Big Training Week!!

I've been "building" since the TC 10 Mile and the following day when I had a vasectomy and took a week off. Last week was NICE:

I believe that's only my 2nd time over the past year (using this training log) that I've been over 25 hours for a week of training!

The other time it happened, it was the week before the TC 10 Mile where I didn't have Sunday as a rest day - I moved up my Monday run to Sunday, so I took out an hour+ of core and replaced it with an hour+ run AND 2+ hours of leg work. That sort of "artificially" made that week so big.

Last week, it was because I got in solid workouts all around, including 2 longer trainer rides! (2 hours and 2+ hours.) Runs were all good, and strength time was all NICE.

Everything was pretty normal until Thursday: I couldn't sleep, so I woke up at 2:30 a.m. and finally got out of bed at 3:30. Then I "had time" to hit the trainer for a longer ride. I also did NINE sets for my upper body at the gym later that day! So I woke up with a "training readiness" score of ONE on Friday:

After a fartlek run on Friday morning and some good core and legs, it was ONE again on Saturday morning. Saturday was a longer trainer ride again where I did efforts of 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 minutes:

With 50% the effort time as easy riding in between.

So Sunday morning was still a LOW "training readiness:"

My weekly intensity minutes were climbing... up over 1700:

Only the 2nd time over 1700 minutes since late August.
(19th week over 1700 minutes in 2026, and not any "filler"
commuter bike rides or anything - all "training.")

I also hit 150,000+ steps for the week too.

So after a tiny October and a few "building" weeks, I'm thrilled to have put in some good work last week! This week will have a few more "random" days that will keep it from being as big, but that's OK after such a solid week last week!