Up this week... Blizzard!

Not exactly like last year's East Coast Blizzard, but just meh!  But it is still early too.  Had to scratch my early morning run this morning because of icy sidewalks (plus it is SOOO much warmer later in the day)
Here is my workouts for this week (hope I get a few more of these in, especially the runs since I am thinking of going at half marathon in Jan!):

		19-Dec	20-Dec	21-Dec	22-Dec	23-Dec	24-Dec	25-Dec	Totals
		Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat	Sun
SWIM	Dist.		1	1		1			3	81.4
	Time		1:00:00	1:00:00		1:00:00			3:00:00
BIKE	Dist.	12	17		12		12		53
	Time	0:40:00	1:00:00		0:40:00		0:40:00		3:00:00	9:45:00
RUN	Dist.		4.1	4.1	4.1	3	4.1	6	25.4
	Time		0:35:00	0:35:00	0:35:00	0:25:00	0:35:00	1:00:00	3:45:00
S / R	Time								0:00:00

I had to adjust Monday's workouts because of the freezing rain yesterday, so my Tuesday is jam packed, but I think I can pull it off, since work is on a half-a-day schedule, so I'll have time off to do things (plus there is nothing on TV!)

Oh, also wish me luck, I applyed to SUGOI, a athletic clothing manufacture who specializes in triathlon and cycling wear, to be one of their "Brand Champions".  I am hoping that it is a sponsorship of sorts, since after looking through my training and racing kit, 90% of my gear is SUGOI!  Even my first ever pair of cycling shorts are from them, who knew!  I hope that I am selected, since I love their gear and it fits me well, and I have raced in their gear since last year (I do wear a DeSoto tritop because I never got the Pacific Velo tritop when I raced in Hawaii).  So wish me luck, I might apply with a few other companies that I use also regarding sponsorship, I'm not looking for much, maybe some race gear to wear and a few tshirts, since when I find something I like and works for me, I DO talk about it, sometimes ad nausium!

Ooooh, I just thought of a topic for a future post; what does Andy use to train and race!  Well not that I am a pro or anything, but I will review my gear here and give what the pluses and minuses are and how I like what I have, and what I wish I had to try (I AM on a budget after all!)

So everyone, take care, and if you are in the Plains states here, drive safe!  Talk to you guys later!

Testing my bounds and training myself

Well now that I have a free moment, I am going to attempt to post part of my training schedule, to see if this can be a regular part of this blog, or if I am doomed to fail at this.  Either way, it's going to be fun!

		12-Dec	13-Dec	14-Dec	15-Dec	16-Dec	17-Dec	18-Dec	Totals
		Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat	Sun
SWIM	Dist.	1		1					2	61.1
	Time	1:00:00		1:00:00					2:00:00
BIKE	Dist.		12		12			12	36
	Time		0:40:00		0:40:00			0:40:00	2:00:00	8:29:00
RUN	Dist.	4	3	4		3	3.1	6	23.1
	Time	0:32:00	0:24:00	0:32:00		0:24:00	0:22:00	0:55:00	3:09:00
S / R	Time		0:20:00	0:20:00	0:20:00			0:20:00	1:20:00

Well would you look at that!  Seems like it works!  Well than, I guess I will talk about it then.  Here is my training outlook, which I fill in on the Sunday before the week (I train on a Monday is the first day of the week) because only about a week out I know the particulars of my weeks schedule.  I also try to "slot" my workouts during the day which is what I accomplish with the chart below:

	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	SATURDAY	SUNDAY
Morning	Run	Run	Run	Off	Run	Race	Off
Lunch	Off	Off	Off	Off	Off	Off	Run
Evening	Swim	Bike	Swim	Bike	Off	Off	Bike
Night	Off	PU/SU	PU/SU	PU/SU	Off	Off	PU/SU
Key:	Run	Resistance
	Bike	Off
	Swim	Race

This helps me during the day so that it doesn't look like I am getting overhelmed, and the best part is that it doesn't take very long to plan my workouts for the week.  I do try to look out over a month, given where I am in a training cycle, but nothing too major.  Of course it is a work in progress, but in the first chart, I can look to see what my "workload" is for the week, with miles and hours (I do intensity as I feel, lame I know).

But that is just a small look into my madness of my methods.  If you have any comments or questions, let me know, thanks for reading.