Week 15 of CrossFit WOD’s + Triathlon Training

Weekly stats – total miles 30.5,  total time –  6 hours 21 minutes
* Running –  30  miles

* Walking – 0 miles
* Bike/spinning – 0 miles
* Swimming – 0 miles
* Rowing – .5 miles
* Crossfit – WOD (workout of the day) – 4

I shared about the Lincoln Marathon: some nice improvement in time, faster recovery and some things to work on (namely not quite so aggressive tactics).  I’ll have a chance to put that into action 13 days after the Lincoln Marathon with one in Brookings’ South Dakota.  The 13 days in between will be a challenge for recovery – my focus on the typically “blah post marathon blues week”, was to rebuild strength.  Then on the week following,  ramp up some running miles and a little swimming.

Sunday, Day 99 (5/2) – Lincoln Marathon – 26.2 miles, 4.18.  Fastest marathon since 1996 – 23 minutes off PR and 48 minutes from Boston.  Awesome front half and then inability to hold that in the second half.  Still pleased with it overall.

Monday, Day 100 (5/3) – rest.  Walking around pretty well today and took Heidi on a short barefoot walk.  Eased on over the the Y for the Crossfit Endurance Recovery workout of bench, 3 rounds at 75% normal rec load of 115 bench, 20 lb db swings, 15 back extension and 15 knees to chest.

Tuesday, Day 101 (5/4) – Rest

Wednesday,  Day 102 (5/5) – CrossFit Total (CFT) – Max for Back Squat (200lbs – nice to have spare 2.5 lbs around), Shoulder Press (105, failed on 115) and Dead Lift (255lbs). Total 560.  Improvement of 45lbs from 2/23/10. Thought back squat and dead lift would be weakness after marathon, shoulder press was the weakest post marathon  (same as 2/23)

Thursday, Day 103 (5/6) –  Two’fer Day!

• Crossfit Death by pull up :-). Warm up – cash in 400 meter row, 10 box jumps, 10 inch worm push ups, 10 Samson stretch, 10 knees to elbow. Cash In 20 Handstand Pushups in 76 seconds. Then 8 rounds of pull up on minute, adding one each minute. Made it to 8 rounds plus 7 – strict pull ups on first 6, light band on rds 7-8-9 partial. 43 total pulls ups in 8.58.
• Crossfit Endurance Maximum mileage in 20 minutes plus a little more.  Go 2.36 miles done in 20 minutes then added a bit more for 5k total at Holmes Lake.  feeling a little bit of Sunday’s marathon. 8.21, 8.42, 8.45, + 58. Nice day!

Friday, Day 104 (5/7) –  Two’fer Day

• CrossFit Lincoln WOD.  10 push ups, 10 box jumps, 10 shrugs, 10 over shoulders, 25 situps. Then AMRAP in 20 minutes of 12 – 65lb power snatch and 10 push ups. Made it 8 rounds – 96 snatch and 80 push ups. Whew. Beat.  This was an intense workout.  Will not push my CrossFit as hard until after the Brookings’ Marathon – it was a charge to do the workout as required (Rx’d in the lingo for CrossFit).  So went full 20 minutes and at proscribed weight.
• Easy 1 mile run with Heidi and Cash – her first since surgery to remove a mast cell cancer tumor.  She’s doing great and we’re hopeful for a long life of running, fetching balls and playing with her kids.

Saturday, Day 105 (5/8) – Rest.