Well so far this week hasn't started out well. On Sunday I got sick and I just kept getting sicker until Tuesday night when I got a high fever that finally broke. Now it is Wednesday and I think I am on the downward slope of this flu. Hopefully by Friday I will be back to normal.
Watching the Olympics I have really liked watching Apolo Ohno. Not sure if it his name, what he does, his composure etc. but today on Linsey Corbin's blog she shared a quote by him that is inspiring.
"If I have given my all and still do not win. I haven't lost. Others might remember winning or losing. I remember the journey."
I guess I will be forced to just rest up this week. I want to get back to the high training hours of this last block of base training that I have. You can't build a house until you have a solid foundation.
Saturday
Barely made it to Bohart. Didn't feel well at all when I got up and almost passed out in the shower. But I slowly oh so slowly skied 30km with team Montana Spirit and Wine Girls. It hurt but I think it was good to get out there. It was really fun to ski with Anna, Kim, and Jenna. I am looking forward to getting my ass handed to me running with Jenna this summer. I am also looking forward to training and racing with Anna and Kim. The day was great and the Gallatin Valley Land Trust knows how to throw a good fundraiser. The GAS guys are competetive about everything even winning the Golden Ski award. Good job everybody!!!!
Sunday
Slept in to recover from Saturday but really felt like getting out. The weather was sunny and warm. Got on my road bike for the first time outside this year. Rode up Gooch and crossed over on the hilly dirt road, then road over to 3rd and home. The ride took about 1:40. I tried to stay pretty easy and have a high cadence since I am still not 100%
2/24/2010
2/16/2010
Base 2-4 9hrs
This week is a rest week. I am definitely ready for one.
Monday
Went to Laurel on Sunday night since I didn't have to work on Monday to see Grandma. We had a really good time. I hadn't even thought of it, but she said Valentines day was really hard on her. Grandpa always used to buy her roses or jewelery or something. I had no idea. They had such a special relationship. It makes me so sad for her to now be alone. Sooo glad I went to see her. She is so spunky!!!
Tuesday
Was headed to trainer night, but when I got home my bike was in pieces. Erik had changed the cables, chain, and did a bunch of other stuff that involved bearings. Of which were really small and he thought he lost one. I didn't want to stress him out by demanding my bike be ready in 15 minutes so decided to head over to yoga. It was one of the better classes Jess had taught in a while. Lots of new challenging stuff. I did bump my head when my hand slipped trying to do a backbend from downward dog, but that has happened before. I like grass or carpet. My legs and back are sore.
1:30
Wednesday
Went on a run after work and before swimming. Ran up on Peets Hill. I felt really good on a slow gradual uphill of that hill.
:45
Swimming
Lots of butterfly and IM.
Note to self- buy fins
1:45
Thursday
Rode pretty easy on the trainer for about 45 minutes. Got into zone 3 a couple of times and did a lot of high cadence spinning. As soon as I was done I put on my running shoes and did a 15 minute run. I tried to run at a high cadence and a fast speed. Felt really good. Left the workout short as it was Ruby's birthday. The night was so much fun. Old friends were in town Meaghan and Sean and their one year old twins. Also Marjorie was in town and got to hang out with her again. Looking forward a weekend of seeing all of them since Jacks birthday is on Saturday. I can't describe it, but it was so nice to catch up again. It almost felt like they had never left.
Friday
Swam at lunch
300 swim
200 pull
100 kick
6x50 1-3 and 4-6 descend (each one got faster)
4x
300 on 2:00. 1:55, 1:50, and 1:45 with a 100 kick between
100 cool down
2500- not bad yardage for a 1 hr swim!!
Starting to feel a lot stronger in the water. All of this base training and Master's swimming is starting to pay off. I hope.
Had a thought the other day while listening to music riding the trainer. It is about inspiration. For me inspiration seems to come to me very quickly and quietly. It might be a comment from my parents or a fellow teammate that they wouldn't even remember, but for some reason it will stick and I can look back onto it and find more in it. And more in it. And more.
