Training Week Ending April 28, 2007.

This week was another run-focused week. I did about 15 miles of running this week in preparation for adding in a "long run" day. I'm planning to add Sundays as my long run days and skipping a bike workout whenever I have a Sunday race. So, without further ado, here's a quick summary of my week's workouts:

Monday - 4/23:

Sadly, an unplanned off-day. I was kind of sore from my 7-mile run with Steve on Sunday. I had planned to bike, but work got in the way. It was just as well, though. I needed the break.

Tuesday - 4/24:

This was a run day. I got up early and drove down to Town Lake. I did two laps around the 5.5-mile stretch for an 11-mile run. I took it very slow and worked out a good bit of the residual soreness from Sunday's run.

Wednesday - 4/25:

This was a two workout day. At lunch, I went to a spin class at Pure Austin gym with my co-worker Shelley. I had planned to ride, but I just couldn't justify all the time it would take. The spin class was good enough to get my legs warmed up, and that's all I needed. I also got a 2-mile treadmill run in after the spin class.

In the evening, I had my swim group with Texas Iron. It was another good workout and remains my best swim training. All in all, we did approximately 2600 yards. I wasn't too exhausted afterward, either. That's always a good thing!

Thursday - 4/26:

Thursday was an unplanned off-day. Again, I intended to ride the bike, but just couldn't get out of work to go do it. I guess we'll call this a taper week!

Friday - 4/27:

Friday was a short run day. Lisa and I had planned to go camping Friday evening, so I planned a quick run. Unfortunately, Lisa was pretty sick Thursday night and we cancelled the camping Friday night. I got in only about 3-4 miles of running at lunch.

Saturday - 4/28:

I finally made it back to the ATC Taco Ride on Saturday. There was a pretty big group this time and it was a really great ride. I won't bore you with details, but suffice it to say that the pace was fast! I did the whole ride in about 1 1/2 hours, and that included a bit of a slacker recovery return trip with Jason. I averaged 21.5 mph for the ride and for the first time ever was the first person to pull into the Jack Brown's parking lot (the turn around). Don't get me wrong . . . there were about 12 guys ahead of me, but they went on for the 50-miler and didn't turn into the turnaround. Still, it was thrilling!

Saturday afternoon, Lisa and I packed up and headed out for camping. More on that in the next entry.