Rest, Run, Bike, Swim

I was a blogger loser since #Supercentury Sunday, but I didn't blow off the entire week of workouts.  Yay for me!  I rested up Monday after a weekend with too little sleep and that crazy 3 hour trainer ride.  MMNW isn't even worth writing down because I was up like 3 lbs due to all the crap I ate at the Super Bowl party.  Tuesday I had full intention of getting out the door and the weather was even pretty decent.  But for whatever lazy bones reason, I didn't get it done.  When I tweeted as such, Mike suggested I at least do a 30 second plank.  I figured that was the least I could do - on a commercial from my 3 hour couch/tv lovefest. 

But Wednesday, the weather continued to be pretty decent for mid-MO (40's-50's) and I knew I'd regret it if I slacked off again.  So while the boys were at archery practice and my girl was chilling out to whatever her recent favorite Netflix show is, I took off in the twilight to get in a short run.  I went with my short sleeve shirt and was pretty chilly the first 10 min or so.  I ran to the end of the sidewalk, back through the Wakodas and back to the other end of the sidewalk (cue Shel Silverstein poem).  I had it in my head this would be a 5K, but alas I was disappointed yet again to not have a GPS watch (see a theme I am working on to show my husband how much I need one?).  It was 2.9 miles, but a pretty good effort so I'll take it.  Took a pic of the pretty sunset with my son's MP3 player I'd borrowed for tunes. 

From end of sidewalk - though the pinks, oranges,
and yellows were prettier in person

Thursday is my normal "longish slow run" day - because usually Susan and I meet up for some quality girl chat time.  But I woke up to a cold, misty, gray day with impending storm clouds.  I was still hopeful as I slipped into my yoga pants and Pie Run shirt.  I had a hair appt first and when I came out it was only a light drizzle so I called Susan.  She had already knocked out a couple miles on the treadmill at the Y.  After admonishing me for getting rid of my Y membership and briefly wavering on meeting me somewhere to finish up, she begged off and said we'd have a sweet Valentine run next week.  I went home and decided it was trainer time.  I popped in a DVD and gutted it out at a solid Z2 effort for 75 min or about the equivalent of 16.5 miles.  I was looking at the clock before the previews had finished.  But a workout is a workout.

Today I was determined to get my street project plans and specs basically finished come hell or high water.  I'm putting it out to bid next week and I really needed to just get it to the point I could let it go.  After slogging away at it for most of the day (minus having to go out for a new roll of paper for our wide format plotter - ugh), I was super glad to be heading to the pool.  Husband was taking kids out to dinner so I was in no hurry to be anywhere.  I knocked out another 1900 yards (or so - I lost count daydreaming about the GPS watch so it is possible there was an extra 50 or so).  It took the greater part of an hour - so slow (about 2:18/100).  But I got it done.

I was pleased to come home to a check in the mail from a client.  Turned out that he had sent me a check in December that the postal service had lost.  Was glad I followed up on the accounts receivable in January - yay me!  That pretty much guarantees that tomorrow will be a run day.  I'm long overdue a Walmart/Central Bank 5K.  Will have to squeeze that in between our usual Saturday laundry and a lunch date with a friend who wants me to talk engineering stuff with her son who is heading to MS&T (Rolla, MO) in the fall.

So not a bad week with a little reverse triathlon.  How did your week of training go?

YTD:
Swimming = 3800 yds = 2.16 mi
Biking = 104.5 miles
Running = 47.3 miles