Training Reboot

Training Reboot

It’s been a long 3 weeks without training.  My back is finally cooperating and I don’t have any more bronchitis.  Allergies are still kind of bad right now especially with all the flowers having opened up and the trees spreading pollen all over the place....
Training Reboot

Over Two Weeks Off

You might have noticed that I have been strangely silent about my triathlon training recently.  I think I may have mentioned in my last Training Log post that I’ve suffered a minor back injury at the hands of a misguided individual.  As a result I’ve had...
Training Reboot

Slightly Painful Week of 4-7-13

Yes, this is a bit late, but I’ve had a pretty bad weekend.  Last week was halfway decent until the weekend hit.  I got in two bike rides and two swims, accidentally did one of those swims on a run day, and skipped the workouts on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday...
Training Reboot

The Swim-Heavy Week of 3-31-13

Summary This week was pretty swim heavy in my training program.  I’m glad this has me working out only 4-5 times a week instead of every day.  The rest days are nice and I’m pretty certain they’re necessary to prevent overtraining.  Although I seem...
Training Reboot

Getting back on track. Week of 3-24-13

After a bad slump week I had to do something to get back on track.  My goal was to start up a training plan that would allow me to get mostly through it in time for the NJ State Triathlon in July.  There was a pretty good looking plan published in the April 2013 issue...
Training Slump Alert!  Week of 3-17-13

Training Slump Alert! Week of 3-17-13

Man, last week was absolutely terrible.  I don’t know what got into me.  Lots of cookies, chocolate, and not a lot of training.  Maybe a couple runs here and there, but no structured training.  Took a couple rest days near the end of the week and set a new short...