Week 9 started off well. The full rest day on Christmas was great for many reasons, then it was back to the pool on Tuesday. The main set was 10x100yd. I was able to negative split nearly the whole set with my fastest 100s in the low 1:40s/100yd. The final swim of the week was just over a mile continuous swim and I held just over 2:00/100yd. So clearly I still need to work on sustained pace!
On the bike, the power workout went well. The long ride was over three hours on the trainer (roughly one Patriots/Jets game). That’s a long time to spend on the trainer, but I felt great at the end of the workout, so I’ll take it.
The running workouts were great this week. I did three sessions on the treadmill and one outdoor session. 11 miles of running outside when the wind is blowing at 30mph was a bit challenging, but I was able to do it at sub-9:30 pace average. That was about 10:15 with the wind in my face and 8:45 with the wind at my back! I’ve never seen that much difference between my splits while running. But I’ve never run many miles with a 30mph wind before either! Hair game on point, though.
I did the long run on Saturday, and the continuous swim and long bike on Sunday. Combined I basically did a 70.3 distance workout spread over 24 hours. This is definitely the best shape I’ve been in at the end of December in a really long time.
Week 9: 5150yd/2h12m swimming; 65.2mi/4h15m cycling; 21.0mi/3h14m running; 5600 calories
Cumulative: 30,150yd/14h42m swimming; 612.2mi/41h24m cycling; 97.6mi/15h51m running; 38,700 calories