One week from Eagleman

Well I'm about one week out from Eagleman, and coach K decided to throw everything including the kitchen sink at me. To start off the weekend I headed up to the track after work for some intervals. The intervals were short (2 x 600, 2 x 800, 2x 1000), but were very hard. Coach wanted me to push the pace to something close to 5 seconds faster than 5K pace per 400. So basically if that means if my 5K pace is around 5:40 per mile, that my interval pace should be 5:20 per mile. OUCH. I nailed it, but it hurt.

This morning Jen and I woke to loud bangs of thunder. It was raining cats and dogs, and the sky looked like an electrical explosion. Needless to say, I didn't go for my morning bike ride. Instead Jen and I climbed back into bed, slept in till 8:30, and began our day. After some much needed house work we headed to the pool with my friend Matt. The swim work was complete quality with a capital Q. We began with a nice easy warm up, a bunch of kicks, and then the main set. By the time we were done we had gone down and back in the pool 176 times (4400 yards or 2.5 miles).

Directly after the swim (after we drove home) we put on our running clothes for a nice solid 2 mile run. I worked pretty hard and finished with just about 15 miles.

Tonight has to consist of some solid but quick recovery as I'm heading out bright and early tomorrow morning for a 4 hour ride. Tonight should be awesome. Hopefully the Penguins can tie up the series 2-2 in the Stanley Cup Finals. LET'S GO PENS!!!!

Oh yeah, more info on my new team. I got my race suit today, and am looking very forward to racing Eagleman with the new colors! Here's a shot of my styling new suit.

posted by Chad Holderbaum @ 7:57 PM Comments: 1