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LSD tomorrow of about 8-10 miles then Bike Ride on Sunday.
3 hour ride on Saturday and 2 hour run on Sunday
Friday: Take my Husky to the dog park. Exercise in and off itself
Saturday: 25 mile bike ride in what looks to be quit possibly thunderstorms…yay!!!!
Sunday: 10k run at half marathon pace
Saturday 11 miles easy pace, 4 mi St Patty’s Race, 2 mile recovery
Sunday 10 mile Tempo
Sat: 6km
Sun: 12 km
Interval run on Saturday and long run on Sunday + easy swim every evening.
Saturday rest. Sunday 10k and 5k race called the Kona Dublin Double!
Sat: swim 2100 yards
Sun: bike 20 miles
Saturday bikeride for 2 Hours and Sunday 1,5 hour speedskating.
Green Beer
100km Endurance Ride
Easy 20km Run on the trails
Sleep…
Weekend Workout:
Saturday: AM: Nordic skiing (30 km), Evening, Nordic Cross 5k
Sunday AM: Nordic X (10k), PM: Gym after I get back from the woods :D
Hopefully a two hour bike ride.
I will ride my mountainbike. :)
Taking the kids on the Baltimore-Annapolis bike trail on Sat., and St. Patty’s day 5k on Sunday.
I’ve a broken arm so it’s off to the gym for some intervals on the bikes there. Can’t miss an interval session!
30 min bikeride.
slow 20-30 mile ride on Saturday, medium paced 30 mile group ride on Sunday.
Weekend workout: Saturday have a 5k race. It is with my 6 year old, so no visions of placing here for me (maybe for him). Depending on the plans for the rest of the day, thinking of a nice bike ride.
Sunday, work on the long run most likely. I have a half marathon in April, been working my distances back up after an IT band issue. Hope to put in about 10 miles or so. That or a trail run, which I so love to do.
looooooong bike saturday
loooooooong run sunday
endless eating sunday night
beer all the way through!!!!!!!!
Cyclone Lusi is visiting us so I have declared a weekend of rest! With maybe a 5k squeezed in as the eye passes over!
I’ll be doing a recovery run of 75 minutes this Saturday. Still taking it easy after last Sunday’s half marathon!
Saturday: cross country skiing (Pokljuka, Slovenia)
Sunday: ski mountaineering (plans are to go to Kredarica and there is also plan B scenerio)
As the winds in the NW tomorrow it’ll be an early start kitesurf at the ‘duck ponds’ followed by a 5k run and hopefully a long cycle on Sunday…
Friday: After work swim probably 2000. Decide drills when I get in the water > run. Distance 3.14 (pi day) > beer tasting event at local beer store>bed
Saturday (my birthday): AM ride: 20 miles > coach 1st and 2nd grade soccer > wait for babysitter > drink beer>green dress run>drink beer>live music> drink beer> dance with wife>drink beer>cab home>bed.
Sunday: AM run hangover off > cook kids and wife breakfast> mass> lunch> men’s league soccer game > celebrate victory> home> eat dinner> help put kids to bed> read dcrainmaker> go to bed.
Nothing. Doctor’s order.
saturday : rest
sunday: 14 km run
greetings from sLOVEnia
10k on Rowing Machine
Saturday, 7 miles run with hills
Sunday, 15 miles offroad bike ride
3.5 hr bike / 40 minute run on sat
2 hr bike / 1 hour swim on sun!
5 hour drive to S. Ohio. 66 mile loop start/finish at Hocking Hills State park. 5 hour drive home.
Turbo trainer on Saturday and off road run on Sunday here in sunny Scotland.
slow bike ride on saturday and some trail running on sunday, hopefully with some sun
saturday: 2:30 long ride
sunday morning: 2.200 yard swimming
sunday afternoon: 1:10 run
I’m training for my first ironman 70.3
I have two St. Patrick’s Day themed races this weekend. The first is a 5k on Saturday and the second is a 5 miler on Sunday. Then I’ll have a recovery Guinness.
