So, two of my major goals for the summer were sticking to a 550-hour training plan, and to diligently record my hours in a training log. Thus far on this blog, I’ve been showing everyone the glamorous side of summer (races, hikes, swordfish, etc.), but in order to accomplish the aforementioned goals, there’s also been a decent amount of the mundane-rollerskis, runs, strength and threshold sessions, which I have managed to record in an online excel spreadsheet.

I just finished my internship on Friday, and I’ve got a 10-day vacation ahead of me before I return to school to lead a bunch of freshmen on a whitewater canoeing trip. Since I’ve got some time, I figured I’d do a little number crunching, both to share with any readers and to help me take stock of the training I’ve done. Also, I’m aware that this post is a little bit self-congratulatory, but I figure self-congratulation is justified after 65 hours of rollerskiing…

Nat’s Summer, By the Numbers:

Total hours trained since May 1st: 160.88

Total rollerski hours: 65.7–at 12 kph, that ends up being about 490 miles, or from Brunswick to Ithaca, NY

Average rollerski hours per week since June 1st (when I bothered to start using them): 6.57 (much better than last summer’s dismal average of .5 hours per week)

Shortest workout: 15 minute run in the middle of the night in the pouring rain on April 29th, the first day of the training season (I was in a really, really bad mood)

Longest workout: 240 minutes–hiking Mt. Washington

Longest real workout: 210 minutes on rollerskis (2 times, once classic and once skate)

 

Biggest week: 16.3 hours–I’ve got 16.5 hours planned for this week                 Rollerskiing is rad!

Smallest week: 8.75 hours (not including the last few hectic weeks of school)

Hours of threshold training (all on rollerskis): 5.4

Number of bike races since June 1: 3

Number of bike races last year: 25

Number of rollerski crashes: 1

I’m including my training log to prove I’m not making all this stuff up–I have to credit Marty Hall with the template…

Nat’s Training, 2008-09

Also, the photo is courtesy of James Cook, and was taken in the fall of 2006.

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