Last night I went for a 10K run. I was going to do 12K but I suck. It was hot out last night but I started off really good. I was going to do the whole thing without any stops and I was feeling really good but then about half way through I had to stop for a stop light and suddenly I felt really hot and I could feel my face suddenly burning up. The last half I had to take so many breaks. I felt like I hit a wall and that rarely happens to me. Well its partly because I ate about half a cup of chickpeas before I went out....oh and a popsicle. I always do that! I know I cant eat before I run but I always think well I'll just eat a little bit ....it will be OK. Id say live and learn but I never do!
Tonight I am going to go swimming and then hopefully gets lots of training in on the long weekend!
Running for Physical, Mental and Spiritual Health
Friday, July 31, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Some Swimming Improvement
Tuesday Don came with me for my usual weekday 17 K bike ride. I also went swimming at 8. It was really great. I did 30 lengths in about 20 minutes again. I even got to a point where I felt relaxed. I did 40 lengths all together. At the end I always try and do some fast lengths and only breath every 4 strokes instead of every 2. I hope I can swim OK with the wetsuit on.
Wednesday night I didnt get any training done because I had to get my hair done and then I got home late and had to make supper yet and then it was chaos at our house because Don had to fix the drains which were very stinky...anyway long story....when he finally got that done we sat down and had coffee and it was quite late. It would have been a nice evening for a late night run but I wasnt up to it.
So tonight I am for sure getting out there. And it isnt raining which is unusual! I dont have my usual Thursday night appointment . I think I will go for a run and then hopefully to the pool if I can. Or I might just do a long run. I want to increase my distance so 7K feels easy.
Wednesday night I didnt get any training done because I had to get my hair done and then I got home late and had to make supper yet and then it was chaos at our house because Don had to fix the drains which were very stinky...anyway long story....when he finally got that done we sat down and had coffee and it was quite late. It would have been a nice evening for a late night run but I wasnt up to it.
So tonight I am for sure getting out there. And it isnt raining which is unusual! I dont have my usual Thursday night appointment . I think I will go for a run and then hopefully to the pool if I can. Or I might just do a long run. I want to increase my distance so 7K feels easy.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Trying to Live Without the Gym Weight Room
Thursday I didnt get any training in again so I did weights and swimming Friday. I dont usually go swimming on Fridays and it was nice because it wasnt busy at all.
Saturday I did brick training - bike 28K and 10K run. It was hard. I felt very weak. It was humid and Im not used to that. It was kind of discouraging....but I least I did it.
Last night I did arm weights and ran 7K with Don. It was humid again. Good training I guess. But I feel so weak.
My gym membership ran out and I cant afford to renew it right now. I am just using the gym for swimming and just doing free weights at home. Im afraid my abs are suffering though because its hard to do crunches on the floor. I miss the ab machine and the leg press machine. I find it hard going to the gym in the summer anyway and in a couple weeks I will be camping so I wont need it then. I will just pay for a single visit if I need it...until September anyway.
Saturday I did brick training - bike 28K and 10K run. It was hard. I felt very weak. It was humid and Im not used to that. It was kind of discouraging....but I least I did it.
Last night I did arm weights and ran 7K with Don. It was humid again. Good training I guess. But I feel so weak.
My gym membership ran out and I cant afford to renew it right now. I am just using the gym for swimming and just doing free weights at home. Im afraid my abs are suffering though because its hard to do crunches on the floor. I miss the ab machine and the leg press machine. I find it hard going to the gym in the summer anyway and in a couple weeks I will be camping so I wont need it then. I will just pay for a single visit if I need it...until September anyway.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Wetsuits Are Impossible to Get On!
I have alot to update since my last post.
Saturday morning I did brick training again. 28K bike & 10K run. Don went with me which was nice. His bike is broken so he took Esther's. What a trooper. He did great. He just cut the last kilometer off the end of the run.
Monday I did my usual bike ride and swam about 40 lengths.
Tuesday I reserved my wetsuit and went to try it on. What a joke trying to get that thing on. I was given two plastic bags to put on my feet and hands to help me put it on. I had a tiny tiny change room. It was so warm in the change room and I was sweating trying to put this thing on all the while giggling to myself how ridiculous I must look and was looking for a hidden camera. I didnt get it on all the way. I gave up because I was sweating too much. The young salesman said to just call him and he would help me zip it up but there was no way I was trying to get help while I had this thing half on. I went online to see if I could get any pointers for putting a wetsuit on but the u-tube clips showed others struggling just as much as me. I get the suit the Thursday before the race so I can try it out. It was only $35 to rent so that was pretty good.