Saturday
Computrainer ride with the Tritons. Got into zone 3 for more than 30 minutes and did some hills in a heavy gear getting into zones 4 and 5. Rode for 2:20.
Drove out to Norris with Meaghan. Sean, Sten, Rich, Jenny, and Sprout all rode out there and met us there. It was so good to see Sean and Meaghan again. Really hope we stay in better touch. Maybe we will fly out there for a cyclocross weekend next fall!!!
Sunday
Came down with a cold last night. All this socializing is worse for my health than hours and hours of training. Skipped swimming, but met up with Rob for some skiing. He had never skate skied before so he used Erik's stuff. We had a good time. Skied at Bridger Creek for about an hour. Skied without our poles and then with them.
Total time this week ~8hrs.
Monday
Went to Laurel on Sunday night since I didn't have to work on Monday to see Grandma. We had a really good time. I hadn't even thought of it, but she said Valentines day was really hard on her. Grandpa always used to buy her roses or jewelery or something. I had no idea. They had such a special relationship. It makes me so sad for her to now be alone. Sooo glad I went to see her. She is so spunky!!!
Tuesday
Was headed to trainer night, but when I got home my bike was in pieces. Erik had changed the cables, chain, and did a bunch of other stuff that involved bearings. Of which were really small and he thought he lost one. I didn't want to stress him out by demanding my bike be ready in 15 minutes so decided to head over to yoga. It was one of the better classes Jess had taught in a while. Lots of new challenging stuff. I did bump my head when my hand slipped trying to do a backbend from downward dog, but that has happened before. I like grass or carpet. My legs and back are sore.
1:30
Wednesday
Went on a run after work and before swimming. Ran up on Peets Hill. I felt really good on a slow gradual uphill of that hill.
:45
Swimming
Lots of butterfly and IM.
Note to self- buy fins
1:45
Thursday
Rode pretty easy on the trainer for about 45 minutes. Got into zone 3 a couple of times and did a lot of high cadence spinning. As soon as I was done I put on my running shoes and did a 15 minute run. I tried to run at a high cadence and a fast speed. Felt really good. Left the workout short as it was Ruby's birthday. The night was so much fun. Old friends were in town Meaghan and Sean and their one year old twins. Also Marjorie was in town and got to hang out with her again. Looking forward a weekend of seeing all of them since Jacks birthday is on Saturday. I can't describe it, but it was so nice to catch up again. It almost felt like they had never left.
Friday
Swam at lunch
300 swim
200 pull
100 kick
6x50 1-3 and 4-6 descend (each one got faster)
4x
300 on 2:00. 1:55, 1:50, and 1:45 with a 100 kick between
100 cool down
2500- not bad yardage for a 1 hr swim!!
Starting to feel a lot stronger in the water. All of this base training and Master's swimming is starting to pay off. I hope.
Had a thought the other day while listening to music riding the trainer. It is about inspiration. For me inspiration seems to come to me very quickly and quietly. It might be a comment from my parents or a fellow teammate that they wouldn't even remember, but for some reason it will stick and I can look back onto it and find more in it. And more in it. And more.
Saturday
Computrainer ride with the Tritons. Got into zone 3 for more than 30 minutes and did some hills in a heavy gear getting into zones 4 and 5. Rode for 2:20.
Drove out to Norris with Meaghan. Sean, Sten, Rich, Jenny, and Sprout all rode out there and met us there. It was so good to see Sean and Meaghan again. Really hope we stay in better touch. Maybe we will fly out there for a cyclocross weekend next fall!!!
Sunday
Came down with a cold last night. All this socializing is worse for my health than hours and hours of training. Skipped swimming, but met up with Rob for some skiing. He had never skate skied before so he used Erik's stuff. We had a good time. Skied at Bridger Creek for about an hour. Skied without our poles and then with them.
Total time this week ~8hrs.
2/08/2010
Base 2 Week 3 18 hrs
This week is going to be hard and here it is Monday and I'm basically going to take a rest day. I haven't had one for while and I don't want to overload and get sick. I haven't yet sat down to plan out the week, but some of the goals I have are to do a 45 minute tempo ride, a long endurance ride, get in a distance run and a hill run, weights and core 2x, and swim 3x. I think I am going to be sick on Thursday to get some longer hours in.
