I just completed week 6 of my 2010 Chicago Marathon training. This week was tough, as I worked 100 hours this week (yes 100, it is not a typo). At least 13 hours a day all 7 days this week, with 3 days of more than 16 hours. A brutal week. I barely saw my family at all the entire week, which was the worst. My mom was also in town visiting for her birthday, so I hardly spent any time with her, which was a bummer (although it was great having her here because she got to spend some quality time with my kids while I was working and the kids loved it!) I had Rush tickets at Jones Beach for Saturday night (7/24/10) with my friend NN, and at the last minute I had to cancel (I felt guilty about leaving the rest of my team behind in the office when we still had a ton of work to do while I would be watching the show) plus, I was unable to go to the Walking with Dinosaurs show at Madison Square Garden with my family and some clients (although I heard everybody had a great time!).
On the swim/bike/run front, working 100 hours this week made it very tough to get my workouts in, but I did it, always is a severely deprived sleep state.
I got 5 workouts in this week - 4 runs (total 28 miles) and 1 bike ride (30 miles). My long run was 12 miles this week, in 85 degree heat with near 100% humidity. Not fun, and as I was running, I thought to myself more than a few times "do I really want to keep running marathons? 6 miles seems like a long way, let alone 12 miles or 26.2 miles!". Then I thought "do I really want to do an Ironman someday? If I get a hot day, I'm going to be miserable!"
Here is a summary of the week:
Monday - OFF
Tuesday - 4.49 mile run, 8:10 pace, 158 average heart rate. Slept only 6 hours the night before.
Wednesday - 6 mile run, 8:41 pace, 154 average heart rate. Slept only 5 hours the night before (worked until after midnight the night before).
Thursday - 6 mile run, 8:37 pace, 154 heart rate. Slept only 5 hours the night before (worked until after midnight the night before).
Friday - 30.2 mile bike ride of Central Park (5 loops) with my friend MH - 18.5 miles per hour (last loop approximately 20.1 mph), average heart rate 136, cadence 71, elevation gain 1,024 feet. Slept less than 5 hours last night, up at 5am and in Central Park by 5:37 A.M.
Saturday - 12 mile long run, 8:58 pace, 158 average heart rate. 85 degrees, near 100% humidity, very muggy. Stopped many times to drink water, went easy. Felt good after the run. Slept 7 hours last night after working until about 11pm.
Sunday - OFF. Slept 7 hours last night.
I hope to catch up on my sleep this week!
Since I missed the Rush show last night, I looked for a video or two from the Jones Beach show last night. I found this one, a very high quality HD video of the show. These guys rock, this is a great video, check it out (La Villa Strangiato).
Jim, finally got on this blog. It is freaking awesome. Love the video of your daughter on the foam roller. You keep a much better training log than myself. You are an inspiration. Congrats on the finishing the tri. How do you train, work, spend time with family, and compete in our fantasy league? Just not enough time in the day. Keep training hard. Tiz
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