Week for was the first recovery week of the cycle. Much needed and much appreciated. I was feeling strong coming into the off week and felt like I could of put out some greater intensity during almost all the work outs, but I held back and followed the plan. I even included a massage and got some adhesions worked out of my legs where my self massage tools could not reach. At the end of the rest weeks, I get to do a brick of 2 hours bike and 1 hours run to see where my endurance stands. I averaged about 20mph on the bike and 8 minute miles on the run, so I was pretty stoked on where I was at.
Training totals for week 4:
Swim: 2.5 miles
Bike: 65 miles
Run: 13 miles
After a weekend full of debauchery and fun times with friends and family, I wasn't sure how this build week would go. I started off the week with run intervals on Tuesday and got through that fairly easy. I knew that if I could muscle through that, it would be a good week. How wrong was I? I started feeling ill on Wednesday night and ended up not training on Thursday or Friday. Saw the doctor on Friday and got some Amoxicillin to treat my sinus infection. Sinuses clogged, head throbbing and feeling like crap, I still rolled out and tried to get my long workouts done Saturday and Sunday. Saturday, I knocked out my swim and tested out the run. I completed one 8.5 mile lap of my 2 lap run and decided to stop because my head felt like it was going to explode from sinus pressure. Once I got back home, I went straight to resting and preparing for the 4.5 hours on the bike I had waiting for me on Sunday. Sleep was intermittent and didn't come easy, but I managed to get about 9 hours total which I was good with. The bike ride went as good as I could of hoped and I got somewhere around 75 miles in. Although the ride went pretty slow because of the cold, I gained a ton of confidence at the end knowing that I could manage even with adversity. And that my friends is turning a frown upside down.
Training totals for week 5:
Swim: 4 miles
Bike: 90 miles
Run: 16 miles
Drugs are good.
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