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8 mile hike in the morning and an hour of yoga in the afternoon!
5 miles easy run tomorrow 12/6
Crap, I just ran a marathon 5 days ago… Planned workout is a solid week of swimming to give my injured foot more recovery time.
No races (I haven’t turned a pedal in anger since my 2 year old was born) but I aim to squeeze in another couple of Bakery Rides in before the year is out.
An indoor Tri jan 4th to ring in the new year
6 miles around Central Park pushing a double stroller!
Five mile run in the morning, ok probably just 4.
With the weather in Calgary being pretty brutal for any outdoor cycling (other than winter commuting) and just getting back from a 2 week business trip to Asia – it looks like there will be a lot of early morning/late night trainer rides for me. Might be time to finally check out trainer road…
I guess it’s one advantage of jet lag, right?
Brick 24mile Ride 10k Run tomorrow.
70 miles ride with my new trek project one domane 6 on Sunday
Three weeks of sickness so will be happy to just get out and run 5km again anytime soon
Santa Run 5k at night with Christmas lights through a park on December 20th!
Xmas eve. run with friends up a 4 mile long hill (and then down again). It’s a tradition now.
Nothing special just biking on the indoor trainer for about an hour or so each day and commuting to work.
A 25 minute run. Trying to ease back in after an almost 3 year hiatus because of a foot injury.
I will need to update my 20-minute FTP for the indoors and begin the winter training…sit and spin!!
Swim
600 choice WU
6×50 :10
3(300 pull, 3×100 swim)
300 drill
400 CD enjoy!
Already got 5 days of good on-ski training days in locally – way ahead of schedule.
an hour and a half of TrainerRoad pain after taking L1 of CFA tomorrow
watching my husband on the trainer
13 miles tomorrow at about a 9:24 pace. It’s a nice hilly course.
sitting by the fire
10-miler with my running group on the 21st, after which we’re having a holiday cookie exchange. Yummm!
St George’s Beach, Geraldton, Western Australia
Long Course Triatlon
900 Swim / 34km Ride / 8km run
Last event of the year for me :)
Half Marathon tomorrow
Continuing the #RWRunStreak through the New Year!
13.1 mile run next weekend.
Going to do a nice long Sufferfest video on my trainer tomorrow. It seemed like a good idea at the time? I doubt it…
3-hour Bike/Run Brick this weekend.
Try to run 3-5km every weekend.
16 miler tomorrow.
90 minutes on the trainer tomorrow
Running my first half marathon (Jeff Galloway 13.1) on Dec.14 in Atlanta.
Abominable Snowman Ride a mountain bike ride on the Potawatomi trail
10k run with sprint intervals to increase my running speed for triathlons in 2015.
Racing the Santa Hat Hustle 5K in December in Michigan.
Going on a little mountain bike jaunt here in Korea – we definitely have the mountains for it! Over 1,000 feet of climb in the first two miles. On the colder days it will be indoor trainer on the road bike though…
10 miles of trail tomorrow… getting ready for a 50k in April
Trainer Road ride tomorrow with something from Netflix.
4 consecutive day training run for Disney Dopey Challenge coming up in Jan. thanks for these great offers and your reviews!
I am getting ready to start training for St. George 70.3 in May so Monday I have a 1 hour run scheduled. Hoping to do it outside weather permitting but will probably end up settling for the treadmill at the gym.
I going to run a hilly trail run of 10-12 miles with a friend to prepare for a half marathon in January.
New Year’s Eve 4 mile road race in downtown Fairfax, VA! Great end of year race and great competition!
12 mile tempo tomorrow for marathon build
22 mile group ride tomorrow, 15K race next week.
Too cold and wet for races here. Treadmill for me.
Gently start after, 1/2 year injury brake, hope to get better for nyc1/2…
Thanks to you DC, I purchased the Power2Max on sale!! Next week I will begin training with power! First on the list, FTP, thereafter sprints and intervals.
4 mile easy run in the rain tomorrow!
4:30 am morning runs, im doing my streak every other day!
First ever Marathon in Huntsville, AL…Rocket City Marathon…it’s an awesome newly redesigned course!
3 hr trainer ride on sunday.
A 90 minute date with the rollers and trainerroad Sunday. Thanks, Ray, for all the great info.
25km in Z2 Saturday morning…great way to start the weekend!
Fremont Frostbite Jan 31 is the next one, so cold runs until the .
3 hour zone 2 bike, Sun 7 December
The “Tri to Help” indoor triathlon outside of Baltimore next weekend.
10 mile easy run. Nothing special.
