I'm Tri'ing

The past 2 weeks I've been trying out the TriDot program.  I'm currently on a plan focusing on the 1/2 marathon I have planned in March and then after that it is meant to move to a plan for the 1/2 Ironman.  I'm enjoying the program because it's something different than what I'm use to but I don't like that it's a 7 day a week plan.  It allows flexibility to move sessions around but I was a bit surprised at the volume I'm doing so early.  If I was going to stick to this plan for the remainder of my training I think I would get burned out very quickly.  I prefer to have at least 1 if not 2 days off a week and I typically do my long run during the week so I can do my long bike ride on the weekends.  But I'm going to stick with it to see how it goes. and her she is, the new tri bike that I purchased....isn't she a beauty!!! I have added a Garmin Edge 500  with speed and cadence sensor.  I also purchased an xlab turbo wing  with water bot...

This was the first year that  I tracked my distances.  I don't have any prior years to compare this too but here are my overall thoughts: Swim -117,400 yds (66 miles) Bike - 1547 miles Run - 466 miles Swim - I actually recalculated this to make sure it was correct - seems like a lot.  I definitely had an improvement in my swim but still have a long way to go before being a good swimmer.  Swimming in a wetsuit was a lot tougher than I expected. I really need to work on getting faster and gaining comfort swimming in a group.  I got a little panicked during the 1/2 IM swim when the faster swimmers where grouped around me.  I stopped a lot or did alternate strokes, which is not easy in a wetsuit. Bike - I'm a bit disappointed in this number, I thought I had spent more time on the bike but then I looked to see how far 1547 actually is.  Google maps says that it's 1584 miles from our house in Texas to our old house in Maryland so maybe that i...

Can't believe there is less than a week left in 2014.  I had an amazing year, both in life and triathlon life and I'm looking forward to what 2015 holds. I'm a bit disappointed at how I'm finishing the year because I had high hopes of getting to goal weight and working on some strength training but the back hindered that progress for about 4-5 weeks. I have to admit that I have been pretty lazy since finishing Kerrville but I'm working on re-energizing and getting back on track, which was the main reason I registered for Alamo 13.1 in March.   Yesterday I enjoyed a beautiful morning and was able to go outside for a 5 mile run, the longest run since Kerrville.  I remember when 5 miles seemed long.   I have my 2015 race schedule finalized, now just need to make sure all the dates work.  I've already ready registered for 2 of my planned 6 races, which is double the races I did in 2014 (3 races).  It will be even more important for me to get to goal ...

It's time for a change.  I realized this evening while driving home from work that I have wasted the past 6.5 weeks of my life.  Yes I've experienced a set back with my back but that doesn't account for the entire last 6.5 weeks.  This is not the way I wanted to finish out 2014.  So the next 7 weeks I need to get back on track, yep 2015 is 7 weeks away. I established some goals for the remainder of the year that I'm definitely not going to achieve but getting back on track is part of reaching those goals.  Sometimes we don't always achieve things in the time frame that we hope but what is more important is realizing when we fall off the horse, chase it down and get back up. In 6.5 weeks I have reverted to some of my very bad habits that caused me to live an unhealthy unhappy life and I worked hard to turn those around so GET UP AND GET YOUR BUTT IN GEAR because I'm much happier when I'm healthy!

It's hard to believe that it's been almost a month since my race and I have not made any progress towards my goals for the rest of the year. This lack of progress is mainly because I have been lazy but most recently I have done something to my back.  Last weekend  I tweaked my back and was in some pain but rested up and by Tuesday felt I could start working out again. When I was working out, I felt several jarring sharp pains that brought me to my knees and tears to my eyes.  Since then I have tried to stretch as much as possible and have gotten a massage but I'm still in a good amount of pain. The first thing I thought of was that day 2 years ago that I ended up in the ER and then a week later was having back surgery.  I wasn't ready for it then and I'm not ready for it now so I've decided that I'm going to try to get a Dr appointment for next Friday.  I need to know if I have done some long term damage or if it's just taking longer to heal than what ...

I had a complete week of no workouts.  I assumed I would be a bit sore after my big event so we decided it would be a great time to visit the family and I'm still nursing the big blister on my left ankle.  An entire week of not working out I figured I would feel absolutely horrible but I actually feel pretty good.  I feel rested and ready to get back to work! As I mentioned previously I was not going to make any decisions about next year until at least one week after the race, well it's been a week and I know that my 2015 triathlon season will not involve an Ironman but it will have at least one if not two 1/2 Ironman events.  I feel that I need to have at least another season before I seriously think about tackling an Ironman. It's easy to think it's double of what you just did and that wasn't that bad so how bad could it be.....double the training and double the time....uh no it's not really that simple. For the rest of the year along with focusing on so...

Kerrville 1/2 Full Triathlon 2014 Report Kerrville, TX Swim - 1.2 / Bike - 56 miles / Run - 13.1 miles Start time 7:30 a.m. Overall time 7:15:07 Pre-Race Race weekend held many surprises - two if my dearest friends traveled from Maryland to watch me race, it continued when I received a "Good Luck" video from family and friends, car decorating and signs from my cheering crew (Rob, Joy, Sue, Janet & Roger). On Saturday I was very nervous, the hubby had to talk me off the edge a couple of times but race morning I was pretty calm, taking silly photos and trying to be as positive as possible.   Weather Initially I was worried about the heat but as the weekend got closer I was worried about cold weather and rain but it turned out be a beautiful day Swim Time - 50:05 I didn't think I did well on the swim so I was surprised at my time, because I thought I was going to be over the hour mark.  The start was an individual time trial that you run into the water, wh...