Of course, being Oregonians, the rain hasn't slowed us down much... we managed to have a birthday grill-out in the rain yesterday:
But enough complaining about the weather, and on to training! It was a couple of down and up weeks since I last checked in. The week of 5/23-5/30 was a low mileage week due to some business travel and seminar prep/presentation. I managed to get in three sessions on the home trainer, including a 3:15am ride before an early morning flight. But no running, which was probably not bad for giving the legs a break. And while not great, I did manage to keep the diet under control while I was traveling. The week totaled out at:
- Cycling: 29.65 miles in 1:36:08.
- Weight: 197.0, down 0.6 pounds.
You'll notice that there was no long run - but in my last post, I talked about getting in a last 20+ miler before the marathon. Well, it worked best with both the weather and with family plans to run on Memorial Day. So after a rest day on Sunday, I attempted a 21 mile long run. I say attempted, because I bonked big time. The first 7 miles felt good... the next mile felt OK but I could tell I was running out of gas, so I took a walking break at a stoplight... the next two miles felt OK, including the start of a steamy run on the woodchip trail around the Nike campus. But after that, things fell apart. Miles 11-15 saw walk breaks of 30-90 seconds every half-mile to a mile, and finally at 15 miles I threw in the towel and decided to briskly walk back home. What the workout boiled down to was 15.12 miles in 2:29:47 (the first 11 miles were at a 9:30-9:45 pace, so you can see how much I gave back over the final 4 miles) and then a 4.77 mile walk in 1:15:20.
Not a great confidence builder for my last long run. So hopefully my 12-15 miler coming up a week from now will be a little more inspiring and I can find the legs that I had when I was running 15-17 miles at a time at a 9:10 pace... but those legs might have made a re-appearance in the last few days. After a couple of rest days, I went out for a sluggish recovery run, but that has triggered five days in a row (including today) of cardio that make me feel that things are getting back on the right track. That means we're potentially closing in on a successful marathon experience.
Totals for week 27:
- Running (/ walking): 23.12 miles in 4:12:42.
- Cycling: 29.82 miles in 1:33:36.
- Weight: 194.8 pounds, down 2.2 (yes, I got the diet back on track with a lot of healthy greens!)
Before I check out for the week, I did once again want to thank everyone that donated to my Team LIVESTRONG participation for Seattle. We hit the $1000 goal with a month to spare, but still have an opportunity to do even more. But if you want a bit of a change, we're also raising money for my century ride in September. So if you want to donate to that, with the more aggressive fundraising goal of $2,500, you can donate here.
Thanks for checking in everyone... I hope you all have a great week of family, training and work. Until next time, onward!
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