January 09

January has flown by super fast! I was able to meet my personal goal of 41 miles for the month in running. I actually hit just over 51 miles.

I still need to get in the pool and stretch more. I feel comfortable with my lifting, but ideally I would be spending a bit more time in this area. I recently did a P90X routine, I loved it. I'm not sure that I have the time to dedicate to the actual program, but I will do a P90X session here and there. I did complete over 180 push ups and 47 pull ups during the 50 minute workout. I was pretty sore for a day or two. I started doing some Spinrvals dvd's while biking on the rollers. Those workouts kick butt. Google it.

February is here now and I have put some time in for training (mind you we are only 3 days into the month). I'm confident that I'll get my 41 miles running in for the month. Next month I will start up some outdoor biking too, that will help my mileage increase.

All in all, training has started out strong for me. This year will bring good things!

Base Building

I should be maintaining my base for fitness right now, but with new toys and the excitement of things to come this year, I feel like I'm actually base building.

Today I did my first interval cycling session on my rollers with the Forerunner 305. I haven't actually 'seen' my cycling layed out like this before. I find this encouraging because it will give me motivation to become a better cyclist and at the same time help me build that endurance that I need on the bike.

Here's what you see:
2' WU
6x30" @ 100+ (45" Rest)
5x1' @ RPE 6 / 70+ (1' Rest)
2' Easy
5' CD

Rollers Trainer for a bike

After a long search for what I wanted, I was informed that I was searching for the wrong type of bike trainer... So here is a steal of a deal that I was given at the local bike shop. After about 10 minutes of attempting to figure out how to stay on the rollers (you know, balance and all) this is how I did: