Its time for my triathalon training update. After not working out at all the week before, last week was a pretty good week.
I had been feeling like I wasn't making progress in my swimming at all. I was completely gassed by the end of a 50 and couldn't add any more distance. I would end up swimming about a 1/4 mile in bursts of 50 meters. That is not going to get it done. So I scheduled another session with my swim trainer and he worked on a few things with my stroke, mainly helping me to slow down and swim more easily. The next time I was in the pool, I just added an extra 25 and before long I was swimming 100 at a pop. Pretty good for me. I may be able to do this after all.
Biking and running have been going well, they are more natural to me. I even ran while on vacation in New York. My friend MamaCarter dragged me out to Riverside Park in the insane New York heat. I needed to run. I did not want to run but she was a good friend and made me do it. They weren't the greatest runs I've had but I'm glad I did it. Plus it was nice to run with someone, it gets kind of lonely doing the training by myself.
This week I have a 5K scheduled. I'm hoping to do it under 30 minutes but we will see.
Showing posts with label training update. Show all posts
Showing posts with label training update. Show all posts
Monday, August 3, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
Training Update
Training, training, training. I feel like that is all I am doing. Its not but sometimes it feels that way.
I got my bike back and went for my first ride outside. It felt great. I saw a deer and a muskrat along the parkway so that made the time fly by. Just like with running, biking outside is much harder than using the bike at the club. But I did 10 miles in an hour so I'm happy. I am going to do one of my bikes outside each each week.
The run was good as always. I've decided to do a 5k in August so that is giving me extra motivation.
And the swim, what can I say. I am doing it but I don't feel like I am progressing much. So I think its time to call the trainer again for some help. But on the upside, I got my red redone on Friday and it survived a session in the pool. Hoorray for the power of swim caps!
I got my bike back and went for my first ride outside. It felt great. I saw a deer and a muskrat along the parkway so that made the time fly by. Just like with running, biking outside is much harder than using the bike at the club. But I did 10 miles in an hour so I'm happy. I am going to do one of my bikes outside each each week.
The run was good as always. I've decided to do a 5k in August so that is giving me extra motivation.
And the swim, what can I say. I am doing it but I don't feel like I am progressing much. So I think its time to call the trainer again for some help. But on the upside, I got my red redone on Friday and it survived a session in the pool. Hoorray for the power of swim caps!
Monday, July 13, 2009
Update Time
I'm back from the family reunion. We all had a wonderful time. Pictures and stories will follow at a later date.
A while back I mentioned that I was going in to get my hair done and I was not sure what to do with it. Well I went from this
To this
Pretty cool, right? I love it. Well I should say I loved it because . . .
While we were in Iowa, I decided to get a swim in for my tri training at the hotel pool. I was there with Bunny and didn't bring my swim cap or googles down. I thought it would be no big deal but my pretty red highlights are now a faded bronzy pink (and not in a good way). I had the red for a week. A week! Not happy. My hair dresser said they would fade and I might have to have them re-done with a more permanent dye sooner rather than later. I thought a few weeks not one. Which just shows you how strong chlorine is. So a word to the wise, if you're going to swim with brand new highlights, wear a swim cap.
So that was a low for the training but the rest went pretty well. I ran two miles with out stopping on the treadmill at the hotel. I was impressed with myself. Running on a treadmill is way different than running outside. I'm not sure I could have done it outside but two miles is two miles and that is cool.
I did a full bike workout on Saturday, the full 12 miles that I would do in the race. Then I went on the treadmill to see how it would feel to transition to the run. Um, not good at all. My legs felt like lead, my calves were tight. I had to stop and stretch a lot before I could really start running. I only ran for 10 minutes but it was enough to show me I had some serious work to do.
All in all I feel like I am progressing on the bike and the run but the swim has me worried. I can't swim more than 2 laps without stopping. And I've never even covered a 1/4 mile in my workouts let alone a 1/2 mile. So I've got some serious work to do in the next 11 weeks.
A while back I mentioned that I was going in to get my hair done and I was not sure what to do with it. Well I went from this
To this
Pretty cool, right? I love it. Well I should say I loved it because . . .
While we were in Iowa, I decided to get a swim in for my tri training at the hotel pool. I was there with Bunny and didn't bring my swim cap or googles down. I thought it would be no big deal but my pretty red highlights are now a faded bronzy pink (and not in a good way). I had the red for a week. A week! Not happy. My hair dresser said they would fade and I might have to have them re-done with a more permanent dye sooner rather than later. I thought a few weeks not one. Which just shows you how strong chlorine is. So a word to the wise, if you're going to swim with brand new highlights, wear a swim cap.
