7 weeks till 1st race

4/28/14 - 5/4/14

Swim - 2
Bike - 2
Run - 2
Strength Training - 2
Weight loss (weekly / year) - 0 lbs / 6.5 lbs
Mileage (weekly / 2014)
Swim - 3500 yds / 34,800 yds
Bike - 53.5 miles / 584.98 miles
Run - 8.86 miles / 186.51 miles

A friend reminded me this week that I have 7 weeks until my next race. She asked me if I was ready and I said you bet. I'm more confident than ever, so far. I say that because often the week or 2 leading up to a race I fall apart and don't get all my workouts in but I need to stay on target with additional races to follow. I'm confident that tomorrow I could do the Olympic distance. I want to beat my time from last year, which hopefully will be easy to do. While my weight, currently, is slightly higher than it was last year for my race, I definitely feel more prepared physically and have been getting longer workouts in than I did last year.

This was a good week, the only thing I have noticed is a a lot of soreness, mainly when I have been sitting for awhile and the get up, my legs, knees are tight and take a bit of walking to work out the kinks. I'll work on trying to stretch a bit more and hopefully that will help.

Comments

2019...not starting off perfect

But does anything ever start out and finish perfect? I caught the hubby's cold, thought I battled it well but I was wrong and it took me down on New Years day but that was a rest day so no worries. Got up Wednesday, ready to start my new workout routine....wrong, felt worse than day before, so off to Urgent Care, got some drugs and fighting this. Decided to move workouts back by a day and cancel Sunday as a day off, besides I took New Years day off, as planned. Had a good workout today, still sticking to my running, biking, HITT plan but added strength training in starting today. My bike wasn't as long as I wanted it to be but doing something is what I take as a positive. I decided my goals/objectives for 2019 are simple: Live a healthier life! There is a lot of things behind that statement, I recently posted the below on FB and I want to ensure that every day, week, month and year I'm striving to improve my life - mentally, physical, relationships, etc. ...

Making my own decisions

It's now been 6 weeks of steady exercise, including sticking to the routine while on travel to India. My eating habits have wandered a bit but I know what I need to do. Recently I have decided that I'm going to live the life I want and not what everyone else wants. All my life I have been ruled by someone else making decisions, telling me what to do or wanting to make the right decisions to please everyone else but not really doing what I want. I realized the 1st time I made a decision / choice for myself was when I met my now husband and decided to marry him; 22 years later it still is the best decision I made. He has always supported me; which is something that is unusual for me an it's taken me awhile to realize this. I've always played life safe rather than risking and following my dreams/desires. Triathlon was my 2nd decision, by me and for me. I have neglected those desires because of work pressures. I realize that my current job wil...

Toooooo Long

Has it really been 4 weeks since I last updated this blog?????? The last time I posted I was still recovering from being sick - well I actually went to the Dr and found out I had bronchitis - glad I decided to sit out my races. A z-pack, nasal spray, inhaler and cough syrup later I'm feeling better. Still have the wheezing when exercising but it's getting better. This was the first week in the past 4 weeks that I have done any significant amount of working out - I worked out 4 times. So once again, I'm working to get back on track. I gained a few pounds during why hiatus but no worries I'll work it back off. It's rough when you are so goal oriented and then you get off track. I often go down hill quickly and in the past haven't gotten back on track but I won't let myself get that far off track this time. I've thought about if I want to train for some sort of race but I don't want to get back on track that way. I want to workout without t...

I'm Tri'ing

Search This Blog