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O have a long run… 30k for Valencia marathon
This weekend I will mostly be going for a 5 mile run Saturday & 25 mile off road ride on Sunday.
Quick ride through the park.
15km hike training for Maclehose 7-8 will be done on Saturday.
I will join Hong Kong Cyclothon with 35km cycling on Saturday. My bike and I will pass through Stoneculters Bridges and Tsing Ma Bridge with nice view. Good experiences on it.
A local MTB ride with friends in Belgium.
Logging some basemiles to become the Queen of the Tacx this winter
Need a new bike Computer
parkrun Saturday and 30k cycle Sunday
Some base kilometres with my dad in London. Nice and easy.
Quiet weekend, probably do the Bushy Parkrun,
Ride to mountain Troodos, Cyprus!
80km LHR bunch ride on Sunday
Recovery!
No training or racing at all. Familiy Weekend ;-)
A bit of indoor rowing and strength training
Heading to Canberra to ride some hills!
A quick bike ride on saturday and rest on Sunday
15km slow run after failed marathon attempt last weekend.
Easy 6 mile run on Sat, 16 mile run on Sunday with 12 at marathon pace. Maybe some biking.
On Saturday morning a 107km ride along the Avon Cycleway (link to strava.com) and on Sunday a 93km ride from Bristol to Cheddar (link to strava.com)
swim run bike
A 12k slow run on saturday.
Ich weather permits, Nice 120 km season end ride to Bad Tölz
Training: this evening a 30min easy run, tomorrow 3k swim, sunday 100min long run in the morning, 80k bike tour during the afternoon. Packed schedule!
Easy swim and an easy Longrun ;)
10k on Sunday. I’m pretty slow but I’m inching to an under-an-hour time for the 10k so that makes it suspenseful for me.
Cross-fit training and 30 min running
Friday: 9km run @ 4:45min/km in Haapsalu, Estonia
Sunday: 18km run @ 5:30min/km in Tallinn, Estonia
The weather is getting better here in Melbourne, Australia. Since I’ve put on quite a bit of weight in the last few months, I’ll try to get out and about on the bike more often. Unfortunately, it looks like a bit of a thunderstorm on the weekend. However, I will try to get out in the more hilly area in the Dandenongs to practice some climbing on the famous 1:20. The KOM is held by our new Australian hope Brendan Canty (unbelievable sub 13 min – link to strava.com), who is actually twice as fast as I am up that climb.
It’s my off season, so my training will be a super casual bike ride with someone I haven’t seen in a while.
Hi Ray,
On Saturday I’m going to have 150 km of hilly ride as a training for a 180 km hilly race.
3 hours of MTB on Saturday
no ride possible due to diagnosed overtraining :-((((
There’s a chill in the air in sunny London: short run and long ride.
1,5 hour MAF running Saturday and 2 hour on my TT bike sunday :-)
Chicago Marathon. Shooting for a PR!
10mi easy time on feet run both Sat & Sun. Possibly followed by learning how my new Edge 520 works!
Not much planned currently. Need to get rid of my Anterior Knee Pain Syndrome :-(
I guess swimming or light biking will do this weekend
Thx for the Giveaway Extravaganza …to you and CT
and thx for the always interesting articles
Running 5k on Saturday morning and a nice cold cycle ride on Sunday morning.
half marathon racing on Sat. and 20km run mountain training on Sun.
Just an easy mtb ride on Sunday.
120km bike and 2km run off the bike at race pace
Saturday: 2:30h sweet spot session around a nearby lake.
Sunday: relaxing mountainbike-tour with some friends.
thx for the giveaway Ray&CT!!
Normal weekend of training: long ride and long run.
Running/riding both Saturday and Sunday.
Pretty please – pick me :)
Our weekend is on Friday/Saturday.
Unfortunately, I’m sick since Wednesday. I did some rides hoping it would fade away but that just made things worse. So, on Friday i’m not riding. But, hope I’ll do a two hour ride Saturday morning and afternoon.
3 hours on trainer
25k trainings run
10k race (running) in my home town of Patras, Greece. It’s by far the biggest running event of the year here :-D with 1000 (limit) of runners in 10k race and 4000 (again limit) in 5k + some children fun runs. Hoping to go well under 39′ myself…
10 mile time trial race on the tri bike or otherwise a long 100k+ ride on the road bike
I shall be going for a flat 100k ride.
Cross-fit training on Saturday and a 25 km. long run on Sunday.
Today: swimming – kicking drills followed by 30min lengths at casual pace, then a weights session.
Sat: Day off, and I’m going to visit my sister in Glasgow.
Sun: Cycling – about 30 miles round Basenthwaite (local lake), trying to keep in Zone 2 as much as possible.
Thanks for all the awesome work! (and the giveaway!)
Sat-Ride to work, work, ride home.
Sun-Ride to work, work, ride home.
