The last few days of training have gone well. I have made a new commitment to my fitness and next seasons racing season by starting to swim with a new group in Texas. F.A.S.T is a club swim group with fast swimmers getting ready for Olympic trials and other major games. It seems like a pretty elite group, and i hope to swim with them all winter to commit to coming out of the water in a decent position. This year my swimming sort of was on the back burner because of being on a run focus and working on my riding for 70.3 racing. This winter i will be equally hitting the swim so i can make a push to some fun ITU racing. Anyways i will be swimming with the group, Coach Ron is from Canada and was a very accomplished swimmer in the past so i am sure i will benefit swimming with them if i can hold on and not get run over too bad.
Monday- 50x50m on 45sec's swim main set, it was an okay workout a bit tired after a solid weekend.
afternoon tempo run, 65mins with 17:30 at Lactate threshold heart rate and pace. It was a good tough run in the heat.
Tuesday- AM first morning with F.A.S.T logged a good 6k for the books. I was a little shocked but i heard it was a easy practice.
6k with a mainset of 800fr on 11:30, followed by 4x100m on 1:15. This set 3x equaled some fast swimming, and yes i was on the woman's pace time. In the winter i will suck it up an attempt some of the mens times but right now 1:15 long course is plenty challenging enough for me.
pm- 2.5 hour bike workout with 3x20mins at race pace, 10mins spin between. This was another solid workout for the day. I am glad i did 60mins of riding at a good hard pace.
it was another early night in bed before 8pm.
Wednesday am- Track workout more mile repeats this time with less rest, so it basically felt like 5miles straight with the odd breather. I had another good run workout however the legs didn't feel to snappy with all the riding i have been doing. Regardless it was 17k logged with (5:04,5:00,5:04,5:03,5:00) splits. The next workout for today will be a 90min spin recovery ride, and another night early to bed. Tomorrow will be another big swim in the am, followed by some bike testing on a compu trainer in the afternoon. I am a bit tired but i wont admit it. Cheers Below is an article from praireman, never comment to anyone that you would like to beat another athlete because it may get in the wrong hands and printed the wrong way. Enjoy.
http://www.citysportstx.com/article/?Guid=015ed369-930a-43fc-9f27-fe66f2895d8c
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