My training plan is broken down into 4 phases:
Adaptation
Aerobic
Endurance
Competitive
This week is the last week of the adaptive phase. Saturday I road 33 miles. Sunday I road 30 miles, then ran 10 miles (3 hour workout). This morning I swam an easy 1,500 yards.
Yesterday's brick workout was challenging. I road hard on my trainer, and starting out running hard (in the rain) but had to slow way down at mile four. I literally think my lungs cramped up. Likely a diaphragm cramp, or stress, or over-use. I had to walk a bit to get my breathing back. Weird - has never happened before. I still ran another six miles, and the last two were my fastest.
The cold conditions caught me off guard, when I stopped running. It rained the whole time and I was slightly underdressed. To add to the chill, upon completion, I iced both knees for 20 minutes to kill the mild pain I was feeling. And then drank two glasses of wine - my form of ibuprofen. Looking forward to this week - I'm going to try to hit it hard, next week is a 'rest' week - 1 hour workouts daily, but all easy.
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