8.24 - 8.30 Schedule

supposed to have a big week here (11:15)... not sure how I can do the saturday stuff though... may have to substitute more trainer riding
mon - strength
did this at lunchtime. Was able to go through easier now that I know all the exercises (even found the back-extension table thing). I kept most of the weights and reps the same, don't want to push it too much. Will probably try to go up in a few next week.
tue - swim 1:00
Swam for 1:00 after dropping Fox off at school. Went 2200m, with 15-20s rests between every 50m. My breathing seems to be improving, I can go two whole strokes per breath, sometimes 3 (for me a stroke is left-right... that may really be 2 "strokes").
- run 1:00
Ran after work. I ran for an hour, going almost exactly 5 miles (whoa there... slow down)... with 4 1-minute intervals of el speed in there.
wed - bike 1:00
Rode the trainer, but only for about 35 minutes before I started getting sore. I don't know why, but it seems like I can't sit in the saddle for very long on the trainer. I need to try to ride outside more instead and see if that is any better.
thu
went to the doctors thursday about my problems sleeping. One thing she said was that I need to exercise earlier if possible. So, I went soon after 5 to try to go swim and run. Of course, there is some water aerobics class in the pool from 5:30-6:30... so I decided to run first.
- run :30
ran on the treadmill for :30. Was at 4.5mph or 4.3 mph... slow pace trying to keep my hr down. Toward the end my hr was about 140.
- swim 1:00
for the swim today I was supposed to do wind sprints. I had forgotten that the book says you should be well rested before starting... so much for that. I did a little warmup (had already warmed up running), then I started. I did 16 50m sprints, times started at 45s, but got up to almost 55s. I would rest until the next whole minute (so ~1:15 rest). I haven't done the time trial my book suggests yet, which is supposed to be used to measure these sprints. I just estimated I would be about 1:00 per 50 in the TT (that may be a little slow, but is close I think).
fri - bike :45
rode this morning. Only ended up doing :35 minutes. was supposed to be an easy flat ride, but living where I do, that is hard to do in any direction from the house. Went 7.8 miles, for a 13.2 mph avg. Avg hr was 143 (not quite as slow as I should, but not too bad).
sat - swim 1:00
- run 1:00
didn't do this because I had Fox all weekend.
sun - bike 3:00
ditto for sunday