Morning Coffee
So it's summer holidays. Time for some relaxation, enjoying the weather, and a greater focus on training.
Unfortunately my body seemed to be waiting until school was over to give out on me. Been fighting a nasty cold since the weekend and am just now starting to get near 100%.
That's meant taking it a little easy with training this week but had this week planned as a recovery week anyways so no big deal. Have managed to get all the volume in but just had to dial down the intensity.
Did manage to race the Canada Day 2km swim race at Sasamat on Wednesday. Still fighting the cold, I had to deal with a coughing fit about 500 m in and just not feeling right the whole race. While I didn't get under the 30 minute mark as I had wanted, I managed to set a PB by more than two minutes over last year with a 31:09. Then I got to spend the rest of the day cheering and watching Martina do the Canada Day triple crown (Yaletown Grand Prix 4.5 km run race and then bike crit after the 2 km swim at Sasamat). A very fun Canada Day!
This Sunday is the Squamish Triathlon. Hopefully I'll be 100% by then. Should be interesting to see what this week of recovering will do for me. Could come out completely flat because of the lack of intensity or have tons of energy from the rest.
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Calendar
Leading Edge
- LETC this week March 8, 2010Nice work LETC! The 5000 m run times from last week were some of the best we’ve seen! Your hard work is paying off! Results will be posted soon if they are not up already. And what can we say about the combined functional movement and swim session Sunday- definitely saw a few green faces [...] […]
Martina Wan
- S4 Week 22 – the other stuff. March 10, 2010So, here’s the thing I thought this was going to be simple. Train hard and race fast, that’s all I need to know right? I wish that was it, but sometimes it feels like that is the easiest part especially training for triathlons, its 3 sports to take care of! When I am not training or [...] […]
Engineered Athletes
- Rough Day At Work? You Won’t Feel Like Exercising September 25, 2009The experience of wise coaches and behaviour of World Class athletes supports the importance of controlling your environment to ensure peak performance. Around major games and important events, the need to minimize distractions is often a priority. So what are the implications of this in daily sport or an active healthy lifestyle? It can be as [...] […]
Tri Thinking Pink
- Seven photos for seven days March 8, 2010Yeah. I'm a slacker. Here are the past week's photos. A compilation of Spring has SprungMarch 1: around the corner from us March 2: Across the alleyMarch 3: The purple flowers I see from my kitchenMarch 4: Cherry blossoms or are those beechwoods?March 5: Date night - on a patio in Kits with wine and good foodMarch 6: More pretty pink things. I love […]
Alive With Sport
- Seven for Seven February 8, 2010I’m 7/7 in the Feb bike challenge! It’s Monday and I have to admit, my legs are tired. Riding 1hr on your bike isn’t actually that much, but I’m feeling it. With such a busy weekend**, scheduling workouts was a challenge (Sunday included a 6am trainer ride and a 9pm speed endurance [...] […]
Tri’n Fool
- The week in review March 8, 2010"Week in review" sounds much better than "I'm totally behind on posting."I blame drugs and alcohol!Robaxicet on Wednesday, and no photo that day. I put my back out changing my bike brakes the previous Sunday and that threw me off from workouts and life in general for the week. The back is mostly better but I'm still babying it a […]