Tuesday, September 29, 2009

9.26.09

PRE-RACE Warm Up -
* Didn't swim because didn't want to have to get into a cold wetsuit in the morning, so me and Eric just did a 20 min jog and then rode for about 20 minutes. Super mellow pace. Just cruised around and checked out the area and the course.

Total time = 45 minutes

9.25.09

AM - Swim at Brooks
* Got in a quick swim - did 4 x 400 nice and easy. Took my time and just tried to feel good in the water - worked on my stretching out my stroke.

Total time = 30 minutes

PM - Ride (pre-race ez ride with pickups)
* Rode my tribike and went south towards Guana. Did 15 minutes ez spin WU then did 4 x 2min at VO2 max -- basically hit 180bpm and tried to hold it for 2min. In between these intervals I would recover completely down to zone 1/2. CD for last 15 minutes - nice and ez spin.

Total time = 1hr

9.24.09

AM - Run
* Was up at 5 am in St Louis - decided to go for a run. There was a gym with a pool close by but decided that I wanted to shake out my legs and get in a run. Was definitely the right thing to do. I ran straight down some road for about twenty minutes and then just ran straight back after looping through a park. Was raining steady pretty much the whole time - felt really good because it was pretty warm out.

Total time - 40 minutes

9.23.09

** OFF / Recovery Day **
* Had to travel to St. Louis for work so decided to just the day as an off day.

Ended up being a LONG DAY and NOT relaxing at all. Had to get up at 3:45 to make it to Airport for 6am flight - long day of meetings and "team building" crap with co-workers. Finally got to bed at 11pm Central (midnight to me) - had a headache all day from not enough sleep.

Rough day - travelling in the week before a big race just plain sucks.

9.22.09

(writing this a week later but just wanted to log it anyway)
A.M. Swim at Brooks
* Can't really remember exactly what I did but I think I went 10 x 200 or something like that -- I know I swam for around 40 minutes.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

9.21.09

PM - Trainer Ride w/ LT Intervals
* Did 20 min ez WU then did 3x10min at hard effort building up with about a 15-20 min recovery between each interval. Held interval at just below threshold - felt the burn within the last 60-90 secs.

Total ride time = 1hr 30min

Monday, September 21, 2009

9.20.09

A.M. - Run (Long)

* Decided to sleep in a little bit and do my run in a little more 'heat' of the day. Started running at about 10 am. Went straight south down Blvd to Corona then to LeMaster and back through the neighborhood. Pace started out around 7:40 / mile and then dropped to around 8:00 / mile. Really started feeling the heat at around 5miles in. Stayed steady though and worked on nutrition / hydration plan - DEFINITELY going to wear FuelBelt for the run next week. It's nice to have some water to splash on your head and get a quick cool down.



Total Run - 7.7 miles / 1hr


* Ended week with a massage from Marjorie. She worked on IT band stuff.

Weekly Totals -


Swim - 2 workouts; 1hr 20min total
Bike - 3 workouts; 4hr 30min total
Run - 3 workouts; 2hr 25 min
Other - 30min walk

Total training time - 8hr 45min

9.19.09

A.M. - Road Ride
* Did 2hr ez road ride - to the Gate Station and back - pretty mellow pace - mostly kept it around 22 - 24. HR was mostly in the 130-140 range. Nothing hard.

Ride = 40 miles / 2hr 3min.

Then did 40min t-run; pace was mainly around 7:45 / mile. Ran down through Ponte Vedra neighborhood and back down Blvd.

T-Run = 5.5 miles / ~45 minutes

9.18.09

** OFF DAY ** No HARD Training - Recovery
* Just walked with Steph for 30min around da 'hood.

Friday, September 18, 2009

9.17.09

PM - swim at Brooks
* Did 1 x 500 (ez pace) ; 10 x 100 (race pace) ; 10 x 50 (race pace)-- wore wetsuit / trisuit for race feel.
Times:
500 @ 7:47 -- don't know if this is right -- i think i did some extra and stopped a few times also.
10 x 100 -- 1:15 ; 1:18 ; 1:18 ; 1:17 ; 1:17 ; 1:18 ; 1:17 ; 1:19 ; 1:16 ; 1:18
10 x 50 -- 38.79 ; 38.12 ; 37.72 ; 38.30 ; 38.68 ; 37.68 ; 37.18 ; 38.44 ; 37.37 ; 37.53
Then did 200 CD pulls ez without wetsuit.

total time = ~ 45 min

Thursday, September 17, 2009

9.16.09

PM - Tempo Run
* Did about 2miles wu (8:00 & 8:15 pace) then did 2 mile repeats at 5k pace with 1:30 recovery between (mile 1 @ 6:03 / mile 2 @ 6:00) then did 1.25 miles at CD pace (8:40 and walked a little bit) -- did this run around the neighborhood.

