Week 4 - I Ride for Cancer
Due to the holidays from last week, this was my week to buckle down and get back into the swing of training as well as nutrition. And I feel I did exactly that. Read below for my week of training for the 2012 I Ride for Cancer Ride from Houston, TX to Baltimore, MD.
Monday 1/2/2012
Today was a really good day – but not because of training. I had all three kiddos today, so I just didn’t have time to do any kind of training. But we had a ton of fun playing all day! So I guess the rest of the week will be make up. 🙂
Tuesday 1/3/2012
I rode my scheduled 25 mile ride today. Posted time – 1 hr 14 min.
Wednesday 1/4/2012
First day back to CrossFit at BoomFit. Whew what a tough workout it was too!
Strength:
Deadlifts – 5 rounds of 5 @ 155 lb.
WOD:
21-18-15-12-9 (these are the reps in each set)
Power Snatch 60lb
Wallball 20lb.
Thursday 1/5/2012
I ended up riding 30 miles today. It was very nice 65 degrees when I started and ended up at 55 degrees. Posted time 1hr 28min.
Friday 1/6/2012
Crossfit today to work out my soreness. Plus I wanted to double up and do a short ride. It ended up being really short – just to work and back which is a 10 mile round trip.
WOD (Workout of the Day)
20min AMRAP (As Many Rounds as Possible in 20 minutes):
15 Thruster – 55lbs
15 Pull-Up – I did ring rows
15 Burpee
400m run
I ended up with 3 rounds and 15 Thrusters accomplished in the 20 Minutes — and totally whipped. 🙂
Saturday 1/7/2012
I had a 50 mile ride scheduled for today – but I decided to spend time with the family and go to an Aggie Basketball game. I’ll do the ride tomorrow.
Sunday 1/8/2012
After church – I got a ride in – only 25 miles. With blue skies overhead, I started out with the full intentions and equipped with everything I needed to do 50 (snacks, water, etc). However on my first loop of 25 miles, when I got to the furthest point I could go, the skies opened up and let loose. So needless to say, it turned into a fun, cold, wet, ride. By the time I completed 25 miles I was soppin’ wet and shivering and I didn’t know how hard or much longer it was going to rain so I headed in. It was fun though! Posted time – 1hr 14min. Not bad for a wet ride!
All in all – I think I ended up the week nicely. I’m looking forward to next week as I’m getting a stationary bike for work and will be figuring a way to hook up a keyboard and mouse to it. My goal for next week is a minimum of 125 miles while doing CrossFit three times. Fun huh?
What is I Ride for Cancer?
I Ride for Cancer is a site dedicated to raising money and awareness for Cancer Research. I Ride for Cancer is headed up by Chris Hunter who plans to ride from MD Anderson in Houston, TX to Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, MD in June 2012. Follow along on this site while he documents training and experiences all along the way.
One day very soon, I would like to do this ride. Can’t wait to read more about your ride
Hey Steve! Thanks and there’s good news! So far there are lots of people that are wanting to do just a day of the entire ride (some two or three days). Since you’re in the College Station area, you could easily ride out from MD Anderson in Houston.