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Plan to ride on Saturday, run on Sunday
Maybe a little spin on Sunday,
Saturday is Handball-time :)
90 km bike ride tomorrow morning and veg for rest of the weekend (it’s thanksgiving in Canada)
Cooler weather will mean putting up the road bike and breaking out the MTB!
Probably a run and some pie eating (canadian thanksgiving ;) )
Long run Saturday, easy bike on Sunday.
Just plan to do some casual biking this weekend, an 80k circuit around the city.
5k tempo run on local trail by river, listening to the birds sing.
Running and framing my basement. Then sleeping from eating too much turkey!
This is a long weekend in Canada… so hopefully lots of riding!
Canadian Thanksgiving. Long ride, cyclocross tempo training ride, and a long hike in the woods.
Hi,
though I just made post number 2021 or something, I’d love to have a Garmin 520.
I started Training with Trainerroad thanks to your posting around it just 3 weeks ago and I’m really into it.
Riding 4 times a week, tomorrow (like yesterday) will be a nice ‘Virginia’ in my basement (on a Tacx smart trainer).
Love to read your Blog!
BR Claus
After being sick for 3 of 4 weeks, just getting on the bike is a win for this weekend.
Run + swim
Will go for a a few brisk laps (~20km) of Regents Park on the bike tomorrow morning, and on Sunday morning a ride out to Box Hill and back (80km). Should be some good sunny weather to ride in, can’t wait!
I’m be pre-riding a 50-mile gravel grinder course before next weekend’s fundraiser ride for the local Kids on Bikes chapter. I’ll probably also get a mountain bike ride in since it is Fall and it’s such a beautiful time to be out in the mountains.
Steve
I’ll try to recover from the 1800m climb ride I just got back from.
So granny-paced 1h ride ;)
My plan is simple:
Saturday- 15K trek run
Sunday- 50K bike.
Saturday swim (2k), sunday 50k ride
Weekend off from training.
Back on the bike and doing at least 25 miles Saturday!
Some casual running
Long ride if it doesn’t rain :-(
Long steady run saturday, and interval session on sunday, with som sprints.
A run on the beach
Just a local 5k this weekend.
Travelling all weekend, but hopefully I can at least go for a gym session.
Three days of cold rides in the Laurentian hills. Target: 300km.
I’ll swim some technique drills and finish with speed drills. Then an hour of weight training
Saturday morning ride; Sunday morning run, then an afternoon of football (American style — that is to say, sitting on a sofa and watching TV — but I choose to call it “recovery.”)
I plan to support my wife by jogging along her in her first half marathon :)
Two morning rides along along the coast in beautiful Del Mar, CA.
I plan on riding up Loveland Pass in Colorado
Longish run – 13.3 miles – with my local independent running store!
Long jog on Sunday.. Nothing on Saturday… :-)
I plan to ride… lots… between turkey dinners :)
Weights in the gym on Friday, 15 mile bike ride on Saturday, and 3 mile run on Sunday.
Today is a rest day for me, then the weekend is the final two events of the local Cyclocross series. I’m racing twice tomorow (CX 4/5 Masters 40+ and regular CX 4/5) and once more on Sunday (just the Masters 40+). Really looking forward to it, especially the Saturday races. I love that particular ‘cross course.
Sat – Strength training on my bike & 2k run
Sun – Recovery ride or a stroll in the park
Weekend off..woohoo!
I’ve been working a ton this week (fifteen to twenty hour days!) which means I haven’t worked out at all this week. But I’ve gotta catch up on school now, so I fear all I’ll get in is a short run! It’s a shame as the foliage and weather are perfect for riding this weekend.
I’d love me a 520!
The weather is forecast to stellar here so that means a long ride to torture the group on Saturday; a slower ride on Sunday with my sister then another long ride on Monday to burn off calories so there is room for lots of Turkey! Yup, up here in Canada we are celebrating Thanksgiving this weekend.
20 mile ride Saturday, 15 mile run Sunday
Win this thing
some recovery runs and an easy ride..
8 X 600 meter intervals around a track – a lot less fun than sitting on a beach in Cancun:(
MoCo Epic MTB 40 miler on Sunday!
