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Did two long bike rides this weekend, weather was perfect!
Family run and some pool time Saturday and first group ride in a long time sunday!
Do some kayaking and biking in preparation for the M-22 Challenge triathlon in 2 weeks.
Will do yoga and 8k running.
2 70km bike rides
Easy weekend, mostly resting and some mild trainingsessions. Interval run on friday, club swim on saturday morning, 2,5 hours on the bike saturday afternoon with 3×10′ of IM pace, and an easy 1h bike + 1h run on sunday. IM Nice up ahead next sunday!
It is also long weekend in Poland. I had my oldest friend bachelor party and instead of only drinking and partying we headed out for mountains. We did 120 km first day and 140 km second day. 3rd day was for long hiking and last day was rafting. Best bachelor party ever ! :)
2 sessions of ice hockey on Sunday, and one more on Monday!
Tapering for next weekend’s 50k. So some shorter runs accompanied by carrying around a 2 year old while my five year olds hike with me.
Just a nice easy long run, now in the rain
Long bike ride with BBQ to orrow
10k run plus a swim
I’m doing my hip rehab exercises twice a day. Hopefully I’ll be able to get back on the bike and run again in the not too distant future :)
ill run alberto contador´s race in cuenca/spain
Brick session Saturday, long ride Sunday, long run Monday…. and this is a romantic mini break in North Norfolk!
Ran the GlassFest 8k in Corning, NY on Saturday and volunteering at a local 5k on Monday.
Was planning on a few half century rides, but tropical depression off the coast of South Carolina means no training, no golf, no bbq. Sad face
Saturday : 14 mile run
Sunday : 35min morning run, 8 mile evening run.
Monday : active recovery
I did the Tour de Meers with my 9 year old!
SCNCA TTT District Championships on Saturday and Public Safety – Memorial Day Race (Criterium) on Monday
8 mile run along the coast getting a hit of radiation from Sizewell Nuclear reactor!
Training for an upcoming 10k race in July. Cross training with base miles on my road bike.
It was a light jogging of 3 km.
Steak on the bbq to recover from my weakly commute. And with steak I mean +1kg a piece, ow yeah.
Triathlon League, so no training
Riding, riding and riding my bike, ehm did I say riding?
Beer, lots of it
Unfortunately, due to work load, my “training” will consist of riding a train to and from work. Hopefully more time for real training during the week.
I visited gym for weightlifting, plus I ran 11.7 km.
P90x2 and running… my journey to lose 20 pounds; 9.9 so far in 5 weeks.
Short run, then enjoying the nice weather and relaxing.
dirt singletrack and a float down the river.
This weekend: ran the Nitro Trail Half Marathon
Training for: Headlands 50 Miler
Holiday weekend: bad food and lots of beer
Swimmig as hell cause i cant run
trail running and bbq with family
To kickstart my strength training (and the the Atals wearable) and to get ready for the rowing season (once all the rain is stopping in Europe).
Cheers
Andre
100k group ride on Saturday.
Sunday is recovery day
Monday isn’t a holiday here in Canada, so it’s back to work.
Doing a 10k recovery run on Saturday and a short bike spin on Sunday….
Surviving a 4 days WE with the kids while watching with great envy the horde of cyclist climbing up Mt Tamalpais.
Saturday –
Kailash (TrainerRoad): a 4hr 45min endurance ride.
Sunday –
(1) Long Base Run: 2hr 50min at an Easy-Moderate, RPE6 pace.
(2) Continuous Base Swim (4000m)
Warm-Up 400m Easy, RPE 4; 3200m Easy-Moderate, RPE 6; Cool-Down 400m easy, RPE 4
Monday – Nothing!
I’m hiking/running the city’s trails to see which ones I can take my bike on and sort of make a mental map for my next ride.
race 9km on the road
Saturday’s ride will be a gravel ride with a LBS; Sunday looks like hill training, and Monday is TBD.
I will be spending the weekend on a vision workshop with my co-housing project in the Austrian pre-alpine landscape. However, my fiance and I will cycle there and back again with our trekking bikes fully packed with our tent and everything else, to get some fitness in. Also, I will be spending lots of time chasing the kids on the playground.
Hey there,
Plenty of cycling planned. Why not in the French part of the Alps (valée verte) celebrating the opening of the highest road passes, or Above Aigle in Switzerland, to reach col du Pillon, col de la Croix…. can’t wait!!!!!!!!
Plans for a 15-17 km run were ruined by a sudden 20 hour cross-border road trip on Saturday, leaving me tired (ok, I admit: plain lazy) on Sunday.
Light trail running Saturday and Sunday
Nothing specific. Spending time with family. Maybe a couple little workouts and unfortunately a little work.
