Week 2: February 18-24, 2013

By Monday of this week, my quads were so sore from Saturday's bootcamp class that I had trouble navigating stairs.  Thank goodness Mondays are rest days...and having the day off for President's Day was an added bonus.  I took the girls ice skating, which actually helped loosen up the legs a little.  Then on Friday we ended up with a calamity day due to freezing rain, so I was able to get my longish training ride in then instead of on Saturday.  Gotta love 3-day work weeks!

I also started training with a Master's swim group at the rec center this week.  It's a small group--about 8 guys who all swam in college back in the day--and they invited me and my swim partner, Robin, to join them.  This week was lots of IM and butterfly work, and Robin and I pretty much got our butts handed to us.   I know it'll ultimately be good for me, and it's nice to feel like I'm pushing myself in the pool again rather than just floating through my workouts.

I also tried some new recipes this week, which were hits with Mark and the kids.  I stumbled across a recipe for healthy sweet potato bread pudding, which, in light of my giving up sweets for Lent, was the perfect excuse to have a healthy "treat": (http://www.health.com/health/recipe/0,,50400000108569,00.html)

Last Sunday I tried the cauliflower "pizza crust" that has been circulating around on pinterest...just a cup of finely chopped cooked cauliflower, 1/2 c. mozz cheese, 1/2 c. parmesan cheese, 1 egg, and some seasonings.  It was phenomenal.  A definite do-again recipe.

Lastly, this morning I made muffins out of over-ripe bananas, oats, egg, almond milk, and raspberries.  They ended up more like baked oatmeal than muffins, but they were the perfect re-fuel breakfast after my morning run.

This week's training:
Monday: off
Tuesday:
60 min trainer ride, Z2
3000 yd swim: 500 sw
5x50s sw, dr
3x100s on 1:20
IM set: 4 x (200, 100, 50) adding a stroke each set
50 ez
200 kick
200ez
Wednesday:
5 mi run, Z2
30 min. strength
Thursday:
60 min. trainer ride, Z2
3000 yd. swim: 400 warm up; 5x50s DR/SW
3x100s w/ paddles on 1:20
4x200s free/fly on 3:00
100ez
3x100s w/ paddles on 1:20
4x100s free/fly on 1:30
100 ez
3x100s w/ paddles on 1:20
100ez
Friday:
1:45 trainer ride, Z2 followed by myrtl exercises
Saturday:
4 mi run, low Z2
60 min bootcamp class
Sunday:
10 mi Z2 run

Weekly totals:
Swim: 6000 yds
Bike: 3:45 hrs.
Run: 19 miles
Strength: 1:30
Total hours: 10:22

Training cycle totals:
Swim: 11,000 yds
Bike: 7:15
Run: 35 miles