biking

Run, Bike, Run

Did something a bit different tonight and ran 4 miles, followed by 4 miles of biking topped off with a 4 mile tempo run. My wife did the opposite and biked while I ran and ran while I biked – good training for the Muddy Buddy race in July. The first four miles was a [...]


Bike, Run: Repeat Three Times

Nice solid hour of training tonight – 10 minutes on the bike trainer, followed by 10 minutes on the treadmill, repeated 3 times with no rest interval. I made each 10 minute period slightly more intense than the previous one (harder gear on the bike and faster speed on the treadmill) and by the end [...]


Monday Night Bike, Run, Bike, Run

After yesterday’s sluggish 20 mile run, I planned on just doing an indoor bike workout tonight. However as the day went on, my legs felt surprisingly good and I decided to incorporate some treadmill running into the mix. I started with 20 minutes on the bike – a nice easy gear at quite a high [...]


Triple Bike/Run & The End Of Essential Abs Week 4

Wednesday evening means a midweek bike/run workout, so I decided to do a similar workout to last week – 10 minutes on the bike, followed by 10 minutes on the treadmill, repeated three times. The only thing I did different was incorporate alternate minutes of standing on the bike – great for the quads and [...]


Tough Love, The Treadmill & Essential Abs

I wanted to make a positive start to my training week today, so decided on an indoor bike workout, treadmill session, followed by the second workout of week four in the Essential Abs program. I tend to log my workouts Monday –> Sunday which allows me the opportunity of making up any shortfall in my [...]


Another Brick & Ab Workout

Time for another bike, run workout tonight, so I decided to do the same workout as last week – 10 minutes on the bike, followed by 10 minutes on the treadmill, repeated three times. I must say, I felt stronger on the bike tonight and was able to push a bigger gear for a longer [...]