Stats for week ending 01/28/2007

By the end of this week, I was REALLY feeling the residual fatigue of the past seven weeks, a mini-block intended to really jump-start my season. While I managed to get out the door for every workout this week (a huge accomplishment in itself!), the quality suffered a bit at times, esp. as the week wore on. However, the highlights were a solid FT intervals session on Wednesday (my only bike workout that met, or in this case exceeded, my target TSS), a solid 15-mile run in the hills, and a four-hour SBR day to wrap up on Sunday (consisting of a one-hour Postal Swim with TVM masters, a two-hour tempo session on the rollers, and an 8.5-mile tempo/fartlek run).

Even tired, as I look back at my stats for the sessions this past week, I'm plainly fitter and stronger than I was in either of the past two years at this time. That's a good feeling. This week, the first real benchmark of the season: the Davis Stampede half-marathon. I'm gunning for 90 minutes. If I can throw that down, I like my chances of going sub-5 at Ralph's in March.

• Bike: 131.58 miles (3)
• Run: 36 miles (5)
• Swim: 17,500 yards (5)

Weekly Bike TSS/IF: 417.6/.822
Weekly Avg/Norm Power: 185/202