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Today will be my first swim in a few months… we’ll see how that goes. Then I’ll try to get some runs in during weekend events.
Short training run Saturday morning, then hopefully road trip with a friend to a state park later in the day for some hiking.
No hard plans, just a 6 mile base run and some rest and recovery. Just coming back from a hamstring issue.
I plan to bike long on Saturday with some friends, and then a Sunday run/swim/church/ pool party brick
Long run tonight and then spend time with family. I plan on eating until I explode. Then return to reality on Monday and get out on my bike.
Cycling in the Wicklow hills
Will do a 6 mile run tomorrow, 9 miles Sunday, and 4 miles Monday. Hopefully squeeze in an hour bike ride in at some point too.
Will be smoking a brisket on Monday… can’t wait.
A few runs while I’m traveling for a friend’s wedding. I’m hoping to get an open water swim in on Monday, but the lakes on the East Coast are still pretty cold.
First outdoor swim of the season will be this weekend!
I´m planing to trail run my longest distant ever this weekend.
Going out on a 10 km run after a 3 km warm up with my wife who needs to put her new M400 through its paces.
Tonight: easy loops of the F1 track (~60k)
Tomorrow: easy 90k of flats if weather holds
Sunday: 150k gravel race/event
Also: weekend training plans involve shining the race steed. ;)
Couple of lunchtime runs in the scorching Singapore afternoon and some planks at night!
Swim on Saturday, then some yard work in the garden. Long bike ride on Sunday. Monday is a day off.
Honoring the fallen by doing the Murph workout tomorrow morning at my local box.
link to themurphchallenge.com
Bank holiday in UK, so means another 24hrs for road cycling.
30km along the river path as part of training for my first ultra!
On sunday, I am planning a 60km bike-ride (hopes the weather will work with me) and on monday evening I have a track-run planned. Got I love the weekend (oh no, I am a triathlete)…
Long run Sunday!
Just a few short runs, lost of BBQ and house work.
Bike race
I’m going to run my long run late Saturday because I have a bunch of family commitments in the day and am giving my wife the day off form our three boys so I have them to myself from the moment I wake up until dinner.
This weekend (Memorial weekend in the US), I’ll be trail running at altitude on Sat, snowboarding on Sun, and then hiking on Mon. Cannot wait! Wahoooooo!
10k run followed by Indy 500 followed by hot dogs and beer
Recovering from a bad crash. Training the beer curls and fork lifts. :(
Probably a two hour bike ride and half an hour run.
Lake swim and bike ride with my kids getting ready for their triathlon next weekend!
I plan to do 3 workouts, one a bit longer in the weekend (12k or so)
Saturday TT
Sunday RR
Bring the pain ?
2.5 hr ride, 90 min run, swim and tiling a bathroom!
Long run on Saturday, hoping for a good weather here in Ireland!
Quick run tomorrow and then a race on Sunday inside Paris, the one you did last year ;-)
This weekend I will be doing a 5k TT run tomorrow morning followed by a long ride
There will be a swim and a long run on Sunday and then on Monday (because its a holiday in the UK too) there will be another long ride and probably a swim as well.
Other than that just relaxing really. Love a long weekend.
Nothing planned besides recovering from injury….
Still recovering from the Brooklyn Half where I PR’d and right before the Chase Corporate Challenge on Wednesday so probably a light weekend with a few easy runs.
Hi there,
My plan is just trying to rest and enjoy my family.
Oh, and run au 10km in competition :-)
Thanks for this giveaway
I am not really planning anything big this weekend, maybe an easy spin or something, as next Friday I am off to the Pyrenees for a 9 day long self-supported duo ride of 930 km and 18000 m of elevation gain, so now I am in the phase of preparing 100% fresh and ready legs.
Rain all weekend,so I’ll be spending my weekend pedaling around Watopia
Swim today, ride/short run Saturday, run Sunday, and then set up tent(s) in the backyard for the inaugural South Philly Memorial Day Backyard Campout.
Planning a bike ride to the beach and a bbq by the pool.
Sat – 26.2 mile training run
Sun – 4 (or so) mile recovery run
Mon – Eating and drinking
Hike, avoid the rain, maybe surf, maybe take in some roller derby!
Not completely sure, since the workouts have not been setup, but should be:
Swim Tonight
Bike Tomorrow
Run on Sunday
Swim on Monday
No time available for training this weekend :(
so I did it all today instead :)
Brick on Saturday or Sunday, a day off and a short cycle on the other day. All depends on the weather as I haven’t used my bike much recently so not very confident with it on wet roads. Looking forward to my first ever tri in a month.
Nothing spectacular!! Just having a good mothers’day meal after sunday training
40k MTB on Saturday
70km Road on Sunday
I and a friend plan on doing hill-repeats on Vallåsen as a preparation for Bydalen mountain marathon. Will probably squeeze in some MTB and skateboarding too.
