Yesterday I did 8 miles running. It was in the low 70's, no humidity and about 6pm. I don't know why but I felt no need for my ipod, so I wore it, but never turned it on. It was so refreshing! I heard nature, cars, kids, my feet hitting the pavement, my breathing, dogs running at me...it was blissful mostly! I never once felt the need to tune that out and my average pace was 9:36. I haven't downloaded my Garmin results yet so I don't have my splits, but I did all this in my neighborhood that has tons of hills. I figure since my next 2 running races and my next triathlon are all in WV I should just get use to the hills and stop whining.
I did no, zip, zero, nada training today. Just laid by the pool!
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Friday, July 9, 2010
July 9th
Feeling kinda icky. Actually have been for 2 days now, but yesterday I spent on my bum and today all I did was a quicky spin class (about 45 minutes, 10 of which were weights). I did a pitiful weight training session b/c I was running my mouth with people at the Y instead of doing what I needed to get done in my 2 hours the little gym lets me have Sam in there. I'm hoping for a long-ish run tomorrow (6-7 miles), but I'm not going to push it. I might be a bit over-training or getting a little sick, so I'll do what I can. I'm going to start watching my diet more closely, feeling a bit low in the blood sugar, plus I've dropped about a 2 pounds in the past 2 weeks...hmmm. We'll keep looking into that one. Weight loss isn't a bad thing, but I'm not interested in getting sick either.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
July 7th
Today I was short on time (surprise, surprise) so I did what I call the 20/20 workout. It was all I could fit in. I did 20 minutes of hills on the spin bike and then 20 minutes of running (flat) on the treadmill. It was a bit slower on the treadmill, but that's to be expected after a ride, that's why we call it "training"! It took me 2.25miles in 20 on the treadmill. Don't know on the bike.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
July 6th
Today I did an amazing, but short, treadmill run. I say amazing b/c up until now I've been running outside and if you've never been to WV, well, you KNOW the hills I'm training in. So I didn't touch the incline, but I did 2 miles in 16:18!!! That's good for me, I'm a slow runner, but the most amazing thing was that it felt AMAZING!!! I then hit the pool for about 1/2 mile. I'm a little crunched on time at the gym b/c I only have 2 hours/day to use the baby gym for my little one and I like to try to sneak shower in there if possible. My swim was slow, but fun, I don't know my time, I was mainly trying not to take breaks, just do the whole thing.
So far so good!
So far so good!
Sunday, July 4, 2010
More Hills
Quick entry (hopefully I can keep this up)....
I did a 4 mile hill run in my very hilly neighborhood with an average of 9min/miles, total time was about 37:15.
I did a 4 mile hill run in my very hilly neighborhood with an average of 9min/miles, total time was about 37:15.
Friday, July 2, 2010
Up Hill Both Ways
I'm currently trying to train for a 1/2 marathon in October along side of my triathlon training. I'm going to see how that goes b/c I'm a mom and I'd like to actually spend time with my little girl and husband at least once in awhile.
I'm going to shoot for spin class 2x week; outdoor cycling 1xweek; running 3-4x week; swimming 2x week. Obviously that's more days than there are in a week, but I'll be doing brick workouts. This is a HUGE goal, but it's all I've got right now. I'll probably scale a lot of that back after I track down some plans on beginnertriathlete.com . Stay tuned for updates to my training sched.
This week was odd b/c I was completely exhausted from the race and then throw in going to the midnight showing of Eclipse on Tuesday night only to get up and teach a spin class on Wednesday morning...ugh, thoroghly drained!
Sunday: much needed rest after the race!
Monday: taught spin class (40 min), weight training
Tuesday: off day (yelled at by "coach Tom" for overdoing it, LOL)
Wednesday: taught spin (40 min), toning class
Thursday: 7 mile run (4 mile slow jog pace, 1 mile race pace, 2 mile fartlek run/sprints)
Friday: taught spin (40 min)
Saturday: will be an off day so I can run to birthday parties and then lounge by the lake and celebrate the 4th!
Next week I'll crack down again. I'll do some more research this weekend on training plans and how to mesh the 2 programs together without wanting to die in the process!
I'm going to shoot for spin class 2x week; outdoor cycling 1xweek; running 3-4x week; swimming 2x week. Obviously that's more days than there are in a week, but I'll be doing brick workouts. This is a HUGE goal, but it's all I've got right now. I'll probably scale a lot of that back after I track down some plans on beginnertriathlete.com . Stay tuned for updates to my training sched.
