I missed updating my training results last week, so I’m going to include them in this week’s post. Seems kind of fitting because Mary hasn’t given me a day off since I got back from Florida. Thankfully, there’s one on the schedule for tomorrow. She’s pushing me to get ready for the 70.3 in Galveston in April, and it’s a bit tiring getting back into more than just maintenance workouts.<\/p>\n
January 21-24<\/u><\/p>\n
Swimming: 0:49, 2275 yards<\/p>\n
Biking: 4:11, 56.1 miles<\/p>\n
Running: 1:31, 8.8 miles<\/p>\n
January 25-31<\/u><\/p>\n
Swimming: 1:53, 5140 yards<\/p>\n
Biking: 4:10, 59.2 miles<\/p>\n
Running: 3:11, 18.6 miles<\/p>\n
I did strength\/weight lifting workouts this week for the first time in many years. With all that shoulder and chest work on top of the swim yardage, I could barely lift my arms to shampoo my hair. This is going to be a very difficult and painful part of my IM training. I’m not good at it at all, and I really don’t like it. I have almost no upper body strength. I know, I know, it’ll be good for me in the long run, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to enjoy it any or pretend that I’m any good at it.<\/p>\n
My new 920xt has been put through its paces for two weeks now. Generally, I’m very happy with it, but there are a few things that drive me nuts. For one, it skips a lot more laps in the pool than my 910xt. That watch never missed a single one. The 920 misses about 10% of them, which is really aggravating, especially when trying to keep track of longer sets and intervals. Garmin suggests pushing off harder from the wall and\/or having a longer glide before taking a stroke in order to keep this from happening. Great advice that should be totally unnecessary. It’s not terribly accurate in the parking lot either. I need to do some testing to see if that’s due to my having GLONASS enabled or just a bug in the watch. I plan on wearing both watches next weekend during my outdoor runs to do a comparison. Other than those annoyances, I am very happy with the watch. Far more comfortable than the 910, better battery life, and a bunch of extra features (like drill sets for kicking in the pool) that are very handy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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