I will be using this blog to schedule group runs, seminars, and workouts for all my athletes and other people interested in doing the ultra. I will also be using this blog to document my training for the 2010 Vermont 100 Mile Ultramarathon. For official articles, please visit my other blog at http://coachjoegold.blogspot.com.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

199 Days to Vermont 100 Ultra - Indoor Galore - 5 mile run & 1200m swim

Wednesday December 30, 2009:

I had to clear a couple of short workouts this week, it might as well be on a really cold day.

First up, the 1200m swim session. Yes, it was a very short one, the reason being that I needed the distance for the key swim workout towards the end of the week that involves 1000m intervals.

This particular workout featured 5 intervals of 100m swims involving hand paddles, a nice toy to build strength with. And the goal here was to do them slightly hard but within myself. If I hold them all to the same time, then it was a good workout. The results were as follows: 1:17, 1:20, 1:20, 1:20, 1:19. A very decent set.

The run was back on the treadmill again with a 10 minute mile pace. I'm keeping it easy since I anticipate a 15 mile run tomorrow. Today is not the day for all out efforts. Get the rest I need, wake up lively tomorrow and tackle that long run. :-)

Criticals for both: Swim, 500m warmup, 5x100 swim w/ paddles (times shown above), 2x100 warmdown with fins - 1200m total.

Run: 5 miles on treadmill at 10 minute pace. 50 minutes total.

Totals for the week: Swim: 3400m, Bike: 30 miles, Run: 15 miles.

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