Tueday I didnt do any training. I was so tired that I decided to lay down for an hour before I went swimming but I woke up 10:30...then I couldnt fall back to sleep so I read my book till 3:00 am. Now my sleeping is really going to be screwed up.
Wednesday: I ran 10K. I was going to go swimming at 8 but Esther is sooo bored at home I felt too guilty to go out again. I stayed home and played Rook with her and watched So You Think You can Dance. I went to bed a decent 10:30.
Tonight I have to be at an appointment from 7 - 8. So I cant get to swimming on time. I was hoping to do a bike ride as soon as I got home but its supposed to rain all day. Hopefully I can fit something in tonight. I dont know what yet. Also my gym membership has run out. Im trying to decide what to do about that. Oh...gotta go.
Saturday morning I did brick training again. 28K bike & 10K run. Don went with me which was nice. His bike is broken so he took Esther's. What a trooper. He did great. He just cut the last kilometer off the end of the run.
Monday I did my usual bike ride and swam about 40 lengths.
Tuesday I reserved my wetsuit and went to try it on. What a joke trying to get that thing on. I was given two plastic bags to put on my feet and hands to help me put it on. I had a tiny tiny change room. It was so warm in the change room and I was sweating trying to put this thing on all the while giggling to myself how ridiculous I must look and was looking for a hidden camera. I didnt get it on all the way. I gave up because I was sweating too much. The young salesman said to just call him and he would help me zip it up but there was no way I was trying to get help while I had this thing half on. I went online to see if I could get any pointers for putting a wetsuit on but the u-tube clips showed others struggling just as much as me. I get the suit the Thursday before the race so I can try it out. It was only $35 to rent so that was pretty good.
Tueday I didnt do any training. I was so tired that I decided to lay down for an hour before I went swimming but I woke up 10:30...then I couldnt fall back to sleep so I read my book till 3:00 am. Now my sleeping is really going to be screwed up.
Wednesday: I ran 10K. I was going to go swimming at 8 but Esther is sooo bored at home I felt too guilty to go out again. I stayed home and played Rook with her and watched So You Think You can Dance. I went to bed a decent 10:30.
Tonight I have to be at an appointment from 7 - 8. So I cant get to swimming on time. I was hoping to do a bike ride as soon as I got home but its supposed to rain all day. Hopefully I can fit something in tonight. I dont know what yet. Also my gym membership has run out. Im trying to decide what to do about that. Oh...gotta go.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Swim, swim, swim
Monday I did a bike ride, weights and swam. I was encouraged with my swimming because I did 30 lengths in about 20 minutes. Thats the length of the tri swim but the pool doesnt have waves and people in your way but I am getting closer to the average time which is about 15 minutes.
Last night I ran 6 k and swam. I went in the sauna last night because it was finally empty but then 2 men came in. I had a chat with them so that was kind of cool. Now Im part of the swimming community as well. The sauna felt great. I should stop being shy. It is just kind of akward when there is just one man and me in there.
Tonight I am doing the 20 minute challange at the Running Room. I'll try and do my run then as well and maybe I can still make it to the pool by 8. But I also have to go to my mom's tonight. If I can't fit everything in I'll swim on Friday because Thursday I have to pick Esther up at church from her Washington trip.
I definately have to fit 3 swims in this week!
Last night I ran 6 k and swam. I went in the sauna last night because it was finally empty but then 2 men came in. I had a chat with them so that was kind of cool. Now Im part of the swimming community as well. The sauna felt great. I should stop being shy. It is just kind of akward when there is just one man and me in there.
Tonight I am doing the 20 minute challange at the Running Room. I'll try and do my run then as well and maybe I can still make it to the pool by 8. But I also have to go to my mom's tonight. If I can't fit everything in I'll swim on Friday because Thursday I have to pick Esther up at church from her Washington trip.
I definately have to fit 3 swims in this week!
Monday, July 13, 2009
Triathlon Buddies
This week I did 3 runs, 3 bike rides and dum dum dum...1 swim. Because I can bike or run whenever I want but the swimming I can only do between 8 and 9. I need a big inground pool....thats all.
This Saturday I did the same workout as last Saturday. 28K bike and 10 K run. The bike ride was great. I had an average speed of 22 kph and my fastest speed was 43 kph. When I ran though I felt sooo slow! It feels so weird at first. I had to take walk breaks a few times. My legs felt so fatigued. Hopefully I will work up to not stopping at all.
