Meandering Starre

July 30th was swimming and spinning day. Once I week I’m trying to do a spinning class as training. It gives me “hill” work and interval training, and often forces me to go faster then I might on my own. Plus, the spinning bikes are probably the best bikes in the gym as far as similarity in riding experience as to my road bike. The Expresso bikes I use the rest of the time are also good, but the other one do not work well. The spinning instructor was a sub, but good.

I also swam another 500 meters. My body didn’t really want to swim and I had a few more issues than my last swim, but I did it. I only swallowed two mouthfuls of water.

Swim workout

Workout: Swim
Time:17:300 or so. This includes some breaks and stops.
Average lap time : 1:40 (I think my original 1:30 lap time was off)
Distance: 500 meters
Total training distance to date: 1350 meters
Body condition: awkward but fine
Time of day: morning

Bike Workout

Workout: Bike (spinning)
Time: 45 minutes
Distance: n/a
Total spinning time to date: 45 minutes
Body condition: Fine
Weather: Inside
Time of day: Morning

More biking and swimming on 7/28. I swam further than the sprint tri distance, which rocks! Now I know I can do the swim, as long as I don’t have other issues. I am really finding the swimming easier than last year.

Swim workout

Workout: Swim
Time:17:00 or so. This includes some breaks and stops.
Average lap time :1:35
Distance: 500 meters
Total training distance to date: 850 meters
Body condition: Slight breathing problems
Time of day: Late afternoon

Bike Workout

Workout: Bike (medium ride: black level course “Oh Mama”, lots of hills)
Time: 39 minutes
Distance: 7.8
Total training distance to date: 40.84
Body condition: Fine
Weather: inside
Time of day: Early evening

Today I did my first swim of the tri training season. I was somewhat concerned about it, because it has been months. However, it went rather well. The pool was full, so I had to do circle laps. However, that worked out nicely, as the other two women were slower. So, I got some breathing time at the end of each lap, which I still need. However, I don’t need the breathing time nearly as bad as I did last training cycle. I must be improving. I had no idea how far I could go. I was rather impressed that I did 350 meters without real problems. I was beginning to feel my arms towards the end (and feel the a bit now), but otherwise I was fine. I stopped at 3250 meters because I did not want to push it.

I also did a stationary bike ride of 33 minutes. I used the good bikes at the gym that remind me the most of actually biking. I choose a harder hilly course. I was very sweaty, but otherwise felt fine.

Swim workout

Workout: Swim
Time:12:43 or so. This includes some breaks and stops.
Average lap time :1:30
Distance: 350 meters
Total training distance to date: 350 meters
Body condition: Slight breathing problems
Time of day: Late afternoon

Bike Workout

Workout: Bike (medium ride: black level course “Stormy [Something]”, lots of hills)
Time: 33 minutes
Distance: 7.44
Total training distance to date: 7.44
Body condition: Fine
Weather: inside
Time of day: Early evening