I can’t believe we’ve been home from Christmas break for an entire week already. We are back in full force here and have gotten into our routine again.
I’ve gotten back into the swing of my workouts and I feel great. I have to say taking it slow and keeping up with my cross training so far has really paid off. My body is responding so much better!
I wanted to share with you today a new tool I have been using to track my workouts, but first here is a break down of this week’s training:
3 miles running.
60 minutes spinning.
5 mile interval run total of 60 minutes.
3 miles running.
80 minutes spinning.
AM: 35 minute treadmill intervals.
PM: 80 minutes spinning at the gym.
Rest Day
6 miles total divided up between 5 miles straight running and the last mile alternating every 0.25 miles between walking and running.
I was really nervous going into this run. This was the furthest I have run without stopping since my injury. I am happy to report though that my leg did great!
I finished it up with 70 minutes spinning.
Sunday
I am still a little undecided on what I will be doing today. It will either be an easy ay or I’ll try to tackle another very short fun and spinning session.
Total Weekly Recap
Running Days – 5
Cross Training Days – 6
Rest Days – 1
Great week all together! I kept up with my goal of cross training and even though I didn’t note it on my training I also completed two days of weight training. I’m happy with my start to 2014!
Remember back when I listed the items I had on my Christmas wish list? One of the items I was looking for was this awesome training journal. I have been toying around with the idea of a written training journal, and I am still really wanting one. However, I didn’t get it for Christmas and it’s really not in the budget right now so I went looking for a new option.
I found this awesome website called TrainingPeaks.
TrainingPeaks is a program for athletes and coaches. You can track your workouts along with food and nutrition.
I used to track via DailyMile and while I loved it in the beginning, I decided I wanted a more organized and in depth approach to tracking my training.
The calendar allows you to track each workout you do. When you log a workout you can log pretty much anything you can think of. Mine are divided between running and biking.
At the end of the week it also totals everything for you. You can set goals and see if you accomplish them. I hope to be able to use this to track my total mileage for 2014!
It has various graphs on the side that will track your total times in each “sport.” When I look at those numbers I can’t believe I was on the bike for almost 5 hours this week! It also will allow you to track calories burned if you record it throughout the week.
They also have an app for both the iPhone and Android.
It makes it very easy to log my workouts while I am doing them and then it automatically syncs them to that I can see them on the computer when I get home.
I don’t know about you all but I have always wanted to find a great way to track my workouts and out of all of the ones I found this was by far the best!
Do you track your workouts? Online or in a journal?
Are there any other tracking sites you have found?
YAY for completing 5 miles straight! Congratulations! In terms of tracking, I use my own spreadsheet – it’s not fancy but I love it and have been using the same format for years!
That is awesome Megan! Did you create it yourself or find it somewhere online?
I created it myself – not fancy, like I said, but it tracks my training plan (if I have one at the time), mileage (by day, week, month, and year), pace, and any notes on how I felt (need to get better about actually recording these!)
Look at all that running! So happy for you 🙂 I use Running Ahead (online) to track my training which I’m loving. Plus it can handle data straight from the garmin which makes things easy for me!
That is awesome! I have never see that one 🙂 Thank you. It’s a slow process but I am feeling very excited and positive!
I’m glad you’re making progress with your recovery! It always stinks feel like you’ve worked so hard towards your goals, get injured, be laid up, and then feel like you’re starting from scratch again.
I use Daily Mile to keep track of my runs, but I’ll have to check out Training Peaks. It does seem a lot more in-depth!
It is a real set back, but that is part of life! 🙂
I used daily mile for a long time but it was difficult when I began having to stop for injury and everyone would start commenting. It is better I keep my tracking to myself and this is more in depth. DailyMile is great though!
Great job on the progress! Just remember to take it slow and don’t get over-zealous! 🙂
2012 was scatter-shot for me, but this past year I really just used Garmin Connect. I should probablly get a fitness tracker for all of my daily activities, but honestly don’t stress that much about it. I mostly want to keep up with my runs, as that is 99% of my main exercise anyway.
Glad you found something that encompasses all sorts of exercises!
Gotcha 😉
Some people aren’t into tracking, and that’s okay! I enjoy it simply because it allows me to watch what I am doing and progress slowly. In a way it keeps me accountable.
Oh – I mis-spoke: I absolutely track my numbers HEAVILY – when I said ‘fitness tracker’ I meant like the Fitbit Force, Jawbone Up, Nike FuelBand, or Polar Loop. Those things that will track your ‘about the house/office’ activities, steps, stairs, and so on.
Because just tracking my GPS info and heart rate info and processing it all isn’t enough for me 🙂
I use Garmin Connect to track my running and riding. It’s great that you’re progressing with the running!
Thank you! I’ve heard Garmin connect is great!
I’ll have to check out TrainingPeaks. I currently use FloTracker but am kinda looking for something a little more advanced. Congrats on all the running this week!
Let me know what you think! 🙂 Thanks!
I am trying to be more diligent with planning and tracking my workouts. I am pretty old fashioned and like to use a calendar. When I try to keep up online, I always forget to update. Luckily my Nike watch always syncs my runs to the Nike Running app, so my mileage is up to date unless I run without it.
That is nice that your nike watch syncs everything together!