I'm Tri'ing

Week of 9/17/2012 - 9/23/2012 Running - 3 sessions Biking - 3 sessions Strength Training - 2 sessions I completed the first week of the ChiRunning  8 week 5K program.  Since I still have the numbness in my foot and very tight calf muscles my pace is still slow but I was able to complete all the planned run sessions. This week will be more of a test as the program increases time running/jogging and decreases time walking. Rob and I went for a short bike ride at a local park that had paved and unpaved trails.  Sadly it might be a better place for running than biking.  There were a lot of people so it made it difficult and the unpaved trails were actually very rocky and more bumpy than I an anticipated.  My back is still a bit sensitive to jarring movements but the paved section was a bit better just lots of people.  I'll keep looking for a better place to ride so I can reduce the amount of time on the indoor bike and I have to take advantage of the l...

Week of 9/10/2012 - 9/16/2012 Running - 3 sessions Biking - 2 sessions Strength Training - 2 sessions Not a bad week for me.  I worked out 5 of 7 days and I did the workouts that I had scheduled.  You know the running isn't running it's jogging :>)  The strength training right now is just upper body and some core work, nothing lower body at this stage and very light weights.  Don't want to do anything to aggravate my back. This week I'll be starting the ChiRunning 8 week to 5K training plan.  This week should not be too bad since my jogging has been similar to what is planned.  I've been trying to find a 5K race to do at the end of my 8 week plan but haven't found anything yet.  I'll keep looking but if I don't find anything maybe I'll just put something together on my own or try for something later in the month.  I'm sure there will be runs around Thanksgiving as there are usually Turkey trots in most cities. The biking, a...

Week of 9/3/2012 - 9/9/2012 Exercise Walking - 5.95 miles Exercise Jogging - 1 session - 5 - 1 minute intervals General Walking -  33.66 miles Stationary Bike -  1 session - 3 minutes Weight loss - ?? Yippee.....I jogged last week.  It was only 5 - 1 minute intervals, but that is better than nothing.  Originally when I thought I would start running, I thought I would need to do shorter intervals.  But when I started jogging, I thought I could do a bit longer but didn't want to overdo it.  I was a bit sore afterwards but it didn't prevent me from doing anything.  I'm sure people thought I was crazy when they saw me because I was so happy and shocked at the same time. Otherwise last week was still a tough week because we had visitors from Thursday - Monday so that threw off our plans a bit.  Not an excuse just a fact. I found the box that had the scale in it so I weighed myself yesterday and there was a weight gain but not as high as I t...

Week of 8/27/2012 - 9/2/20212 Exercise Walking - 0 General Walking - 27.95 miles Stationary Bike - 0 Weight loss - ?? I was a bit shocked that when I was finally able to look at my miles that I actually had 27.95 miles.  That is not a great week but considering that since Tuesday, August 28th we have been staying in a hotel and were driving from Maryland to Texas from August 29th - September 1st, I'm pretty happy with that. As I wrote in the last update, I knew it would be tough to get some exercise in last week and it was.  I decided that this was an adventure and a great opportunity to spend time with the hubby and I was going to enjoy our trip and worry about diet and exercise when we got to Texas and got settled in. The only bad thing that happened on our trip is that my fitbit , may be on its last leg.  I dropped the fitbit early last week and cracked the case and when I say cracked I can see the inside of the device.  Then towards the...