Week 12

I had a pretty great weekend of training. Friday was a low key day as I wasn't feeling too energetic...so I ended up doing an hour long recovery run before calling it an early night.

Saturday I got outside for a 3 hour ride north of Calgary. I explored a bunch of back roads trying to get my bearings. I kept it aerobic for the most part but would throw in some tempo efforts from time-to-time. The sun was out but the wind was chilly as heck. I was averaging about 30km/h heading out and 40km/h coming back. Heading back with the wind was so much fun...at one point I was just coming down a hill and as I hit the bottom I dropped into my aerobars and stepped on the gas to reach 70km/h. I was ready to shit my pants...too much fun!

When I got home, I took a quick nap before heading down to campus to swim. Only when I got there, there was a swim meet taking place so no swim for me. I was quite pissed because I had been at the facility all week and no notice had been given about the meet. So I turned around and caught the train/bus back home. An hour later I was at the house and lacing up the runners for an medium-effort 30 minute rip around the hood.

Sunday I was up early and down to a different pool for a long and steady workout. Good swim. Later that afternoon it was out for a 15km run. First half was at marathon pace with second half picking up the pace to projected half-marathon pace ending the last two km at a pace between 10km and Half Mary. Solid run and I was pleased with how I felt at the end. Got sick again shortly after the workout...not sure what is happening there but I am in the process of trying to determine what it might be.

Overall, it was a pretty solid recovery week.

Today is a recovery day...did an easy cardio workout on the WaveRunners with a fellow co-worker during lunch. The sun looks like it is splitting the rocks outside so I am hoping to get outside for an easy ride.

Happy Monday!