Sunday, March 05, 2006
Week 5 is over - with much of it spent in Tahoe
So I didn't stick to my training schedule that closely due to my going to Tahoe for the weekend. Wednesday was a coached run at Kezar, but I decided to do it on my own instead so that I could attend a convention-thingy in the evening.
So here's a quick recap of my week:
Wednesday - rode my bike to Kezar and did the Pro (hardest) running workout. I felt great. After the workout I decided to try running one lap as fast as I could, and was shocked to see my pace meter showing 5:15! I've never run a lap that fast in my life! Don't get me wrong, I certainly couldn't have kept that pace up for a mile, but it was still exciting. After that I rode my bike the 4 miles or so home.
Thursday - Since I was leaving for Tahoe on Thursday, I decided to try to squeeze in some extra exercise. I did a long, but not very intense, bike ride with Josh and then followed it up with the elite swim which included 5 250's in a row. It was quite a lot for one day, but I knew I was going to missing some of the weekend training, so it was worth it. I quite proud of my progress in swimming - I may not be a pro yet, and I'm even hesitant to call myself an "elite" swimmer, but I do think that I have graduated from "beginner" status.
Week 5 Summary:
So... week 5 doesn't look so impressive, but keep in mind that this was only 3 days of training (half of my usual training week). Plus, I'm sure I burned tons of calories snowboarding. My friend Byron took his heart monitor with him and burned almost 3500 calories in just 3 hours of boarding. Granted he is about twice my size, but if we scale that down to Zack-calories, I would guess that I burned roughly 3000 calories during my two days of snowboarding.
Here's a fun graph for you - my speed over time:
So here's a quick recap of my week:
Wednesday - rode my bike to Kezar and did the Pro (hardest) running workout. I felt great. After the workout I decided to try running one lap as fast as I could, and was shocked to see my pace meter showing 5:15! I've never run a lap that fast in my life! Don't get me wrong, I certainly couldn't have kept that pace up for a mile, but it was still exciting. After that I rode my bike the 4 miles or so home.
Thursday - Since I was leaving for Tahoe on Thursday, I decided to try to squeeze in some extra exercise. I did a long, but not very intense, bike ride with Josh and then followed it up with the elite swim which included 5 250's in a row. It was quite a lot for one day, but I knew I was going to missing some of the weekend training, so it was worth it. I quite proud of my progress in swimming - I may not be a pro yet, and I'm even hesitant to call myself an "elite" swimmer, but I do think that I have graduated from "beginner" status.
Week 5 Summary:
| Duration (Min) | Distance | Calories | |
| Swimming | 115 | 2.08 | 826 |
| Biking | 147 | 21.9 | 973 |
| Running | 65 | 6.3 | 652 |
| Snowboarding | 480 | ? | ? |
| TOTAL | 807 | 30.28 | 2451 |
So... week 5 doesn't look so impressive, but keep in mind that this was only 3 days of training (half of my usual training week). Plus, I'm sure I burned tons of calories snowboarding. My friend Byron took his heart monitor with him and burned almost 3500 calories in just 3 hours of boarding. Granted he is about twice my size, but if we scale that down to Zack-calories, I would guess that I burned roughly 3000 calories during my two days of snowboarding.
Here's a fun graph for you - my speed over time:
// posted by Zack @ 5:59 PM 
