hiatus

i'm back and better than ever. well actually, i'm sick. i developed a cough over the weekend before christmas and i woke up yesterday feeling pretty bad. just a cold but i'm a wuss. training has actually been a bright spot - while my total hours are not at mid-season form, i've been very happy with the intensity i've been able to hit.

back to the week before christmas,

m: 1:45 (commute w/ add on)
t:1:00 (commute, home in freezing rain)
w: 1:00 (trainer w/ 4x 3 minutes hard, 3 minutes easy)
r: 0 (shoveling out of the blizzard)
f: 1:00 (trainer w/5x 3 min hard, 3 min easy)
s: 1:00 (trainer - single leg pedal drilss w/some 30 second sprints)
n: 1:10 (10 mile run in gresham)
total: 7(ish) hours

last week:
m: 0
t: 1:00 (ski at pleasant view)
w: 1:00 (trainer 5x 3 min hard, 3 min easy)
r: 1:20 (ski at pleasant view)
f: 1:00 (trainer 5x 3 min hard, 3 min easy)
s: 2:15 (1:30 ski at blue mounds w/cal in backpack, 45 minutes trainer (3 x 3m h/3m e)
n: 0  (woke up achy/sick feeling)
total: 6:35

i'm hoping for one more good solid week. assuming i don't get any worse throughout the day, i'm going to try and get 1:20 on the skis tonight. sprinkle in a couple of trainer workouts, ski workouts and hopefully some running just to get all systems ready. then, it's nationals week - with races on wednesday and saturday. the course was plowed over the weekend - it is going to be epic!

our break was a nice mix of home time, manageable travel and logging workouts. i'm at work today but get a 'recovery' day right away tomorrow.

happy monday.