This week was odd b/c I was completely exhausted from the race and then throw in going to the midnight showing of Eclipse on Tuesday night only to get up and teach a spin class on Wednesday morning...ugh, thoroghly drained!
Sunday: much needed rest after the race!
Monday: taught spin class (40 min), weight training
Tuesday: off day (yelled at by "coach Tom" for overdoing it, LOL)
Wednesday: taught spin (40 min), toning class
Thursday: 7 mile run (4 mile slow jog pace, 1 mile race pace, 2 mile fartlek run/sprints)
Friday: taught spin (40 min)
Saturday: will be an off day so I can run to birthday parties and then lounge by the lake and celebrate the 4th!
Next week I'll crack down again. I'll do some more research this weekend on training plans and how to mesh the 2 programs together without wanting to die in the process!
Gold Rush Sprint Tri recap
On June 26th, 2010 I did my first outdoor triathlon at the Gold Rush Triathlon in Charlotte, NC. I have done indoor triathlons through our YMCA, but this was much more challenging.
It was a GREAT beginner tri b/c there was only a 500meter swim IN a pool! Don't get me wrong, it was still VERY challenging, but at least I am learning to be competitive without getting kicked in the face while in a lake....that'll come later.
The bike was fantastic except for the speed bumps at the bottom of almost every hill. Those who road bikers will understand my pain there. You have to slow down and that severely hinders your way back up via momentum. But I did it anyway! It was MUCH less hilly than where I train and that was wildly helpful!
The run was the beast. I ran out of the transition area and UP HILL for what felt like 5 miles. It was only about 1/2 mile but my little legs were feeling the pain at that point. The transition into the run from the bike definitely separates the weak from the strong. At one point I'd been consistently behind this guy and there were these two younger girls (about 8 years old) sitting on there driveway watching us race by and I sped up when we passed them just to show them that a girl can do what a boy does only better! LOL!
All in all I believe my first race was a success. While I didn't place my standing was 18th female overall out of 55! Not bad for a novice! I was 6th in my age division (out of 13, but who's counting). My total time was 1:26. While every course is different I believe I can at least use this time as a guideline for how to train!
For instance, my biggest weakness is my transition time. I did my first transistion in almost 2 minutes, the fastest transistion time was 10seconds!!!! Seriously! Things like socks and sips of gatorade will have to go, my gloves my have to as well (grrrr). I need to start throwing my visor on WHILE I'm running and leaving my shoes tied was the right choice. I also need to get my rear moving when I grab my bike, but after the swim I was actually shaking which made it super duper difficult!
Here is my time breakdown:
Swim (500m) 12:56
T1: 1:56
Bike (20K) 42:22
T2: 1:14
Run (5K) 27:50
Overall: 1:26:16
It was a GREAT beginner tri b/c there was only a 500meter swim IN a pool! Don't get me wrong, it was still VERY challenging, but at least I am learning to be competitive without getting kicked in the face while in a lake....that'll come later.
The bike was fantastic except for the speed bumps at the bottom of almost every hill. Those who road bikers will understand my pain there. You have to slow down and that severely hinders your way back up via momentum. But I did it anyway! It was MUCH less hilly than where I train and that was wildly helpful!
The run was the beast. I ran out of the transition area and UP HILL for what felt like 5 miles. It was only about 1/2 mile but my little legs were feeling the pain at that point. The transition into the run from the bike definitely separates the weak from the strong. At one point I'd been consistently behind this guy and there were these two younger girls (about 8 years old) sitting on there driveway watching us race by and I sped up when we passed them just to show them that a girl can do what a boy does only better! LOL!
All in all I believe my first race was a success. While I didn't place my standing was 18th female overall out of 55! Not bad for a novice! I was 6th in my age division (out of 13, but who's counting). My total time was 1:26. While every course is different I believe I can at least use this time as a guideline for how to train!
For instance, my biggest weakness is my transition time. I did my first transistion in almost 2 minutes, the fastest transistion time was 10seconds!!!! Seriously! Things like socks and sips of gatorade will have to go, my gloves my have to as well (grrrr). I need to start throwing my visor on WHILE I'm running and leaving my shoes tied was the right choice. I also need to get my rear moving when I grab my bike, but after the swim I was actually shaking which made it super duper difficult!
Here is my time breakdown:
Swim (500m) 12:56
T1: 1:56
Bike (20K) 42:22
T2: 1:14
Run (5K) 27:50
Overall: 1:26:16
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