TriVeggies

Well, here we are at the dawn of a new week! And though it’s Labor Day weekend, I’m still going to hit the ground running (well, biking) on Monday. 🙂 I’ve got a couple days off to start the workweek, and to be perfectly frank they’re deeply needed. Here at summer’s end, I feel crispy – not due to the sun but due to a season of hard work and lots of stress, both physically due to training and mentally due to … well, life, I suppose! So it feels good to take a couple of days to reset.

Now, before I get to the week ahead, let’s take a brief look back on the week that was. All in all I’d give myself a solid B. I didn’t get my swims in – the Y pool closure was just too much for me to overcome, clearly – and missed my strength training due to some scheduling conflicts. But I got the rest of my workouts in (with one exception, which we’ll get to in this week’s training), and the TriDot algorithm seems happy with my performance, so what more can I ask for, really?

This week’s schedule is fairly straightforward. The Y pool is back in service, which helps tremendously, and my evening schedule doesn’t have a lot of lumps and bumps (at least at this point!). So let’s see what we’ve got cookin’.

Monday: Long stamina ride for 2:10. This was to be Saturday’s ride over the weekend, but once my cycling club decided to stage a Labor Day breakfast cruise, how could I say no? To keep my workouts rather consistent I moved my weekend long ride to Labor Day to accommodate.

Tuesday: I’ll do an easy run for 20 minutes in the morning and then an hourlong bike in the evening with the cycling club. We’re headed down to Hains Point, which is one of my favorite Tuesday-night club rides, and I’m really looking forward to it! The Tuesday night ride always has a bit of pep in its step, which helps me get faster. Always appreciated. 🙂

Wednesday: I’ve got a speedwork run in the morning for an hour and then 45 minutes of strength training at RowHouse in the evening!

Thursday: I’ll do an hourlong bike workout (30-30s) with my dad in the morning and then a 55-minute swim (Threshold 125s) in the afternoon.

Friday: Back in the pool the next morning for a 55-minute set of Best Average 75s! Then a 45-minute row at noon at RowHouse for some strength training and hopefully some recovery, as it’s a Restore session.

Saturday: Saturday brings a long bike, a 2:40 stamina effort, followed by a 20-minute brick run. The bike will be completed on the trainer while I watch “College Gameday,” no doubt!

Sunday: Finally, Sunday’s long run will be another 1:10 effort. To be perfectly honest, the low mileage that TriDot has me doing on my runs makes me a little nervous, but I’m going to try to just go with the flow and trust the process!

… and that about sums up the week! Have a great long weekend, friends, and train on!