Weekly Summary (July 31 - Aug 5) Run Focus

Thought I give a detail of last week's training. Thanks for all the comment about the pulling. Nytro, I do not want to understand hoaw a female species feel. A while ago, I realize that no matter how hard I try, I will never understand how a female feels or think. It is like a black hole and better left alone :). I will not give myself a bikini wax. Thanks for the advice. My limited mental capacity cannot handle such 'dedicte' procedure :D.

Mon
- Hill run 60'
- Swim drill 30'
- Stretch 15'

Tues
- Long Swim 45'
- Stretch 10'
- Weights 40'

Wed
- Long run 180' (90' jog + 90' walk)
- Stretch 15'

Thurs
- Bike trainer 42'
- Stretch 15'
- Swim Drill 30'
- Hot tub stretch 15'

Fri
- Long run 120'
- Swim Drill 25'
- Stretch 5'

Sat
- Long ride (w/ Darren) 340'
- Stretch 10'
- Easy Run 60'
- Stretch 10'

Sun
- Ride 150'
- Recovery Run 15'
- Stride 15'
- Hot Tub Stretch 20'

Bike = 532' (8.86 hours)
Run = 360' (6 hours) [exclude the walk part on Wed's long run]
Swim = 130' (1.75 hrs)
Stretch = 115' (2.16 hrs)
Weights = 40' (0.67 hrs)

Total = 19.6 hrs

The Good
- put in two long runs
- start doing strides
- stretched a lot

The Bad
- need to bump up the swim, frequency and volume is not as high as I thought.
- first long run was too hot and not enough water, newbie mistake

The weekend was brutal (in a semi good way). On Sat, went for a long ride with Darren. Sun, decided to push a bit on the bike. It was suppose to be my recovery ride but I started riding quite hard on some flat parts. By the afternoon I was exhuasted. Cumulated of a long run on Fri, long ride on Sat, and the ride in the morning, I did not want to go out for strides.

But since it was on my schedule, I went out anyways. As usual, the legs complained in the first 10 min. By the time I did my strides, I was feeling pretty good.

Had a lot of sleep. Yesterday 10 hours. Sweet. Legs are not heavy but they ain't back to norm.
This week is swim focus. Will be spending a lot of time in the community pool. Give my legs some rest and now it is time to blow those arms.

Enough said.