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<\/p>\nPerspective is such a weird thing.\u00a0 Three months ago I was training like 12-15 hours a week.\u00a0 Now, getting in 5 hours is a stretch.<\/p>\n
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Although, new mountain bikes and pretty trails (not actually pictured because I was too busy trying not to die) help things along a lot.<\/em><\/p>\n When you’re in the thick of a big build, you’re like, how on earth will I fill up this time?\u00a0 If I don’t ride bikes all Saturday, will I be so bored?\u00a0 Will my butt fuse itself to the couch?\u00a0 The answer is: not so much.\u00a0 I ignore so much of life when I’m triathloning a lot, and then when it comes back into focus… I realize how “normal” people feel.\u00a0 How sometimes it’s challenging to prioritize workouts over real life stuff.\u00a0 When I’m training, that’s just how it is – it goes work, triathlon, and then EVERYTHING else.<\/p>\n Right now it’s like work, to do list, appointments, social events, fun stuff, playing bikes with people and then the rest of triathlon.\u00a0 As it should be right now, because #offseason.\u00a0 However, it’s been two months and I think I’d like to see what a few weeks of focused, specific (while still minimal) training can do.\u00a0 It will be a balance of still prioritizing other stuff but the time I spend training will be a little less playtime and a little more structured.<\/p>\n The first thing is to get some metrics.\u00a0 Before the end of this month, my goal is to measure all these things:<\/p>\n I tried to pick things that seemed doable each month but also usable metrics.\u00a0 The FTP test is a good hour long cycling workout.\u00a0 The MAF test is actually a pleasant run pace, not like a 5k race.\u00a0 The 1 mile run should be short enough to not need a ton of recovery.\u00a0 I considered a 1000m swim test but I end up putting those off a lot so I picked the shorter distances (since I’m doing sprints anyway it’s more applicable).<\/p>\n I love swimming.\u00a0 I love swimming fast (not pictured here but whatevs).\u00a0 But I do not love swimming fast for a long time.<\/em><\/p>\n The challenge is that this week and next week are cray-cray (as the kids probably don’t say anymore).\u00a0 My goal will be to get the FTP and probably one of the run tests done this weekend, and the swims and other run test will be next week.\u00a0 I’m sure once I start lifting I’ll have other metrics I want to do there, but for now, until my cranky pirformis is 100%, there we are.<\/p>\n Last week:<\/p>\n So, you see, the frequency is up there, but the duration is not.\u00a0 It feels good to get a little movement every day, so it works out.\u00a0 None of this has felt overwhelming, nor should it, at 4.5 hours.<\/p>\n This week is definitely scheduling workouts around life with a lot of ?.<\/p>\n Since this is the week of social things and appointments and errands, it’s either early morning or late late night some days for stuff and it’s offseason.\u00a0 So, nope!\u00a0 I’d love for this to be my return to structured training, life has said NAH.\u00a0 So, I’ll roll with it as best I can.<\/p>\n I’m really deep down the rabbit hole right now reading about healthy eating for athletes.\u00a0 I wrote up about 2000 words just on Maffetone’s nutrition theories, but honestly?\u00a0 No one probably wants to read that but me.\u00a0 So, I will attempt to be as brief as possible in the summary of how I’m applying it to my life last week and this week.<\/p>\n Right now it’s a balance around here.\u00a0 Lots of the top right, but some of the bottom right as well.<\/em><\/p>\n We always start with the low hanging fruit around here, so here’s what I’ve been trying for:<\/p>\n One big salad a day, just like my iguana…<\/em><\/p>\n So, here we go.\u00a0 How did things go last week?<\/p>\n DQ score: Monday: 14.\u00a0 Tuesday: 9.\u00a0 Wednesday: 25. Thursday: 22.\u00a0 Friday: 21. Saturday: 21.\u00a0 Sunday: -1 (race day).\u00a0 Average comes out to approximately 16 (out of 32).<\/p>\n I can definitely see what’s up here.\u00a0 Monday I wasn’t really concentrating on the new rules.\u00a0 Tuesday I wasn’t either and had some alcohol.\u00a0 Wednesday – Saturday, I did a pretty good job.\u00a0 Not perfect, but I’d be happy if I could replicate that most days right now.\u00a0 Baby steps.\u00a0 Sunday was race day, which meant junk food and drinks.\u00a0 I actually think I did decently in terms of not being a complete jerk with the food – for lunch I consumed one slice of pizza and a salad, and for dinner we had a baked rigatoni dish with extra broccoli and chicken, but with the alcohol and lots of refined carbs (and not much else), the score went ker-splat.\u00a0 That’s fine.<\/p>\n As we get through this week of all the social party type events and eat up our leftovers with refined grains, I think I’ll be able to raise this score a lot in the coming months with a little time and attention.\u00a0 However, it is a BITCH to sift through your food like this.\u00a0 Like wayyyy more than counting calories.\u00a0 I won’t do this forever.\u00a0 Once I’m reasonably happy with my score (bringing it up to the low to mid 20s on average), I’ll stop counting it every week.<\/p>\n I’ve been excited to let the pendulum swing the other way for a while, concentrating on being a normal human but this week it is really really on the other side.\u00a0 Social engagements (because this is my SAY YES season) and appointments we’ve been putting off comprise most of the weekdays this week.\u00a0 So, it’s busy busy busy!<\/p>\n Super excited to actually go use this thing instead of just running errands about it and spending money on it.\u00a0 Next week…<\/em><\/p>\n So, how did I fare last week?<\/p>\n Instead of things that kept us off our feet on Saturday, we test rode and purchased mountain bikes.\u00a0 Considering this was on the big to do list as well, I’ll call it a wash.\u00a0 Also, earlier in the week, we saw a coworker kill it in the Pirates of Penzance opening night.\u00a0 It was super nice to be able to do stuff like that.\u00a0 Offseason!<\/p>\n This week, I may have to cheat and put down a few more than three things, but we have a super mellow weekend planned so it should work out.<\/p>\n Trial Run.\u00a0<\/strong> We need to set up the pop up, run all the things (water, power, etc) for a little while, and make sure everything is working properly.<\/p>\n Finish the shredding in the office.\u00a0<\/strong> This is now becoming the “clean out the car” of the season.\u00a0 I really just need to do this, if for no other reason than to make some forward momentum progress.<\/p>\n Get the DDR pad set up.\u00a0<\/strong> Since I’m not doing a lot of formal training this week, it would be REALLY nice to have this as an option to do whenever at home in the AC.\u00a0 This is also my present for getting the office done.<\/p>\n Pick a weekend for our next friends game day.\u00a0<\/strong> It was super fun and I don’t want the tradition to die.<\/p>\n The contrast to that mellow weekend is an insane week.\u00a0 We’ve had\/got:<\/p>\n Plus, we’re hitting a big milestone this week at work, so it’s been rather hectic around there as well.\u00a0 Is it the weekend yet?<\/p>\n\n
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Finish the shredding in the office.<\/del>\u00a0<\/strong> Nope.\u00a0 It will go on the list this week too.\u00a0 This is the curse of the office.\u00a0 We do a little to the point where it’s not a complete disaster, but it never gets finished.\u00a0 Hopefully we can break the curse this year.<\/li>\nPop up registration.\u00a0<\/strong> (this is actually done thanks to my awesome husband!)<\/del><\/p>\n\n