Speed training

Wow, haven't been this sore in a while.

Did 3x8mins hard on Monday (total workout time about 45 minutes) and now, 48 hours later, my legs are still sore. I'm impressed that such a short workout had such an effect on me.

I plan to do a hard 30 minute TT tomorrow or Friday and then just a bunch of short recovery-type stuff for the week leading up to the duathlon. I will consider the race a speed workout too, but I probably won't do any more before the race only because I want to be really fresh for it. I hope to place well in this race and want to go into it as prepared as I can.

No beer for a while either, which is something new. I have a habit of getting drunk the weekend before a race. It will probably have been 3 weeks without a drink by the time the race comes around, so I can factor out alcohol consumption as a reason for poor performance.

I think I'll do another speed week following the duathlon and then probably take a couple recovery weeks off until April 8.

At that point we're 20 weeks out from Ironman. That's when the real work begins.