Quick 5k run next weekend.
I ran twice, mountainbiked, and bouldered in the gym :) And, against all predictions, the weather was actually nice!
Saturday: 1 and half an hour bike ride after driving for 6 hours
Sunday: 12k run
Mountain biking in Moab for the weekend on all the cliff-side trails!!
10 mile run Saturday. Longer bike ride and transition run Sunday.
Long weekend in England too! So no training, maybe buying a caravan!
Saturday was a 200km bike ride (partially under the storm) and sunday was resting.
mabye walk national campionchip in 10k racewalking
Recovering from flu so no training this weekend.
Today after this slab of ribs is done smoking, I set off on a simple 5 miler as I try to recover and get back into running. Personal issues.
Hi Ray,
swim training on saturday (mixed) and “10km de l’équipe” on sunday.
Did the triathlon de Paris went well ?
Regards
2hrs long run in Slovenia
Olimpic distance triatlon, and an hour bike a day before
Racing in Triatló Mataró, firts race of the season after having twins …. looking to see if my training with the kids are enough :-)
Strength training in the gym Saturday morning, sailing in the afternoon. Sunday leg day, recover from sailing.
A long brick session (with intervals) and a easy swim
I am running a 5K on Saturday, hosting a 7 year olds birthday party on Sunday and doing another 5K on Monday.
Easy jog and walking with dogs.
Weekend training plans:
– Friday: 60 minutes Hot Yoga, 120 minutes base effort cycling (recovery from Thursday’s out-of-saddle sprints)
– Saturday: 5 hours tempo/threshold cycling ending with max effort hill climbs
– Sunday: 120 minutes base effort cycling with 10x 5 minute cadence changes 90-105rpm
Running and cycling with the family, low intensity, no stress, all fun :)
training in the hills of Ardennen (Belgium) to get ready for Alped’Zes. (6x times biking the Alpe d’ Huez, benefit event against cancer)
I’ve been on call for my job this weekend so I haven’t been able to run, but I plan on finally getting outside tomorrow for a short 3 mile run. I haven’t been running much this past month, but I finished my third half marathon last month, and I’m feeling a little burned out.
Doing a 3 hour bike trainer ride one day given the weather and a 2 hour run the next day to work off all the good food
i have spent the long weekend (thursday was public holiday in germany, therefore we also had a long weekend) in the bodensee, riding bike with my wife and children. i wish id had a fenix 3 hr :DD
nothing special, just a lot of walk (~15K steps per day). And then a bit of pool swimming
Finished the Luxembourg marathon last night!
A very lazy weekend: PortAventura with kids on Saturday, and sunbathe on Sunday :)
It is the Horsey Hundred – Hundred mile cycling ride in my town this weekend. While I’m too fat and out of shape to do the ride, I do plan to carry a cooler of beer down to the end of my road to watch the riders go by with a sign that says “free beer.”
Building up my bike so I can get back to riding again
Finishing up my training for the hill-climbs in following weekend.
Brick-and-a-half Saturday, OWS Sunday.
Had a 7 mile run yesterday, 6 mile hike today, and shooting for a longer double digit run tomorrow. Yay for three day weekends!
Base kilometers, sprinkled with little climbing. After promising start of the season, I went downt for three weeks with some infections, so I am taking it slow to get get going again.
Sitting with my leg raised… I fractured my ankle on Wednesday :( !!
Train on the local Tri course that I signed up for at the end of July. Plan out where and how I spend my energy.
last easy weekend before marathon training begins
10 km “Warsaw night run” for Legia’s Centry
First make a long distance cycling tour mit the MTB (ca 100km). And on Sunday a recreation-run 10k…
Going to ride my Blue carbon fiber triathlon bike, whoa!
Long ride in the belgian rain.
Weekend already done but have spend it in quality cross training by re-arranging our storage + attached shed from unnecessary wood, metal scrap, non-working electronics… Junk yard received two full car trailers of that stuff :D
Just getting back started after a long bout with illness, so my plans are for two short rides (about 5 miles each) over today (completed) and tomorrow.
Hiking and trail running in Norway
hiking and eating
100Km ride this Sunday preparing for a 1000km ride to the south of France.
Saturday I did a practice run on the course of an upcoming race. I’m hoping for a good bike ride tomorrow.
Bike on saturday, swim and run on sunday.
This week-end I did a marathon together with my daughter’s friends.
I went for a 22 km hike today, because I need to prepare myself for a 8 day hike I will do this summer.
Prepare with 50km and the next day a 100km ride.
Oh yeah – I’m going to get picked on this one for sure. Lucky number five thousand and something.
Training – a couple mellow 5 mile runs.
A ride on the bike along the danube and some BBQ