Week 6 Triathlon Training: Getting Back into Rhythm

This week presented a bit of a challenge with some unexpected scheduling and travel, but I still managed to get in some solid workouts. While I haven’t had a long endurance day recently, I feel great about my overall conditioning and am confident I can quickly build back into longer distances. With warmer weather finally arriving here in Wisconsin, I’m looking forward to getting outside more often.

Monday: Light yoga

We were coming back from our event in Louisville on Monday and had 10 hours in the car so when I got home at 8pm I was exhausted, but did a little bit of yoga to loosen up my back and joints after sitting in the car for so long.

Nutrition: Ketones first thing in the morning followed by some electrolytes. We didn’t stop for food until a good chunk of the way into our drive where we got some fried chicken along the way. Another serving of ketones along the way and then we stopped for pizza before getting home.

Tuesday: Basketball

I don’t normally play on Tuesdays but I also hadn’t played for a little bit so it was nice to get up and down and be competitive again.

Nutrition: ketones first thing in the morning, electrolytes right after, eggs and toast for lunch with a greek yogurt in the afternoon. Second serving of ketones in the middle of the afternoon. We had an early dinner of chicken and red peppers followed by a night time popcorn snack.

Wednesday: Basketball

This is my usual basketball night. With two nights in a row of basketball I did some focused stretching afterwards as well.

Nutrition: Ketones and electrolytes first thing in the morning followed by a late morning greek yogurt and protein bar snack. I had an odd lunch break so I opted for another protein bar and Jocko milk in the early afternoon instead of running for fast food. I had another serving of electrolytes right after that and our specialty extreme sport ketone blend, called Radline (which is incredible) before playing basketball. When I got home from basketball I made a flank steak with brussel sprouts for dinner.

Thursday: Indoor cycle

After a long day at work I opted to stay home and do a 45 minute sprint workout on the bike. 

Nutrition: Ketones first thing in the morning, electrolytes shortly after, I had scrambled eggs and toast for lunch with a protein bar in the afternoon. I had a second serving of ketones in the middle of the afternoon and had a dinner of chicken fajitas in our instant pot. 

Friday: Strength training

Friday was leg day in the weight room and I was feeling it for a couple days after. I want to make sure I keep my strength and explosiveness during training, which is why I went for a full leg day.

Nutrition: Ketones first thing in the morning, electrolytes a little later in the morning. I had a protein bar late morning before having chicken breast with brussel sprouts for lunch with a protein shake. I had a second serving of ketones in the afternoon, skirt steak for dinner and popcorn as a snack while we relaxed later at night.

Saturday: rest day

My legs were feeling it from my time in the weight room, plus my parents were coming to visit so I just used Saturday as a rest day.

Nutrition: Ketones first thing in the morning, Subway for lunch, ketones in the early afternoon with a protein bar followed by some drinks and dinner at a supper club with my parents where I had a ribeye and potatoes. 

Sunday: Outdoor run

It’s finally starting to feel like spring around here so I was excited to get out and go for a run outside. It was still cold, and fairly windy, so the running experience wasn’t as much fun as I had hoped. With it being one of the first runs in a while I want to build to longer distances, and think I will be able to do so fairly easily, but I did a run of 3.25 miles.

Nutrition: Ketones in the morning, followed by electrolytes. I had a banana and protein bar along with a Radline before my run. When I got back from running I had a flank steak for a late lunch followed by some greek yogurt with granola in the afternoon. We made chicken and brussel sprouts for dinner and I had some popcorn as an evening snack.