Peak Swim Week...Or Something like that...

Ummmm ya...or peak Sh** week. This week has been an exercise in terrible exercise.

Here's what this week was supposed to look like:

• Monday: 3300m Swim
• Tuesday: 4000m Swim+1:10 run
• Wednesday: 3300m Swim+1:15 run
• Thursday: 1:30 bike+ 20 min run brick
• Friday: 1:30 recovery ride
• Saturday: 2:00 open water swim (clinic/swim on the course in The Woodlands)+1:30 recovery run
• Sunday: 4:00 long ride

AAAAANNNNDDD.....Here's what this week ended up actually look like:

• Monday: 3300m Swim
• Tuesday: 4000m Swim+1:10 run
• Wednesday: 1:15 run+ a sore throat, itchy eyes, a massive head ache, body aches and a 101 fever
• Thursday: 1:30 bike+ 20 min run brick planted on the couch streaming about 22 episodes of the Mindy Project and sleeping after a lovely trip to the redi-clinic to (thankfully) get a negative flu and strep test and pick up some antibiotics 
• Friday: 1:30 recovery ride
• Saturday: 2:00 open water swim (clinic/swim on the course in The Woodlands) Get up early, show up to said clinic in the Woodlands in the rain, wait an hour and a half for them to actually cancel the thing, drive to the gym to swim instead, get my wet suit on, walk to the pool, get kicked out of the pool so 6 FREAKING SIX people can take over the ENTIRE pool for senior's water aerobics...wait it out...get wet suit back on and swim 5000m in the pool + drive to Fayetteville (TX) to watch hubby race and hit the road for a (very hot, hilly, sunny, brutal) 1:30 recovery run
• Sunday: 4:00 long ride Head out to ride in Fayetteville as hubby raced. Hot, humid, VERY hilly, chip seal the whole way, rain, and debris everywhere from a storm the day before. 2 flat tires with the last one slicing my tire with a lovely piece of glass so that took me out after only 1:30 (or 25 miles) of riding... So ya...at least I know for sure how to change a flat now

So ya..this week hasn't been the best. And it's supposed to have been one of my highest peak workout weeks. I feel like I did my best with what I had to work with so at this point...just trying to not let it get in my head that this week was such a bust...

So...peak weeks are done. 

Weird. On to next week...

Next week is supposed to be my transition into taper...haha...ya'll wanna see what "taper" transition looks like...

• Monday: 1:00 run+4500m swim
• Tuesday: 25.0 mile bike+3200m swim
• Wednesday: 3000m swim+1:10 recovery run
• Thursday: 1:15 bike (and HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO MY AMAZING HUBSTER!! 4 YEARS STRONG BABE!)
• Friday: Off
• Saturday: 3:30 bike+45 min run brick
• Sunday: 1:45 open water swim+1:45 run

So still a lot of working out but we are less than 3 weeks out people! woah!! So let's bring this home! 

30 days...

A pictorial expression of my feelings:

Peak Week: Like the Bike

Happy Bike Peak Week Everyone!

       SO I survived peak run week. Capped off with my LONGEST.RUN.OF.ALL.TIME!

Topped that off with the coldest ice bath of my life. 

Mad props to my super amazing hubster who surprised me at mile 16 of my 20 miler and rode the slow way back home with me just to keep me company! Yep...He's a keeper! Seriously don't know how to thank this guy for all that he's done for me during my training. 

On that note - on Friday, some hood-rat jerk-wad broke into my car while I was out watching hubster race at the track and stole all my stuff in the car - to include my tennis shoes, garmin watch, HR monitor, one of my fave lululemon tops, K-tape....not to mention my wallet and my flat iron. #holybadhairdaybatman 

I hate all people who steal. I mean come on - it's a commandment and everything, you thugs!

So Saturday morning I slept in, took care of bank stuff, bought new tennis shoes, found a new watch on craigslist and sat on my trainer for 5.freaking.hours. 5 HOURS GOING NOWHERE PEPOLE! 

If that isn't commitment to training I don't know what is. 

Ok so on to this week...its MAX BIKE PEAK WEEK! 

