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Criterium race Friday and either a circuit race Monday or a 60km loop around this beautiful city.
I’ll be riding on Saturday, and running on Sunday! Oh and eating lots of ham.
Hi Ray! I took advantage of the first decent bit of weather in the UK today and smashed out 55 of the slowest miles I’ve ever done. Planning the same on Monday, and in the interim I am going to attempt to eat my body weight in Creme Eggs and Lindor balls. Happy Easter!
I´m going to try the first time for me Zwift… hopefully it´ll be as good as i saw it on Youtube!
Running the 10k Bunny Bolt in Denver, CO!
Still recovering from a marathon so my run will be short and slow with Easter. After training a couple chocolate eggs and then editing my GoPro footage from the run
Saturday; 2h ride
Sunday: brick 2h ride 2miles run
I’m going to ride my bike if I can avoid the rain/snow in Minnesota!
training plan is basically a 12k easy run on saturday and 20k easy bike run on sunday in prepration for RnR Raleigh
Definitely will be running after some Easter eggs with the kids. Usually do a nice little 5-10 mile ride with my 5 year old. And should be able to get a 3-4 mile run in on Sunday.
Long run on Saturday, watching UVA go to the final four on Sunday
A 42 mile sporting Time trial and a long run with a Parkrun in the middle
Group ride on Sat and hour run on Sun.
Probably a 5-6 mile run on Saturday or Sunday morning, depending on how many 12-oz. curls I get in the nights before.
12k run and hope it doesn’t snow!
should be good weather again tomorrow (unlike today), will get the mountainbike and check out a singletrack in the nearby forest, I discovered yesterday while running.
Two easy 6 mile runs followed by a long run on Monday! Trying the Hansons marathon method this time around. It’s killing me.
Three day weekend = three workouts. A swim, a bike, and a run!
marathon training, so lots of running!!
A hilly cycle around Fife in Scotland, 10mls run , 3K swim…and some Easter egg hunting with the kids.
Slow recovery run on Sunday after yesterday’s 20 mile.
My hippity-hoppity Easter weekend plans include a 20-mile run on Saturday, followed by raiding my nieces’ and nephews’ Easter baskets on Sunday and eating ALL the candy.
I will be running in my local parkrun Sat and then a 10k training run Sunday
Run uphill; run flat; run uphill and flat. That’s Sat, Sun, Mon, respectively. Then, if I turn on my brain properly, I’ll do an appropriate amount of strentching too.
At least 2 or 3 rides with the bike.
Just planning on getting a lot of riding at the winter paths with the MTB, as they are now in quite good shape
Eat Cycle Sleep RepEat Cycle Sleep RepEat…
Sunday we are doing a trail hike at the trailhead on Easter Rd. And we will be eating peeps when we get to the overlook
Trainer tonight, pool in the morning, and chasing Easter bunnies on Sunday!
I’ve got the following for the weekend. Last long run weekend before Boston.
Good Friday – 11K Easy (DONE)
Saturday – 13K Moderate Run
Sunday – 28-30K Long Run
Monday – 10K Moderate Run
I would love to add a power meter to my setup.
Cheers,
Gilles
53 mile bike shop ride in warm and sunny weather.
easy 7 miles with strides this afternoon, easy 8 and strength training tomorrow, then on Sunday I finish my last long run before Boston – warm up, 16 miles at 6:45/mile, cool down.
A gentle trot after a bigger week… And an attempt at pulling down a tent and getting it into the same bag it came out of….
I’m going to squeeze a couple of beach runs between games at a soccer tournament in NJ.
8 miler on early Sunday Morning. Happy Easter!
I will do a quick gym workout, some cardio, some weights and then sauna. Maybe I can do that twice. Other than that, it will be a friends-and-family-Easter-marathon :)
Easter egg run hosting. 7kids AMRAP (10m backyard egg hunt) – time cap 5 min/kid. Not claimed – mine! then a Erg session to burn those calories
I am going to do a 5k and 12k run. A 30 minute row and 30 minute TRX training.
Friday: 112k cycle up to the mountains in Wicklow (Ireland)
Saturday: slow run circa 80min
Sunday: swim 3k
Monday: circa 100k back up the mountains
Tuesday: rest!
4 hrs training session with trainer road then Easter ham and bunny
from tacx galaxia to road…
Take it easy eating a chocolate bunny followed by a 60km hilly ride on Saturday and a 10km run on Easter Monday
Barbell Club on Saturday morning; light run Saturday night; long run Sunday morning!
hoping to get 8-10 miles in on Saturday and veg out on Sunday :)
This weekend I’ll be finishing off a long hard week with a 12 mi long run Saturday. Then a much-needed rest day on Easter Sunday (and some chocolate eggs!)
