Happy Sunday!!
I can’t believe the weekend is almost over! It’s amazing how fast a 5-day weekend flies by. It was a nice break from the regular routine and I enjoyed every minute of it! My training schedule enjoyed the extra free time as well. Despite a crazy amount of rain, I was still able to get some great workouts in this week.
Monday
AM: 60 Bike Trainer
This week’s workout had a good amount of speed intervals.
PM: 15 min Run
Tuesday
AM: 4.25 mile Run
I was on my way to swim practice on Tuesday when I had to turn around due to lightning. Instead of risking getting locked out of the pool, I put my running shoes on and did a loop around the neighborhood instead.
PM: 3200 yd Swim
Luckily the rained stayed away in the evening and we were able to get a killer swim in after work. The pool was fairly empty so we had some room to spread out and practice our butterfly stroke a bit.
- Warm up: 650
- IM: 100
- Fly/Back/Free: 75
- Fly: 50
- Hard: 100
- Easy:100
- IM: 100
- Fly/Back/Free: 75
- Fly: 50
- Hard: 100
- Easy:100
- 15×100 full kit: 1500
- Cool down: 200
Wednesday
AM: CrossFit
My box found a new home! They moved to a bigger, roomier space about 2 more miles down the road.
It’s still slightly under-construction, but classes were able to start this week. There’s so much more SPACE! It was nice to spread out for Wednesday’s WOD.
PM: 600 yd Swim
It was bright and sunny when I left my house around 2:00. Unfortunately it looked like this when I arrived at the pool.
Man, those clouds move fast.
There wasn’t a ton of rain, but the pool was closed due to lightning and thunder. I ended up waiting just over an hour for the pool to reopen. It still looked pretty nasty at that point, but I had already waited for so long that I decided to dive in anyway (with the expectation I would be kicked out almost as soon as I jumped in).
I got just about 600 yds in before the lifeguards did end up kicking me out. Darn. Somewhere in there my friend Heather had showed up and got just about 4 laps in. We were both very sad to be missing out on our swim.
Thursday
AM: Track Run
1ish mile warm-up to the track
6x800s w/ :50 rest
1ish mile cool down home
PM: A different kind of pool time
Fourth of July was a good excuse to spend some time at the pool without a swim cap on for once. ๐
Friday
AM: 3 hr Bike Ride
I lucked out with beautiful sunny skies for my long bike ride this week. I went just about 46 miles in the 3 hours I had on the calendar. It was a little windy, but overall a pretty decent ride.
You need a lot of Gatorade/water for a long bike ride!
AM: 2 mile Run
I hopped ride off of the bike and into my running shoes. It’s crazy how long 2 miles feels when you’ve just rode your bike bike for 3 hours, can’t imagine what 26.2 miles will feel after a 7 hour bike ride.
Saturday
AM: 9 mile Run
I mixed it up and headed to a running trail I haven’t been to in a while. The trail was BUSY, but it was nice not to be alone out there.
I also had a chance to test my new handheld Camelbak Arc Quick Grip water bottle.
I had to refill it three times during the 9 mile run (it was HOT out there!), but overall I loved how easy it was to carry. It didn’t weigh my arm down and it fit perfectly in the palm of my hand.
PM: Emily’s Wedding Shower and Bachelorette Party
Derek and I headed to Orlando on Saturday for our friends’ wedding shower and bachelorette/bachelor parties.
Emily was the one who introduced Derek and I way back in 2005! She was one of my bridesmaids in January and now I get to be one of her’s in October.
After a long week of training it was fun to cut loose at the pink-themed bachelorette party.
We had a blast!
Sunday
REST!
Yep, totally slept-in until 8:30. It. Was. Awesome.
Weekly Totals:
Miles: 85
Time: 9 hours 42 minutes
Workouts: 10
You’re such an inspiration!! ๐ Great job on all your training!!
Renee recently posted..Week 2 Training
Looks like you’re wearing the most pink at the party! You look cute. I did an open-water 1k swim today and thought of you and all others training for an IM.
Wow you are killing it!! One day I hope to do an ironman but not sure I could ever get the swimming part down! You are awesome for sticking to your workouts! Keep it up!
Sara @ LovingOnTheRun recently posted..Long Run Sunday
you are killing this training plan!
Julie @ RDelicious Kitchen recently posted..Weekly Workouts 6/30-7/6
I’m amazed by the amount of effort that you’re able to put into training for the ironman. I mean, obviously, it requires a great deal of training, but it’s so impressive that you can juggle training, blogging, working, and just plain living! You are SO AWESOME.
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I agree totally with Samantha ~ you are a rock star Meghann !! Such an inspiration !!
GREAT job!! I hope I can find your will power when my training gets tough in a few weeks!
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Great job training! Sorry to hear the rain is still trouble for your swims. It has to end sometime, right?
eb @ Running on E recently posted..Peachtree Road Race Recap
Wow I can’t believe how much thunder and lightning you’ve had lately!
You still got a great amount of workouts in though ๐
I think the most impressive part of this whole post is that you waited at the pool for 1 hour. I woudl have been wayyyyy too impatient!
Karen @ Runner Girl Eats recently posted..Good Food and Hot Runs
AWESOME week ๐ Way to fit it all in! The new CF gym looks HUGE!
beka @ rebecca roams recently posted..MCM Training Week 2
7 weeks on and I am still very impressed by your dedication
PeachyLau recently posted..NIKE+ SPORTWATCH GPS
I love reading your training recaps! So impressive that you manage to fit it all in with a full time job and social life! makes me tempted to sign up for a half ironman!
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