Week 3...

Well week 3 is done and the work continues. The weather is starting to cooperate a little bit more, which I am beyond excited about. Even though we had some yo-yo temperatures the last couple of days, it has shaped up to be some good training weather for the most part.

What I am excited for the most in the coming weeks is that with the return of nicer weather I will finally be able to take my bike off its trainer in the basement, and hit the pavement with some riding outside. Right now with a high temperature of 79 forecast for Friday I am hoping to get in my first outdoor ride of 2013. In a perfect world it would be a 30-40 mile ride, and if the weather holds up there really isn't any reason it shouldn't be.

However, good training definitely leads to some sore body parts and some fatigue. But I guess that is all part of the process, breaking the body down a little to build it back up. Might just need to try and schedule a nap or two at some point in the weeks to come.

So before I jump into week 4, here is a little re-cap of week 3...

Swim - 2.7 miles
Bike - 40 miles
Run- 5 miles
Weightlifting - 2.5 hours
Boxing - 30 minutes

3 weeks down.....10 weeks to go

 

Training in progress...

Yes, even though sometimes I don't feel like its going to plan, I am actually officially in training for Ironman Texas. Needless to say not only are the physical aspects of the training challenging, so far the mental aspect of working around things outside of my control are even more so. In the first two weeks of training I have dealt with 70 degree temperatures one day to 12 inches of snow 3 days later(which as you can imagine makes getting to the gym 30 miles away hard, and the possibility of doing anything outside even harder).

When I originally signed up for the race I was living in south Texas. Where the winters were 60-70 degrees, and I could run and bike outside year round. Since then, I have moved to North Central Kansas where the winters are anything but that. Even though in all reality it has been a mild winter here by historic central plains standards, being able to do exercise outside has still been a challenge. Given the fact I absolutely hate running on the treadmill it has produced quite the quandary. However I digress, it is the first week of March and hopefully I am starting to see light at the end of the tunnel as it is supposed to be in the low 60s towards the end of the week. But until then I will continue to make the best use of the gym as much as a I can, and continue to make at least a little progress until I can crank it up outside.

So we are in the start of week 3 and hopefully this week the weather will treat me a little better than the first two weeks have. But even so, here is a recap:

Week 1:

Swim - 2 miles
Bike - 25 miles
Run - 6 miles
Weight lifting - 3 hours



Week 2:

Swim - 1.2 miles
Bike- 36 miles
Run - 2 miles
Weight lifting - 2.5 hours


T-minus 11 weeks left, and still a lot of work to do.