Going for a 10k run, but mostly the weekend will be spent relaxing!
60 Minute Tempo run Saturday
3 hr Z2 bike on Sunday
8 to 10 mile run tomorrow.
120 km ride around Red Rock in Vegas
You can call this race a training for an accomplished marathonian like you but I run the Royal Park half-marathon in London after being selected at the ballot !!!
YEAH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But my moutain bike definitively need the Edge 520 to follow tracks all around Paris…
~50 mile group ride Saturday, watching football on Sunday ;)
Saturday a nice endurance 150 km (with a repetition on Sunday)
Long hours on the trainer this weekend as I rehab from a bad ankle sprain during last weekend’s cyclocross race. A new 520 would really cheer me up…..
New baby born last week…easy spin, just to get outside.
Getting ready for cape cod marathon relay with friends!
4 hour ride Saturday
2 hour ride Sunday
10k run saturday.
30 minutes on the trainer sunday.
Recovery ride from the nasty cold I’ve had for the past two weeks!
As it is Thanksgiving this weekend in Canada going to be eating alot. But plan to do a 15km run this weekend.
Hr swim lesson, 2hr bike ride Saturday
Hr OWS, 1.5hr long run Sunday
5 mile training run
I will be riding a longish (for me) ride on Zwift on Saturday, followed by a hike with the wife and family. 25 mile Mountain Bike segment at a local trail with my brother. Nice fun filled weekend!
10k on sunday
6 mile run Saturday and 45 mile road ride on Sunday. Thanks Ray!
just one easy run for the new season #kickoff ;)
Ride ride ride!!! Been without my bike for the week… so I should have it back this weekend!
Resting Saturday, ride Sunday, weather permitting!
Nice couple of days riding in southern Indiana
Well, I will go ride alone a 180km with more of 3.000m of elevation. I’ve been wanting to do this ride since February, but a knee injury made me to postpone. The target is 7h of biking.
I love you Ray:>
Swim on Saturday, 16-18mi LSD run on Sunday!
i am going to ride a century. without any garmin or something like that.
60 mile bike ride with a cool-down swim on Saturday.
Brunch, football, and lots of food on Sunday.
5-6 mile run
I’m in the flooded area of central SC so hopefully I can find some safe places to do a couple of long rides!
A Cycle Ride Tonight
Saturday, short hike
Then again on Sunday, a cycle ride after NFL games :)
I’m looking forward to jogging in one of London’s parks
Visiting my sister-in-law in Dallas and taking our two dogs, then hers on runs (all separately of course)…
I’m hoping my wife is interested in coming out for an epic bike ride.
Spooky!
Catching bikes and parking them! Then a little swimming to cool off!
The temp is great so I’ll be attempting to do a century ride
Hopefully a couple rides this weekend, between kids birthday parties, and dance classes.
Calisthenics workout on Saturday
Easy Jog on Sunday (recovering from last Sunday’s race)
Enjoy your week-end!
Will be going up to North County for some epic riding and trail running!
A ride in the Purbecks.
Probably a 5 mile run, a trip around the lake on my paddle board, and maybe a bike ride.
David
I will be working my daughters swim meet so no training this weekend.
well…maybe I’ll check out this trainerroad thing? yeah I got nuthin planned haha
3 hour zone 2 bike ride
Boxing today, 10-12 mile run tomorrow and 2 hours on the trainer Sunday!
I’m shattered – a walk along the beach would do me just fine!
busy running every major cruise port from Seattle to Miami, half way through mexico 3 more ports of running before hitting Miami.
No racing this weekend. Long bike ride on Saturday, hopefully with my wife who is a recovering half-marathoner who I’m trying to get into tri’s.
Easy training weekend as I’m chilling after finishing IMLT a couple weeks ago. I will pace myself at the Nevada Beer Fest on Saturday!
Training for NYC marathon and this weekend Army 10 miler in DC
century ride getting ready for Ironman Florida in a month!
Checking my legs still work by running home after a week off – 10k PR last week! Then miles of walking touristing with family on Saturday and some bike-spectating of the Royal Parks HM here in London.
Recumbent rider (injuries) need an Edge.
Dennis