Run Forest Run!

Was still feeling a little dragged out from the catering but went to the gym anyways. Did a 40 minute swim and then hopped in the treadmill for 4 miles. Did a couple of 1/2 mile pickups- not at my usual speed. Not a really hard workout but glad I got back into the swing of things. The achilles wasn't bothering me at all during the pickups which was great. One goal I have in the short term is to get out to the track for some short distance speedwork. I'll likely start it this week.

Went for a swim...felt tired through most of it. Was going to go for 40-50 minutes and thought I would feel better after warming up. This didn't happen so I listened to my body and called it a day at 30 minutes. Had a evening lass and almost fell asleep

Warmed up for a mile then 25 minute tempo run at 90% of max heartrate. Cooled down for about 4-5 minutes and then did 4X400m repeats hard.

My knee was bugging me earlier in the day and my chiropractor threatened to stick me with needles. Next thing I know, there's 5 sticking out of my knee and I felt like something out of the movie Hellraiser. Made me sit there like a pin cushion for 15 minutes. Darnest thing it worked and I hard a great speed workout. Nice work Todd!

Went for a nice 40 minute swim- 1/2 easy and 1/2 as hard as I go stand it. Did some upper body weights for 30-40 minutes or so.

Great weather today- warm and sunny. Got the mountain bike out and went for a hard 55 minute bike ride then turned it into a brick workout by adding a 2 mile tempo run in after I got back from the bikeride. I had forgotten how stiff legged you can get during the transition from the bike to the run!

Tried something different with the swim today- did a easy warmup for about 10-15 minutes and then did 4X100m as hard as I could stand it. Was REALLY breathing hard at the end of each one. Great V)2 max workout. Did a few easy laps in between sets. Finished off with 10 minute cool down- 45 minutes all together.

Starting to notice my system is really getting adjusted to 40-60 minutes of exercise per day. Not really feeling burned out or low on energy although I do sleep like a log at night...do logs sleep?  I've set a goal for the upcoming month to increase my mileage to the 35-40 mile range on average.

Hard tempo run on the treadmill. Followed it up with weight circuit training for 25 minutes.

This is the first week in some time my milege has hit the 40 mile/60km mark. Part of it is swimming and biking but regardless, my conditioning threshold is increasing. A few months ago 25-30 miles plus weights through the week was exhausting by the time I hit the weekend. Right now, I'm feeling great. Even with a couple of hard runs, swims and a hard bike ride through the week!

March mileage has averaged out to 32 miles/week=51km/week with higher intensity.

February was averaged out at 31miles/week=50km/week with less intensity.