Week 28 (9/36) in Review

Week 28 and the injury is not going away. Complete rest from running this week and it hurts. I'm stretching, doing yoga, Advil helps a lot! I'm seeing Jerry's guy to get worked on Monday. Sunday I'm supposed to do a 20 miler however, definitely not going to push it. There are still 7 weeks until Boston.

A summary of week 28 (February 24, 2008 - March 1, 2008)

Sunday 2/24: Yoga
Monday 2/25: Bike (1 Hour) Yoga
Tuesday 2/26: Swim (2600m) Strength (1.5 Hour)
Wednesday 2/27: Bike (2 Hour) Yoga
Thursday 2/28: Swim (2700m) Strength (1 Hour)
Friday 2/29: OFF DAY
Saturday 2/30: OFF DAY

Stats:
Running: 0 Miles
Biking: Indoor Trainer, 3:00:00
Swimming: Indoor Pool, 5000m, 2:30:00
Strength/Yoga: 4:00:00

Total Time: 9:30:00

Week 29 (8/36) in Review

Week 29 started off with a lot of hopes and expectations. It was to be the first 60 mile week of the year. This goal was not realized. In the words of a great philosopher "doh". On Tuesday I noticed a tweaking pain in my upper right butt just below my hip bone. I powered through a Wednesday 5 miler only to hardly be able to walk on Thursday. I rested a day and made it a mile on Friday before I couldn't take it any longer. It appears to be an IT band injury or a muscle imbalance. To rememdy this as quick as possible, I decided to start stretching (start...) and have added athletic yoga into my workout routine. We'll see what happens.

A summary of week 29 (February 17, 2008 - February 23, 2008)

Sunday 2/17: Run (9 Miles)
Monday 2/18: Run (8 Miles) Bike (1 Hour)
Tuesday 2/19: Run (7 Miles) Swim (2500m) Strength (1 Hour)
Wednesday 2/20: Run (5 Miles)
Thursday 2/21: Swim (2500m) Strength (1 Hour)
Friday 2/22: Run (1 Miles) Strength (30 Min)
Saturday 2/23: Bike (1.5 Hour) Yoga (30 Min)

Stats:
Running: 30 Miles, 3:41:22
Biking: Indoor Trainer, 2:30:00
Swimming: Indoor Pool, 5000m, 2:30:00
Strength: 2:30:00

Total Time: 11:11:22

Week 30 (7/36) in Review

Week 30. I'm tired of winter. The cold snaps will not go away. I'm stuck inside running still, hamster syndrome has set in. This was week 2 of the WellFit swim fitness classes. I will have to take a swim basics class, I really have bad form. It was an average running week, the highest mileage to date, but the long run wasn't there. As with last week, my long run was the only run outside, and it was still really damned cold! My Garmin watch got confused when I went over the bridge over the Chicago river, so I ended up doing 19 miles instead of 18. You'd think I would have noticed that...Turns out my butt is telling me today. One good strength day, now just three more per week and I'm where I should be. Work is still cutting into my workouts, 60 hours again. I'd better get running, it's 45 degrees out right now, but rainy. Going to be ice/snow later today.

A summary of week 30 (February 10, 2008 - February 16, 2008)

Sunday 2/10: Run (8 Miles)
Monday 2/11: Run (7 Miles) Bike (1 Hour)
Tuesday 2/12: Run (6 Miles) Swim (2500m)
Wednesday 2/13: Run (6 Miles) Bike (1 Hour)
Thursday 2/14: Run (4 Miles) Swim (2500m)
Friday 2/15: Run (7 Miles)
Saturday 2/16: Run (19 Miles)

Stats:
Running: 53 Miles, 6:36:22
Biking: Indoor Trainer, 2:00:00
Swimming: Indoor Pool, 5000m, 2:30:00
Weights: 0:45:00

Total Time: 11:51:22

Week 31 (6/36) in Review

Week 31. The strongest week yet. The WellFit swim fitness classes have begun. On Tuesday's and Thursday's for the next 6 weeks I leave my house at 5 AM to go jump in a cold pool with Jerry and Dave. The workouts are definitely good.

It was another great running week, with the exception that 6 out of 7 runs were on the treadmill. I'm keeping up a good pace, and averaging over 7 miles per day. My long run was 16 miles this week, it was the only day mild enough to get outside. I felt great, my first and last miles were slow because of snow and ice, but the 14 in hte middle were between 6 and 6:30 mile pace.

Not much new for biking, still a couple of hours a week on the indoor, probably need to get my strength training started too, just too short on time. 60+ hours at work are cutting away valuable training time.

A summary of week 31 (February 3, 2008 - February 9, 2008)

Sunday 2/3: Run (8 Miles)
Monday 2/4: Run (5 Miles) Bike (1 Hour)
Tuesday 2/5: Run (5.5 Miles) Swim (2400m)
Wednesday 2/6: Run (6.5 Miles) Bike (1 Hour)
Thursday 2/7: Run (7 Miles) Swim (3000m)
Friday 2/8: Run (5 Miles)
Saturday 2/9: Run (16 Miles)

Stats:
Running: 53 Miles, 6:31:09
Biking: Indoor Trainer, 2:00:00
Swimming: Indoor Pool, 5400m, 2:30:00
Weights:

Total Time: 11:01:09

January Summary

January Totals

Running
-Miles: 178.5
-Time: 22:48:38

Biking
-Miles: Indoor
-Time: 11:50:00

Swimming
-Meters: 10,800
-Time: 03:20:00

Total Time: 38:18:38

Week 32 (5/36) in Review

Week 32 was an excellent week for training. 50+ miles on the road, some good times in the water and a couple of tough rides. Everything was indoors however... I discovered a new form of torture (government take note) Nothing is worse than a long run on a treadmill. Saturday I did 14 miles on the treadmill at the Hilton. It was already hot inside, and they club sets the time limit to 60 minutes. Well, I didn't do 14 in 60 minutes... I did it in 1:36. So I had to reset the machine halfway thru. I was really not a fun was to run, but I took in some good TV. On Thursday I did the hardest run of the year, 7 miles and did the last mile at 5:20 pace.

A summary of week 32 (January 27, 2008 - February 2, 2008)

Sunday 1/27: Long Run (13.2 Miles) Strength (20 Min)
Monday 1/28: Run (6 Miles) Bike (1 hour) Strength (20 Min)
Tuesday 1/29: Run (5.3 Miles) Swim (30 Min)
Wednesday 1/30: Bike (1 hour) Bike (1 hour) Strength (20 Min)
Thursday 1/31: Run (7 Miles) Swim (30 Min)
Friday 2/1: Run (5 Miles)
Saturday 2/2: Run (14 Miles)

Stats:
Running: 50.5 Miles, 5:59:03
Biking: Indoor Trainer, 2:00:00
Swimming: Indoor Pool, 1:00:00
Weights: 1:00:00

Total Time: 9:59:03