I'm Tri'ing

6/17/2013 - 6/23/2013 Swimming - 1 Biking - 1 Running -1 Strength Training - 0 Weekly Weight loss -0 Total Weight loss - 45.5 6/24/2013 - 6/30/2013 Swimming - 0 Biking - 1 Running -1 Strength Training - 0 Weekly Weight loss - 0 Total Weight loss - 45.5 You wouldn't know it by my training the past 2 weeks but I do feel ready for my first International distance triathlon.  I think of this has my nemesis, although a different race, this is the distance I was training for a couple of years and experienced back problems that prevented me from competing.  This year I feel stronger, mentally and physically.  Don't get me wrong I'm still nervous about a lot of things but more confident with my overall abilities. First my swimming has improved and I'm comfortable calling myself a swimmer.  My longest distance yet has been 2200 yds which is beyond what is needed for my race (1636 yds).  This will be my first race that I will swim freestyle the entire d...

6/3/2013 - 6/9/2013 Swimming - 1 Biking - 1 Running -1 Strength training -0 Weight loss - 0 Total weight loss - 45.5 6/10/2013 - 6/16/2013 Swimming - 3 Biking - 2 Running - 1 Strength training -0 Weight loss - 0 Total weight loss - 45.5 WHAT - 6 weeks till the International tri - sigh.  I'm a bit surprised at myself the past couple of weeks, thought that I had done better than what is listed above.  So what has happened?  I will not dwell I will focus on the future.  Yep 6 weeks - I'm excited, funny how my weakness is no longer my weakness and my strength has become my weakness. Swimming is coming along great. This past week I had some great swim sessions and I swam 2000 yds on Saturday which is over the distance I need to do for the tri.  Rob watched me on Saturday and was amazed at my progress.  He says I have good form but I need to figure out the bi-lateral breathing.  He thinks that will definitely be needed when swimming in a ...

5/13/2013 - 5/19/2012 Swimming - 2 Biking - 2 Running - 2 Strength Training - 0 Weekly weight loss - 0 Total weight loss - 45.5 5/20/2013 - 5/26/2012 Swimming - 0 Biking - 2 Running - 0 Strength Training - 0 Weekly weight loss - 0 Total weight loss - 45.5 5/27/2013 - 6/2/2012 Swimming - 2 Biking - 2 Running - 1 Strength Training - 0 Weekly weight loss - 0 Total weight loss - 45.5 Wow, it's been 3 weeks since my last update, a bit hard to believe that it's been that long and then when I look at my training schedule and realize I have been slacking for awhile and I have my 1st International distance race in 8 weeks - holy crap! Guess I need to get my butt in gear.....to my defense I have been a bit busy....no actually I'm not making excuses this time.  Yes we have been moving into our new house the past couple of weeks but I still could have made the time to train and I made a choice not to! Today I had a friend participate in her first 1/2 Mara...

4/29/2013 - 5/5/2013 Swimming - 2 Biking - 2 Running - 2 Strength Training - 0 Weight loss this week - 0 Total weight loss - 45.5 5/6/2013 - 5/12/2013 Swimming - 2 Biking - 1 Running - 2 Strength Training - 0 Weight loss this week - 0 Total weight loss - 45.5 Well the first week was a recovery week for me but I took it a bit to the extreme and this week, I don't know what happened.  Life has been a bit crazy with the completion of the house in the near future and our closing date getting push backed, now for the 4th time.  So that might have something to do with it, or maybe it's just laziness.....either way the past 2 weeks haven't been that productive. But my philosophy these days is this too shall pass.  I'm not upset, more disappointed in myself for not getting out of bed and pushing myself to get to the gym.  I must remember that gym time helps me reduce stress so it actually is a great way to start my day.  So I'll plan on ge...

4/22/2013 - 4/28/2013 Swimming - 3 Biking - 3 Running - 3 Strength Training - 0 Weight loss this week - 0 Total weight loss - 45.5 This was a solid week of training, especially after last weeks "mental issues."  I ran outside twice this week, trying to get use to the terrain and and not having a treadmill in front of me telling me how fast I'm going. I finished the week yesterday with a simulated tri.  I wanted to see how close I was to my distances for an my 1st Olympic distance tri in July.  So I was scheduled to swim 58, bike 117, run 58.  I ended up doing 58 min swim - 1500 yds (slower than I would like but I had to swim in the leisure pool), bike 77 min - 20 miles (shorter than planned but my back was getting a bit sore and I didn't want to push myself to not being able to walk) and 58 min run - 5 miles (I went out too fast and had to do some walking but still very happy with my time). Yesterday  was also my first time outside on my road bike s...

4/15/2013 - 4/21/2012 Swimming - 3 Biking - 1 Running -3 Strength Training - 0 Weekly weight loss - 0 Total weight loss - 45.5 What started out to be a good week turned into 3 days of "skipping the gym."  I had a great workout on Monday and started out Tuesday with a great swim and thought that I would run outside since most of my running has been on the treadmill.  About 25 minutes into my run the pain in my hip / thigh area became unbearable so I decided to walk a bit.  After that it went downhill.  I ended up doing 50 minutes but most of the 2nd half of that run ended up being a walk.  Of course this started the conversation with myself "how do you expect to be able to do a marathon if you can't run 45 minutes..."  This has always been my biggest battle - negative self talk. I have significantly changed my life - I left a life of crazy stress and no life / work balance, I have lost 45 lbs, I have made my goal weight, I have moved 1/2 way acros...

4/1/2013 - 4/7/2013 Swimming - 1 Biking - 3 Running -2 Strength Training - 0 Weekly weight loss - 0 Total weight loss - 45 4/8/2013 - 4/14/2013 Swimming - 3 Biking - 2 Running -3 Strength Training - 1 Weekly weight loss - .5 Total weight loss - 45.5 Well I fell off track a bit after meeting my goal and didn't have any weight loss but I'm still holding steady.  I'm still focusing on maintaining my goal weight but really would like to drop another 7 lbs.  But I'm trying not to focus on that right now, I'm more focused on my training. Last week was a recovery week, I build for 3 weeks and recover for 1 week.  So it was very weird to run for 17 min or swim for 17 min.  But I do realize it's important for my body to recover and it gave me time to work on speed and form.  This week started out wonderful but I'm slacking a bit on weekends, something that has always been a struggle for me.  I skipped my workout today but will hit my swim an...