A 6-10 mile skijor with one of our dogs on Saturday on the Tanana River and a 2-3 hour run on Sunday or a long skate ski depending on conditions.
Saturday gym to work shoulders and calfs, followed by a 30 minute run. Sunday is a day of rest !
I am planning on doing my long workouts for my “rest” week of my 70.3 training. 25 mile bike ride on Saturday and 7 mile run and 1000m swim on Sunday.
Saturday: 5.00 Miles
Sunday: 6.00 Miles
23 mile road run. Enjoying the spring weather at the same time I hope!
Last weekend and week was great weatherwise so I did three fantastic mountainbike tours. For the coming weekend the forecast is bad so my workout it will be some rest and a Sushi evening with friends. :)
Sat: spin class
Sun: 1000m swim
Training for 1st sprint triathlon!
Saturday: ~5mi trail run, Sunday: rest
A Swim Smooth set, Foundation training, and some trigger point on Sat and rest day on Sun.
This weekend I will be hitting up the local mountain bike trails for the first time since fall. Finally dry enough to ride. Probably throw in any easy run in there somewhere!
5 miles on Saturday. Then 12 miles on Sunday as part of Stage 2 of One Run for Boston 2014.
Sat: 30 minute run and some cross training and hopefully a hike.
Sun: Another 30 minute run.
Trying to get some momentum going to get fit again!
Get to the gym for a run and get on the trainer for a bike. And would like to get out for a ski as well.
Saturday: long run, 12-16 miles, probably on a trail somewhere here in Southern Utah. Love the red rocks and the spring weather.
Sunday: rest day
Sat: 9m run
Sun: 35m bike
Long run Saturday ( 10k ), followed Sunday by a 90 minute bike ride.
A fast 15km as the last long run before
IAAF/AL-Bank World Half Marathon Championships Copenhagen 2014 in two weeks.
Saturday: 2 hour bike
Sunday: Half Marathon Race: Murcia, Spain.
some skiing with my 6 year old followed by an evening run
Sat “Recovery” Swim; Sunday Long Bike/ short run
I am running in the Naperville St. Paddy’s Day 5K on Saturday with my wife, and then on Sunday I will have an easy 12 mile recovery run. Unfortunately, the weather still isn’t going to be very springlike yet in the Chicago area. Still looking forward to a good weekend of running.
Since my podiatrist hasn’t given the go ahead to start running again…
Swimming tonight
Cycling tomorrow
Cycling Sunday
Get in a bike ride Saturday morning before the rain. Run on Sunday.
Saturday
– 60 minutes bike ride with 30 minutes in zone 3
– 45 minutes swim (stroke count)
Sunday
– 1:30 hour run with 30 minutes in zone 3
– 40 minutes continuous swim
A muffins course with my wife and my kids
Sunday: 24km (15miles) long run preparing Madrid Marathon
2km swim on Friday evening (which counts as “weekend” to my mind), 8mi run on Saturday, then Swim Clinic on Sunday!
Heading on holiday Saturday but nevertheless hope to get in a 5k run Saturday and maybe an LSD Sunday. 1hour 30mins or so.
Saturday : A 1h run with progressive speed laps of 15mn followed by 2mn of recover run
Sunday : A 3h long run at easy pace but also including 2x30mn at marathon pace
I am preparing for my first marathon, the Paris one in 23days from now …
14 mile training run covering Heartbreak Hill and the Boston Marathon course on Saturday. Rest and probably a swim on Sunday.
Hopefully a 5k run. Having a new born baby makes working out tough!
50 mile fast paced group ride Saturday morning. I’ll spend the rest of the weekend just trying to walk again.
Recovery from European trip spin in the AM Saturday, afternoon run. Sunday, long swim at the local aquatic center…
13 mile run on Saturday, Sunday rest!
Saturday: Rock-n-Roll USA Half Marathon
Sunday: Bike 1.5 – 2 hours (trainer) then run 20-30 mins
Saturday: 2km swim under 1 h followed by Bikram Yoga
Sunday: 2h bike ride, 10K Run
There will be 7km relax run with a little bit evening swimm on Saturday and there will be half marathon race on Sunday near Prague, Czech Republic.
