Missing My Bike

Monday I swam 88 laps in 37:47 minutes. I was surprised I swam just as fast as the last one. I am getting faster! Yeah! I also did my 7 minute run.

Yesterday I ran 7 minutes, then I did the elliptical for 45 minutes. It was boring, but I didn't have many choices.

Tonight I will probably take off. I should be able to work out Thursday, Friday, and Saturday so I will still get 5 days in this week.

Go Weekend

I swam after work on Friday. I had a great swim! I swam 88 laps in 37:49 minutes. That's fast! I also ran for 6:30 minutes. It felt good but I stopped when I felt the first hint of pain. Saturday I went on a road bike ride. It took about 7 minutes to  get to the trail (1.5 miles), 53:43 minutes to ride to the 27.5 mile marker (15 miles), 49:25 minutes to ride back (15 miles), and 8 minutes to ride home. I rode through Featherly Park and saw the devastation that the YL fires left. It is very bare there. There were a lot of people out taking pictures.

Tonight I will swim and run again.

Whoops

It's been over a week since I last posted. Let's see what happened.

Tuesday- Rode my trainer for 55 minutes. 

Wednesday- Nothing, saw Wicked

Thursday-Spin class with Nicole.

Friday- Nothing.

Saturday- Snowboarded for a five hours

Monday- Swam 88 laps in 38:39 minutes.

Tuesday- Elliptical machine for 45 minutes.

Tonight- Nothing...it's my birthday!

Swim

Last night I swam 102 laps. I only timed 88 laps. My time was 38:33 minutes. I did a little extra swimming to be in the pool longer. It felt great!

I am not sure what I am going to do tonight. I want to make dinner for Skyler so I would like to be home to do that. I think I might ride my trainer so that I can cook in between.

Bikes, bikes, and more bikes

Wednesday night I rode my trainer at home for a little over an hour. I wanted to watch a movie while biking, but I couldn't hear the movie well enough. It was a good work out. The next day I was sore.

Thursday I resumed my spin classes. I forgot how hard those classes are. I love them though. I also did 10 minutes of elliptical before class.

This morning I went on my morning girls ride. We rode 10 miles towards the beach and 10 miles back. My time on the way there was about 31 minutes. On the way back it was 36 minutes. There was a bit of wind on the way back. It was also really cold. My fingers and toes were frozen.

I feel good about my week. I would have liked to get another swim in (maybe tomorrow), but other than that, I still got a good 4 1/2 days of training.

Weight, last night: 109.8

Slacker

I haven't posted for a couple of days. Sorry!

Saturday-bike ride to beach. I got there in 39 minutes and back in 38 minutes. It was a good ride!

Sunday-Muddy Buddy. Skyler and I beat our time from last year (52 minutes) by 5 minutes (47 minutes), but it still wasn't fast enough to place. Next year we will!

Monday-I swam 88 laps in 38:51 minutes. I was going to do cardio but someone engaged me in a discussion about religion. I would have rather done cardio.

Tuesday-Nothing. My trainer wasn't set up correctly so I didn't get to do what I planned.

Tonight-I will be riding my trainer. Hopefully I can ride for over an hour. Skyler has to work late tonight so I won't be in a hurry.

Today's weight=109.8

Swim

Wednesday night I swam at the Orangewood gym I swam 88 laps in 39:05 minutes. I felt that I swam fast. This is a 26.6 lap time. After that, I did the elliptical machine for 20 minutes.

Yesterday I was planning on riding my road bike. Then it looked like rain so I decided to use my trainer. Well, I haven't used my tri bike on the trainer yet and found that I didn't have the right skewer to use. So I ended up doing lunges and steps for 25 minutes and did my new shin streching for 30 minutes. I got some new stretches to do so hopefully my inflammation will start going down. I would like to do a 10k on Thanksgiving, but I don't think I will be able to. I would rather heal quicker and not do it.

Last Weekday Ride

Since the daylight savings will be ending on Sunday, Carrie and I decided that we needed to get one last weekday ride in. We rode Peter's Canyon last night. My legs are a little sore since I haven't worked out since Thursday. Tonight I am going to swim and do other cardio. I need to get rid of my stomach fat. It's gross and I wish it would go away. The rest of my body is fine. Anyways, my goal for the rest of the year is to work out 4 days a week, 3 of those days must be triathlon specific. It will be hard with birthdays, holidays, and family events coming up. I like this time of year though. I also need to watch what I eat. Eat slow and limit sugars!

Swim Again

I'm feeling great! I swam 98 laps in the Anaheim Hills pool, which means I swam 2450 meters, aka 1.53 miles. It swam it in 48:15 minutes. I must have been off the other day with my lap count because I swam 2 laps less and had a similar time. 

I am feeling pretty good about myself. I have been doing crunches every morning, like I have been for a long time but now I am starting to do crunches that affect my lower abs. I am definitely seeing progress. When I start running again, I think I will definitely see a difference. 

I have been doing the leg exercises my physcial therapist suggested but it still feels like my shin is being affected. I have a list of questions for her on Thursday.

