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Already did 17km running today, might do additional 10km tomorrow as restitution.
TRX on Saturday and a short run on Sunday
easy run 10k 5min per km
A 10k this Sunday after a week of doing nothing but eating and drinking!!
Sat swim & bike, sun run & bike, getting ready for 2017
Mountainbike tomorrow in the Cotswolds, bit of Zwiftopia this morning.
After major floodings here in Victoria, Australia over the last few weeks – Summer is here in just a few days. I’m planning on cycling in the countryside, down the state alongside wineries, rivers, through historic gold-mining towns to my destination of Bright, Victoria. Known for the peaks of Mount Buffalo and its fall foliage throughout the country town. I’d love to capture this via the new GP5!
Hoping to hit the trail on my mtb as I’ve been sick for a week and haven’t been able to run at all.
I’ll ride 40 minutes on a trainer.
A little MTB riding and tune up ride on my gravel bike to get ready for back to back 50 milers on gravel next week
Mostly family time this weekend. Hope to fit in a run.
10k run on sunday!
Marine Corps Marathon…My boy really wants a go pro for Christmas!
Olympic race on Saturday
Gym, wattbike, swim and jacuzzi
The long long run
What I do every weekend – swim, bike, run
fall/winter workout on my tacx vortex, as every weekend this season
3 journalister endurance session on my new Tacx Neo and a ride outside on my even newer Scott Scale 910. Need a GoPro to get some cool footage of my stumbling into the world of mountainbiking
Winter is coming and this is weekend will probably be one of the last weekends I’ll be able to ride outside.
Lifting iron
Trail run and body weight routine
I’m running on my Lightspeed treadmill and picking up leaves.
Racing: Houston Half Marathon
Ran a 5k yesterday, 7.5 mile run today followed by 3 mile hike with a weight vest, and a 5k tomorrow!
Lots of tennis both on Saturday and Sunday. Not on TV, playing myself :)
Saturday yoga + hiit Units and bouldering afterwards
Sunday Cross Country cycling + strength workout
Swimming today and bike tomorrow
70’s on Saturday=bike 50’s on Sunday=run in Illinois
Run with the dog :)
just light run (if not raining outside) and may be a swiming pool
Skiing is on in Austria!!
Lotsa lotsa biking
Gravel ride on Saturday and a CX race on Sunday. Brap! Brap!
8 mile trail run through some great fall foliage
Watching the trees go full orange on the way to a warm coffee stop!
2 hr bike on Saturday morning
Zwifting
Swim, bike, run, repeat
A half marathon run up and down the hill (500m) !
FTP test on Saturday and masters swim practice on Sunday! Plus some Halloween pumpkin carving!
100k ultra run though i will dnf because of flu sümptomid.
Resting this afternoon for a 20km race tomorrow morning.
1hr zone 2 run today followed by 2 hr bowling & eating with my triathlon club.
2morrow will be a 2hr zone 2 bikeride with a friend defying Copenhagen temperatures.
Have a nice weekend :-)
Bronchitis!
I ain’t got time for that!
Heading to the Dr….But Im thinking about my long slow 2hr run.
It’s going to be in the mid-70s in late October in the Midwest – I don’t plan on being inside at all! Plus, we just adopted a dog this week – time to see if she can live up to the name we gave her: Corre (“she runs” in Italian).
Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!
Ski imitation and then swim abit.
This weekend…getting back into it (was busy/sick for awhile). Probably 5-8k run on Sunday.
Maybe, jogging on Sunday
This weekend is taper town, got my goal half marathon next weekend.
End of season riding: 2 hours on Friday slow and steady. 1 hour on Saturday and Sunday family day.
Celebrating Republic Day of Turkey with a 6000m swimming training!
taking part in Florence Halloween run:)
link to halloweenrun.it
Pier
Long run. (2:00 3/1)
There were plans to cycle and run, but unfortunately I’ve catched cold, so it whould rather be no more than walk with my girlfriend’s dog.
Mountainbiking till my toes freeze.
This weekend is Orchard Cross including the costume race, lots of fun.
Hiking with my daughter, and then a trail running.
Cyclocross!! Racing weekend!
Open water swimming!
I wanna strap it to my kids- sledding season is coming
Hiking with my dog – it’s the off season now
easy 5k coming back from injury. Running is the best thing ever :D
About to run with my little guy…he asked to wear his storm trooper costume. I see no problem with that!
It’s Gym weekend! Deadlifts and other fun things…
Sunday afternoon recovery ride
Get the trainer setup in the basement and ‘just keep spinning’
Long run today and easy run tomorrow! Cheers :)
Relaxing 25 mile ride to enjoy the fall colors in Ohio
Try to ride my bike. Havent ride it for a while…
A little cycling to the city, not much more.
Biking 10 miles to the trail…. running 20 miles (first time since JUNE because of a hip stress reaction)… bike home! SMILE!
Trainer ride on Saturday, and then a trail race on Sunday
Taking my fatbike out on muddy pacific northwest trails with my 7 year old son to see how dirty we can get :)
Training clients.. Conditioning and weight training for myself! Then some Halloween festivities..
Completing the Strava October GranFondo on my cross bike
Cyclocross season is upon us!
5K today and 10K run tomorrow.
Try to enjoy the last bit of good weather that we are going to get here in chicago before winter hits us, and I’ll be heading out on a long-ish run! Probabaly a half Mary, but hell who know, I might do more! (Got a new v02 max 60 earlier this week)
Catch up with the farmwork after being away for 3 weeks and then go fly my Kitfox float plane!
Since I’m back to France this weekend, I will probably do some fine stomach training based on the magic fromage/saucisson/vin combo.
Keeping up my new biking/lifting regimen to try to lose some weight
Add a quick ride in Vallée de Chevreuse this morning. Then probably some running, and bike again in the next couple of days :)
Rest!
I’m going to drink 20 pints of Guinness and play golf!
Do Austin half ironman.
TR’s Palisade workout!
Probably nothing unfortunately. I need some motivation.
HIIT and lots of it :)
This weekend has crosstraining Riding my enduro bike!
Ride my bike with a costume on…Halloween!!!
Unfortunately, just treadmill running this weekend.
Mountain bike ride on my local trails before the snow flies
Short run, long walk, because kids are a thing.
12 km trail race on Sunday :)
Cycling, if my knee is ok :)
Running and trying wines in beautiful Galena, IL
Would be great on the rivers!
Preparing my girl to complete her frist half marathon in the spring.
reading in a café sipping an expresso :-)