It’s been a tough week, compounded by the fact that my wonderful housemate has infected me with his cold. Today I woke up feeling awful, though my ability to breathe improved after my morning run. I still went through a box of kleenex in two days, though.
Monday’s workout consisted of 4 X 1 mile with [...]
Two Workouts Done and Three Sleeps Until Western…
Goin’ Long
I woke up this morning to discover that my legs didn’t feel a thing from yesterday’s race. My head, on the other hand, was certainly feeling yesterday’s several glasses of wine (more on that later). My primary concern for today’s training, however, was the state of my war wounds on my heels. I made my [...]
XC Intersquad 2007
My plan to rest up on Friday worked rather well. On Thursday, my legs were pretty shot. I had a theory that since I’ve been doing double runs every day, I could recover quickly with a single day of rest. I took Friday off completely, and by Saturday morning, my legs felt great. I think [...]
Leslie vs. the Wind, Take 2
Yesterday was tough. I did my usual four miles in the morning, and a workout on the Queen’s Invitational course with the team in the afternoon. This course has finally been cut, so we are no longer stumbling through long grass. The workout was a structured fartlek — 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 3, 2, [...]
Apparently, Kingston is Windy…
Why do I never seem to be able to remember this simple fact? But I’ll start from the beginning. I woke up at about 8 AM to do my morning run. It was grey and raining slightly, one of those days where one is hesitant to simply leave the house. The run could definitely be [...]
Salutations
Here begins my lovely training blog. Why, you ask? Well, on a personal note, this blog will help me to keep track of my training and how I feel as I work towards some longer triathlons. I’m also writing this to (hopefully) entertain others (if anyone else is actually reading this thing), and network with other [...]
