This was the third week of the four week block, which means it’s the highest volume week of the first block. I did almost all of my bike rides this week at 110% of the target power, and they felt pretty comfortable. That means that I’m gaining fitness, but it also means that I need to do another FTP test to recalibrate. I’ll do that at the beginning of week 5; it will hurt.
My running went well this week. I was running about 10:00/mile at a low Zone 3 heart rate last week. This week it was 9:45. My long run this week was twice as far as last week, a few beats per minute lower HR, and 15 seconds per mile faster. I’ll take it.
Unfortunately I learned this week that the 2018 IM Boulder bike course is about 114 miles. In 2015 my computer logged 110. That’s an extra 15ish minutes I need to shave off somewhere!
Next week, recovery week.
Week 3: 2700yd/1h22m swimming; 101.1mi/6h45m cycling; 13.6mi/2h20m running; 5400 calories
Cumulative: 7650yd/4h03m swimming; 232.5mi/15h45m cycling; 22.4mi/3h54m running; 11,800 calories