tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62408031904799661342024-03-08T08:41:58.657-08:00Angela's TrainingAngela's Traininghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988484005382866723noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6240803190479966134.post-73503780699770586092010-02-05T16:10:00.000-08:002010-02-05T16:14:38.773-08:00The last 3 days<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wednesday - </span>Easier day. I ran easy for about an hour, rode the bike for an easy spin of 2-hours. No swimming today.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thursday -</span> 2k TT in the pool! I beat my time by 27 seconds! Later in the day I did an aerobic effort indoors (raining a lot) for an hour. Solid numbers on the Powertap!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Friday (Feb 5) - </span>I woke up very tired and groggy. I haven't been sleeping too well as of late. Coach and I headed out later in the day in the mud and muck. I ran a slow sloth jog for 2 hours. We started wet, and ended up drenched! A quick 1k in the pool to flush the legs and prepare for tomorrow!<br /></div>Angela's Traininghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988484005382866723noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6240803190479966134.post-38159551406858928492010-01-28T17:00:00.000-08:002010-01-28T17:14:38.964-08:00An update...<div style="text-align: justify;">Sorry it's been over a week. The rains, the lazy days and the much needed rest took my time. But here it is in some detail...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tuesday - </span>My second day of rest. Chuckie wanted three full recovery days. So what did I do? I got an amazing massage, got the truck fixed (it was overheating) and read!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wednesday -</span> My final day of 'rest'. Because of the rain, I rode the indoor trainer very easy for 30-minutes and did an easy 30-minute treadmill run.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thursday - </span>Back at it! The rains were coming down hard so I opted for an indoor ride. It was very hard to get my head and body working together. After three days of nothing, the blood is very thick. I managed to get in 2hr57minutes of ride time broken up in 4 hours. I had to mentally get my head on straight. My power was low indeed but this is expected after three days of rest.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Friday - </span>There was a break in the clouds and I ran early for 1hr20 and had a sold hard power swim of 50x50s with paddles and gear. I ended the day with another run (albeit short).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday - </span>Double swim day with some easy x-training between. Since I didn't swim much this week, we opted for one hard power session and one longer session. The AM main set: 50s and 25s by 500 with 100 easy between. The 50s and 25s were with paddles only.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sunday - </span>Aerobic run on the track! I felt like I was racing even though my HR didn't show it. It was a hard one, albeit short. After an easy spin to flush the legs, I was back on the feet for an easy jog in the evening just as the sun was setting.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Monday - </span>Finally, a full-day outside! I busted a move on the bike for 4 hours by myself with the I-pod. A solid workout with a solid power output.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tuesday - </span>Rain and more rain had me indoors again on the cross-trainer and an easy 30-min spin to flush the legs again. (The pool was closed).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wednesday - </span>I felt dead all day - a much needed rest day. I ran a slow sloth-like jog in the am for about an hour, spun the legs out on the bike and ran again in the afternoon for 30-minutes. I was on glycogen depletion because of a no 3-day carbohydrate diet. I ended it with an easy 2k flop.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Today! - </span>I met up with the crew and did a strength session in the pool. I just finished a moderate ride outdoors in the sun. It's here to stay I think! Knock on wood!<br /></div>Angela's Traininghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988484005382866723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6240803190479966134.post-42687551296907597222010-01-18T13:39:00.000-08:002010-01-18T13:45:17.082-08:00The last 4 days<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Friday and Saturday</span> - See my <a href="http://angelanaeth.blogspot.com/2010/01/two-tough-days.html">blog post</a> for Friday and Saturday. Both solid days of training.