February Training Log

Total Days of Working Out = 14 days (+ 3 days of snowboarding)

Miles Running: 22.5 miles

Miles on Road Bike: 36 miles
Time on Stationary bike: 4.25 hours
Swimming: 0 yards
Starting Weight:  195 lbs
Ending Weight: 193 lbs

Overall was a frustrating month with balancing work and family priorities, and trying to get in the workouts I wanted to.  I felt like a lot of workouts were missed or significantly altered due to forces outside of my control or trying to be flexible with the intent of doing the workout later.  Lesson learned - Prioritize workouts and try to get them in as early as possible to avoid other priorities from taking over. 
Monday (2/1) - XXX bike - 45 min (6am)
Tuesday (2/2) - XXX bike - 45 min (6am)
Friday and Saturday (2/5 and 2/6) - Two full days of snowboarding: Great workout on the legs.  However ate and drank too much with friends over the weekend.
Monday (2/8) - XXX bike - 45 min (6am)
Wednesday (2/10) - Run 3 miles (6am)
Friday (2/12) - Run 3 miles (6am)
Saturday (2/13) - Run 3 miles (8am) - Ride planned - recieved word that my grandmother passed away.  Headed to Santa Rosa to be with Mom.

Monday (2/15) - 25 mile bike ride with my daughter in the afternoon.

Tuesday (2/16) - Track and Speedwork (5:30 AM)

• 800 warm up followed by Form Drills
• 3 x 800 with 2 min recovery (3:44, 3:51, 3:46)
• 6 x 400 with no recovery - with 100 yard drills (lunges, high skip, grapevine, backwards run, crossovers,etc)
• 800 cool down - (4:51)
• stretching and core work

Friday (2/19) - XX bike (6am) - 30 minutes - had to leave early for a meeting.

Saturday (2/20) - Run 22 minutes - (2.5 miles) loosen up for Sunday's run.

 Sunday (2/21) - Run 5 miles (48:23) at 9:00am.  Ate a bannana, and a cup of coffee before.  Spent the first 10 minutes going out easy to warm up.  Worked well for smooth breathing and legs.   This was the final 5 miles of the Vineman Ironman course.  Feeling much more confident about the run course now.  Just continue to train hills at home. The steepest hill took about 1 minute from bottom to top.  Picture from Starr Road and Slusser Road below.

Tuesday (2/23) - XXX bike - 45 min (6am)

Thursday (2/25) - XXX bike - 45 min (6am)

Saturday (2/27) - Run 2 miles (19:20)

Sunday (2/28) - Beautiful day snowboarding at Northstar (picture below). Got home before dark, did a quick change and road 11 miles (45 minutes) to Beals point (rolling hills).  Started out a little sluggish but finished strong.  Felt great to get out on the bike.