An hour on the trainer Saturday and a 10k run on Sunday.
Leading the weekly Downriver Cycling Club’s Wednesday night rides for 30 miles in Michigan’s subfreezing temperatures. Great workouts!
Working back towards a half marathon.
145km ride for the Torquay and Otway Classic Ride in just under 5 hours next April…and I’m going from riding a max distance of 30km at 25km/hr average.
Wish me luck!
New York Jets 5K on 12/7/14. They’re a horrible football team this year, but my brother-in-law is a big fan. Seemed like a great way to motivate him to start running!
12 x 500m repeats @600m pace with 1:00 rest on the erg.
The only workout I have planned is the first one…been off for a while attending to family and friend !! But I’m definitely looking forward to getting back to it….
Work trip run; dodging traffic in Brooklyn, NY
My most favorite race is the Bataan Memorial Death March (March 25th 2015) I am participating in this race since 2002. It was been mentioned in Runners World and other magazines. It is conducted in memory of the original march that took place during WWII. Civilians race next to members of the military. A very challenging but also heartwarming event.
I am doing an FTP cycling test on December 16th in my pain cave.
A nice easy recovery 5 miles tomorrow.
Have been reducing my cycling in recent months and adding running. So I have 1 60 mile cycling session before Jan 1 and my running is my second 10k race in preparation for my first half marathon next year.
Baton Rouge Beach Marathon, I’m doing the half. DEC 6, 2014
Some quality saddle time with trainer road and Amazon prime.
Ride 3 in Angeles acrest, run off the bike!
Two lengths of a 25m pool without stopping (tumble turn and butterfly kicks). Been taking swim lessons for my first tri next year after a prosthetic implant in my neck. Boom! Sorry for the passive brag but I’m well chuffed.
running my first half marathon Next weekend 14th dec, Dallas Half.
Tacx video time! Grossglockner with some epic tunes. :)
~3 hours of cross-country skiing every weekend in Kananaskis Country.
Chattanooga 70.3 :)
Run another marathon
Next weekend – Monday Night Brewing Westside 10k – Atlanta, Ga
as much mountain biking as I can fit in between now and then.
I’m back to the gym…so workout from Tuesday to Friday next week!
SufferFest a very dark place, tomorrow morning.
I have a tempo ladder run next Friday, which will be a new workout for me.
12 miles tomorrow at a moderate pace. Hope it stops raining before then, but I don’t think I will be that lucky. At least it isn’t snow!
1 hours Zone 2/3 ride on trainer or spin bike, followed by 6-8x 30sec/60sec sprints/rests on a treadmill.
This is my run for this Monday:
Easy aerobic engine building run with a focus on changing footstrike rate during workout
Warm Up: 10′ easy at self selected cadence
Main Set:
4′ @ 174 cadence, 1′ @ self selected cadence, 3′ @ 176 cadence, 1′ @ self selected cadence, 2′ @ 178 cadence, 1′ @ self selected cadence, 1′ @ 180 cadence, 1′ @ self selected cadence, 1′ @ 180 cadence, 1′ @ self selected cadence, 2′ @ 178 cadence, 1′ @ self selected cadence, 3′ @ 176 cadence, 1′ @ self selected cadence, 4′ @ 174 cadence
Cool Down: 10′ easy @ self selected cadence
Kiawah Island Marathon Dec 13
Two road races coming up run by my local bike group, one this Sunday, one in two weeks! Two laps, about 16 miles/500 ft climbing each lap.
Training for a ½ marathon
65 flights of stairs with a 40 lb vest. Ho Ho Ho.
Merry Christmas
I am pacing my 4 year old son in his first race (0.5 miles), the BlueBack Mitten Run, on Sunday.
Riding on my trainer. Every. Single. Sufferfest. Video. Twice.
Training for my first full marathon next year.
Bike workout:
w/u = 10min z2 90-95 rpm/10 min 95-105 rpm
strength repeats: on easy grade hill or trainer: 6×4 min at 60 rpm in zone on 2 min rest
w/d = 10 min 95-105 rpm/10 min z1 nice and easy
One hour on the bike trainer followed by a 5000y swim on Saturday morning – not necessarily the idea order but works with the time available.
Sufferfest: The Hunted & Revolver…back-to-back
Christmas rush 5k!
High intensity interval training at Versus Fitness (www.versus.com.au) which consists of battle ropes, rowers, kettlebell and dumbbell exercises, calisthenics and bikes.
i get to swim 100 100’s sometime before the end of the year with my swim group. I don’t know the exact date and honestly I don’t think I want to, I’ll just show up to a great surprise!