It was a stressful week for both work and other. I had a few
late-ish nights at the office, and my home lost some of its power for a few
days, leaving me without wi-fi. (Although I was much better off than my
neighbors who lost their hot water heater or fridge.)
I made it work by nailing my morning workouts, no excuses.
And when I was working too late to do my usual Wednesday evening weights video,
I got up at an early-even-for-me 4:30 a.m. Thursday to do it after my usual
Thursday bike trainer ride.
Swim: Three sessions for about an hour each time, for 3
hours total. I went a bit longer than my baseline 2000 meters two days, and
called it at 2000 the third even though I hadn’t quite gone an hour. It worked
out in the end.
Bike: Three trainer rides, two during the week for an hour
and 15 minutes (including the one that started after my 4:30 a.m. wake-up call),
and one longer on the weekend for two hours and 30 minutes, for 5 hours
total. I really wanted to take my bike out on the road this weekend, but it was
drizzling and windy during my window Saturday when a popular trail is closed to
traffic. So it’ll be extra important that I get on the road this coming
weekend.
Run: I didn’t get a single midweek run in, but I did do
speedwork late in the day Friday when I was finally done with work for the
week, one mile for a quick brick after my trainer ride Saturday, and 12 miles
on Sunday. This worked out to be 18 miles in 3 hours. Four days
off, three days on – no biggie. Nah, I’m kidding, I know this isn’t ideal. Work
stress just got to me and I didn’t make it a priority during the week.
Side note on the run: I only ran about a minute faster for
12 total miles than last week, but this week felt a lot easier even though it
was a LOT windier. I had gone to the running store for new shoes immediately
beforehand, so maybe that had something to do with it. (I had brought my old
shoes and left them in the car just in case, but it turned out they were fine
straight out of the box.) And I’m feeling a lot better today compared to last
Monday. So, I’ll take that as progress that I’m slowly getting used to long
distances again.
Other: I did my usual mid-week weights video, although early
Thursday instead of after work Friday; my heavy/body routine for the first time
in a month on Saturday; and my plyo circuit after my heavy weights Saturday. I
also did some yoga stretches for about 10 minutes during a conference call
Monday and after my run Sunday, and am totally counting walking (because the
garage door was out) to the grocery store during the brownout.
I did not do any
pre-hab this week; again, just not a priority. Still, it worked out to 3 and a half hours of "other."
Overall: 14 hours, 29 minutes, which is a very good week for
me.
I actually just surprised myself adding up those numbers. I
wasn’t expecting to see that I had trained so much. So, it just goes to show
that if you can’t nail all your workouts, stick to the ones
you can, even if it means you have to get up at 4:30 a.m. one day.
Hopefully I can
avoid that this week… and any more power failures, too.
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