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Little distracted, but back to the blog

I guess it's been since Grand Rapids since I have posted...

 The week after the race would have been the most boring training log EVER. It was a pretty solid recovery week, my last big one before October. Only 3,500 swim yards, 20.6 bike miles, and 8.7 run miles...and some yoga.

 The next week was back to regularly programmed training.
Monday - 2,535 yard open water swim
Tuesday - 7 mile run with 3 miles steady state
Wednesday - 3,000 meter swim taking it to the Jordan long course and 12.2 mile easy bike ride.
Thursday - 20.6 mile long bike intervals on the trainer because they're better that way and the weather was sketchy (storms)
Friday - 3,000 yard swim
Saturday - 62 mile ride in the north suburbs with friends, followed by a quick 2 mile run and brunch
Sunday - 10 mile negative split run solo

 And then this past week...
Monday - 2,612 yard open water swim
Tuesday - death by track. I hate the track. 7.85 miles with 12 quarter miles...gah...
Wednesday - 2,700 yard swim and 15 mile easy ride at Fort Harrison State Park
Thursday - 25 mile ride in the Geist area
Friday - 2,500 yard swim - 40x50 with a long warmup and a cool down
Saturday - 14 mile long run in a heat advisory. Early start couldn't make this feel better. I did test a 5:1 run/walk interval and it seemed as good as could be.
Sunday - 41 mile ride with the Speed Factory crew, south side style starting in Franklin. Hot again so I am glad I was able to ride in the morning.
June miles
18 swim miles
286 bike miles
77 run miles


YTD 
121.5 swim miles
1,460 bike miles
484 run miles


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