Today (Monday): OFF! THANK YOU JESUS!

Tuesday: AM-3300m swim; PM - 1:30 bike; 35 min run

Wednesday: 1:10 bike; 45 min run

Thursday: 1:20 run sweat test; 3800m swim

Friday:1:00 bike; 1:00 swim

Saturday: 5:30 bike (LAST LONG BIKE! WOO!)

Sunday: 1:45 run; 2:00 open water swim

It's supposed to rain all week so we shall see how everything actually pans out. Stay tuned!

Also on another happy  note - BIB NUMBERS ARE UP PEOPLE! 

This is really real.  33 days people and we.are.doing.this.

Let's get it! Have a great week! See ya for max swim week next week!

Peak Week: Episode RUN

So we've hit max fun run week people. This is week 1 of 4 consecutive peak weeks...one more day closer to taper and race day!! So here's what this week looks like:

Monday: 3700m swim
Tuesday: 1:10 bike+45 min run brick
Wednesday: 3400m swim+1:30 min run
Thursday: 1:15 bike (recovery)+45 min run brick
Friday: 2200m swim+1:30 min run
Saturday: 5:00 bike (shooting for 90ish miles)+30 min run
Sunday: 3700 swim+3:00ish run (shooting for 20 miles on this guys - this will be my longest run in training! Plan is to run consistently for 2 hrs then do 1 min walk intervals at each mile to simulate walking through the water stations)

So that's this week! Next week will be max bike (I think), followed by max swim with an open water swim practice on the course then one more peak week after that!

On another  note- I haven't gotten new cycling shoes in nearly 3 years people. 3.YEARS. For those that don't cycle - this is a long time to wear the same shoes (especially since you typically wear tri shoes without socks). Well this one lucky girl got a great surprise from the hubs.

Voila! These ruby slippers are the tri/cycling equivalent of a perfect fit Louboutin (and everyone knows the love of a red bottom (or top) shoe!). I was so surprised and excited and couldn't be happier to have these lovelies out on the road with me the next 6 weeks!

So we are on our way! I have my race diet dietician appointment on Friday so I'll be getting a VERY specific diet plan leading up to the big day so I"ll update on that afterwards too! Let's just say I think my easter basket candy is going to be continuing to tempt me from the high shelf for the next 6 weeks...

Hope you all have a great week! See ya for max bike!!

Peaks Weeks

Oh man guys....We have OFFICIALLY hit peak week(s). Building it up to Max power. Max Distance. Max time.

Last week was my first "peak" week. This is what it looked like:

Monday: 3500m swim
Tuesday: 1:10 bike, 3.1 mile run
Wednesday: 3300m swim
Thursday: 1:20 bike test (this made me want to vomit and pass out but got me higher HR zones for race day!), 5.4 mile run
Friday: 3300m swim
Saturday: 112 mile bike (first time all the way around the Ironman course! Lots of chip seal for like 50miles, tons of rollers, and head/cross wind for at least 75 miles made this a doozie!), 2.5 mile quick brick run right after
Sunday: 13.1 mile run, 3500m swim

Needless to say by Sunday afternoon I was WIPED!

So then my coach very kindly gave me a "recovery" week this week before going into the rest of max peak weeks. I literally laughed out loud with what a "recovery" week is now as compared to my pre-Ironman life.

"Recovery" week:

Monday: OFF! Praise Jesus!

Tuesday: 1:10 bike (which I missed because of a family dinner), 2500m swim
Wednesday: 45 min/4.2 mile run, 2400m swim
Thursday: 50 min/4.5 mile run, 4500m swim (this was one long.a**.swim!)
Friday: 1:30 bike
Saturday: 2:30 bike, 3200m swim
Sunday: 1:20 run

So after this week we are up for 4 more "peak" weeks, 2 weeks of taper, then RACE DAY! Ya'll...it's almost here... 44 days. I can't freaking wait. Partially because I'm just so ready to race this crazy thing and put training behind me. More partially because I'm ready to have my life back!! Either way it's getting close and I'm excited! Here we go!! One week closer to TAPER WEEK!!! Let's do it!