Back from the Bahamas!

We have been back from our delayed honeymoon now about a week. Em's brother hooked us up with a room at a Westin in the Bahamas. It was so nice to bask in the sun and lie by the pool. We both took advantage of the sun and managed to come back with a little bit of colour in our skin and not too many red spots. We found out the hard way that you can't afford to miss a spot when putting on your sun screen. The funny thing is that most people seem to miss the same spots.
The hotel was excellent. They had beautiful well kept grounds and a nice stretch of beach. They had a well equipped workout room and a real lap pool, not just some lines painted on the bottom of one of there normal pools.
We both managed to stay quite active. I ended up taking a couple days off and skipped the two long runs I had planned but hey it was my honeymoon. I also picked up a bit of a cold on the way down and didn't want to risk getting sick again.
Over the week I fit in 4 runs, 3 swims and 2 sessions in the gym.
This past week I tried hard to get back to my original schedule but ended up having to make some modifications due to the missed workouts.
I think all in all things are still on track. I will post a general update as to where I am at after I do my next MAP test in two weeks.

Another great interview with SQW

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Progress?

Well it seems as though I might be making a little progress.

Sunday's long run went pretty well despite going into it with tired legs. I need someone to remind me I am not Arnold when I am at the gym. I ended up running 80min total at 153 Avg HR and covered about 14km which worked out to about 5:36/km. The run started out smooth and I felt lighter than usual on my feet but by about 20min in that feeling vanished quickly and I was left with two lead anchors. I ended up pushing a bit too hard and let my HR creep up a bit too much at times but I am happy with the result.

Today, Monday, was the long ride. I didn't get to it until almost 6pm because I am madly trying to get the store year end books done. My plan was to do an easy to steady effort for 150min on the trainer. This would be my longest trainer session this winter. I was a little worried about saddle sores as I have been having a hard time getting the backside leathered up this year. The Sports Balm Chamois Balm got me to about 120min then it was will power from there on.
As for the workout. Once I got going I found that I was actually feeling pretty good and ended up putting in some solid efforts keeping my HR down and held some slightly higher watts than usual.

I still need to get some core work in before bed so I better get to it.