Training Update

Have been receiving some emails since my return home about folks curious as to how the whole training side of things has been coming along.  I had to take a step back and look the blog over to realize that uh, yeah, haven't really touched upon that subject much as of late.  To me it's more like "...it's what I do"  in the day to day and allllll this other stuff is much more interesting.  But, duh, the training is what makes the racing happen!  :)

At the conclusion of my camp in Kona I began dealing with some shin splints.  These did not abate as quickly as I would have liked them to and thus we entered into active recovery mode.  I haven't exactly taken any weeks off of running but rather have moved to aqua running and inclined tready running.  These have been helpful and at least I have been able to get a good sweat on.  Have taken my first forays to outside running just this week and it felt good.  The tready has actually been aiding me in the cleaning up of my form a tad.  We'll see how this then goes once I am outside again.  For now though it is still a blend of indoor and outdoor and nothing fancy but rather "just run" and only for short bouts.  At least I am getting something of some maintenance in.  The concern (and this totally gets ignored in lieu of the season long healthy and, frankly, common sense) is that with the ITU and non-drafting Oly's on the upcoming schedule that I'll not be as well prepared as I would like to be.  We'll see. 

The joke has been, "you always can get two done well... but one always is missing".  Now that I have joined at Flatirons and have a squad to work with and a set time to be there and coach to administer the sets I've been really getting after the swim.  It's been fun and I know I'll need some longer stuff as the season approaches but given the enviornment I'm in I'm going to say that I'll be swimming a good deal faster than I did last year.  :) :) :) :)   

It's really amazing how your legs open up on the bike when not shattered from run training.  So much so that I thought my SRM broken when the watts kept repeatedly sitting about 20 too high for a given RPE.  A couple of rides on a powertap to verify and yep.  The SRM was right.  It's nice and all but in a reverse order of thinking sort of way I'm kind of down about it.  The only reason my watts are high is b/c I am not running... and not running is NOT what I need!!!  :)  That said I've been pretty happy with how the cycling has been coming along and have been enjoying both the amazing weather we've had on the Front Range (normal as the long time locals would say as opposed to the Minnesota-esque that we've had the past two winters) as well as my hammer sessions on the trainer indoors.  

Okay... so sure... I was light on specifics, but reading a load of training data gets old after awhile, eh!?  :)  

I'm off to San Diego for an 'insurance class' this weekend (more on that next week) and then back home for a bit and some weddings before heading down to Tucson for a camp with The Posse.  

Okay... time to run!