Friday, January 25, 2008

Swimming again

Last night I swam again. I swam 64 laps in 29:50 minutes. It went ok. I want to see progress, especially since this is the only exercise I have been doing for two weeks. My doctor said that cycling would be ok, but I don't want to push it. Argh!

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Better

Monday night I swam 64 laps in 29:20 minutes. My time is getting better. Well, it better be because I have only been swimming lately. Tuesday night I attempted yoga. It was ok but I couldn't do a lot of stuff on both feet so my right leg is getting even more stronger than my left leg. Yesterday I went to the doctor and I have metatarsalgia which is a pain of the metatarsa bones. He said to stay off my foot as much as possible so I guess that means I will be swimming tonight.

Thursday, January 17, 2008

This sucks

I injured my foot somehow while snowboarding last weekend. I am going to get it checked out next week. So in terms of training, I can only swim. Yesterday I swam 70 laps in 33:20 minutes. It was a little slower than I swam on Monday, but I am ok with it. I will be swimming again tonight. Hopefully I can get some weight lifting in also.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Swim Week

Last weekend we went snowboarding at Mammoth. It was definitely a great workout for my legs. Well, I think I pulled a tendon or something in my foot because I am having a hard time walking on it. So yesterday I swam because I didn't want to put pressure on my foot. I swam 64 laps in 29:40 minutes. That is a better time. My foot is still feeling weird today so I think I should stick to swimming this week.

Friday, January 11, 2008

Go Elise!

I have made it to the gym three days this week! I am having a great start. Last night I went to a new spin class at my new gym. I really liked the instructor (Heather B). I did 8 minutes of the eliptical machine before class. Wednesday night I ran 3.3 miles in 26 minutes. Then I did some weights for about 15 minutes. This weekend I am going snowboarding so that will work my muscles a lot!

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Wow! Long lost friend!

I went swimming tonight at the gym. It was wonderful. I looked back at my old posts and discovered that I hadn't swam in a month...since January 7. I was actually a little scared to begin swimming again because I knew it had been a while, but once I started swimming everything came back to me. It felt so good. I swam 50 laps in 23:47. Then I did the stair machine for 20 minutes. This was a good start to my training. Tomorrow I will ran and do weights. Today I weighed 109.

Sunday, January 6, 2008

Yeah, I did it!

I made it to the gym two times this week. I guess that is not too bad for a start. But the bummer part is that I feel like I have to work my way up to where I was just a few weeks ago. Running three miles is so hard now. I can do it though. Saturday I ran 3 miles in 24:18 minutes. Then I did the stair machine for 5 minutes. This week I will start kicking butt again. Speaking of swimming and biking, I haven't done those things for about a month. It will be hard to get back into those again. I can do it though. I am ready to look great. I told Skyler that I will be down to 105 in two months, if my muscle doesn't weight too much.

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Not as bad as I thought

Well, I think I forgot to mention that I have been pigging out for the past two weeks, along with not working out. I expected to gain about 4 pounds. But last night I weighed myself at the gym and the damage isn't too bad. I would say that I gained about 2-1/2 pounds. The bummer part about that is that I probably gained more than that and lost muscle too. Anyways, I finally made it back to the gym last night. I ran 3.1 miles in 24:40 minutes and then did the eliptical machine for 6 more minutes. That's a good start. Tonight I am hoping to go to a spin class. Good luck to me!

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Big Time Slacker

We have been so busy with the holidays and moving that I have not had the time to get to the gym in two weeks! I can't believe that it has been that long! I am planning on going tonight. I will probably run. I need to start my triathlon training. Ok, I think my plan will be to use two weeks to get back into the swing of things, and then I will start my training. I will be training for each event twice a week and going to the gym 5 days a week. One of the days will be a double event day. Good luck to me! My goal is three triathlons this year, with improvement on all repeat events.