It’s that time of year. Training volume is building, fatigue sets in, and you start wondering, “How did I manage all this last summer?”
After a couple weeks at the races, I was excited to get in my first real big training week of the year. This is what it looks like:

My mantras this week were, “I’m tired” and “Training is fun!” “Especially the long rides!” With our pretty fun winter trainer purgatory plan, I sometimes forget how much I miss the long training rides outdoors. This weekend’s ride was glorious. In the coming week, the plan is to rest and cut back on the running to let a little irritation in my left knee heal up.
Weekly Total: March 16-22, 2009

So, the 14hr weekly total is looking pretty good. Alas, I have no GPS system so my total distance data is lacking. Yes, I’m jealous of your cool gismo – No, I’m not paying $500 bucks to get me one. Back to the week, I was particularly pleased to complete the whole training plan with no skipped workouts. The next challenge is adding gym workouts back into the training mix. Coach – take note, I just figured out how to add my own items to the training plan on workoutlog. Athlete is mucking with the program – whoot whoot [chuckle]! School’s almost out too, which means the schedule will take another shake-up.