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sunday </span>- Another aerobic run on the track. I was much faster than last week and kept it going for a solid 9 miles. Chuckie does this often with his athletes (as I do with mine). Testing your pace at a sub-maximal aerobic HR allows you to see how much you're progressing (or regressing). THe After a nap, I headed for a short jaunt on the treadmill and flop in the pool.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Monday (today) </span>- A well needed REST day! Completely off! My legs are up, I just had a massage and I'm enjoying a quaint little coffee shop.<br /></div>Angela's Traininghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988484005382866723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6240803190479966134.post-34288939950846590452010-01-13T06:05:00.000-08:002010-01-13T18:15:26.483-08:00January 10th - 12th<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sunday - </span>On the track with the crew. We did a sub-maximal aerobic run test. I clocked in a solid 9 miles (albeit slow). Later that day I had an easy spin to the gym on tap, a flop in the pool and a short x-trainer session to loosen up the legs. A solid day after Saturday's epic ride!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Monday</span> - Strength day in the pool with all the gear to boot! We used paddles, buoy, band and a small dolly inner tube. Main set was 2400y of pulling broken up into 150, 100, 50. Today was a solid rest day with a long (2-hours) mid-afternoon nap and a super mellow 30-minute cruiser ride on the mountain bike.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tuesday -</span> A hard swim day with broken 150s as the main-set. The workout is 75 HARD on 1-min, 50 MOD on 1-min and 25 ALL-OUT on 1-minute. We did this 8 times. My hard 75 at best today was 53. I mustered through the workout with determination and maintained it (although I didn't get any faster throughout).<br /><br />I then met up with Heather and Trevor, with Chuckie on the motor bike for some strength intervals on the back-side of the Fig. I <span style="font-style: italic;">LOVE LOVE LOVE</span> climbing and could have done this until sunset. Chuckie stopped us after three. I was a bit disappointed because I was getting in a solid groove. (Coach knows best I guess.) Later in the day, I headed down for a quick X-trainer session again to mimic run mileage without the pounding!<br /></div>Angela's Traininghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988484005382866723noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6240803190479966134.post-26899742740340400622010-01-09T18:01:00.000-08:002010-01-09T18:19:18.531-08:00Jan 6- 9th!<div style="text-align: justify;">Days ROLL BY FAST!!! Wow! This year is already 9 days gone!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jan 6 (Wednesday) -</span> After our hard ride yesterday, I was up early (as I am most days) and ready to get the day started. I waited for CV and we headed out for a run (him on the mountain bike). I ran for just over an hour at a moderate pace (nothing too special). This was then followed by a super mellow spin on an old mountain bike I have here. Later, we headed to the local track for a short run and a flop in the pool. A flop that was much-needed!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jan 7 (Thursday) -</span> Easy ride day (2 hours or so), hard swim session with the group with some Base Pace work (MS: 5x200s, 4x200s, 3x200s, 2x200s, 1x200 at Base Pace with 50 recovery between), and hmm, a lot of lazy-ing around.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jan 8 (Friday) -</span> Moderate-easy swim with some light paddle work, Longer run session out at the local Kalyra Winery, super easy 1-hour spin (SUPER EASY), and ended with a short run (very easy shuffling) in the late afternoon on the local track.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jan 9 (Saturday)</span> - AWESOME DAY with the crew! H/T and I had a great moderate-base pace swim with some strength intermixed (MS 10x100s all gear, 8x125s at base-pace, 6x150s all gear, 4x50s sprint). We then got ready for a longer ride session (4:30 or so)with some cruising behind Trevor's wheel and climbing. It was a great day all told. I don't think I finished re-fueling yet! I'm still munching on whatever I can find!<br /></div>Angela's Traininghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988484005382866723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6240803190479966134.post-10103532245436948142010-01-06T08:23:00.000-08:002010-01-06T08:30:56.977-08:00Last few days<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jan 2 -</span> Easy ride, and a longer run effort - all easy to keep the knee healthy.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jan 3 -</span> On my own today. I went for a great 3:55easy spin to let the knee get to 100% for the coming week of training. I had a great swim with 2k at base pace.