Swim: 27,950 y, 7 swims
Bike: 13.25 miles, 1 ride
Run: 128.6 miles, 13 runs, 2 races
Strength: 7 times
Yoga: 9 times
The races included the Harbison 50k in SC where I barely finished intact and the Frozen Toes 5k where I took 3rd place overall. If I had managed to get in one more RAM practice I would have broken 30k yards for the month - I have been loving the noon practices m/w/f and getting in as many as possible. After the 50k I had to take some time for recovery, that was kind of expected. That included the only bike ride, an easy 45 minutes to spin out the legs. It was the perfect recovery ride! 128 miles of running is a seriously strong month too.
I've been on a basic pattern of doing yoga m/w/f and strength training t/th before getting ready for work in the morning. I still had to take some recovery time, but those numbers and that pattern are pretty steady.
Moving into February, I need to start making the individual runs longer. Feb 21 is the Frozen Heart 50k and March 28 is my 50 mile pacer job at the Umstead 100, so I've got to get the endurance built up for those. And that takes more than just 20 mile weekends.
Also, I got signed up for the Kiawah Island Marathon for this year on December 12 down in Charleston. Every time I've tried to run that marathon before it has sold out too soon, so I'm grateful to get in this year! It's been on the bucket list for a while now. Very cool.
The MMNW for the week left me at 177.2 lbs and 20.1% bodyfat after reaching a low last week of 174 lbs and 17.2% bodyfat. So what I'm telling you is that we threw one helluva Super Bowl party last night! Ha, well we did have some people over and it was a blast watching the game. And I know that beer bloat is going to be gone by tomorrow. Last monday's naked weight was 178 lbs, so officially I'm down 0.8 lbs this week and I can live with that. My plateau weight is 175, so anytime anyhow anyway that I can get below that is good, and this week is looking pretty good.
Last week's workouts:
M: AM yoga, Noon 2200 swim (had to leave practice early for a meeting)
T: AM strength, PM 7 mile run (mile repeats)
W: AM yoga, noon 3250 swim
Th: AM strength, PM 5 mile run (5k time trial at 8.6 mph on the treadmill [21:50 time] plus w/u & c/d)
F: noon 3500 y swim
Sat: 13 mile run, yardwork
Sun: 13 mile run, house cleaning, super bowl party!
The other notable thing that happened this week was that I shaved my beard! The before pic should explain why:
ok not quite the same but it was a mess! |
Overall, yes, January took forever to wrap up but it was a very steady, straightforward month where we all kept our heads down and stuck to the routine.
4 comments:
January was a strong month for you. Nice work getting below that plateau on your weight. If anything, it's mentally good to see that you can get below that threshold. January felt like the longest month here. It was more mild than usual but it's a gray time of year for us so I am always happy when January is over! My workouts weren't stellar in January. I only ran 41 miles which is pretty lame and I think all of them were on the treadmill. Bleh. But I've got a 10 miler on March 7th so I need to brave the cold and start logging some longer runs outdoors.
We've had an unusually warm January, which means a lot of snow. I'm not complaining. It got to 60 degrees here today. TOmorrow, our next snow storm.
Good work getting your workouts in.
You get such an awesome mix of workouts in and a heck of a lot!!!
Yes you're right about January being a month where we all kept our heads down and stuck to the routine, but I'm still sooo glad it's behind me! haha!
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