Monday
Went to the gym and lifted and worked on core.
1:15
Tuesday
Swam at lunch
300 swim
200 pull 100 kick
5x400 of various things
100 cool down
2800 1 hour
Computrainer
Did a force workout with 3x12 minute hills with the last 6 minutes in zone 4 and 1- 6 minute hill in zone 4.
1:45
Total today 2:45
Wednesday
Run and plyometrics at lunch
1hr
Master's swim
200 swim
100IM
100dolphin kick
100 pull
50x10 on 1:10 non free
50x10 on 1:00 free
50x10 on :55 free
50x10 on :50 free
50x10 on :45
100 cool down
I swam this with Lander. Jen took us away to practice flip turns so we didn't get it all done. We only did 5 of the :50 and none of the :45. That is okay. This workout was really hard.
Total time 1:30
Thursday
Am taking a mental health day and not going to work
Bike
:45 minute tempo. I was sweating like crazy!!!
Total time 1:30
Run
Ran on the trails around town including Peets Hill which is a lot of hill climbing. My heart rate was in zone 3 for a lot of it.
1:40
Total
3:10
Friday
Rode with Erik around town on the fixies for about 1:30. The trails were pretty soft so we stuck mostly to the roads.
Sat.
Rode Computrainer with the Tritons for about 3:30. Tried to get up into zone 3 every now and again.
Sun.
Hard swim workout with Jen. About 3200 meters. 1:30
Ran hills at Peets Hill for an hour.
Total time this week. About 18hrs.
Monday
Went to the gym and lifted and worked on core.
1:15
Tuesday
Swam at lunch
300 swim
200 pull 100 kick
5x400 of various things
100 cool down
2800 1 hour
Computrainer
Did a force workout with 3x12 minute hills with the last 6 minutes in zone 4 and 1- 6 minute hill in zone 4.
1:45
Total today 2:45
Wednesday
Run and plyometrics at lunch
1hr
Master's swim
200 swim
100IM
100dolphin kick
100 pull
50x10 on 1:10 non free
50x10 on 1:00 free
50x10 on :55 free
50x10 on :50 free
50x10 on :45
100 cool down
I swam this with Lander. Jen took us away to practice flip turns so we didn't get it all done. We only did 5 of the :50 and none of the :45. That is okay. This workout was really hard.
Total time 1:30
Thursday
Am taking a mental health day and not going to work
Bike
:45 minute tempo. I was sweating like crazy!!!
Total time 1:30
Run
Ran on the trails around town including Peets Hill which is a lot of hill climbing. My heart rate was in zone 3 for a lot of it.
1:40
Total
3:10
Friday
Rode with Erik around town on the fixies for about 1:30. The trails were pretty soft so we stuck mostly to the roads.
Sat.
Rode Computrainer with the Tritons for about 3:30. Tried to get up into zone 3 every now and again.
Sun.
Hard swim workout with Jen. About 3200 meters. 1:30
Ran hills at Peets Hill for an hour.
Total time this week. About 18hrs.
2/02/2010
Base 2 week 2 16 hrs
Back to a big week again. Not sure how I am going to fit all this in. I really need to get more time during the week to keep the weekends from being so long. Also, I didn't run once last week. I am going to try to get at least 3 run workouts in this week.
Monday
Run
zones 1-3
time 1:35
I was tired when I was done. My stomach wasn't to happy either. Ended up throwing up everything in my stomach, which wasn't much. After I ate I felt better.
Tues.
Lift
My legs are tired so I took out some exercises and did a little more core work. Then I rolled around on the foam roller for a while. Felt really good.
:45
Went ski touring with the GAS Team. Brian Frykman, Lisa and John Curry, Jenny, Jim Nallick, and Alex Lussier. We skied up Bear Trap for 1:45 to the cabin and then came back down. It was a blast. The trail up there has changed so much since they have limited ATVs and snowmobiles (would those be the same thing?) Lots of little turns around bushes and trees. Very fun.
