Strava Numbers

So I got an email from Strava the other day with all my "numbers" for 2019. It is interesting how this all adds up.

I recorded a workout 283 days this year. That's 78%.

Those 283 days had 288 hours of recorded workouts broken up as follows:

• 84 biking
• 69 swimming
• 49 virtual (trainer) riding 
• 37 running 
• 34 other

2696 miles traveled

• 1445 bike
• 899 virtual ride
• 198 run 
• 122 swim
• 30 walk

73,577 feet of climbing in all those miles traveled.

I found the number of miles swimming to be the most interesting. You just don't think about it too much when it is broken up into little 100 or 200 yard chunks, but it all adds up.

I am sure this will seem small and easy compared to next season as I train for and do a couple of longer races.

2020 Race Schedule

I met with my coach and we settled on a plan for next year. It includes a couple of 70.3 distance races in the summer and then the aquabike races in the fall. I have a long break in August so that I can build my bike up to the 112 miles needed for Worlds in September.

April TBD: Barron Sprint
June 14: Trinona Olympic
June 28: High Cliff Half
July 26: Chisago Lakes Half
Sept 12: Aquabike Worlds
Nov 15: USAT Aquabike Nationals

I am excited for the season. We will probably start up focused training towards the end of January or early February leading up to those early summer races.

Treadmill Running

Well the offseason is firmly upon us. I haven't been doing any real structured workouts, rather just keeping myself active. With the 2 feet of snow we got over Thanksgiving weekend, all outdoor running has been suspended so inside I go to do some running on the treadmill.

I don't find the treadmill too awful. It is the only time I actually listen to music when I run. Outside I prefer to hear what is going on around me. The TV's are on at the Y but I don't have it playing on my ear buds. I do keep an eye on it as a distraction though.Now all my runs are less than an hour, so maybe this would change if I am doing longer runs.

I took my ipad to the Y today to try out Zwift running, but unfortunately it doesn't talk to my Garmin foot pod. I would need to get a different foot pod. It's not that important though.

So I see a long winter of running on the treadmill. I don't need an injury so no need to risk running outside.