It's friday today and I didn't post for Thursday. On Wednesday I rode only about 20 miles at about a 16 mph pace because I had a horrible night's sleep on Tuesday night. I also taught a 90minute Spinning® class Wednesday night. On Thursday I took my daughter to her swim squad session and pulled in 500m swim (but I am slow and pathetic as a swimmer). No run or cycling but I did do a 60 minute Spinning® strength/climb class Thursday evening. Today? well, I feel it was a pretty heavy training week (swam twice on Tuesday in addition to cycling and Spinning®!) I went with three others cycling and...woah! It was my best effort ever and I'm exhausted! Can't shake the fog. We rode nearly 50 miles but cranked away at about 18mph - 20mph... In the end, I couldn't keep up, but still pushed with all my might at about 15mph...arrived finding them waiting...
oh well. I guess this is my starting point. I am lucky to have the time to do this and the training buddies who are better than me, and patient enough to let me just keep trying.
If you are going to take this on, I soooo much recommend that you do this with others and if you can find people who are better than you are, get them to help you set your challenging pace.
I know what I need - it is a routine - a training schedule. But right now, I am bulldozing forward with a sort of shotgun approach - get as much as I can, while I can. Why? I know I'll have to deal with the notion of rest/recovery...but not yet. In my first two months (or was it 3?) I want to work on the calorie burn and a bit of technique in the three events. Nothing will come quickly until I lighten up a little.
I'll do a weigh in next week...no, really...I will.
keep on truckin'!
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