Total time ~ 40 minutes

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

9.15.09

a.m. - Swim at Brooks
* Did 3 x 10 min sessions today - was feeling kind of tired, so this was a 'relaxing' workout. Nothing very hard - just focused on stroke technique. Used paddles / buoy for last 10min.

Total time = 35 min

pm. - Group ride
* Did County Line ride - ended up being a great ride - while going up the bridge I was able to get in a small break with Curtis, Tom, and Walter. Figured that it would get caught once the big group started working together in Nocatee but the four of us started working together and put in some good solid efforts. At the turn around for spoke 1 - we had about a 30-45 second gap! We kept on pushing hard and taking equal pulls around 26-28 mph. Since it is starting to get darker earlier - we only did spoke 1 & 3 so we kept it strong through the roundabout and just continued to open the gap. Luckily, once we hit the ramp and started to head back to the bridge - we had a bit of a tail wind. This helped us keep our speed and still get in some recovery. I could tell at this point that we were going to try to stay away ALL the way back. Hit the bridge and got up it quick but didn't kill it - saved some for the backside and we were doing 28-30 all the way to the Mickler's / 210 roundabout. At this point I looked back and couldn't see the group at all - either they just gave up or we were that far ahead. Down the Blvd. we still had a little tailwind so it was steady at about 26-28 with good 30-45 sec pulls. Right before the s-curve, Curtis starts picking it up and gets us to about 31mph and at this point I just can't hold his wheel - after about 10 secs I start to get gapped and then next thing I know i'm rolling 22 mph - luckily Walter was feeling it too - so we recovered from that and just kept it rolling back the Lodge. We maintained our comfortable 26-28mph while Tom and Curtis pulled away at 30..... good thing was that we still never got caught by the main group..... by the end of the ride we waited to see how far back they were and it was close to 2min that we put on them ...... for only a 30mile ride!

Total time = 1hr 30min

9.14.09

PM - Recovery ride
* Did EZ spin with Steph -- all zone 1 - minimal effort - to Mickler's and back.

9.13.09

a.m. - Group Run
* Met DocLuv at 5:45 for a few miles up front before the group run - ended up with 3.6 miles - then did the 7 mile route. Pace was between 7:25 - 7:45 for miles between OceanWalk and Selva water stops. Then CD back to AB Town Center.

Total Time = ~ 1:25 min / avg pace 7:50

Totals for Week:

Swim - 1 workout ; 45 min
Bike - 4 workouts; 7hr 45min
Run - 4 workouts; 3 hrs
Other -1 core / stretching workout ; 30min

total time = 12 hrs


************* THE TAPER BEGINS **************

9.12.09

a.m. - Group ride + t-run
* Did 3 hrs with small group - mainly tri guys - cool new route - rode out at 6:30 with DocLuv and did one Roscoe Loop and then back over to the Blvd and met up with group. Then we headed out through Nocatee and went out spoke 2 to US1 and then went north a little bit to RaceTrack Rd. From there we rode down to Russell Sampson to St. Johns Pkwy and looped through there back to RaceTrack and then to US1 to Nocatee and back home. Total miles were about 60 miles with total time right at 3hrs. then did 30min t-run ez pace.

Ride time = 3hrs
Run time = 30min

9.11.09

*off* Recovery Day - No workouts

Thursday, September 10, 2009

9.10.09

AM - Swim @ Brooks
* Did 200 WU (100 ez / 100 kick) then did 3x300 ( 4:21.20 ; 4:29.74 ; 4:31.64 ) & 3x200 ( 2:54.93 ; 3:01.11 ; 2:57.40) & 3x100 ( 1:24.37 ; 1:24.79 ; 1:23.60 ) then did 400 CD with paddles/buoy. Suit = baggies

Total time = 42min

PM - County Line "group" ride
* Did County Line group ride - rode TT bike. Sat in for first spoke and half of second spoke. Took a few pulls but just stayed with the group. At the turnaround for spoke 2 - I gapped the group and stayed off the front - all mainly into headwind. Held off group until A1A - I sat up and recovered and then got in group off the front on the Blvd. -- was a nasty headwind - gusts coming from NE..... good ride with a solid 25-30 minutes of hard solo efforts.
Total ride time = 1:30

Then did 2.5 mile t-run at ez pace around 7:45-8:00 / mile. Tried to keep turnover quick.
Total run time = ~ 20min

9.9.09

PM - Trail Run
* Ran at UNF trails - did 2 loops - ran 1st lap as warmup ~ 23min. Pushed hard on 2nd lap to try to break 20min - ended at 19:54! Felt pretty good - no IT band issues - so that's good news....

Total time ~ 45min

9.8.09

Lunchtime - Core workout / Stretching
* Hit the gym at lunchtime - did somestretching (mainly legs & IT band stuff). Also did some core stuff.

