This Week in Training – Week 12 – Feeling Progress….
I didn’t hit every planned workout this week, but I still increased the training load and, more importantly, I’m feeling pretty strong.
At the moment, I’m sore from the weekend, but that’s what Monday rest days are for. Past Me finally did Future Me a favor.
Swim 🏊
- Workouts: 2
- Total Time: 1 hour 24 minutes
- Total Distance: 4,125 yards
This is where I missed a workout. This was supposed to be the week I added a third swim, but pool scheduling makes that difficult. I’ll keep trying, but honestly, if I stay at two swims per week until summer break, so be it. Once school is out, flexibility improves dramatically.
Bike 🚴
- Workouts: 3
- Total Time: 3 hours 50 minutes
- Total Distance: [distance not provided in your notes]
This was also slightly short of the plan, but still productive. One ride was supposed to be an hour and ended up being 45 minutes. The long ride was planned for 2:30 but finished at 2:17.
That said, the long ride was with a local bike racing team doing their route, and the pace was definitely faster than my usual long ride effort. I could’ve tacked on another 13 minutes afterward, but I counted the higher intensity as enough. Next weekend I’ll ride with them again and extend the loop to make sure I hit the full duration.
Run 🏃
- Workouts: 4
- Total Time: 2 hours 54 minutes
- Total Distance: 18 miles
The runs felt good overall. Sunday’s longer run came on tired, sore legs, but I still knocked it out.
One stat I’m oddly proud of: in the last 12 weeks, I’ve only had to walk during a run once, and that was for maybe two minutes. That feels like real progress.
Total Training Time 🧮
- Total Time This Week: 8 hours 10 minutes
TrainingPeaks Metrics 📈
- Fitness: 101
- Fatigue: 159
- Form: -45
All good. Numbers continue trending upward without me feeling destroyed.
Reflections ✍️
I’m definitely feeling fitter. The bikes and runs ramp up over the next few weeks, eventually topping this phase out at a 4-hour bike and a 9-mile run. That should set me up nicely for the 70.3 in June.
The other thing I need to address is weight. I lost about 5 pounds during the base phase, but I’ve stalled out a bit recently. I’d like to race leaner. Not lean—let’s not get unrealistic here—but leaner.
Overall, though? Progress. Real progress.