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Friday: Zone 1 easy 10k run
Saturday: 35km LSD run
Sunday: Rest Day + Pizza Eating.
W00t ! First comment. Means I probably won’t win thou’
Since when has 1 ever been a random number … ;)
I am planning a 30km trail run. Here in Japan, cherry blossoms season is already over, but we can enjoy the view of beautiful Mt. Fuji!
Bugger, beaten by a short head …
thanks, as always, for offering the giveaway! this weekend i’m spinning on sunday. if i’m lucky, i’ll have enough energy saturday afternoon to make it out for a nice jog, too :).
I’m doing Columbia brick nick with the DC Tri club :) planning on 60 miles bike followed by a 5 mile brick
Whiskey 50 off-road. Only problem is, I am coming back from a broken clavicle (it hasn’t really healed yet). So, even though it is a race, I am going to take some video. It should be fun either way.
Gonna try to get a 6 mile run on Saturday morning followed by a light Brazilian Jiu Jitsu work out in the afternoon, and then a 30-40 mile ride on Sunday morning.
Planning on a 11-12 mile run this weekend. And studying for finals, which is a kind of training, right?
50k trail race as a (hopefully) training run, followed by another 13mi the next day
My goal is 6 miles!
Road race on saturday and 90 minute run on sunday weather permitting. It could do anything!
Long cycling on the week-end.
@Gabroe: A bike followed by a brick would be a BBrick (see Cevelo for pronunciation). A brick is a bike followed by a run. Don’t mind me, I’m just bitter because my knee is messed up so I’m not doing bikes or runs this weekend, just swimming with a pull buoy :-(
I will be doing a 12 mile run and hopefully riding my new Trek 2.3 Bike for a nice sunday ride. Marathon next weekend. Gotta take down my brother.
A really, really hard rest and recovery as I taper for IMSG.
I’ll run a 50K trail race on Saturday in Sweden. It’s called Runner’s World Lidingö Ultramarathon. I’ve done it once before. The course around the Lidingö island in the center of Stockholm is awesome!
Friday – Couch to 5K Week 1 Day 3
Saturday – Yoga and maybe a strength circuit
Sunday – rest
Cant wait for my first Train half-marathon
Something long and hilly down by the ocean. Hopefully a trail run too, but that remains to be seen.
Heading to the coast for a nice relaxing weekend to celebrate my husband’s birthday, where hopefully I’ll get a nice longish run in. Thanks for the awesome giveaway.
I am unfortunately still rehabbing my knee, so I’ll be doing some indoor strength workouts, then a few easy miles to keep the knee warmed up.
Just a short 20km training run and a swim along with a bike ride :-)
Bike and run so much I wont worry about swimming.
Most of my weekend will actually be spent at my children’s soccer games (I currently have all 4 of my boys playing- daughter does dance, and I coach one of the teams). I am going to try to work in a 3-4 mile run on Saturday, probably in the evening. Sunday is always a rest day for me :)
thank you for the chance
this weekend
15 miles training for June 2nd half marathon
We’ll participate in the so-called “Days of Truth”, a 3-days-triathlon-event in Austria:
Friday: swim 1.500 m
Saturday: time-trial 40k
Sunday: run 10k
Lots of fun and sweat ahead :-)
Love your blog!!! gabi from austria
Will join a 5K charity run this weekend.
I am doing a duathlon on Saturday, it’s my first one ever. Sunday I am going to volunteer at a half marathon.
My plan is at least two long bikerides, one of them on my montainbike.
Well a week to go to Ironman Australia so it won’t be anything particularly astounding.
Saturday will be a steady ride with some brief big gear efforts thrown in.
Sunday will be a run to and from the local pool (4k each way) with a 3000m swim in the middle.
Hoping to do a ride with USC Cycling Benefit Ride, 50 hilly miles…cheers
I plan on setting a distance record for the year thus far, 9 miles! Woot Woot!
Hi Ray! My Plan is to do a good long run on saturday, where the last 5k are going to be a bit faster (preparation for a half marathon in 1,5 weeks). On sunday I’m gonna enjoy a slow nice bikeride :)
Awesome giveaway! Planning for thirty miles on the bike & a 5k on my toes! :)
Sarah
I will be doing a long run getting ready for a Hal marathon!
Ron
Not something special planned for the weekend. Just an easy 5 km.
april 27th is the day for terry fox run here in dubai. i’ll be participating hoping that the human race will beat cancer one day. april 28th is the 10K dubai desert run. and i’ll be doing some 50 km cycling later on the same day.
Saturday, probably a long row with my crewmates, i havent check the schedule yet.
Sunday, i’ll probably volunteer for a local swimming club.
I will be doing a long distance training run for the marathon that I will doing the following weekend.
I`ll be biking easy trying to recover from a discectomy.
An easy 5 – 10K with my sister in PARIS!!!!
I’m planning my last long run in the build up to the Hamner Half marathon the following weekend. I’m also hoping for a 100k+ social bunch ride on Sunday. On a different note typo? (first paragraph) ‘week left in May’?
Hi, I’m training myself for my first marathon here in France.
Running the Eugene (Oregon) marathon on Sunday. Saturday workout is rest day.
I have a 3 day trail race on the cards: 25km mountain, 30km forest, 20km coast (Southerncross).
should be fun.
