Endurance Junky

I guess this would be considered my first week of training since the injury. Monday-Friday bike commuted total time 5:50 Tue: Easy Run 35 minutes. Thu: Easy Run 35 minutes Sat: Easy Run 34 minutes Sun: Run 37 minutes last 2 minutes hardish. The leg was a little sore at the start of the run. [...]

A pretty decent week of training. 3 quality strength days. Mon: Bike 1:00 Tue: Bike 1:00 / 54:00 run 7xHill repeats 1:30min up Wed: Bike 1:10 / 55:00 Run Thu: Bike 1:10 / 54:00 Run Fri: Bike 1:20 Sat: 2:07 tough run. Grouse Mountain base-> along the Baden Powell to Mountain Highway up Mountain Highway [...]

Last week was not a great week for training. I decided to more or less write it off in hopes of recovering. Mon: Bike 1:00 Tues: Bike 1:00 Wed: Bike 1:00/ Run 30:00 Thurs: Bike 1:00 / Run 55:00 Fri: Trail Run 58:00 Sat: Run 1:10 I was in Victoria nice easy run along the [...]

I did not feel like waiting around for the VFAC workout so I blasted a quick hill repeat workout. 5 x ~3:00 minute hill followed by a few 100m strides. total workout time 50 minutes. Bike: 1:00

The legs had some pop tonight. Amazing what a day off can do for you. Bike 1:10 Tempo run 1:04 / 45 @ Tempo pace. 2 more quality workouts this week intervals on Thursday and Saturday, hopefully this will lead to a borderline peak for the Sun Run.

2 hard runs this weekend. Saturdays club interval sessions were cancelled because of the club Spring Ahead 5k so I went out with Eddy and we did a painful 2.7k, 2.7k, 5.4k interval session. I ran these very hard especially the last 800m of the 5.4k so hard that I was litterally ill after for [...]

The last three days have been hard, starting to feel the effects. Bike 1:10 Run: 54 minutes 26 @ around Tempo pace. Might skip the run tommorrow and do a longer bike ride to work and from work to give the calves a break. I have a brutal workout planned for Saturday it may shatter [...]

Seems like the weight is falling off now… lost 5 in the last couple weeks. Bike: 1:10 Run: 1:13 last 5 minutes hardish. Strength: did some wobble board squats. My lower ab still hurts I cannot do a single situp used to do hundreds… might have to go see the doctor.

Amazing night for a run almost felt like summer. Bike 1:10 Easy run though Stanley Parl trails 1:09. I was scheduled to do a tempo but I had to skip, my calves are a little sore from the race.

The day started of with a crappy bike commute in the rain. The ride home was beautiful though. I was planning on taking the night off from running but I just had to get out for some more miles. Bike 1:10 Easy Run 53 minutes Have to take it easy tommorrow racing the Spring Ahead [...]