Good Week So Far

I haven't written about my training for this week yet but I have done some.

Monday-I did some sprint swimming. I have a little routine of swimming 5 laps at a moderate pace and then sprinting 10 laps. I did this 4 times for a total of 64 laps (I swam 4 extra laps at the end).

Tuesday-I ran 3.75 miles in 28:30 minutes. I didn't realize until now that it was a pace of a 7:36 mile. Fantastic!

Wednesday-I swam 66 laps in 31:10 minutes. I swam two extra laps by accident. My muscles feel pretty sore but I think that is because of the lunges I have been doing also.

I am awesome!

Last night was a great workout. I made sure I would have enough energy to finish the night, which I tend to neglect sometimes. I started out with a 2 mile run. I ran it in 15:40 minutes. After that, I went to a spin class. After class the instructor told me that I did my sprints perfectly. She didn't want to embarrass me in front of the class, but she said she wanted to tell everyone to watch me during sprints. I like doing them. She paints the scenario of us racing to the front of a pack of riders. I can really visualize it. So far this week I have made it four times to the gym. Hopefully I will be going tonight and/or tomorrow morning!

Good so far

Tuesday I ran a total of 3.3 miles. My pace was about 8:00 minute/mile. I had to take a bathroom break at about 2.5 miles. That was lame. After, I did about 15-20 minutes of weights and then my yoga class. Wednesday I swam. I didn't feel like I got a great swim in. I swam a total of about 60 laps. I didn't time my laps...just swam some fast and some slow. I must have swam hard because today I am a little sore. Tonight I will be going to a cycle class and hopefully some running/other cardio before.

Yeah!

Last night I swam 64 laps in 29:10 minutes. That's a pretty good time. Tonight I am planning on running and cycling. My foot has been feeling better, but this morning I stepped on it wrong and it hurts a little bit now. Hopefully it will continue to heal because I am in full training mode.

Blah

I did not work out from Wednesday until Saturday morning. I felt pretty lazy last week. Saturday morning I ran about 2 1/2 miles around Orange. It was a gorgeous day outside. It felt great!

Getting better

Monday I swam for about 30 minutes. I did some drills. I swam 250m fast then 150m at a moderate pace. My fastest pace was 26.7 second/lap. I know drills are important, but I like the endurance swimming better. I will be swimming again tonight. Last night I did a long workout. First, I ran 2 miles in 16 minutes. Then jogged for 2:30 minutes. Then I finished with another 1/2 mile run. Next, I did some weightlifting for about 25 minutes. Last, I did my one-hour yoga class. This morning I woke up sore. I love that feeling.

Hmmmm

Well, I did my spin class on Thursday. I did ok. My foot just seems to hurt after periods of inactivity, like when I get up in the morning. Saturday I decided it would be ok to snowboard. I did fine for most of the day, but after about 4 hours my foot was done. I am going to try to stop babying my foot and just do stuff. Not doing anything sure didn't seem to help. I am not willing to let this stop me from doing the things I love. Anyways, tonight I will swim.

I have been inspired to start eating better and I am going to do that by 1) eating 5 or 6 small meals a day and 2) eating out a lot less. I can control what I eat at home. Today is day one and I have had two meals so far. I am going to eat a meal every 3 hours.

Awwww!

After reading my Triathlete magazine yesterday, I got super pumped to start training for real. But I still can't run and I am so frustrated. I will never take running for granted again, I promise. So yesterday I did the eliptical machine for 15 minutes and then some weights and then my yoga class. Tonight I will take off for family dinner but tomorrow I am going to try cycling.

Good but Bad

Yesterday I swam 80 laps in 38 minutes. That's not a bad time and I feel like I got a good workout. The bummer part is that my foot injury is still here and I can't run. I really want to run again. I hope my foot heals soon.

Last Week

Tuesday I attempted to run. I ran 3 whole miles and felt ok, but the next day my foot was hurting again, so I think I am going to lay off the running for another week or so. Oh, I ran 3.1 miles in 24:50 minutes. Wednesday I swam, but I was having a hard time with it. I felt like I was swimming really slow. Maybe it was because there were a lot of people in the pool and the water was slooshing a lot. I swam 64 laps in 30:15 minutes. No gym for the rest of the week because Skyler and I went to Las Vegas. I did do a lot of walking. I probably walked about 6 miles.