Weekly Training Log: Week of April 7th, 2014: Recover before the final push for Ironman #1 of 2014

In Training:  We got back from Maui last Sunday morning and I took that day totally off.  Mon - Wed, I was dealing with some pretty bad delayed onset muscle fatigue that I suspect was due to cortisol levels from jetlag, possible nutrition, or some of the different training stimuli that I received while over in Maui.
I started feeling better on Thursday and had a solid threshold session on the bike in the am, then had some good runs over the weekend netting more than 21 miles on Sat/Sun.
I kept the run up and took it easy on the bike - it was a good lower volume week.



In Life: IT WAS HARD to wake up on Monday - Wow.  I got through it though... 4a.m. wakeup was the equivalent of a midnight wake in Maui.

Work was good as usual, and the weather has started to be consistently nice.  Spring in Colorado is my favorite - the trees are budding and the grass is turning greener.  The days are also getting longer, which makes it easier to maintain some stable energy throughout the afternoon a little easier.
We traveled again on Friday back east to Pennsylvania to be with family on Friday and were there until Sunday morning.


Swim: 4,100 meters
Bike: 73 miles/262 TSS
Run: 43.5 miles 

Grandparents day at Aidens montessori on Friday - My mom (grammie) and my mother in law (nana) were both there

Nice smile dude.  We gotta work on that one.

Snake oil?  Anything to help me think that I can break through the pointy edge of the Age Group race!

Nice spring showing in Pennsylvania

My sister Erin and Beth

I LOOOOVVVEEEEE SPRING!

Walking around the little town that my Dad spent his first few years