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This weekend I run (just ran it) http://www.TaraweraUltra.co.nz
Today, Saturday, I’m going for a three our long run preparing for my marathon in April. On sunday I do a 30 minute easy recovery jog. :_)
Saturday bike race at my club, plus riding to and from the club, 120km total.
Sunday depends on the legs, possible 90min recovery ride.
Saturday: 30M bike ride; Sunday: 10M run
I’ve got my first ever Belgian kermesse lined up for Saturday, then a long ride on Sunday to back it up
Saturday 66km biking
Sunday 21km easy running
Saterday:
2h bike with 10x 5 min uphill bit below AT (320watt), rest downhill (+/-3min) followed by 30min run first and last 10min 15km/u.
Sunday:
3.5h bike with 4x 12 min Z3
If enough energy, 1h core/strength training
This weekend I traveled 6 hours to run the shamrock half in VA Beach, VA. Thanks for the opportunity.
Just 10k slow, day depends on rain and wind :-(
With the bike getting repaired, it’s back to running. Slow 10km over hilly terrain to be precise.
Saterday:
2h bike with 4,8,12 min z3 rest 4 min between, followed by 45 min run first and last 10min 15km/u.
Sunday:
3.5h bike with 4x 12 min Z3
Sat : 10km full speed – 8km slow
Sun : 11km full speed – 6km slow
Orienteering in Portugal.
Saturday morning – 5k parkrun followed by 5k easy run
Saturday evening – 15k easy bike ride
Sunday is an easy 10k ride and breakfast at a cafe overlooking the ocean
Easy 2.5k swim Sat morning with a 6k run
100k on the bike Sunday
Running Twice. 10k ish
1h indoor trainer for today (it’s raining) and a 3h ride under the sun tomorrow! Thanks ;-)
Sunday morning 10K race… I hope it rains!
10k slow day depending on weather. Second entry as I made typo in email earlier, sorry.
Long run 25km
This weekend i plan to do the Pune Bicycle Championship Race PBCH.
Its an intense 10k hill climb.
Easy Saturday recovery.
1.5h speedplay run on Sunday.
Long run on Sat, Sun roller skating
Run run run, eat eat eat repeat, I love holiday weekends
Saturday: Rest (yay!)
Sunday: 12km easy running
On Sunday I will be doing some recovery swimming … after a morning marathon.
3 hour ride training for Ride the Rickies!
an easy run on Sunday – 13-15km
Swimming Manly to Shelly Beach and return. Try first run after many months of injury. Light 800m run on grass.
Today a 40k bikeride and tomorrow a 5k run, Just a quiet weekend.
Today I squeezed out a 10km run that was pretty difficult after the excesses of the previous night’s 11th wedding anniversary dinner and tomorrow my plan calls for 20×400’s. Really hoping the food, if not the wine, will be burnt off in that effort.
Sat – 1hr SUP paddle followed by 1hr Surf Ski then 40min Strength in the Gym
Sun – Run, swim, paddle at beach, evening long run
After a week down south for March break, it’s back to the cold. A couple of moderate distance runs this weekend and a few miles on the bike inside.
Ride on Saturday, and either ride again on Sunday or ski :)
I will be running 20 miles on Saturday and skiing on Sunday. I live in the Austrian Alps. :D
The wife and I will be getting out bikes out for the first ride of the year. Looking forward to sunshine and putting in some miles while getting back into shape.
Saturday: 45 min gym and 60 min easy run
Sunday: 70 min run.
Healing plantar fasciitis, so a short run and weight training this weekend!
After a week’s rest due to a minor injury I hope to HTFU and do a not so long run on sunday:45 at Z2.
Just two short runs, 45 min on Saturday, 1h on Sunday.
5 mile trail run w/ friends…
30 mile ride and at least an hour on the rollers.
40 mins pregnancy walk :)
Apart from working in the graden this weekend, I plan a 80 km cycling tour with some nice cobble sections around Ghent,BE
Saturday: 15 Km run
Sunday: 70 Km bike
Working on Saturday morning, so I’ll have the usual commute by bike 11kms each way. 10kms run before lunch or in the evening. Sunday morning early rise and 60kms by bike.
Marathon training – stage Going Further.
Saturday: 10km run (5km Comfort + 5 km Fast).
Sunday: 27km run (9km Fast + 18km Comfort) + Massage.
Well, I have to work 19 hours this weekend so I’ll be lucky if I fit in a short spin or two.
Saturday out on the trusty steed for a 40 mile ride and Sunday I might work on the guns, hey, people need to know which way the beach is…..
1hr spinning class.
Some 20km of mountainbiking through the local forest.
Volume part of the cycle is a bitch:
Friday 25k run
Saturday 60k bike /6k run
Sunday 140k bike
Saturday a ~2 hour MTB in the nearby forest
Sunday a 75k ride with my cycling team, nothing special :)
I’ll try to recover after flu and run a 15km distance
Sat afternoon regular tri club swim training.
Sun morning pulling on the front for most the 2.5 hour club bike training followed by a 6k brick run on my new shoes.
And ofcourse some tv watching endurance training (Paris-Nice and Tirreno) so I got all the 2014 teams and riders memorized before the big classics start!
A cycle ride on the Dubai Cycle track in the middle of the desert, and a quick run in the Dubai Marina. Finished with watching the Abu Dhabi international triathlon on TV.
Run 5k on saturday and then do a 60+ miles bike ride to train for ALC event.
Hi Ray,
Running 7k on saturday and 10k on sunday
regards
Matt
A long walk with family on Saturday and some TV watch (Formula One, soccer…) on Sunday.