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jan 4</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">-</span> Monday! I love Mondays because it's the start of a new week. We woke up early and had a great swim practice with a 1k TT. I swam my fastest yet! :) This was very inspiring to me. But I have to get faster....a lot faster! I then had an easy spin around the valley here and a light flop/stretch. Oh, and I mustn't forget the 45 minutes easy run. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jan 5 -</span> Early morning swim with the MS: 500 moderate, 5x50s at 90%, 5 x25s HARD. This was repeated twice. It was a moderate swim but solid. Total 4k or so. We then met up with <a href="http://www.fyzz.ca">Heather and Trevor</a> and I had an awesome ride with the crew (Chuckie V included). We kept it rolling for 3+ hours. We were told to keep it around IM threshold pace and for me, a slightly lower HR than my aerobic base pace. Unfortunately, when you get behind Trevor's wheel, you enjoy the ride a bit too much and that HR creeps up some on the rollers. It was my first hard ride back from my little knee pain I was experiencing and I took full advantage of being able to go FAST! Thanks Trevor!<br /></div>Angela's Traininghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988484005382866723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6240803190479966134.post-44807171319199639792010-01-01T15:52:00.001-08:002010-01-01T15:53:30.015-08:00Jan 1st 2010<div style="text-align: justify;">Today was a great kick-off for the new year! CV and I headed out for an easy spin on the lone roads of Solvang area for an easy spin of just under 4 hours. After a few cleat adjustments my knee is near normal! :) <br /></div>Angela's Traininghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988484005382866723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6240803190479966134.post-15649753201670953062009-12-31T19:03:00.001-08:002009-12-31T19:08:05.290-08:00The last days of 2010!<div style="text-align: justify;">Well I managed to get back down to California on the 26th of December. I've had a bit of a dodgy knee but it's coming around. Starting January I'll update this on a regular basis! But here is the last couple of days<br /><br />Today - 45 minutes SUPER easy run (my HR was jacked so I ran a slow-pace on the track with some walking); 30-min easy flop; lower leg massage; easy 1 hour spin; 40-minute easy jog. Done!<br /><br />Yesterday - Another easy 2 hour ride to let the knee get to 100%, 2 x swim sessions (1 strength; 1 power). For the swimming, I'm using a mix of Doc's style and CV's swimming - paddles, short efforts with form-work.<br /><br /></div>Angela's Traininghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988484005382866723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6240803190479966134.post-43175063899863063452009-12-24T05:11:00.001-08:002009-12-24T05:13:21.025-08:00Dec 23<div style="text-align: justify;">Last day of work! I had a great morning swim with pull-buoy and paddles (longer sets) and unfortunately a shortened bike ride (45-minutes) indoor. I've been having some lateral knee pain (tracking issues) that started after a hard bike last weekend. I'm doing the rehab and should be good to-go post-Christmas!<br /><br />Have a great Christmas everyone! In the next couple of days the days will be filled with lots of travel, packing and unpacking! Hopefully a run, swim and ride will get thrown in the mix!<br /><br />Cheers.<br /></div>Angela's Traininghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988484005382866723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6240803190479966134.post-62813637240507413952009-12-22T20:06:00.000-08:002009-12-22T20:12:19.028-08:00Official Training BlogAfter Christmas I plan to update this regularly with my daily training and great workouts for others to follow! Have a great holiday season and see you in the New Year! :)<br /><br />Today:<br />1hr10 Swim with a MS of buoy only (25 fist, 25 free, 50 fist, 50 buoy, 75 fist, 75 buoy) x 3<br />Run on treadmill for 1hr15, low HR on 0.5% incline.<br /><br />This was a work day for me. One of the last two for the year! :) I had a great massage and did some calf raises post-run!Angela's Traininghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988484005382866723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6240803190479966134.post-16085724351860441992009-12-04T13:15:00.000-08:002009-12-04T13:17:44.593-08:00December 3rd (Friday)They day before I head out to California. Yesterday was an off day for me - unplanned.<br />Today: <br />1hr10 min Swim as: 1k straight; 10x100s paddles/buoy; 1k; 10x100s paddles/buoy. 100 cool-down.<br /><br />1 hour run with some time at 150HR (around 30 minutes) on treadmill<br /><br />Bike - to be done yet!Angela's Traininghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988484005382866723noreply@blogger.com0