Friday Sept 22nd – gym workout at watermania, followed by swim

I spent a couple of hours at watermania first doing the full gym workout that Andrew’s made up for me and then doing a full swim workout.

Saturday Sept 23rd – 3.5hr bike, Richmond – UBC – Steveston loop followed by 20 min run

• 3h:13:04, Avg HR = 124, Max = 157, 1384 Kcal
• Dist = 76.8km, Avg Speed = 23.9, Max = 46.9 km/h
• Avg Cad. = 75, Max = 103

An entertaining ride with Benny, Heather, and Rebecca but I felt pretty fatigued afterwards and wasn’t up for the run. A gorgeous day.

Sunday Sept 24th – am – 40min swim at Sasamat – pm – 1.5hr run in Kerrisdale

This was a very good day for training. I swam by myself at Sasamat – Torbin and Penney made the trip with me but stayed on the shore. Actually, Penney did swim but not around the lake. The lake was actually really cloudy with some kind of tree pollen floating on the shore. It was cold but not as cold as our swims in June. In the evening, I went with Torbin to his hockey and went for my long run. I ran along the train tracks from Kerrisdale arena down to 57th by all the community gardens. After briefly exchanging comments about spaghetti and pizza with an older italian couple tending to a garden full of tomatoes, I turned around and headed back down to Kits on the train tracks. This trail is a wonderful discovery, especially for a run at sunset with it’s westward views to the water from up on the bluff. I looped around the Kits community centre, ran back to 57th, the looped back to the arena. I showed up just in time to watch Torb score his first goal. Way to go Torb!

Monday Sept 25- off

I didn’t sleep very well this day. Work/school stress, a few glasses of wine, a dinner party, house guests and a very early start on Tuesday were all likely contributors.

Tuesday Sept 26 – 20 min easy spin, core strength workout at home

• Avg Cad = 85, max = 90

This day was a killer long day at work, so motivating myself to do this workout was really tough. I finally got off the couch to spin on the bike about 1hr before bed time. It only takes me about 25min to do my home version of the strength workout.

It’s only week two of the semester and it already feels like months.  My work days are filled to the brim with questions from students, teaching in class, preparing lectures, and updating the course WebCT site.  The shift to early mornings and commuting has also been a shock to the system.

As for workouts, it’s going to be a challenge to keep to the my training plan during the week.  The weekends will be my chance for quality work.

Last Saturday:

• bike workout 2hr @ <140HR
• 35min run of 10 min easy (<145HR), 15min tempo (160+ HR), 10 min easy (<150HR)

This workout felt good, easy on the bike and fast on the run.  It’s definetly getting easier to do these runs off the bike.

Last Sunday

• swim at Sasamat – 40 min swim that was well attended by the LETC group
• 1hr easy run in trails – up the powerline trail toward Bunzen

Afterwards, I spent the day with Mum.  We had a good afternoon.  I went a little crazy in my kitchen cooking up the harvest from the garden in the evening.  Ok, I admit it, I over did it – but we’re really going to enjoy the fresh pesto, blanched spinach & kale, fresh soup, slow cooked vegetable harvest meal, zuchinni muffins, and root vegetable medley!

Monday – Off – thank goodness.

Tuesday

• gym workout with Andrew, strength testing

Wednesday

• run group meets at Jericho tonight.  Torbin’s coming for his first run.