30min

PM - Race - VeloBrew Training Crit #3
* Sat in for 25 min of CatA race for some good warmup then pulled out once it started getting fast. CatB race - tried to put in some good solid efforts - stayed off the front for few laps. Ended up going too early and sitting on front - got nipped at the line by Pete Jones for 2nd place..... fun race.

Total ride time = ~ 1hr

9.7.09

AM - Group *RECOVERY* Ride
* Rode about 44 miles EZ pace (19-22 mph) with Lodge group - total time about 2hrs 15min

No efforts / just cruised through Nocatee to SR210 out to Russell Samspson Rd to Racetrack Rd to US-1 back through Nocatee.

2:15 total ride time

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

9.6.09

AM - Long Run

* Did 9.40 miles ; with the SeaTurtle group. I started at 6 for what was supposed to be 3 up front - only got in 2.4 because of the knee pain started up again. Ran about 8 - 8:15 pace ..... I was going to ditch the rest of the run but it eventually loosened up and I felt pretty good. Did the 7 mile option - ran mainly 7:30's with the group (5miles) - dropped to 8:00 for last 1.5 miles -- avg'd 7:50 total for all miles.

Total time ~ 1hr 15min

Weekly Totals:
Swim - 2 workouts - 1hr total
Bike - 3 workouts - 5hr 35 min
Run - 3 workouts - 3hr 35 min
Other/Core - 1 workout - 30 min

Total training time = 10hr 40min

9.5.09

AM - 6 - 60 - 6
* Ran 6 miles (started at 6 am) Avg'd 8:18 / mile
* Rode 60 miles - Avg 20 mph / 3 hrs
* Ran 6 miles - Avg'd 9:13 / mile

This was probably one of the hardest workouts yet that i've done. Felt ok on the first run - had to keep telling myself to back it down a bit. Once I got on the bike - i could definitely feel the effects of the run. After about 1.5 hrs I started to feel ok and we got on A1A with a sweet tailwind all the way to the Gate Station. It was a steady 25 mph and my hr dropped to 155 or lower. After refueling, we headed back into the headwind and at first was a struggle to hold 20mph then got settled in and held a steady 22 all the way back. Once I got back I transitioned immediately back to running - was feeling pretty good until my IT band starting giving me trouble - it was causing some severe pain in my right knee and I had to stop to walk a few times. It eventually loosened up and I made through the workout..... just not as fast as I had hoped for. This was a good mental workout as well as physical - i definitely learned to just move forward and tried to block out the discomfort....

#1 - 6 miler = 50 min
#2 - 60 miles = 3hrs
#3 - 6miler = 55 min

9.4.09

PM - Swim at Brooks
* Did 30 minutes stroke work - mainly broke up into 3 x 10 min sets - did the last 7 minutes as pulls with paddles / buoy.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

9.3.09

AM - Swim at Brooks
* Did 200 WU (100 ez & 100 kicks) then did 500,400,300,200,100 (7:11.53 , 5:52.20 , 4:13.40 , 2:48.86 , 1:17.35) all with 1:30 recovery ; then did 7min CD with paddles / buoy.

Total time ~ 40 min

PM - Group ride (with 4x5min INTERVALS)
* Did Countly Line Grouper - really windy on way out (was going 34-35 mph by the s-curve!) So we had rough HEADWIND coming back. I did 4 x 5min efforts (all at high zone 4 - 180 bpm) then for the final surge - it was me, Radd, and C.Long off the front at the s-curve - struggled to hold 24 mph into the wind but we stayed away! Was a good ride and ended up with getting my 'work' done - total time 1:35 for 34.7 miles.

9.2.09

PM - Tempo Run
* 4.3 miles - ran around the neighborhood. Did 10min WU then did 1 mile @ 6:00 / pace then recovered for 1.5min then did 1 mile at 5:58 / pace then did 10min CD. Overcast and windy with light rain, puddles on road - stiff headwind on Ocean Drive with tailwind on First St. -- Good run overall.

total time ~ 35 minutes

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

9.1.09

PM - Ride (trainer)
* So we left the house to do the County Line ride but the weather was looking pretty rough and within about 10 minutes the bottom fell out and it started dumping rain. We got cover in the parking garage by the Inn and waited out the storm. After making it back to the house, I jumped on the trainer for what was supposed to be an hour. After 50 minutes, my back tire was flat. Kind of a frustrating day for training. So - barely an hour of easy riding today - might be for the best. I'll need to hit it pretty hard later this week and make sure that I nail my workouts.

~ 1hr ride

8.31.09

* Off Day * took it easy today - felt a little tired from the weekend. Did go for a walk with Steph and Tdawg on the beach, but other than that just chilled.