I had what I like to call a "God moment" while I was biking. Family life has been a real struggle lately and I just have been feeling really down and this just made me smile so much. I was biking and I looked back and saw a couple of bikers. I was just waiting for them to pass me as everyone seems to do. But they came up beside me and invited me to go on the "Buttercup run" with them. I said whats that? They said Oh its just 45 K down the road...come with us. I told them I had to run 10K yet and then they asked what I was training for and I told them the sprint triathlon in Orillia and then they said...Oh we'll be there. So we chatted it up and they congratulated me with training for my first tri and invited me to swim with the group they train with. I cant because they go 7-8 in the morning but that doesnt matter. Its the fact that they invited me. I also commented on their bikes as compared to mine. (They had bikes that were worth thousands of dollars). The one man said to me its not the bike but whose on it. That felt great to hear because I had been getting really frustrated with my bike.
I felt like God was encouraging me through these two friendly men. And I really needed it. Also the really cool part was that when I was just finishing up my 10K RUN they whipped by on their bikes and we waved at each other. Im part of the triathlon community now. I may be a newbie with a super cycle but I have triathlon buddies.
This Saturday I did the same workout as last Saturday. 28K bike and 10 K run. The bike ride was great. I had an average speed of 22 kph and my fastest speed was 43 kph. When I ran though I felt sooo slow! It feels so weird at first. I had to take walk breaks a few times. My legs felt so fatigued. Hopefully I will work up to not stopping at all.
I had what I like to call a "God moment" while I was biking. Family life has been a real struggle lately and I just have been feeling really down and this just made me smile so much. I was biking and I looked back and saw a couple of bikers. I was just waiting for them to pass me as everyone seems to do. But they came up beside me and invited me to go on the "Buttercup run" with them. I said whats that? They said Oh its just 45 K down the road...come with us. I told them I had to run 10K yet and then they asked what I was training for and I told them the sprint triathlon in Orillia and then they said...Oh we'll be there. So we chatted it up and they congratulated me with training for my first tri and invited me to swim with the group they train with. I cant because they go 7-8 in the morning but that doesnt matter. Its the fact that they invited me. I also commented on their bikes as compared to mine. (They had bikes that were worth thousands of dollars). The one man said to me its not the bike but whose on it. That felt great to hear because I had been getting really frustrated with my bike.
I felt like God was encouraging me through these two friendly men. And I really needed it. Also the really cool part was that when I was just finishing up my 10K RUN they whipped by on their bikes and we waved at each other. Im part of the triathlon community now. I may be a newbie with a super cycle but I have triathlon buddies.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
No Turning Back
I havent been on this blog for awhile. Just busy at work I guess. I have been keeping up with my training though. Although last week I was seriously considering not doing the triathlon. It was after swimming in the open water when I was camping. It was wavy and I swallowed water and starting choking and I couldnt breath for awhile. It was really scary. Also Don was doubting the the 33 K bike ride. I was angry with him for not supporting me but he is just worried for me. He says he doesnt want to sugar coat the truth.
This past weekend I was out to prove him wrong. Saturday morning I biked (by myself) 28 K and then immediately after ran 10 K. I dont even remember how long it took me because I was just so happy I did it. I think it was about 2 hours. He said he thinks I can do it now.
Then on Sunday Don and I went to see the Peterborough triathlon. It was so exciting! I loved everything about it! I could just watch it forever. We couldnt stay to watch the finish because we had to be somewhere but I learned alot! The transitions dont seem as scary now that I have watched it but the swimming is alot farther than I imagined! Don is really worried I am going to drown. It is very itimidating. I really need to practice! I went swimming last night and realized....I really need to practice! The breathing is very hard and when you are nervous and excited your breathing gets worse! Oh my. I will just keep at it and see how it goes. I am registered now so no turning back. Although $60 isnt that much to lose if I change my mind. Yikes.
This past weekend I was out to prove him wrong. Saturday morning I biked (by myself) 28 K and then immediately after ran 10 K. I dont even remember how long it took me because I was just so happy I did it. I think it was about 2 hours. He said he thinks I can do it now.
Then on Sunday Don and I went to see the Peterborough triathlon. It was so exciting! I loved everything about it! I could just watch it forever. We couldnt stay to watch the finish because we had to be somewhere but I learned alot! The transitions dont seem as scary now that I have watched it but the swimming is alot farther than I imagined! Don is really worried I am going to drown. It is very itimidating. I really need to practice! I went swimming last night and realized....I really need to practice! The breathing is very hard and when you are nervous and excited your breathing gets worse! Oh my. I will just keep at it and see how it goes. I am registered now so no turning back. Although $60 isnt that much to lose if I change my mind. Yikes.
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