Monday, January 14, 2008

Strauss Training Log, Week of Jan 7, 2008

Monday, 171 pounds:
Run, 55', 6.5 miles as very hilly, steep climb with Marvin. Hammered the downhill for a good shot to the quads.

Tues:
Run, AM, 45', 5.5 miles, easy run with Sonny and Riley. Sonny did so well! Very proud of the dude!

Bike, Lunch, 1:03, 16.5 miles, 68 TSS, .80 IF, 220 Pnorm, Met Marvin and were going to climb 2 x Chantry as 2 x 20' very solid TT efforts. Gate was closed and rather than risk another trespassing ticket...we did some urban climbing. We were running late so a short ride. Nice to get out out there.

Wed:
Run, AM, 57', 7.4 miles, very hilly and challenging run with Marvin. Riley came along and was a freak, per usual.

Thur:
Run, AM, 1:20, 9 miles, forgot GPS. Thurs long run group leaving from the Rose Bowl at 6:30am. We ran north on the trail to the horse trough. Felt pretty good, no foot pain. Hip tightness but nothing major. Next week will add about 10' as a climb up West and down Salvia Canyon, then add more and more climbing in the last 30'. Will probably top this out at 1:45 for a long time, just running harder instead of longer. Riley joined us, still going more than strong all the way back to the car.

Friday: off

Saturday: Pasadena Tri Club Resolution Ride
49 miles, 2:56, 224 TSS, .86 IF
This is a annual ride we do, intent is to create a wicked hilly and scenic route through the towns here in the foothills. This years route was tweaked from the last 2-3: shorter, steeper climbs, better neighborhoods. Definitely one I want to take people on if they visit me from out of town.

Sunday: Resolution Ride Redo, starting and finishing from my house. We also cut out some of the gratuitous climbs, as we just wanted a ride, not punishment :-)
44 miles, 2:52, 227 Pnorm, 196 TSS, .826 IF

All in all, a great training week and I'm really digging the accountability systems I've created. Week of Jan 14 will be 5 x runs and mid 30s mileage. LOTS of quality and I hope I can keep this up!

As a prelude to this week, today I weighed 169.2lb, so yeah me!

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