May seemed to have been overtaken by the Ogden Half Marathon event. As I look over the numbers, swimming took a complete back step, not a good thing for the upcoming triathlons (4 miles compared to the usual 11 or 12). I will have to fix that this month, hopefully my right arm will start healing soon.
Running: 69.5 miles over the entire month
Pace: An average of 9:07minutes per mile
Feelings: I feel like I need to run a few more days a week, but cycling is taking a big chunk of time.
Swimming: 7050 yds.
Feelings: Pathetic in this department, it is the lowest I have swam in months. I am disappointed in myself and the lack of discipline I had this past month. I didn't wake up at 4:30am all month, so I had to skip swimming.
Cycling: 119.5 miles
Feelings: finally the weather got a little better in northern UT and we were able to get out a few times. I would like to average 100 miles each week over the next three months or so.
Spinning: 23 miles
Feelings: I am okay with a low number here as I was able to go out and actually bike rather than spinning in one spot.
Weight Training: 14 workouts. Average of 1 hr and 15minutes each.
Feelings: I am rocking the upper body weight training, I am excited about them and feel that they are definitely helping me tone up the chubs I have. I have incorporated sets of push ups in my workouts (3-5 sets of 20 push ups each). The best part, I feel that finally my arms are not just sticks poking out of my body.
I track my workouts through Buckeye Outdoors. Check out Buckeye Outdoors and sign up for a free account. You can track all your workouts in one place and then have a nifty table like the one above.
After a few years of training I've come to the conclusion that its technique (and also nutrition) over volume that's critical. I've not heard of Buckeye Outdoors, I've *just* started to use BeginnerTriathlete (http://tinyurl.com/pgpgll)
Posted by: Rob | June 05, 2009 at 12:58 AM