Thanks Ray!
Going to hit the trails on the MTB on Sunday for about 25 miles.
I am going to do 3 loops around park, it should be around 7km in total.
Yes, some cycling!
Just a 12 km run on Saturday, and some strength on Sunday.
Hi DCR!
My plan is to hit the gym for weights tonight.
A Swim on Saturday
and a long run on Sunday :)
Enjoy your weekend!
My wife works all weekend (at least the waking hours) so I’ll be pulling kid duty. Which means a sufferfest video after they go to bed and maybe getting out for a little ride with them in the trailer if it stays halfways nice out.
Man 2,680 replied already…. Here goes nothing…. :)
I have a 2hr bike tomorrow and tempo run Sunday.
I’ll be doing strength training today, resting on Saturday and 20k on Sunday. Maybe a swimming session with my kid for good measure too.
Heading to Florida for our Spring Break and plan to get a couple of 5-7 mile runs on the beach at sunrise!
Bike/Run Sat, Swim/Run Sun.
I´ll do some biking to visit my mother-in-law – rest of the family goes by car… Refueling with chocolate eggs later on :-)
With all the food I just ate, I’ll have to do an eggstra lap by the waterfront! Just my normal 8 km run. Nothing fancy!
Plan to get 35+ miles on the mountain bike this weekend!
Last long training before my first ultra on 3Rd April.
Away with family for the weekend, so no training. Except possibly a few egg lifts.
A little too injured to run, I plan für two full days of mountainbiking.
Hopefully a dry 3-4h hours ride on Sunday! Enjoy your weekend!
Long relaxed ride to town and then using the bicycle to climb a mountain.
Winter MTB and XC skiing!
Brisk walk through Wareick, UK as I am on an Easter holiday without bike..
Two long Traineroad rides planned, plus a short run…. need to work off that nutritional chocolate.
Downhill skiing tomorrow and perhaps it’s warm enough for the first outdoor cycling this season on monday..
Tempo lap on the tt bike on Saturday then an easy two hours on Sunday
Some leisurely cruising on the bike tomorrow and an easy 1hr run on sunday. Many chocolate eggs will be consumed as well…
long run over the weekend and a mixture of trails and road runs. Toss in some hills if I can as well
chocolate ! chocolate ! chocolate ! (bike) chocolate ! chocolate !
Going to be spending time hiking with my baby daughter
On the trainer every day and some ice hockey on Saturday
Happy Easter! I’m just getting back into shape after s baby, so my plans are for one or two short (or “base building” as I like to think of them) runs. Thank you for th giveaway!
I’ve got a 100km ride to do sunday, 5km run and some weight work tomorrow, maybe indulge in some chocolate too at somepoint!!
Going for a15 km run on first and 22 on second easter day
Try to fit a few rides and runs between the showers
Watching husband on his trainer and providing towel and water
I am going to ride Zwift Mountain for 2 hours on Saturday.
Tempo-Run today,
Strenght on Saturday,
Long-Run on Sunday and
an Recovery-Run on Monday.
My training plans this weekend are to beat the longest run record on my Garmin Forerunner 235 (currently only at 12.42km :-)), and get some climbing in at the gym.
2h bike on saturday, an XS aquathlon on sunday, and monday maybe some bike if it’s not raining
Temperatures are climbing again… so outdoor rides! Sat and Sun rides on the cx bike to get ready for the Ottawa season openers.
Hey, trying to overcome an injury while over-enthusiastically training for my first marathon. At I have a PB in the 18 miles right? Anyway, this weekend will see me running a slow and steady 10km around Central Park, beautiful time of year for it!
I’ll be rehabbing my knee and back in the hopes of racing again by mid year!
Grinding last long run before AR50!
Long ride with a brick run!
Long ride Sunday with some olympians and semi pros ! Hell ride but pure fun and the off to work !
Indoor training ride on board of a ship
Some long runs to burn easter food ;)
Lots of trainer rides this week…mimosa power lifts on Sunday.
First outdoor ride(s) on the new road bike – yay!!
No training this weekend.. Away with family.. Tuesday I’ll start again B-)
The weather forecast for this weekend is just awful, so I’m not planning much running, but maybe I’ll manage a very energetic, very indoors Easter egg hunt.
Finally recovered from a knee injury and I’ve been building up the milage the last couple of weeks. I will run an easy 25K on Sunday.
My plan is to recover, I have pain here, there, over there, etc.
Also buy baby staff. he is landing in 20 weeks
Just a 90 mins grind intervals on the turbo.
I was hoping to be out riding this weekend testing out my new pair of glasses. Looks like with all the rain that is attacking Florida I’ll be out running on some muddy trails instead.
I’ll do a long run 30k and a recovery run.
Get started on comeback after an injury!