Last week was legen - wait for it - dary!
I did two brick workouts of 1.5 hour bike rides and 1 hour runs (the first being only 45 minutes because I didn't look at the watch :) and a nice 103 km bike ride on the weekend.
My swim sessions weren't that great because of the pools being overcrowded but I practiced a few things and am overall pleased with this portion of the training.
I'll probably join a club this week or the one after primarily to help me improve my swim a little more and to have people to train with since it's always nice when you are in a group.
My road bike (Cervelo S2) is just awesome and it's pure joy to see the kilometers piling up while keeping an average speed of 35 km/h. I am also very pleased with my running performance after the two bike rides because I was beating my previous times with ease. I was running below 4.30 min/km with no difficulty at all and was even scratching the 4.00 min/km mark a few times but didn't want to push it.
I love the fact that there is so much more room to improve for myself and I am secretly switching my plans from just finishing alive to let's finish this with style. But it's still a long way ahead with lot's of kilometers to cover.
I have also destroyed my competition in a little endomondo challenge where current and former students of my college compete on making the longest distance on their bikes by the end of this year. At the moment I am leading by some 350 km but I plan on extending my lead even more :) You can have a look at the current stats here.
Let's look at the numbers before we sign off.
| Distance | Time | Pace | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swim | 4.10 km | 2:00:00 h | 29:16 min / km |
| Bike | 177.60 km | 7:48:07 h | 2:38 min / km |
| Run | 29.54 km | 2:20:46 h | 4:45 min / km |
Overall things have now grown to some healthy numbers :)
| Distance | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Swim | 89.50 km | 34:57:00 h |
| Bike | 1375.75 km | 61:59:30 h |
| Run | 371.30 km | 30:56:23 h |
This week I'll sing off with an awesome quote which really explains a lot about the state of mind you need to have to reach certain goals.
“Winners train. Losers complain.”
Until next week, don't forget to be awesome :)