I'm Tri'ing

1/21/2013 - 1/27/2013 Swimming - 2 Biking - 0 Running -3 Strength Training - 1 Weekly weight loss - 0 Total weight loss - 31.5 lbs What a way to end the week.  Rob and I participated in the Graffiti Run  in San Antonio.  It was a great time.  It was a 5K race and my goal was to do 11 min mile and we accomplished that. As you can see from my workouts above I'm still struggling to get everything completed.  But I'll do better this week. I've decided that I'll need to head to the gym a bit early on certain days so I can do my strength training. I had a great swim this week, 1300 yds, the longest I have ever swam freestyle.  A mile is 1760 yds.  The good news is that I could have swam longer I just ran out of time, the cons of working out before work. So the next event will be the Lifetime Fitness Indoor Tri on Feb 24th.  I'm looking forward to it because I'm sure it will be low key but I'll push myself as hard as I can for the time...

Week of 1/14/2012 - 1/20/2012 Swimming - 2 Biking - 0 Running - 3 Strength Training - 1 Weekly Weight loss - 4 lbs Total weight loss - 31.5 I still have a left over cough from the cold but I was able to get to the gym all 6 days that I had scheduled.  Based on my summary I need to work on a few things, especially biking and strength training.  I did my longest run today, 55 minutes.  I was able to run the entire time at 5 mph or higher.  I want to work on increasing my speed on the shorter runs as my end goal is to run 6 mp for long distances / times. I added another event to my calendar.  Lifetime Fitness is doing an indoor triathlon.  The event will be how far you go within the below times. • 10-minute swim in the lap pool (laps are tracked by volunteers) • 30-minute cycle in the cycle studio (distance measured by computer) • 20-minute run on a treadmill (distance measured by treadmill) Clearly a short event but something fun to do...

Week of 1/6/2013 - 1/13/2013 Swimming - 2 Biking - 0 Running - 1 Strength training - 2 Weekly weight loss - 0 Overall weight loss - 27.5 The week started off so well, was getting back on track from the holidays and then bam Wednesday afternoon my throat started feeling scratchy and my body was a bit achy.  Now I didn't know if the ache was from working out or that I was getting sick.  Then I got home and was feeling even worse, cold sweats, ugh. I'm getting sick.  Since the flu is crazy I thought please just let this be a cold I can't afford the flu (since I just started my job in October).  So Thursday I set my alarm planning on going to the gym, nope, hit the snooze and stayed in bed until I needed to get up to go to work.  The next few days was more of the same.  Now it's Sunday and I'm starting to feel human but I have been away from the gym for 4 days, ugh. Start over, again.  It could have been worse, I could have had the flu and I cou...

Week of 12/31/2012 - 1/6/2013 Swimming - 2 Biking - 0 Running -2 Strength Training - 1 Weight loss for week - 0 Total weight loss - 27.5 As reported in the last post the past couple of weeks haven't been great workout weeks and no weight loss. But it happens right, no worries.  I'll get it back on track this week.  My back is feeling MUCH better so I'm going to do some strength training tomorrow and clearly I need to get back to biking.  My road bike is set up on the trainer between the living room and kitchen I just need to spend some time on it.  I've been very focused on swimming and running but need to make sure that I'm giving proper attention to the bike.  Plus with my back being sore I didn't want to make even more sore by getting on the bike. Along with this post you will see I have updated my race schedule.  Races fill up quick around here so I built in a back up race in case one of the races is full.  I've also been working on my 2...

Week of 12/24/2012 - 12/30/2012 Swimming - 1 Biking - 0 Running - 2 Strength training - 1 Weight loss for week - 0 Total weight loss - 27.5 The last two weeks of the year are a bit messed up.  Not sure what happened but my excel spreadsheet that I keep my training / workouts got all discombobulated and I lost some data.  Although since the last 2 weeks were really bad workout and eating weeks I guess maybe that is a sign! But out with the old and in with the new.  It's a new year and a new you....me! We have signed up for the Graffiti Run , which is a fun 5K run.  That will be my first official race event since my back surgery.  Hopefully the weather will warm up! I have been working on my training and race schedule for 2013 and am close to having the race schedule completed which will help me finish up my training schedule.  I plan to complete at least 1 Olympic distance triathlon and a 1/2 marathon, I tentatively have my eyes...