A 25K workout

It was two weeks after the Great Floridian Triathlon, an ironman distance race, and I decided at the last minute to race the Houston 25K. The 25K is part of the warm-up series to the Houston Marathon. While not being fully recovered, I figured I could still have a good result; after all, I was in "ironman" shape.

There is more to the pre-race story, though. The week prior I had started my crossfit-like resistance training. The day prior to the race I taught an intense spin class, where I participated with as much effort as I was instructing the students to put into the class. Later that same day, I went to a Bodyworks certification class, which, of course, included participating in an hour class of Bodyworks. This class included a lot of squats while holding dumbbells.

You can image the results at the 25K. To review, minimally recovered from an ironman, re-started resistance training, and two hard workouts the day prior to the 25K. As a coach, I insist that you do as I say, not as I do. I think I'll just call this a 25K workout, not a race.

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Does Crossfit Training Work with Triathlon?

I was introduced several months ago to a concept of fitness training called Crossfit. At the time I was training for the Great Floridian, an ironman distance race, so I didn't want dig into the subject too deeply.

Now that I've raced the Great Floridian, I'm ready for a bit of a change. Sure it is now "running season" in Houston, but I want to try something new. So after several Internet searches, I've found there is a huge amount of folks participating in such workouts. The main site for all things crossfit is found at www.crossfit.com.

So far I've done just two 20 minute workouts outlined (workouts named after girls). I modified the workout to make them easier since I've not done much strength training for a while AND just finished an ironman. These two workouts were very efficient and VERY tough. They made me extremely sore.

More to come.

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