Super fun weekend!!
Pulling an all nighter and watching Kona from my sofa.
Run tomorrow then off r a trip away on Sunday, Woot!
12 hours of chopping wood at the cottage – best training ever! :-)
Saterday: 2 hours bike ride
Sunday: Cross Country running (competition)
1. Early morning virtual training ride on Wahoo Kickr.
2. Playtime with my kids.
3. Quick Hero cam fatbiking session around some local autumn trails.
4. Round two of playtime with the kids.
5. Round-trip run into downtown to inquire about pre-ordering Tacx Neo Smart as replacement for the Kickr.
6. More playtime with the kids.
7. Canadian Thanksgiving dinner Pt. 1
8. Indoor rock climbing/bouldering.
9. Canadian Thanksgiving dinner Pt. Deux.
10. Canadian Thanksgiving leftovers.
11. Late night Canadian Thanksgiving sandwich.
12. Extra long early morning virtual ride to burn off itinerary items 9, 10, & 11.
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Easy bike; recovery swim
Gravel grinding! Loads of.
While the weather cooperate – usual commuting/training sessions 40+k daily ride + intervals.
My MTB is waiting to be used by me again!
A 42.2k tempo run here in Munich with about 22 000 of my nearest running buddies:-)
No training this weekend! Just tune with the family for Canadian Thanksgiving!
Last big running block before the Melbourne Marathon! A nice hills session, then a nice slow trail run in the Dandenongs (Australia).
Saturday: family biking event :-)
Sunday: upper body strength
40km of hill climbs, hopefully the weather will cooperate
My plan is to do one of those long easy workouts that starts of when the others in my household is still sleaping. If the weather is nice, it’ll be on my mountain bike. If not, i’ll run about 20k in the awsome trails of Telemark, Norway.
Got to be up into the Ashdown Forest for hill repeats
Watching Ireland beat France at rugby and drinking red wine?
This weekend: one last long training run. Next weekend: the Marathon! Woohoo!
Swimming techniqe
bike intervals
running hard and intensive
and some long slow biking and enjoying the autum weather in Denmark
Doing the Jensie Grand Fondo on Saturday!
Marriage 17th birthday, can´t go public on the training involved.
I’ll be doing a 25+km run on Sunday.
Hopefully a nice long run in the lovely autumn weather.
Considering it is freaking Autumn it will be racing bike on my smart Tacx, Hey this one does ANT-FEc.
Or just the regular 35 km mountain bike route.
I’m being dragged up virtually ever hill in East yorkshire
for Saturday 1h running with 8×15″ @ RP
sunday 3 h ride with 2×20′ sweet spot training
thanks Ray
60 mile long ride with a special friend on Saturday!
A nice 10 miler run on Saturday plus an adventurous 50 miler MTB incursion into the highlands north of Luanda – yeap, that is Angola, Africa. Cheers.
I’ll be cycling/running in my dreams this weekend……..studying for my civil servant exams in Spain!!!
Some mountain-biking and a bit of cyclocross
250km Round the bay (Melbourne)!
This weekend I’ll be recovering from a foot injury sustained during intensive preparations for my first Ironman 70.3 next summer, so for me it’ll be a 2k swim workout at a local swimming pool.
REST!!!
On duty at the forestation friday night => TRX
Saturday morning => 2hrs bike ride depending on how the shift went
Sunday => 24hrs shift at the fire station, meaning weights and tower climbs!
5 hours MTB lap race in austria
Since the season here is over, a nice long ride to wind down, maybe 100k, depends on the weather for saturday and an easy short spin on sunday.
Some road bike on saturday, some trail running on sunday. With some beers after training in the Window of Opportunity, of course.
Planning to get out on the MTB both days this weekend. Saturday morning before work I’ll head over to Gap Creek trails, and then on Sunday a trip out to Jubilee Park at Toowoomba for some Enduro practice. Queensland state championships are only a few weeks away so it’s time to get fast!
10km easy run on Sunday
100 mile Sacramento Century pancake flat in the Sacramento River Delta on Saturday. Last ride/race of the season. Riding with one of my sons, not swimming or running and not in Kona.
Plans for the weekend: End of Season-tour together with my friends. It’ll be cold, foggy and wet.
My main ride this weekend will be a 50 mile hilly route in the heart of Wales, finishing with the hill used for the local hill climb last week – which I couldn’t take part in (was away). The max gradient is 32% & I cannot wait to attack it! Bring it on!
A hilly ride through East and North San Diego.
Easy road ride on Sunday
Nordic skiing mini camp with Olympian Holly Brooks!
Birthday swim – Escape from Angel Island – swimming across Raccoon Channel to Tiburon in San Francisco Bay. Lucky to have a friend who’s nice enough to chase me or pull me with a dingy in case sail boat come anywhere near me. Have a great training guys!