Ironman Training has Begun

I am into the 2nd week of Ironman training. The first week didn't get recorded here, but I am going to start writing up my notes from coach Elliot's plan

Monday
Run at lunch. Went to the gym sunce it was pretty cold out. Got out the tunes and had a blast. Did 4X60sec strides at a 730 pace. I think it should be faster and am going to look up my last 5k time. Put up the incline on slow songs and ran steady on fast songs. Feel my running legs coming back.
Masters swim. Swam a little less than an hour because of the gym hours with the holiday.
It was a hard and fun workout.
200 swim
100 kick
100 pull
150 choice
200 IM
from here we took out one 50 from the IM and replaced it with a free until we were doing a 200 free.
It ended up being 8-9 200s

Tuesday
90 minute ride doing one leg drills and high cadence drills. This ride was good. It seems good to practice good cadence, so I am all for it. Did some core/weights afterwards. Included some yoga into this and it felt really good. There are some muscles in my left hip area that get really tight.

Wed.
Masters swim, but stopped at 70 minutes. This was a hard but good workout too.
Warmup- 300 swim.. don't remember exactly
Then
100 free
100 IM
100 dolphin kick
100 free
this was x4 without stopping
Chased Dan around the pool. He makes me work on the free but I can catch him on the kick.
12x25 sprint with 5 wall pushups each time
Hypoxia
50 breath on 3
50-5
50-3
50-5
50-7
50-9
Then Dan and I tried to not breath the whole length and we did it. It was fun.

Came home and spun legs out on the trainer for 30 minutes

Thursday
Huge day at work (we killed way to many mice this week, sad) went in at 730 so I could leave get run in and get to the rec and parks board meeting.
Got run in. Went over to Petes hill and finished it off with the trails in town. After a hard week I was doing a lot of stewing on the run and this random woman told me I looked pretty running. Wow! She is beautiful! It made me smile and forget about the stewing. What a cool and much needed wake up call. Remembr the good things. Running on the snow was making me tired. Once I hit the pavement again it felt better. Did 20 minutes of core at the gym. Very sore in the core area. Not sure if it is from Tuesday or the dolphin kick on Wed. or both. Also did one set of squats and overhead press. Sore from that on Friday

Friday
Another huge day at work. Got in early again. Week sort of fell apart this morning. Forgot to call my Dad on his birthday. Forgot to pay a bill. Need to work keeping the whole week together through Friday.
Thought I saw optional on the swim and by the end of the day I was pooped. So didn't swim. Will read the plan better next time. I really debated and decided it wasn't worth the effort. Was ready for bed by 830. This was actually just kind of a bad week. It doesn't suprise me that I totally missed this.

Saturday
Am up and rested from my early to bed and ready for a run. Then have a ride on deck for this afternoon. Was supposed to do a sheet party but she canceled. Kind of bummed, but not really. I don't think I have time for sheets. I also think I am already losing my friends over this. I am not going to be doing anything with them for the next 6 months. They should understand. Maybe for me next ride I will have a trainer girls night here. Life is such a balancing act.
Ride: Didn't look at workout until right before doing it. It was going to be harder than I thought. 10 min warmup, 8x30sec high cadence and 12x2 minute a little harder than cross pace with 3 minutes between. It was good though. Got through it feeling strong. At about 1:15 each time my legs would start to scream.

Sun.
Long ride on deck. I might recruit some buddies to come for some of it.