Tuesday 5 June 2012

5 Juneathon - coaching by Chrissie

Today feels a bit like rocking the car in the mud. I feel like I'm doing a lot, but may be not making any progress?  Grief is stalking me, but I keep moving.

I treated myself to Audiofuel's Tri Harder album with Chrissie Wellington. Rock on. 

This morning I did the whole 60 min power interval session on the trainer. It was tough. I didn't quit. The power meter says I created 1662 Watts of power, which roughly translates to 1600kcal consumed. Is that really possible? The intervals were 3 minutes long x 3 (with 3 min rest). two sets with a rest period of 8 minutes. I made big hills to make them hard - 3, 4, 5 or 6 % grade.  I used the pain ~ I mean discomfort ~ to train my brain to think clearly when uncomfortable. 

I lifted at lunch. I was already stiff and sore from the ride. My left quad gave me a sharp pain when I did some squats. I think it is from dehydration. I went into the cold-water bath (and the steam & sauna) after training to see if that will help.

R helped me bench press 40 kilos. (88lbs). by help, I mean encouragement. He didn't lift it for me. He stood next to me and told me I can do it. Although it would have been nice if he had done the ab work instead of me. Ow.

I also have swim practice tonight, which will be a perfect antidote to all sore parts.

Last, I have a 10k race on Sunday. I'm not planning on tapering from my tri training, so we'll see how it goes on the day. I have a 75 min run scheduled for Sunday. I think a race-paced 59 minutes will be good enough. Edited: I skipped swim practice to do parental things. So now I'm watching swim technique videos. geek.

2 comments:

  1. Well done, you. So you are going to the Ladies Run in Rotterdam this coming Sunday? I am still hesitant about it.

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    1. yes, I've been teaching my friend to run and pacing her during her first couple races. I would like to run at my own pace, so I signed up for this on a whim.

      I like Rotterdam. I think it will be fun.

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