I have swum two and a half times: about 3400m in total
I have been out for one mountain bike ride.
I have not been out on my road bike at all.
I have been doing my push ups (the only real positive in February)
I have run 7 times with a total of about 62k.
This I feel is pathetic.March has GOT to be better if I want to do those PBs
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
A blog to follow
A few months ago I found and started to follow Soctt Dunlap's brilliant blog about Trail Running, and the various road races he enters. Wow that guy is fast and always seems so happy! Anyway, i have been feeling a little out of sorts with my training so far, especially this month. Whenever I need a boost of motivation I read his blog. The post i just read about a recent 1:14 half marathon really makes me want to get out my trainers and start running again
you can read his post here
you can read his post here
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
ONE HUNDRED PUSH UPS (part ii)
I have been doing this routine (from their website) now for three weeks and it is amazing how much better i am getting already. This morning I did the following set:
22 (45 second break)
30 (120 second break)
20 (120 second break)
20 (100 second break)
31
My arms are now dead-weights pulling at my sides, but i really feel that this workout is helping me with my swimming. I jumped in the pool last night and did a warm up of 300m. I then took about two minutes and a couple of good mouthfuls of gatorade before going back and doing a straight steady set of 1000m without the normal arm and shoulder fatigue i normal suffer from. Of all of the triathlon distances, this is the one that I really need to work on but the push ups seem to be making a big difference.
As a note of caution, last week i did my push ups before getting into the poll and i lasted about 400m in total and simply had nothing left in my arms- NOT a good morale booster!
22 (45 second break)
30 (120 second break)
20 (120 second break)
20 (100 second break)
31
My arms are now dead-weights pulling at my sides, but i really feel that this workout is helping me with my swimming. I jumped in the pool last night and did a warm up of 300m. I then took about two minutes and a couple of good mouthfuls of gatorade before going back and doing a straight steady set of 1000m without the normal arm and shoulder fatigue i normal suffer from. Of all of the triathlon distances, this is the one that I really need to work on but the push ups seem to be making a big difference.
As a note of caution, last week i did my push ups before getting into the poll and i lasted about 400m in total and simply had nothing left in my arms- NOT a good morale booster!
Monday, February 15, 2010
weeks in summary
Two weeks have gone by and I am trying to remind myself occassionally to post on this blog. I havent given the address to many people, but i do need to remind myself that I am writing about running as much as a reminder to run as anything else.
I have run about 30k in two weeks and had a good swim. I am not trying to bust it and am very much focussed on getting back in shape and building up my base. In the same two weeks, I have spent a few days in Beijing in China where I was able to get a couple of good runs in (8k and 10k) and finshed at the end of the week with a 23.54 5k which is not too shabby.
I have run about 30k in two weeks and had a good swim. I am not trying to bust it and am very much focussed on getting back in shape and building up my base. In the same two weeks, I have spent a few days in Beijing in China where I was able to get a couple of good runs in (8k and 10k) and finshed at the end of the week with a 23.54 5k which is not too shabby.
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