Doing a 4.5 hour cycling tour.
First run back to test my ribs broken by a bike fall. Slow jog I guess
Run uphill 6x4min full power. Saturday. Long easy run 18km on Sunday.
I’m away for the weekend and couldn’t bring the bike, so it’s a fast 5km run, a slowing 15, and a medium 10, all while trying to maintain some semblance of a healthy diet while away.
Resting my injured shoulder!
a good long run sunday, 2.5 hours in zone 2 – low zone 3.
Sat – ~10k jog
Sun – Tralee marathon (in Ireland so appropriate for this weekend!)
Walk from bondi Beach down the coast of Australia and a 6 mile run!
St. Pats Day 7K on Saturday morning. If the weather cooperates, would love to do an 8mi on Sunday in preparation for the long-run season!
Mo: 15k with 10x (2min 10k racepace, 1:30min cooldown)
Tu: easy longrun 25k
We: 20k Tempo run
Th: shakeout the leg’s, maybe 5-8k smooth& easy
Fr: 15k with 1-2-3-2-1-2-3-2-1 Fartlek
Sa: 25k easy
Su: 30k easy
(I’m training for my first 100k race this summer)
Saturday morning: 40 mile road ride with some sprint intervals.
Saturday afternoon: mowing the lawn
Saturday night: Riding our old Schwinn tandem to our friends place to watch the F1 race in Australia
Sunday morning: Singlespeed MTB ride, with laps of the pump track.
To Enter: Give me your weekend workout plans. Simple as that!
oh cmon, now I have to do a weekend workout…
probably 12k with a mile of hills in the middle
Saturday: LSD RUN
Sunday:2hr Bike Ride
Saturday: Tennis with our twins
Sunday: Tobacco Road Marathon – all 26.2mls
Spinning on Friday and yoga on Saturday. Waiting until I can start running again as soon as I get rid of this plantar fasciitis!
50 minute run saturday, 10 miler sunday.
Still rehabbing from hip surgery, so Saturday will mean a long walk in the woods, Sunday will hit the elliptical and do some strength work and hopefully a swim on Monday.
Sat: 5k parkrun
Sun: 75k group ride at 25k per hour
The training plan says to cycle 60 miles followed by a 4 mile run on Saturday and Swim 2,600 meters on Sunday. As I am just getting over a sprained ankle I’ll attempt a slow 40 miles cycle, skip the run (which caused the injury) and do a pyramid set of swim drills on Sunday (2k).
Saturday a 12km run “around the block”, and a Body Attack class on Sunday!
Dragging my dodgy calves and compressed sciatic nerve around a parkrun (look it up! :-)) 5k in the morning. Spinervals hour with Trainerroad in the afternoon. Sunday morning strength workout, Sunday evening spinervals 2.5 hours with Trainerroad and a movie!
Saturday morning will start with a one hour swim followed by a 80 min run. On Sunday I plan to ride 40 miles on the CT divided into two 20 mile segments based on wattage. Good times!
Still deciding….
This week end is mostly about triathlon training with my 7-month baby. Saturday morning: baby swimmers ; saturday afternoon : bike (he’ll be working his aero position in the trailer) then second transition and crawling on the floor. Sunday will be about general fitness (sofa climbing is a tough sport, fortunately after you can rest on the sofa). And a 90-min run along the Seine for me during the little one’s nap…
I’m planning a 5 mile run on Saturday and a ride on Sunday of whatever length time I can get away for, family permitting.
ramping up the mileage again – training for Grandmas marathon in June. I’ll do 12 tomorrow and then a 4 or 5 mile recovery run on Sunday.
A cross fit WoD and an easy three mile run between some long walks with the dog.
Hi,
Saturday is a rest day but on Sunday I plan to have a long run about 2,5 hours on the local trails in Tallinn.
Snow ios finally gone here. Going to be on the bike all weekend.