Training Totals

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.

January 21-24
Swimming: 0:49, 2275 yards
Biking: 4:11, 56.1 miles
Running: 1:31, 8.8 miles

January 25-31
Swimming: 1:53, 5140 yards
Biking: 4:10, 59.2 miles
Running: 3:11, 18.6 miles

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.

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.