could do to get up the incline into my office from the parking lot. Every trip to the printer, or down the hall to talk with another employee was a struggle. By Wednesday, everything was starting to feel better.
Wednesday I went into the gym early, did about 500 yards of swimming, and some run/walk stuff on the treadmill hill program. I started out running, but my quads didn’t feel right, so I slowed everything down and took it easy.
Thursday I did a quick little time trial on my bike around the block at my house – it is about 1.7 miles, and I have timed myself numerous time around this course. My time this trip was 15 seconds slower that my previous best – so I guess my legs are not up to 100% yet. I know that the rest of my parts are not yet ready to get back on the bike, as that bike seat did not feel very good yet.
Friday I went to the gym after work – did 40 laps swimming (2000 yards) in 46 minutes, 21 seconds. This works out to 2 minutes, 19 seconds per 100 yards, which is by far my best time ever on a 1-mile plus swim. The best part is that I was not even tired – other than a minor cramp in my left foot, I felt like I could have done another mile.
After the swim, I put my running stuff on and went for a run from the gym out to Bidwell Park – it was a beautiful day, and I needed to get a few miles in. Ended up running about 5 miles – again my quads started out pretty stiff, but by the end everything felt good.
Saturday was a “rest� day – if you consider manual labor around the house “rest�.
Sunday was a 5 mile run in the heat of the afternoon – to make sure I’m ready for the triathlon on Saturday. It was a good run, and it felt good to get a good sweat going. Later in the evening, I did a short mountain bike ride, played some tennis, and then tried a couple of 100 yard dashes on a new course I set up in my back yard. I’m going to try to increase my speed work over the next 6 months, to see if I can break that elusive 6 minute mile (that I have never been able to do in my life).
Posted by Dennis at May 8, 2006 07:58 PM