Weekend work

I finally felt well enough to really start up training again, so on Friday after an ill advised Italian meal, I decided to take a run.
My last run had taken me on about a 2.5 mi loop around some of the side streets, but in the interest of hiding my lack of running ability, I tried to find a more private route. Good thing too. This time I took a "jog" down the still wet bike trail and then the paved LaCrosse trail for a ways. I didn't know just how far I went till I got home and measured it out on Google Earth. Well it all went pretty well. I jogged until the HR monitor yelled at me, then walked until it yelled at me again. Worked pretty good until that Italian caught back up with me and I had to find a ditch in a hurry. After that I was just fine, and as it turns out, I made around 4.5 miles in about 80 min. Not too fast, I know, but at least I'm moving again.

Saturday was a bike day for me, and I decided to try most of the route for the "Got energy Tri." Its more hilly than the Pigman so I figure that by the time I can do this route with relative ease, I'll be good to go for Palo. This was my second attempt at this route, the first during my abbreviated training last year failed at the first major hill, at the start of Cty rd O. This time I made it up, but not without stopping a couple times and shooting my planned HR all to hell. I partly blame the windy day. 11 mph sustained with 21 mph gusts. It made the upwind legs more that a little tough, and unfortunately for me it seems that the uphill portion was also an upwind leg. Not too fun, but I guess not too bad for a first time. I only had to stop and let my heart catch up with me 5 times over the 1.5 hours it took me. Again not too fast, but it gives me a starting point. You know, someday I hope to be able to run this route in the same time I'm now riding it. Pretty long shot, but maybe someday.

Yesterday, I tried for a swim, needing a rest after two days of hard work. Becca needed to sleep in so after church I took Lorelei out for a while and swam for a while. I relearned the value of hydration when I had to stop after 10 laps or so, with a debilitating headache. It actually took several hours, lots of water, and even a couple Tylenol to get it under control. Lesson learned, yet again.

I plan on varying my training a bit, spending more time running and biking than swimming than I had. I'll keep in my HR zone during the run in order to make that a more restful activity than it is now. Biking I just want to be able to do that route much better than I am now, but also within a lower heart rate. We'll see how it all goes this week.