Week 4 -- Done!

This weekend was the Indian Guide Winter Camp out. Different campground this time; we were in Burlington, WI. Cole and I had a lot of fun. It was his first camp out. He picked his "Indian" name, "Little Napping Badger," in honor my father, his grandfather. When I was in Indian Guides with my Dad, his name was, "Napping Badger." Cole liked this name and called his grandfather to see if he could use the name as well. I think my Dad was tickled at the idea.

Anyhow, another weekend off in the wood made for another shortened workout week. Here's what I accomplished:

Monday, 1/19: Swim workout in the Morning. The Triathlon Geek folks had me do my first "Cooper Test," which was a 12 minute swim for distance. I covered 800 yards in the 12 minutes, which put me into the "very good" range for my age group. Yeah me. Monday evening was a lower body and core strength training session.

Tuesday, 1/20: Tuesday morning was a high RPM interval training session on the bike. Tuesday evening was an upper body and core strength training session.

Wednesday 1/21: I got to do my first running "Cooper Test." Just like this swim, this is 12 minute run distance. I was on the treadmill, which is not the recommended way to do this test. But I figured the treadmill was better than running on icy roads in the pre-dawn darkness of a cold winter morning. I covered a little more than 1.5 miles in my 12 minutes. No, I'm not Kenyan, but I'm OK with that. The 1.5 miles put me in the "good" category for my age range. Wednesday night I figured I'd get my swim in that was planned for Thursday morning. I was already at the pool, coaching my swim team and there was adult lap swimming after the swim team practice ended. I got my workout in, about 1650 yards. Now I remember why I don't like to swim in the late evening. By the time I finished, it was pushing 10 o'clock. I get home and I'm keyed up from my workout and could not get to sleep until well after midnight. Lesson learned.

Thursday 1/22: Ended up being an off day since I got my swim in Wednesday night.

Friday 1/23 - Sunday 1/25: At the camp out. No formal workouts. We did play broom ball (think hockey with brooms, instead of hockey sticks, and a soccer ball, instead of a puck) on the frozen lake. The camp also had a good old fashioned toboggan run. I lost count home many trips up and down the hill we make with the toboggan. For some reason, I was always the one lugging the toboggan up the hill and up the steps of the run. My hip flexors are a little bit sore today, so I guess I got some hill and or lower leg strength training in over the weekend.

Winter camp out season is over. Little, well relatively little, planned for the next few weeks, so I'm hoping training goes according to plan. I'm hoping to get some new running shoes this week. Mark @ Runners High 'n' Tri (http://www.runnershigh.biz/), here I come.

Also, I'm working on plans for my new bike. The only problem is what to choose. My local bike shop, Campbell Street Bicycle Shop (http://www.campbellstreetbikes.com/) carries Fuji and Kestrel. So I'm debating between the new Fuji D6 and the Kestrel Airfoil Pro SL.... decisions, decisions...