Training Log Archive: Sid

Decided to try pool running to give my legs a break. It was difficult to decide what to do with my feet as I naturally wanted to point them as when swimming but tried to keep them flatter. No stress on my joints and the arm work was more than when running. This will also help my right leg tracking as going to the side will be more difficult. After legs felt good and right leg motion more natural.

Easier skate than last night and my legs were glad for the break.

MTC Swim with Coach Stuart. See blog. Was a bit tired from the core class so times were a bit slow. 200m times ranged from 3:55 to 4:03. 100m times were 1:50 to 2:05.

Short bodies again and lost the game. Great skate though and legs were quite tired afterwards.

MTC cycle with Coach Steve. Cadence and power work. Legs were a bit tireed and did not have the strength to get HR higher. Burn - 460 kcal.

MTC Swim withCoach JJ, see blog. The easy swim were a bit slow as it felt like I was dragging my feet but a reasonable change. Right knee was a bit tired after.

Started out on the treadmill but my right knee was not having fun so switched to the elliptical. Knee was fine once up to 65 to 70 rpm. Did random routine at a setting on 8/20 Started to get tired near the end so quit to do 5:00 of quad work and 20:00 of stretching. Had hoped to do 90 rpm at lower resistance but may be next time. Burn - 460 kcal. Machine read double that.

Recharge cycle. Legs felt okay after Chilly Half.

THe Chilly Half Marathon in Burlington. Training leading up to the race was a bit off not being able to run with a sore back 2 weeks before and snowshoe racing the previous Saturday. Bad positioning to start with as in the minus double digits temperatures, I waited until 5 minutes before the start. Started behind the 2:15 bunny taking 3:30 to reach the line. Slow start in a big crowd with walkers. By 2 km realized I had too much gear on and was over heating. Ran a fast 5 km in about 25 minutes and settled into the long run along New St. into the wind for a change. Usually the wind is in our face coming home. Right outer quad was stiff for first 3 km but loosened up. Right knee was not great and hit glide stride. Going down BurlOak it was nice to get out of the wind and most picked up speed on the downhill. Somewhat rolling on Lakeshore coming home. Even without wind, this is not my favourite run. Right knee and gastro was not happy but I was not scuffing my feets though some slapping. Nasty finish up Bryant into the wind with clock time of 2:01:05. Figured I was about 1:58 with start delays. Burn - 1300 kcal.

Started to wonder why I signed up for the Ironman in the last 4 km. Eat only one gel and drink 500ml of Eload. Need work on race feeding. Should be okay to finish Lake Placid but it will not be pretty. Was limping after the finish but right knee recovers without stress. Shoes were fine and no feet damage like with Nimbus 10 on the treadmill Tuesday.

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