Week of 3/1/11-3/8/11

Tuesday
Did the prescribed ride. Am starting to settle into the high cadence better. At first these were really though, now can spin pretty hard without getting too fatigued. Ride was pretty tought but not too imprinted on my mind so was probably okay.

Wed.
AM- Ran on the treadmill. The 10x30 sec. strides felt really good. It was fun to open up and run really fast. Kept upping the speed on the treadmill.

PM- Masters swim- lots of 50's and 100's. Then some 200s. Still can keep up on the shorter stuff but get behind on the 200s. The total yardage for the day was 3600. I thought it was a pretty solid swim.

Forgot the core workout. Was pretty set on food after the swim. Oops.

Thursday
AM-Ran hills outside in the morning. Can't stand the treadmill. If I have to ride inside at least I should run outside. Went over to Petes hill and ran up and down all the trails. Lots of hills. My legs wouldn't let me push it though. Tried to run fast, but couldn't. Lost track of time and run ended up being an hour.

PM- Group ride with Muleterro. Buck Mule did the workout with me which was nice. The workout was pretty hard. Was pretty famished by the time it was over. Glad for a rest day tomorrow.

Friday
Glad for day off. Ended having to give a poster and stand for a few hours anyway. Drove up to Whitefish after work.

Sat.
Forecast in Kalispell called for snow. Did the ride inside on the trainer with Noah (3 year old nephew) on his horse next to me. It was pretty cute. He ate a couple of shot blocks. This ride was pretty intense. The other ones have been a lot more mixed up. Rode pretty hard the whole time obviously. Noah would talk to me and I would have to tell him he needed to wait for 5 minutes before I could figure out what he was saying. Sweated a lot. Tried to drink lots of calories and water.

After ride went to The Wave. What a fancy facility! MSU gym seems pretty ghetto in comparison. Swam. I always dread these swims, but they go by faster than I expect and I felt really good. Tried to swim pretty hard this time too. Then I went down the waterslide. That was pretty fun. Got going soooo fast. It even scared me a little. Then sat in the hot tub and used to the jets to massage my IT band. Then went out and lifted and did core for a while. I think I go my moneys worth. That place is fun. Then went over the Taco del Sol for a fish burrito. Mmmmm.
Good day!!!!

Sunday
Beautiful sunny cold morning in the Flathead!!! Got out on a run and even got a little sunburn on my face. Sounds weird, but yeah!!! The run was good. More rolling than maybe you wanted. Did the 15 minutes at a faster pace and felt good. Could have gone a little longer. The roads were a little mucky so it was hard to find footing without getting wet. Also met some very very cute dogs. I am still a little afraid of getting bit.

Did some good stretching and core. Very cored out!!