Biking on Empty

Last night I went on a bike ride down to the beach (well, not quite to the beach, but about 1.25 miles from it). It took me 8:10 minutes to get to trail, 29:25 to get 1.25 miles from beach (10.75 miles), 37:29 minutes to get back, and 10:15 to get home. Notice the huge difference in time. Well, it was windy both ways, but especially windy on the way back. Also, I think I ran out of energy on the way back. I was pushing pretty hard on the way there because I had a biker group drafting off me for about 9 miles. I only had water in my bottle when normally I have Cytomax (we are out). But it was still a good ride. Tonight I will swim again. Tomorrow, not sure. Saturday I will bike again. Next week is the Muddy Buddy. I am so ready for that!

Whoa Mama

I forgot mt running shoes so I decided that I would have to swim further to make up for not being able to do other cardio. For I swam 100 laps in a 25 meter pool, which means I swam 2500 meters! Holy cow! That is 1.56 miles! I swam that distance in 48:34 minutes. I might be off two laps, but it doesn't matter. I swam for 48 minutes straight! I don't feel that I swam my fastest, but it was definitely a good swim. Tomorrow I would like to ride my bike. It would be nice to go to the beach and back, that would be 27 miles, three miles farther than my Weir Canyon ride. We will see. I will be so bummed when the time changes and I can't ride my bike after work anymore. Only one and a half weeks left!

Change of Plans

Last night I went mountain biking and tonight I will swim. I forgot to bring my running shoes so it will be swimming only. I will just have to swim longer to make up for it.

Ride with Skyler

Saturday afternoon Skyler and I were able to squeeze in a bike ride. We rode Whiting Ranch, which I had ridden twice before, but Skyler had not done. It turned out to be a pretty hot day and once we got to the long hill, we were sweating like crazy. It was a fun ride! I actually went off a jump. It was scary because I should have pulled up a little higher. Practice makes perfect! Tonight I will be swimming.

Back on the Bike

Yesterday afternoon I got back on my bike for the first time since the OCTRI. I have felt a little unmotivated because I am done with triathlons for the year, but I needed to get back into shape. I did the Weir Canyon ride. 8:34 to trail, 33:49 to Weir Canyon, 35:18 back, 10 minutes home. It was definitely not my fastest time, but it was great to be back on my bike.

Huge Slacker

I have taken a lot of time off from training. I needed time to recover from the OCTRI and then I got sick. As much as I wanted to train while sick, I knew it wouldn't be wise. But on a good note, I have started my training again.

Sunday morning I went on a mountain bike ride with Carrie. We rode Peter's Canyon. It takes us less than an hour.

Monday I swam 88 laps. I discovered that the pool at my gym is 25 yards, not 25 meters, which means I have been measuring my distances incorrectly. 88 laps is 1-1/4 miles. I swam 88 laps in 39:05 minutes. Next, I ran one mile in 8:30 minutes. I ran so that my shin would swell up a little bit so when I went to my physical therapist appointment on Tuesday, I would be able to have something to show. 

Tuesday I went to my appointment. It went very well. I got my foot taped and she showed me some exercises to do. I seem to have lazy muscles so I have to re-learn how to walk on my left foot. Crazy! No running for a while, but I will survive.

Today I would like to bike. We will see.

Swim!

I finally got to the gym this week! I went on Tuesday after work. I swam 78 laps in 33:40 minutes. I wanted to ride my road bike so bad yesterday but I went home early from work because I am sick. I didn't want to make it worse by pushing my body. I might go swimming tonight, I haven't decided yet. I am not fully recovered yet. I can't wait until I am back to normal. I went for my bone scan on Tuesday afternoon and it came back negative! Oh, that's just great! Now there's nothing wrong with me! I must just be making it up! Boy this is beyond frustrating. I go to the physical therapist on Tuesday and hopefully that doctor can shred some light on my problem. I hope I can run again someday!

OCTRI

Here are a few pictures from the Orange County International Triathlon that Skyler and I did last week. Skyler's muscles look like they are bulging out of his skin! That's my husband! 

A Little Relaxation

I am taking a few days off to recover from my race. My legs are finally feeling close to normal again, although my calves are still sore. I want to jump back into training, but I don't want to injure myself. But doing nothing is really hard. I can't eat as much because I don't need to calories because I am not burning any. I don't like limiting my food intake. My plan is to swim tomorrow and enjoy it!

Whoa!

Sunday I raced in my last triathlon of the season. It was a great race and I feel like I raced very well, especially since I have only ran once in the past 5 or 6 weeks (and that was for the Pacific Coast Triathlon). Because of that fact, I can barely move today. My legs hurt all over. My knees were hurting pretty bad during the race, but I didn't want to give up. So here are my times:

Swim- 28:01 (time out of water, my time will probably show as 28:48 because of the run out of the water)

T1- 1:49

Bike- 1:19:45

T2- 1:38

Run- 54:40

Total- 2:46:38

My bike time was better than Camp Pendleton by about six minutes, but my run time was slower. I finished eighth in my age group. Surprisingly, I beat Skyler by 5 seconds. Boy do I feel bad! Talk about an ego bruise! He doesn't train as much as I do, but was still expecting to beat me. Well, this just proves that time put in is what counts, not just ability. I can't wait until next season. It was be a tough one with the Oceanside 70.3 at the beginning of April. Hopefully my legs will be fixed by then so that I can race to the best of my ability.

Bike Ride

Last night I did the Weir Canyon bike ride. 7:15 to get to trail. 32:23 to Weir Canyon. 34:19 to get back. 8:31 to get home. My legs felt tired last night, which is good. Tonight I will do an easy swim, then I will relaz for the rest of the week. Good luck to me on the race!