2:30
Total 3:15 (great hours for this week)
Wednesday
Went to the gym to run on the treadmill before swimming. Only got in about 30 minutes because all of the treamills were full. I hate running on treamills. Remember to just bring clothes to go outside next time.
Swimming
5x150 swim, kick, pull, kick, swim
4x50 build
6x50 start from middle of pool. Fly, breast, back
8x25 underwater dolphin kick
8x150 2swim, 2pull, 2swim, 2pull
100 kick
2600m
Time 1:30
Total today 2:00
Thursday
Went home at lunch and took the dogs on a 20 minute run. Kia is getting super sore from running and she gets pretty slow. 20 minutes is about all she can handle. Then I went to the park and did plyometrics. Ouch. Today is Friday and my ass and suprisingly my arms are pretty sore.
1hr
Went to Computrainer with the Tritons. We did a force workout.
warmup
4x3 minutes zones 2-4 working our way up each set
4x3 minutes zones 3-4 standing on the last minute of each 3.
cool down
I would have like to ride a little longer, but that is okay.
1hr
Total 2hrs
~9hrs total this week so far.....
Need to get in one more swim, do a tempo ride, and get in one more long run.
Friday
Tempo ride 40 minutes.
1:15 total
Saturday
Skied up Bozeman Creek with Anna D.
1:45
Ran hills at Peets Hill
:50
Sunday
Master's swim
1:30
Skied again with Anna D. and Jared. We went up Bozeman Creek at a pretty fast pace and continued on up Moser. It was a hard ski, but I felt better than yesterday. They had groomed it so the snow was much more packed.
2hrs
Total
3.5
17:20 this week. 1hr and 20 minutes extra. I am going to tack this onto next week.
Monday
Run
zones 1-3
time 1:35
I was tired when I was done. My stomach wasn't to happy either. Ended up throwing up everything in my stomach, which wasn't much. After I ate I felt better.
Tues.
Lift
My legs are tired so I took out some exercises and did a little more core work. Then I rolled around on the foam roller for a while. Felt really good.
:45
Went ski touring with the GAS Team. Brian Frykman, Lisa and John Curry, Jenny, Jim Nallick, and Alex Lussier. We skied up Bear Trap for 1:45 to the cabin and then came back down. It was a blast. The trail up there has changed so much since they have limited ATVs and snowmobiles (would those be the same thing?) Lots of little turns around bushes and trees. Very fun.
2:30
Total 3:15 (great hours for this week)
Wednesday
Went to the gym to run on the treadmill before swimming. Only got in about 30 minutes because all of the treamills were full. I hate running on treamills. Remember to just bring clothes to go outside next time.
Swimming
5x150 swim, kick, pull, kick, swim
4x50 build
6x50 start from middle of pool. Fly, breast, back
8x25 underwater dolphin kick
8x150 2swim, 2pull, 2swim, 2pull
100 kick
2600m
Time 1:30
Total today 2:00
Thursday
Went home at lunch and took the dogs on a 20 minute run. Kia is getting super sore from running and she gets pretty slow. 20 minutes is about all she can handle. Then I went to the park and did plyometrics. Ouch. Today is Friday and my ass and suprisingly my arms are pretty sore.
1hr
Went to Computrainer with the Tritons. We did a force workout.
warmup
4x3 minutes zones 2-4 working our way up each set
4x3 minutes zones 3-4 standing on the last minute of each 3.
cool down
I would have like to ride a little longer, but that is okay.
1hr
Total 2hrs
~9hrs total this week so far.....
Need to get in one more swim, do a tempo ride, and get in one more long run.
Friday
Tempo ride 40 minutes.
1:15 total
Saturday
Skied up Bozeman Creek with Anna D.
1:45
Ran hills at Peets Hill
:50
Sunday
Master's swim
1:30
Skied again with Anna D. and Jared. We went up Bozeman Creek at a pretty fast pace and continued on up Moser. It was a hard ski, but I felt better than yesterday. They had groomed it so the snow was much more packed.
2hrs
Total
3.5
17:20 this week. 1hr and 20 minutes extra. I am going to tack this onto next week.
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