I think that my boyfriend’s weekend will be harder (running, surfing, cycling…)
Bye! :D
Sat laundry
Sun quick 30 miles on the bike
Saturday morning: wake up at 9am, clean the house until 11am, go to work (walk/run in a restaurant) until 6pm. Eat and continue with cleaning and laundry. Sunday: sleep til wake up to gather enough energy, take a stroll (shopping, walk dog) and back home in the afternoon. Sunday evening: relaxing by cooking exotic food, clean up, prepare for next week. Each day is still full of motion. I might not have 6 packs, but still, in shape I am :)
Saturday – short 30 mins run
Sunday –
ride to sprint duathlon (15km)
sprint duathlon race (3km run + 20km bike + 3km run)
ride home (15 km)
Saturday – off, got a flu symptoms so it will be full rest day
Sunday – tomorrow i will accompany my friend for his first 10km long run. Yeah it is “only” 10km, but for person who run 2.5km twice a week it is indeed a long run for him :)
Sat: 40 km of mtb
Sun: surfing and running 7km
Drinking some beers!
My plans are core workout, 1 hour run, and bike riding
Saturday: fly cross Europe, back home
Sunday: easy 1k Swim follow by easy 10k run
Thanks!
Regards
GB
This weekend i’ll be crossing 25 de Abril bridge, in the beggining of the Lisbon Half Marathon (link to meiamaratonadelisboa.com), and i bet that i’ll witness the fall of the World Record!
Sat: 4×12 threshold run
Sun: Cross country skiing
Have a good weekend all!
only a long walk because i am just too tired….!
1h30 of baby sitting on Saturday
1h run on Sunday
Lots of siestas!
Back to real training next week
Good week end!
6 easy miles on Saturday and Sunday. I’ve been sidelined for the past few months because of an injury. Gained 22 lbs so I’m forced to run slow for now. Ugh. So embarrassing.
Saturday – Newy (Newcastle Australia) Parkrun
Sunday – 15-20 km Ride
Going to a wedding and then hopefully a short ride tomorrow.
Short run tonight and interval training on sunday
Sat: 180km ride, 12km brick run. Sunday sprint triathlon
Plan on doing some lower body strength training today and an easy 6k run as I’m still recovering from a knee injury. I’ve a 3h ride scheduled for Sunday, mostly easy paddling with some sweet spot stuff mixed in.
I have just done a 7 mile run this morning (Saturday). 18 mile long steady on Sunday. St. Pat’s parade on Monday, all 200meters of it :). Not joking about the distance either. And hopefully Ireland will beat France today in Stade de France and win the Six Nations.
Today and tomorrow a 10k run in the beautiful city of Groningen, The Netherlands.
Only swimming and elliptical this weekend, trying to get rid of a nagging pain in the foot when running.. Hopefully back to running next week! ^^
Will rest on saturday. Had to scrap my long ride plans for sunday, so I’ll do some shorter run instead.
Easy 10k on Saturday, work around the house on Sunday.
80 km road ride around Ticino valley north Italy. Great scenery among countryside, river and old abbeys.
Heavy core workout planned, with some rowing intervals.
Not going to do much, 15km cycling on Sunday
Saturday: 4 * 5 min tempo intervals
Sunday: 1,5h long slow distance
out on the bike both today and tomorrow and squeeze in a swim if I can!
A 20 mile run today, recovery w/ BBQ tomorrow :)
1 hour Weight training today, heavy basics day, then 35 miles tomorrow on my new bike. I’m training for the London to Brighton ride on June to raise money for an AED at the gym I am going to today.
I’m a cardiac athlete. http://Www.cardiacathletes.com.
I use a polar RCX5 and your reviews helped me massively when I didn’t know what I needed. Ps – the ability the set zone limits manually was the key feature as if I hit much over 150’s I’m in trouble. So two years ago when I started looking at training tech you helped me survive when I train, literally.
Now using the RCX to train weights and spin, and using a wahoo RFLKT+ with a duo trap and wahoo BlueSC HRM’s on a iPhone 4s, even works with my BT headphones, super setup!.
Not sure where I got the info to decide on all this stuff.?… some IT guy in Paris who bakes cakes with a girl ?…lol
It’s works really well. If I win, I’ll buy a turbo trainer as it’s still a bit nippy in the mornings to get out and ride
Thanks and keep up the amazing work, it’s more important than you might think…………
Adrian
Sat: 1 1/2hr Mtn Bike ride
Sun: 1hr Run
Taking it easy. I messed up my ITBand pretty badly.
Plain old physical work in the field planned for the evening!
I would sort of die running outside right now. So I’m technically just going to be living in the gym this whole week.
Today a swim is on the schedule, but I’ll swap it for a bike ride because of the beautiful wheater. Tomorrow a 45 run.
Resting day on saturday because of particule pollution near Paris (sounds like an excuse) and a Cyclosportive on Sunday :)
Saturday repair the bike I broke last weekend
I’m going to go to my garage, look at my bike, then go back inside and sleep some more. Then, maybe I’ll suit up and actually go for a group ride with the local bike shop. ;-) Just kidding, the group ride is a given on Saturday morning.
WU: 5-10’ building to HRZ 2
MS: 45’ steady running in HRZ 2.
CD: 5’ in HRZ 2.
And hill repeats if I can find a damn hill!
1800m crawl and 55 minutes of runnig. Might be a small weight training workout on sunday.
10 km running and 1 hour easy turbo. 1000 m swimming.
SAT. 2hour rollerskiing, sun, running intervals 4*4.
Cheers,
Marcus
5K run today
Skiing tomorrow :)
First run in 3 months after knee issue.
One hour running z3 with warm up and cool down. easy ride on sunday 100km. 1 hour swimming.