Training Logs:
Week 18:
Mon: 4200m swim
Tues: 90min turbo trainer, 40 minute t-run
Wednesday: 3800m swim
Thursday: 80 minute run, 30-60 chisel phase lifting
Friday: off
Saturday: 2.5-3 hour run, chisel phase lifting
Sunday: 5-6 hour ride, 15-20 min t-run
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| family time :) |
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| First tri of the season - took 4th in my age group! |
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| wetsuit chafe - ouch! |
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| Father's day - love him! |
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| Turned 29 this month - rang it in on the trails... |
It's been a busy month! Training has continued to ramp, and I hit my first burnout of this training cycle. I was so proud of myself for not missing workouts up until week 17, and for one week I skipped ALL of my swims. I don't know if I hit a point of over-training, but I felt really sick, nauseous, unmotivated to train, weak and swollen - physically in a bad place. I started questioning why I was doing this to myself, do I even LIKE this sport, feeling like I forgot what normal life feels like... it was tough - it was a dark tunnel for a week, but I eventually emerged into the light of triathlon and Ironman! I did an Olympic Triathlon (1.5km swim, 40k bike, 10k run) which reminded me how much I love participating in races, connecting with others in my sport, and competing. Now, I'm feeling great about training again, starting to hit higher mileage on the runs which actually gets me into that "flow" state. Those moments are part of the reason I love being an endurance athlete - it takes hitting 14+ miles on a run for me to find those moments.
I turned 29 this month. I don't feel any different, I'm a little closer to 30 but not worried about it. I haven't put off doing anything - the only thing I'm continuing to want to focus on in this next year of life is traveling more and running in more, new places. Next summer will bring European travels, and I can't WAIT! Germany, Switzerland, France, Spain.
Above was what I had written prior to week 18. Isaac went in for an MRI last week and found out he has a stress fracture in his ankle. I know it was devastating to him. He has trained so hard to be even more competitive this year, and I think part of the reason he got injured was because of how hard he was running. He was averaging 7:30 min miles on runs that were supposed to be "easy". In our world, we're constantly straddling the line of pushing our bodies just hard enough to grow, but it's hard to tell when we're pushing too far and risking injury. Isaac is going to be fine - he'll only be able to swim and bike the next few weeks, and is allowed to do Ironman under the condition that he doesn't race the marathon - he can run/walk. Which is better news than we thought initially.
I signed up for my first 50k! The Deception Pass 50k in December. It looks gorgeous. Hopefully I'll be ready to hop back into another training schedule in time to get trained for this...
The countdown is on to Ironman Boulder! Currently in Week 19: Recovery which feels amazing to get to sleep extra and not push tough intervals during the week.
I turned 29 this month. I don't feel any different, I'm a little closer to 30 but not worried about it. I haven't put off doing anything - the only thing I'm continuing to want to focus on in this next year of life is traveling more and running in more, new places. Next summer will bring European travels, and I can't WAIT! Germany, Switzerland, France, Spain.
Above was what I had written prior to week 18. Isaac went in for an MRI last week and found out he has a stress fracture in his ankle. I know it was devastating to him. He has trained so hard to be even more competitive this year, and I think part of the reason he got injured was because of how hard he was running. He was averaging 7:30 min miles on runs that were supposed to be "easy". In our world, we're constantly straddling the line of pushing our bodies just hard enough to grow, but it's hard to tell when we're pushing too far and risking injury. Isaac is going to be fine - he'll only be able to swim and bike the next few weeks, and is allowed to do Ironman under the condition that he doesn't race the marathon - he can run/walk. Which is better news than we thought initially.
I signed up for my first 50k! The Deception Pass 50k in December. It looks gorgeous. Hopefully I'll be ready to hop back into another training schedule in time to get trained for this...
Hope everyone has a great holiday weekend, Happy 4th!
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