February 2014 Training Wrap

Progress!

Weighed in this morning at 181.2..... not great at all and still a good ways from where I need to be, but I did lose between 6-7 pounds since I last weighed in on February 6th. I still drank a decent amount of beer, but I cranked the workouts up another notch and managed to overcome that.

For the specifics...
Worked out in some way on 24 of 28 days:

Skinning - 16 days including 8 days of multiple laps.
Shoveling Snow - 2 big days in early February digging out the driveway.
Skiing - lift-assisted skiing on 4 days that were intense enough to qualify as a workout.
Mountain Bike - 1 day at Oil Well Flats in Canon City for 13.5 miles and 1350' climbing.
Jog - 1 six-miler around the neighborhood
Gym - 1 day of weights and 1 hour on the spin bike.

Totals:
36.25 miles skinning & jogging.
28.5 miles on the MTB & spin bike.
31,900' vert climbing.
28hours & 30min time pushing it.

Lifting weights has definitely been lagging. I like doing that in the morning and its hard to motivate for that when there has been as much snow for POW skiing. If there is new snow of any measurable amount, I almost always prefer to take a few laps skinning and skiing POW. Maybe when the time changes on March 9th and the mornings go dark again for awhile I'll start doing some gym in the mornings.

GOALS for MARCH 2014:

At least 50,000' of climbing vert via all sources.... skinning, hiking, mountain biking, jogging.

Lose at least another 6-8 pounds to get down below 175 by the end of the month.

More time on the mountain bike.... planning another White Rim go-round for the full-moon on March 17th. Sounds like the whole crew is going this year so it won't be a particularly hard effort, but just getting 100 miles done on the bike will be good enough. Must get in at least another desert trip to put down a couple days of good miles.

Weights????? Well, cardio and weight loss will probably continue to be a priority, but I need to figure out a way to get in there 2-3 times a week at least.