Multi #6 (Brick)

[Wednesday, May 13, 2015]

Today's scheduled workout was Bike 0:30 Z1 - Z2 (QC) Run 0:15 Z1 - Z2.

I rode a stationary bike and the got on the treadmill.

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Multi #4

[Tuesday, May 12, 2015]

Today's scheduled workout was a 2500 swim workout and Run 1:00 Z1 - Z2.

I did a one hour swim workout in the hotel pool, including a nice mixture of drills, IM and 100 repeats. Then I ran around the city for about an hour.

The pool water was too warm, but I'm still really glad that I had a real pool to use.

The run around the city was really enjoyable.

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Olympic Distance Tri

[Sunday, May 10, 2015]

Today's scheduled workout was an Olympic Distance Tri.

I rode my bike to the pool, swam 1500m, rode my bike back home and dropped off my backpack and then finished up the rest of the distance on the bike. I ended up riding just over 25 miles by the time I pulled up to my door. Then I headed out on the run.

I don't know how long it took me to do each part. I just maintained a comfortable pace.

I was a little tired on the run and probably maintained a pretty slow pace.

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Safety Check

[Saturday, May 9, 2015]

Yesterday was a rest day and today was a safety check day in preparation for my "race" tomorrow. The scheduled workout was Bike 0:15 Z1 easy, Run 0:15 Z1 easy.

The weather was cold and rainy for my workout. I hope I catch a bit of a better break tomorrow.

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Multi #7

[Thursday, May 7, 2015]

Today's scheduled workout was Swim 0:30 easy, Bike 1:00 Z2 with 5 X 1 minute pickup @ 1 minute spin.

I had to split the two workouts.

I averaged about 1:02 / 50 and ended up swimming 1450 yds in the 30 minutes.

Since I'm supposed to do an Olympic distance on Sunday but have to do it on Saturday on account of Sunday being Mother's Day, I didn't do the pickup on the bike. I'm supposed to get Friday off and just an easy 0:15 Bike and easy 0:15 Run on Saturday. I'm only going to get Friday off, though.

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Multi #6 (Brick)

[Wednesday, May 6, 2015]

Today's scheduled workout was Bike 0:30 Z3 (QC) Run 0:15 Z2.

I maintained a comfortable effort level and kept a pretty typical pace.

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Multi #4

[Tuesday, May 5, 2015]

Today's scheduled workout was 2500 straight swim and Run 1:00 Z2 insert 5 X 1 pickup @ 1 min jog at 0:45.

I still wasn't recovered from last week's workouts. My kick sets were pretty bad. My "fast" repeats were a struggle. I was really glad that we finished with 5 X 100 with fins, 50 dolphin kick on back / 50 crawl (easy).

I dialed back the run significantly. I did do the pickups. I ran about 3/4 of a mile less than last week.

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Zone 1 - Zone 2 Run

[Sunday, May 3, 2015]

Today's scheduled workout was run 1:30 Z1 - Z2.

I started the run pushing Eli in the stroller while I ran with Lana for 0:30. Then I continued the rest on my own. I went down Garrison to Yale and back up Old Kipling. I finished up with a couple loops around Kendrick. The first loop was at a 10:15 pace. The second was at 10:05.

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Road Ride Zone 2

[Saturday, May 2, 2015]

Today's scheduled workout was Bike 2:30 Z2.

I rode down to Morrison Rd past Bear Creak Lake Park, onto the frontage road by Bandimere, up and over to Dinosaur Ridge into 40, onto the Golden Trail to Johnson, up to 19th and as far up Lookout Mountain as I could make it before needing to head back. I came back and continued with Rooney Ridge back into Alameda to Jewell.

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Masters Swim

[Friday, May 1, 2015]

Today's scheduled workout was a 2500 swim workout.

I did a 300 warmup, 6 X 50 drill and swim, 10 X 50 on 1:10, 4 X 25 kick, 8 X 50 on 1:20, 4 X 25 backstroke, 6 X 50 on 1:30, 3 X 25 one arm butterfly, 2 X 50 as fast as I could, 1 X 75 cool down for a total of 2250m. I swam the 8 50's faster than the 10 50's and did my best to swim the 6 50's faster than the 8 50's. I swam about 48 or 49 for the last 2 X 50. I was pretty tired by the time I was doing those. So, I was happy with those times.

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