The week in review

Wow, it's been seven days since my last blog post. For a while there I was on a roll with blogging almost every day, but for some reason (my typical too busy schedule) kept me from posting. So here's a quick recap of my week.

Wednesday: Well today was a very long day. Jen and I were up early (5ish) and headed to the pool for a 3100 yard swim. After the swim we both went our own ways and headed to work. Our Wednesday bike night rides continued with a smaller group than normal. One of our bike riders is training for Boston (next week), and didn't want to chance injury or crash, but we did have four people and managed to get in a solid 1:50 of riding. Wednesday night was the first Pen's game, which the won!!!

Thursday: Today was by far the hardest workout(s) I've done so far this year. The day started with a 60 minute easy run at lunch time, and then after work it was time to get serious. After work I warmed up for 30 minutes on the bike, then began a 1 hour step up interval meaning you step up a HR zone every 15 minutes. Here's my avg HR for each interval. Z2 = 145, Z3 = 157, Z4 = 162, Z5 = 171. After the 1 hour interval I cooled down in zone 1/2 for 29 minutes. After the bike I transitioned to a 20 minute run at 10K pace. OUCH!!! After the 20 minutes I backed off, and ran a total of 5 miles.

Friday: Tonight I had tickets to the 2nd Pen's game, so I had to get in my run at lunch again. Today's run was a 90 minute tempo run in zone 3...this was very hard considering Thursday's workouts. The Pen's won again, and had a 2-0 advantage against the Senators.

Saturday: This morning started off with a bang as Paul and I headed out for our 3 hour ride. It was very windy today, but we managed to have a really nice and dry ride. Paul was very strong today and actually dropped me on a couple of the hills and flats. Then again I had some really hard workouts this week!!! After the bike ride, Jen and I ate at Panara then headed to the pool for our 2500 yard swim of the day. Nothing special to report here. Now for our favorite event of the weekend. Beth and Oscar invited us over their house to watch the Clearwater race on NBC. It was a really cool race, and I really hope I qualify this year and I get to go in November. Oscar's friend Ben came over too, and he's just getting into Triathlon. It was really cool talking to a "newbie" and I remember when I was in his shoes. You have so many questions about the sport, and it's really awesome to see someone else with such drive and interest. Besides the Clearwater race, Jen and I really enjoyed just chatting about Triathlon, hockey, trips, and everything and anything you can think of. Again, we had a blast.

Sunday: What another long busy day. The morning started off early as today was my annual 5K/10K race at Oak Hollow Park. This is the 3rd year in a row where I directed and managed the race for the Pittsburgh Road Runners. The morning was a little chilly, but we still had around 25-30 people show up for the run. It was really fun to see all the runners challenge themselves on the Oak Hollow Beast. The hill is never ending. After the race, Jen and I went to the pool, and swam another 3400 yards. As soon as I got home, I ate dinner, then went out for a 12 mile run. Again very busy busy busy day.

Well that's all I have for now, I'll have to write more tonight after work....or after my 20 mile run. I'm in Manchester NH right now, and am looking forward to a long run in an unfamiliar town. Lucky I have the GPS!!!

posted by Chad Holderbaum @ 7:40 AM Comments: 2