February
I had very smooth and pleasant and relaxed workout today on the bike and in the pool: 5.5 miles on the bike in 30:00 and 20:00 non-stop swimming. It was a classic, February, St. Augustine Beach afternoon; sunny, breezy and high 60 ‘s. Also picked up a little color from the sun along the way. Also working on the tan……..!
Thoughts while enjoying coffee and homemade oatmeal cookies on a sunny deck with a gentle breeze………
Saturday was a total recovery day. Arlene and I spent a pleasant afternoon listening to music on The Conch pier. We did manage a 30 minute walk along the inlet while waiting for the music to start. We then enjoyed a tasty dinner at Mango Mango,one of our favorite local eateries.
So, after a 10-hour sleep the discomfort in my right leg seems about 90% better. I guess that coming up shortly to that 75 year-old marker I have to reconfirm with myself that recovery is an integral part of the program, not a suspension of the program.
Stay smart, +70Runner guy.
I-Mad and I-Mid = 2
a.m.HR =54BPM
Weight = #153
Sleep =10 hours
Today’s training session was scheduled to be a run. It began on a negative note. As I walkedtoward the beach to begin my run, I felt a significant discomfort in the area of my shin on my right leg. I was at a loss to figure out the cause since I had not run for two days. My first thought was shin splints, but it doesn’t seem as if I have been running enough miles to cause shin splints. The sharp pain occurred with each impact. So, I decided to do a longer non-impact warm-up in the hopes that the discomfort would decrease as I drew more blood to the area. But that plan was only marginally successful. Still determined to accomplish something on the day, I entered the beach, found the softer sand and began to trudge along very slowly still experiencing quite a bit of discomfort. Eventually I discovered that the tracks created by the cars that ride the beach were invitingly soft and flat. Running in these tracks I experienced less discomfort as the time went by. Ultimately I managed to stay in motion for 59 minutes including warm-up. All of it was slow with mile times around 12 minutes. I stopped running at the one hour mark not because of any aerobic discomfort but for fear of causing further damage to my leg. I actually finished the run with a few 50 stride pickups. I then walked the 16 blocks home. The messages from my body told me that despite the slow pace of the workout I had worked very hard. I suppose running in loose sand takes quite a bit of toll. I guess I can say is that I salvaged something out of a potentially disastrous day. I now have two days to rest my legs and hope that the unexplained pain will find a way to resolve itself. The last two nights I have slept like a log which indicates to me that I have been putting some demanding work on my body.
40 minutes on the bike plus 15 minutes of upper body weights
Steady stats.
After driving our four-wheeler on the beach and setting up our new beach umbrella tent device today, we enjoyed the first 70 degree weather we have experienced on this trip to St Augustine. My body is feeling a bit warm/cold as I write this at 10pm. I hope I did not get too much sun earlier today.
Afterwards, as the sun was setting, I swam my 42 laps in the pool, which I have determined equals just about 500m. It took me almost half an hour to do that.
I-Mad = 0. I-Mid = 2
a.m.HR = 54BPM
Weight = #152.6 😊
Sleep = 7 hours, hot and restless🤐
Workout = 500m swim, 30 minutes
A cool, 57*, sunny day… Biked 25 minutes out o favorite neighborhood, ran 3 miles at 12:30, 11:30 and 10:30, biked home again for 25 minutes. A pretty draining workout! I feel like my running times are slower than I had previously been able to do and not sure why. But I can usually increase speed as time goes on as seen in today’s 3 mile run. At the outset after the 25 minutes on the bike, it was pretty uncomfortable trying to get into a running rhythm. I will have to get used to this transition if I am going to complete a successful triathlon. I am tempted to do a one mile time trial in the near future. However, I am still a little nervous about picking up speed because of the effect it seems to have of making my feet sore. It is indeed a pleasure to wake up in the morning and not feel pain.
I-Mad and I-Mid = 1
a.m.HR =54BPM
Weight = #154
Sleep = 8 hours
Sunday- On a very rainy day I ran under the cover of the walkway for 35 minutes with a good number of pretty serious surges, albeit short ones.
Monday- 30 minutes in motion in the pool; 10 run, 20 swim
Today was a strange Training Day. It was scheduled to be a swim day. After having had a nice bike ride yesterday and a solid running workout on Wednesday, I was determined to put in a solid swim session today in the heated pool. However, when I woke up this morning the weather was not pleasant. The sky had a heavy overcast, the temperature was in the upper 50s and the wind was humming pretty steadily. My quadriceps were quite tight and sore from yesterday’s bike workout. Wednesday and Thursday had seen the two most aggressive workouts I had done in sometime. I could feel myself sinking slowly into the wimp stage. But I sucked it up, dressed quite warm and headed out to do a very slow run. It was a struggle at first, but I spent the first 15 minutes doing extended warm up. I threw in some leg swings some karaoke and a few squats and lunges. I managed to push through three pretty slow miles with achy quadriceps that did improve as time went on. The entire workout was about 56 minutes with 50 minutes of warm up and 3 miles in about 40 minutes. By the time I got back the sun was out, the temperature had risen and the skies had cleared. So I sucked it up once more and headed to the pool a little while nervous about how I would feel in water. In the pool I did a few more exercises and then swim 20 laps 250. All in all I got more done than I thought I was going to get done early in the morning and I’m pretty happy with the whole day. We will see how my legs respond in the morning.
I-Mad and I-Mid = 1/2
Weight = #153 😊
Workout = NOT WHIMPY 56 MINUTES
Today I biked 11 miles along the shore on my $35, Panama Jack beach bike. That equals the first time that I have ridden the actual length of the triathlon bike segment. Good progress .
It continues to amaze me how firm and flat and long the St Augustine beach is.
Stats are stable.