Jason – Week 8 – Rev 3 Olympic Training

Monday – 1450 yard swim (base and lactate threshold intervals)

 

Tuesday – OFF

 

Wednesday – 1 hr 10 min bike (lactate threshold intervals)

 

Thursday – OFF

 

Friday – 1300 yard swim (threshold intervals)

 

Saturday – 40 min bike (steady state)

 

Sunday – BRICK – 1 hr 15 min bike and 10 min run (steady state)

 

Week Summary

Swim – 2750 yards

Bike – 3hr 5 min

Run – 10 min

 

 

Halfway thru the program! 

 

This was a scheduled recovery week and had 2 major interruptions to training.  Although it was a lighter volume week, the intensity was higher.

 

After my run last Sunday, which had been my longest and fastest to date at about 6 miles, I developed some top of foot pain on Monday.  Enough that it was painful to wear shoes.  After researching online, I feared a possible stress fracture.  I was able to get an xray on Friday that was negative.  I have switched to my old running shoes and have since run without issue.  Also on Tuesday I had a bit of oral surgery done.  This was more annoying than painful, as the only thing it hampers is the ability to eat normally.  I was able to train the next day, although it was slightly uncomfortable.  We had some unseasonably warm weather, with temps over 90 degrees.  I love the hot weather, so I couldn’t pass up some outdoor training.   I also was able to ride the new tri bike outside for the first time this year.

 

I was really happy with the Sunday brick workout.  I was able to get off the bike and hold an 8:00 min/mi pace straight away.  Hopefully I will be able to execute the same pace at next weeks race.

 

Next week will be my first duathlon of the year, near my hometown in MA.