If there’s any one area of my fitness I’ve ignored recently it’s been strength. I used to lift weights a few times a week, but with the demands of training for running and cycling events I’ve stopped that part of my routine. I need to restart it. Strength building may or may not help me […]

I’ve been talking for awhile about triple workout Thursday–my attempts on Thursdays to get in a cycling, swimming, and some other (sometimes running, sometimes weights) workout. This week I decided to change things up a bit on the weekend, going for quadruple workout Saturday. Two hours on the bike; one hour in the pool; a […]

I work two jobs–your typical full time Monday through Friday 8:30-5 deal (with the twist of working weekends and holidays four to five times a year) plus a class I teach on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. To fit in workouts, I need to do a lot of them in the mornings–at least two bike rides […]

I have two types of training schedules. The first type is just a calendar that tells me what workouts I want to do when. My goal–which I rarely reach–is eleven workouts a week: four bike rides, four runs, and three weight sessions. I try to do the bike rides Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Saturday; the […]