"Hurtin All Over"

Ever since my last road trip I have been fairly faithful with my workouts, typically doing 12 per week.  That includes 3 runs, 3 rides, 4 swims and 2 weight sessions.  Yes I've skipped the odd one but generally I've been steady, barely taking a day off since that trip in mid december.  I think it's all going well but I do confess to many aches and pains.  My toughest workouts are now my tuesday hard bike ride and my saturday long run.  The bike ride is intended as a strength workout and is something different than I have ever done before.  What I do is ride the hilliest part of Ironman Canada while remaining in the aerobars the whole time.  You would never do this in a race, but the idea is to develop strength while in the aero position so that you have that strength for riding in the flats come race day.  It is a murderous workout but I think I will be able to remain faithful to it.  Believe it or not I got this training tip from an Australian guy while working in China!  My real opportunity for improved times is clearly on the bike, and the recipe is clearly increased strength.  I hope it pays off.  As to my long runs it is clear that they have been getting tougher as I step up the rest of my workouts, and as such I need to slow down a bit.  I have to remember that the long runs are about endurance and nothing else!  Slow down overall, and very gradually build the distance.  After all there is probably very little value in doing them faster than I would expect to be able to run on race day.  I'm not sure yet what I will do this coming Saturday but it will either be shorter, or slower than previous attempts, or maybe even both

And as I mentioned at the start, the intensity is definitely leaving me sore in many places.  I did skip my swim today because believe it or not even that adds to the kinks as I try to improve my technique. That combined with the fact that I was doing my weights at 9:30 pm yesterday.   I need a massage........ but I don't have time!

(computrainer, 1:30 mins)

"Two things scare me. The first is getting hurt. But that's not nearly as scary as the second, which is losing."---Lance Armstrong

Love
Peter