Thursday Night Workout

I got a really good workout in tonight. I started with 50 minutes on the bike trainer followed immediately by 15 minutes (1.4 miles) on the treadmill.

I was very happy with the workouts tonight. I was a bit apprehensive about the run. As I mentioned earlier this week, I took all of last week off because I was feeling a bit ill, so it's been over a week since I last ran. Since I was doing it after the longest ride of the year, I didn't know how long I was going to be able to last, but I surprised myself by not only being able to go all 15 minutes, but by being able to keep a pace of 5.7 mph the entire time. 5.7 mph is a pretty good clip for me on the treadmill, but I was able to keep the pace the entire time tonight and actually felt like I could keep going when I was done.

It felt great to get back into the full swing of things tonight. The aerobars on the bike are working out nicely, but I still feel I need a fitting to get the most use out of them. Overall though I'm quite happy with them thus far. I'll write a proper review on them after I use them on the actual road a few times.

Monday Night Workout

I got a good workout in tonight. I did 1,200 yards in the pool, then did some strength training and then went home and did 35 minutes on the bike trainer.

The swim went very well. I got 1,200 yards done in 24:56. Yesterday I did 1,100 yards in 25:05, so today went a bit better than yesterday. Today, however, I went back to distance swimming, which is my bread and butter in the water and did 1,000 yards non-stop. I'm not sure this is the longest I've ever gone in one stretch before, but it's certainly the longest I've gone since high school. I felt like I could've kept going, so that's good.

I don't have much to say about the strength training. I used the machines at the Community Center for the first time and rather liked them.

The biking was the most fun portion tonight. A week and a half ago I ordered a set of clip-on aerobars for my bike. They arrived last Saturday and I installed them then, but aside from playing with them a bit to get a decent fit this was my first workout with them. 

I went with the Profile Design T3+ Carbon aerobars (picturs below). After using them tonight I really like them. They let me get down into a more aerodynamic position and they let me rest my arms a bit. That was a fairly large issue tonight as my arms were quite tired from the swim and weights, so being able to rest them was nice. I think the option to rest my arms will come in very handy during the half Ironman in October.

I feel I need a proper fitting from an actual bike fitter for the aerobars, however. I liked being able to rest my arms, I felt like my knees were in my chest while riding. While this very well might be normal for aerobars, I feel it isn't and want to get fitted to make sure my bike is set up correctly. All things considered, however, I'm very happy with them.

                                   

                                   

Swimming Workout 2/8/15

I swam 1,100 yards in 25 minutes and 15 seconds today, then played 18 holes of golf.

The workout was slightly disappointing, but I'm not too upset. I took all last week off from working out as I was feeling very burnt out between the workouts and the overtime at work. I was also feeling a bit under the weather, so I felt that taking a week off was the right decision.

Today's workout was intended to be done as 100 yard sets on a two minute interval. I managed to do the first one on a two minute interval, but after that had to drop back to a 2:15 interval. I was a bit upset that I had to dial it back a bit, but after the week off I can't complain. 

I still think the decision to take the week off was the right one. I feel reengergized and no longer feel slightly sick, which is all to the good. I'm actively looking forward to this week's workouts instead of looking forward to my rest days.