10 km run in the morning + 10 km run in the evening
20km time trial to get the rust out of the winter legs.
Friday – 14 mile run as part of training for my first half marathon.
Saturday – 25 mile bike ride for my cross train day.
Sunday – Rest
Trail run in pacific spirit park here in Vancouver Saturday then bike ride Sunday!
Thanks for sharing!
Some MTB Skillz training on sat, (yes, ‘skillz’ with a ‘z’) and a long bike/run brick on sun.
I’m training for the Berlin marathon. This Sat I’ll have the usual long run, Sun is rest day for me.
Friday: stag party
Saturday: rehabilitation, easy 10K if up to it
Sunday: 20 K long run
Planning on running with the girlfriend for ~18k on trails in prep for her upcoming half.
Mountain bike session on Saturday and half marathon training on sunday
Friday: Pre-race Rest
Saturday: Race NSW Club Champs (Australia)
Sunday: Recover and drive home.
Two hours at LT pace with some technical trails thrown in.
If I can fit time in between helping look after my newly born son (April 19th) and my other 4.5 yo son, I plan on a brick session of 1 hour on the trainer at home and 30 mins of street running around the block.
Prepping for 3K Swim on May st and my first Tri http://www.moganshantriathlon.com
SO weekend, 5:00 am Bike Ride
7:00 Swim 2 hours.
Run on Sunday
Hi there.
Friday 18 km trail running in C. de Campo in Madrid.
Sunday 50 km MTB in the north part of Madrid Sierra.
Thanks for your reviews. Love your blog.
Cheers
Saturday: 3hour long ride @ steady
Sunday: 2h long run
Unfortunately there is no races in radius 250km;/
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I recently lost my phone and really really need a gadget to record my runs/rides.
My current goal is to recover from a knee injury and be able to ride to work on the bike to work day on May 10th.
Ashutosh Kaushik
ashutoshkaushik@gmail.com
just hoping to get out for a ride
I’m going for a nice, long bike ride!
toponi@yahoo.com
Saturday: 40 km bike
Sunday: 2 km swim
Tough Mudder… nuff’ said : )
since it been a while the i not running cuz of hectic weeks, i plan to run at least 10km tomorrow and 15km+ for weekends…. yossshhhh!
A 60 mile bike ride.
wanted to be #69, but ill take this :) bring it!!!
I’m going to start my couch to 5K regimen this weekend! WooHoo!
i am a huge fan of your blog!
Might head out to the You Yangs on Friday after work for some mountain biking and then a bit of a run on Sunday. Saturday is daughter’s netball for U17(2) for Drysdale and they are 3 wins and 0 losses.
Saturday: 16k easy run
Sunday: 50-60k bike ride and a bee in the evening ;)
10k run around the neighborhood.
I am hoping for a 5K cross/country run (grassy groomed course), and a 10K trail run on Sunday. The 5K may be replaced by a 10K road race … depending on a person that I run with.
I’m still recovering from the 24 hour run for cancer at Sandy Bottom, so I will rest on Friday. Saturday, I intend to explore the forgotten abandoned Camp Patrick Henry in Newport News, VA by running an easy 7-8 miles through the overgrowth of the WWII POW camp. Sunday-an easy bike spin for 45 minutes.
-Peter W.
This weekend I’m decorating and fitting outside lights :o( Three 5 miler training runs next week though ;o)
In sweden we have Walpurgis Night this weekend which means a lot of partying instead of training.
Back to back 60+ mi hilly local endurance rides with t-runs and a swim thrown in
Getting ready for the Kemah Olympic Distnce Race. Can’t wait to jump off the paddle boat for the swim!
Let me see if I can write a lucky comment this time!
Going to the Pyrenees (South of France) for, at least, a long run in the still snowy mountains….
Century ride and beer. Not sure about the order of those two items yet….
First Open water swim of the year
My Garmin 405 is crapping out, finger’s crossed!
Friday: 6 (e)
Saturday: 18 (m)
Sunday: 7 (M) + 6x1600m
I’ll be doing a 5-mile race pace run on Sat, and a 12 mile long run on Sun. I’m training for a Half-Marathon race in Athens, Greece
I plan to do a nice Montana trail run with my brand new New Balance MT110s!
after finishing the rocknroll madrid marathon I guess that i’m just going to walk a bit :)
Actually going away on holiday this weekend, but I will be putting in 10kms on the beach for a 30km Mountain race I am doing on the 6th May. The Jonkershoek Mountain Challenge in the Western Cape of South Africa. Gonna be 1877m of vertical height gain in beautiful country.
Great! Hope to have some luck this timeee!
I have planned 10mile xc race in Estonia.
Howdy!
I´m doing a free running night trail!
Greetings from Portugal!
A bust one planned – a mixture of cycling and rowing: 10km cycle to boat club each morning and then 2 1 hours sessions on the water in a variety of boats 1x, 2-, 4+. Then cycle home. I am still looking for the “one device” that can give me GPS, HR, running & cycling cadence, and rowing stroke rate. any ideas?
Saturday: 7 AM swim (about 2.5k) and 60k ride ride after!
I will run the “Trail des Balcons d’azur” 53km this week end in south of france
Today is rest day :)
Training on Texel near my parents house. A ride over the island, with some hilly intervals
Saturday: LSD 25km
Sunday: Rest