So that was a low for the training but the rest went pretty well. I ran two miles with out stopping on the treadmill at the hotel. I was impressed with myself. Running on a treadmill is way different than running outside. I'm not sure I could have done it outside but two miles is two miles and that is cool.
I did a full bike workout on Saturday, the full 12 miles that I would do in the race. Then I went on the treadmill to see how it would feel to transition to the run. Um, not good at all. My legs felt like lead, my calves were tight. I had to stop and stretch a lot before I could really start running. I only ran for 10 minutes but it was enough to show me I had some serious work to do.
All in all I feel like I am progressing on the bike and the run but the swim has me worried. I can't swim more than 2 laps without stopping. And I've never even covered a 1/4 mile in my workouts let alone a 1/2 mile. So I've got some serious work to do in the next 11 weeks.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Training Update and Announcement
Training was back on schedule this past week. I did great on biking, logging the actual race distance during one of my rides. Running was great too. I even managed to squeeze in an extra run and I still felt good.
Swimming was another story. I wanted to swim. I went to the club to swim. But then I found out the lap pool was closed all week for maintainance. I managed to squeeze in one work out in the exercise pool in the midst of kiddie swim lessons, and two water walkers. Needless to say it wasn't my best effort to date. So this week, I'll have to work a bit harder.
Which brings me to my announcement, I will not be posting this week because we are headed to a family reunion in Iowa. We will be leaving tomorrow and not returning until late Friday afternoon. So I hope you all have a good week, I'll see you next week.
Swimming was another story. I wanted to swim. I went to the club to swim. But then I found out the lap pool was closed all week for maintainance. I managed to squeeze in one work out in the exercise pool in the midst of kiddie swim lessons, and two water walkers. Needless to say it wasn't my best effort to date. So this week, I'll have to work a bit harder.
Which brings me to my announcement, I will not be posting this week because we are headed to a family reunion in Iowa. We will be leaving tomorrow and not returning until late Friday afternoon. So I hope you all have a good week, I'll see you next week.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Housekeeping and Training Update
A few housekeeping things first:
1. How would you like to take a virtual vacation and visit some of your favorite bloggers? If this sounds like fun to you, leave a comment at the original post to join in.
2. There is still time to win the necklace shown in the sidebar over at Juniper and Coffee. In fact, I've extended the deadline for entries until June 30th at 11:59 p.m. CST. Winners will be announced sometime on July 1st.
Now on to the training update that you've all been anxiously waiting for:
I had a great week of training. I finally met with my swim trainer and he said I wasn't the worst he'd ever seen. I can't tell you how happy that made me, I'm better at swimming than some people. Huzzah! He gave me somethings to work on and I can already tell they've made a difference. My arms don't hurt so much after swimming, I actually feel good when I'm done. I still have a long way to go but now I feel like I can do it.
Running and biking went well. One of my runs was actually with the jogging stroller and Bunny in tow. It felt pretty good. If I can run a mile with her, I am sure I can run one without her a bit faster.
I got my bike back from the shop but the front break wasn't working. I'm not sure how that constitues fixing my bike because I'm pretty sure breaks are important on a bike. You know in case you want to stop, or something. Maybe its just me. So I had to take the bike back in. Hopefully it will be done soon.
1. How would you like to take a virtual vacation and visit some of your favorite bloggers? If this sounds like fun to you, leave a comment at the original post to join in.
2. There is still time to win the necklace shown in the sidebar over at Juniper and Coffee. In fact, I've extended the deadline for entries until June 30th at 11:59 p.m. CST. Winners will be announced sometime on July 1st.
Now on to the training update that you've all been anxiously waiting for:
I had a great week of training. I finally met with my swim trainer and he said I wasn't the worst he'd ever seen. I can't tell you how happy that made me, I'm better at swimming than some people. Huzzah! He gave me somethings to work on and I can already tell they've made a difference. My arms don't hurt so much after swimming, I actually feel good when I'm done. I still have a long way to go but now I feel like I can do it.
Running and biking went well. One of my runs was actually with the jogging stroller and Bunny in tow. It felt pretty good. If I can run a mile with her, I am sure I can run one without her a bit faster.
I got my bike back from the shop but the front break wasn't working. I'm not sure how that constitues fixing my bike because I'm pretty sure breaks are important on a bike. You know in case you want to stop, or something. Maybe its just me. So I had to take the bike back in. Hopefully it will be done soon.
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