As I mentioned a few days ago, I am going to post weekly recaps of my training and time with God.
This past week went pretty well training-wise. I was able to stick to my schedule and get in all my workouts except for one.
Monday: Rest Day
Tuesday: Swam 750 yards; Ran 4 x 800 (in negative splits: 4:30, 4:20, 4:10, 4:07!!); abs
Wednesday: Biked 14.4 miles in 1:06
Holy hills batman! This was supposed to be 15 miles but I couldn’t remember the route I had mapped so I just followed the trail but ended up turning back early.
Thursday: Swam 1,500 yards; Ran 2.6 miles with pooches in 29:40
Can we say spastic dogs?
Charlie actually did really well on my run. Her attention span waned after the first mile and a half but she didn’t pull on her leash or misbehave hardly at all.
Running makes some hungry dogs (like they aren’t hungry all the time, though):
And a very sweaty me:
See the sweat dripping off my chin?
Friday: Supposed to swim 1,000 yds but instead ran 4.1 miles in 45:50.
Saturday: Hiked 7 miles in 4 hours
Travis and I went down to Divide (an hour west of Colorado Springs) to visit some friends. We hiked to Pancake Rocks and little did we know that the trail was all uphill on way out and downhill on way back. It was a challenging hike so we went up at a leisurely pace, enjoyed our lunch at the top, and then hiked back down. When we got back to their house, we watched Flushed Away and took a nap.
The hiking crew
Sunday: Biked 20 easy miles in 1:35 ish (13.5 with Travis, 7.5 on trainer)
The trail that I had mapped out (Clear Creek) was closed about 4 miles into our ride, so we improvised by going down the Ralston Creek Trail, which was actually very pretty, and then taking side streets home. The last 7.5 miles on my bike trainer were brutal because I was so bored. I need to figure out something to do on the trainer that keeps me entertained.