I have a “long” 8 miler planned for Saturday!
A spin on Saturday, and an FTP test on Sunday…
I’ve been working 90+ hour weeks, so I’m hoping to just get outside for a ride at all!
Sat: Cycle, Outdoor Swim, Cycle, maybe a short run..?
Sun: attempt the Leith Hill Octopus :-) :-o
Mon: Recover
My training plan this weekend is to go on an easy 4 mile run Saturday and mountain biking on Sunday.
Swim workout Saturday, long bike Sunday, long run Monday!!!
Saturday I’ll start with a duathlon with my running-group. Sunday I’ll take my MTB again to cross through the nearby forest! :) Looking forward to it!
Training hard for my upcoming enduro race the next weekend
Finish off a base-building 78-mile week from Pfitz 18/85 and then dread doing Mesocycle 1 two more times in the next 12 weeks.
If I’m feeling up for it, a parkrun (that’s a non-competitive 5k “race”) on Saturday followed by some extra miles in the afternoon.
A mountain run on Sunday, probably about 15 very hilly miles.
No specific training plan for this weekend, but I would like to go out for a nice hike and a bike ride, followed by BBQ and ice cream. Have a great weekend everyone!
Have a short run-swim-run challenge.
We are taking the family out for more bike rides and runs since the pool is closed for the long weekend.
Slow 14k. Preparing for Stockholm Marathon next weekend.
Last ‘long’ ride, swim and run before Ironman France. That and getting my baby packed and ready for her first holiday!
In NYC to visit family so got to be a tempo run around Central Park! Humidity’s going make it a killer though!
Sansego trainer ride 60 minute, 5K run…and no swimming as the pool is closed for renovation ?. Recover with avocado egg toast and yes, hopefully some bbq
Sa 7 mi
Su 1 h walk
Tomorrow, Saturday, I’ll be doing a steady zone 2 50 mile ride, then on Sunday there’s no training but we’re off to see Harry Potter with the kids.
Saturday I will probably do a short run.
Sunday I will do a long bike ride with a criterium race sandwiched in there (winston-salem cycling classic)
Monday I will get in an open water swim and a run. Also, help my parents move some stuff around the area.
Playing Aussie Rules then spending the rest of the weekend recovering.
Some hill repeats tomorrow before work and hopefully some miles with kids this Sunday.
Ready for the weekend!
Did a nice run today, Shelter trip with my daughters school class tomorrow and then another run on Sunday ??
10k on friday, +10k on Sunday
Watching MX Enduro on Sunday.
A nice hour and a half long LSD run to pregame for the grilled meats.
American living in Germany riding bikes and running the trails over the long weekend before work sends me back to D.C. next week.
Cheers!
14 mile run – 2nd long run in my marathon plan
This is going to be a racing weekend. High mountains and then a recovery ride
I will do some cycling. Nothing fancy just searching for nice views.
Running the Laguna Hills Half Marathon on Monday.
Running along my twins on their bikes
Long bike (3 hrs) and then run for 1 hr. Good times!
Gonna do long boring run this weekend.. Gonna try to spice it up with some tunes
Easy ride, maybe a run, birthday party and of course, birthday cake!
20k trail running
Taking part in inaugural Liverpool City Swim on Saturday, followed by running Rock’n’Roll Liverpool Half Marathon on Sunday. Along taking kids for Saturday morning Park Run.
Running a 15k on Saturday and getting some swimming and biking in throughtout the weekend.
Plan to ride 50 miles today at endurance pace. Tomorrow will be 30-40 at recovery pace and if I don’t have to work, Sunday will be 20 miles of intervals.
This weekend , I’m gonna clean up my room, study for my ACT, and get ready for XC practice to start up on Monday!
Saturday – 18km run
Sunday – weights session with cardio
75 miler with a couple of tasty climbs thrown in!
Recovering from a shoulder op, and looking for gadgets I can buy ready for my first post-op ride.
I’ll be doing some easy rides and runs trying to recover from surgery. Oh and eating BBQ and remembering those who gave their lives in defense of something bigger than themselves.
A nice long run, then relaxing with family and a BBQ!
Last weekend I ran an ultratail, so this weekend I’ll make a recovery run, like 15 km, and go to climbing wall
Short easy run on Saturday and Long run on Sunday
300 km brevet tomorrow !
The plan is to get on the saddle for more than 3.5 h + 30 min run on Sunday
Tomorrow i’m going for a 80km ride and on sunday the plan is to do a 8k run.
Just taking it easy with a run on sunday … but thunderstorms are predicated. We will see
Planning on a 10k trail run in Saturday. BBQ with the family in Sunday and unfortunately may have to do some work on the Monday holiday.
Long run and brick run!