Training Log Archive: ginger

Event: QOC Lake Needwood
 

Green - Splits

Easy spinning while at my tri bike fitting appointment. Went well, a few fairly easy tweaks, and the bike already seems much more comfortable.

Still under a pollen-induced fog, and it was borderline unpleasantly humid out. Did a few minutes warm-up jog, then 1-2-3-4-4-3-2-1 tempo intervals, with 1-2 minutes rest between (shamelessly stolen from Alex's log). Tempo sections were feeling comfortably hard at ~8:10-8:20/mile, which was a pleasant surprise considering my eyes and sinuses still feel a size too large.

Allergies were once again bad enough that I wasn't feeling super motivated to go to practice tonight, but I figured I'd already missed Monday's practice due to allergies and tri recovery, so I slogged through the workout anyway. Fortunately, none of the sets was longer than 200, which gave me ample time to catch my breath and get my ears/sinuses sorted out.

Feeling much better today, apparently sneaking out (not really, I just stood up at 0900, announced I felt like sh!t, and I'd see everyone in the morning) to take a 2 hour nap yesterday was just the ticket. Also the pollen count was a bit lower, and the weather was gorgeous, so off I went for a base loop. I do need to suck it up and start riding with the local club, though. Several people have told me they tend to be "intense", which is always said with enough hesitation that it's clear this is meant to be a bad thing, but I really need an extra push to get faster on the bike again. Maybe dangling off the back end of a pace line for a bit would be a good incentive.

Feeling good after my ride, so figured a 20 minute easy run was in order. Legs felt pretty good- just a little cramping in the quads for the first 2-3 minutes, but getting used to the transition is why we do bricks, right?