Catch-Up Again

Wednesday I did the mountain bike race! So much fun! It was a 3.75 mile loop course. Carrie and I did the beginner race which consisted of two loops. It was fun pushing myself to ride fast on a mountain bike. I never do that.

Thursday I didn't have time to work out because of softball.

Friday nothing of course.

Saturday did a short run, probably only 5 miles total. My endurance level is ready for this race but I'm not sure my body is. My legs have been giving me all kinds of problems. I need to remember to bring band-aids with me during the race in case my pinky blisters decide to act up again.

Tonight I'm swimming.

Tomorow running.

Wednesday biking.

Thursday swimming?

Scary!

Yesterday I swam 96 laps (1-1/2 miles) at the Anaheim Hills pool. I did a couple of 50m sprints in there too. In the morning I did some deep lunges at home. Now, my legs are super sore. I could barely sleep last night. Ahh!

Tonight I am doing a mountain bike race in the Over the Hump series at Irvine Lake with Carrie. I am a little nervous because I don't like going fast on my mountain bike. I ride it for fun. I think we are doing 2 laps that are 3.75 miles each. Fingers crossed that it will go well!

Catch-Up

Wednesday I swam 92 laps. Weird number, I know. Just got annoyed with the person next to me. No times available because I don't have a watch.

Thursday I did an At-Home workout with Jillian Michaels. 45 minutes.

Friday I swam again. It felt great. I think I swam 72 or 80 laps. I like working out on Friday nights, except that the gym was a lot busier than I expected it to be.

Saturday I ran at the beach. I ran a total of 7 miles. I didn't have a watch so I'm not sure of my time.

Yesterday I went running. I ran a little over 5 miles total, but I also did some hill repeats. It wasn't a majorly steep hill but it was still a good workout. My running sucks! I want to be more positive about it, but I think that something is wrong with my legs. Plus, my shin splints are coming back! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Tonight I'm swimming. Tomorrow a mountain bike race. Thursday swimming or running. Friday running or swimming. Saturday long bike ride.

I need a new watch!

My wonderful Puma watched died on me the other day. That watch served me well. It was always reliable. It was waterproof, so I could wear it during races. It is now in a better place.

So now I've resorted to wearing my $5 Target watch. Unfortunatley, it died on me three days after I brought it back out. It allowed me to use it for one last workout last night. So sad.

So now I am without watch and it is driving me crazy! For all my life I have always had a watch. I have two other watches that I could possibly wear but they are not sports watch and not waterproof.

Anyways, last night I rode me bike down to the beach and back. I really wanted to do a hill workout, but I was feeling lazy yesterday. 27 miles total. There was a strong headwind so it took me like 45 minutes to get down to the beach. Obviously, I was way faster coming back. It only took me 37 minutes. I tried pushing really hard so I could get some climbing legs.

I'm not mountain biking tonight because I'm going to the OC Blogger Awards. I'm pretty sure I didn't win, but at least I was nominated. So instead, I will swim.

Good Run Yesterday

The Half Marathon isn't very far away! And I haven't been running well lately. I got a new pair of running shoes last week hoping that new shoes would help. Yesterday I ran 8 miles in 67 minutes. That's a 8:22 pace. Not my finest work, but it's better than what I've been doing lately. After half-way throug the run I felt a blister forming on my left pinkie toe. Two miles later a blister was coming on my right pinke toe. I'm attributing it to the new shoes. I can understand that my feet may need to adjust a little bit since I had been wearing the same style of shoes for two years. And I'm not using the superfeet in my running shoes anymore. I shouldn't need to. So today I woke up and my right knee was hurting pretty bad. Again, my legs are just adjusting. They need the adjustment because I don't think they were in the correct alignment before. I am going to make sure that I do my arch exercises so I don't get shin splints. Then, I will be ready for this race. I need to have a 8:00 mile pace for it. I can do it!

Tonight I will probably ride my bike. I need to get my bike legs back. I would love to go mountain biking, but there isn't anyone to ride with this week. Oh well.

Good Swim

Yesterday I swam 80 laps at the Anaheim Hills pool (2000m). It felt great to be back in the pool. I think it's been almost two weeks. My total swim time was 39:58 minutes. And then my watch died. I'm so sad because I really loved that watch. It was the perfect mix between normal wear and sports wear.

Not so great this week

Monday I did a long run, but "ran" into quite a few problems. First, I was carrying a backpack because I was dropped off from work 9.5 miles from home. The backpack rubbed against the back of my neck the whole time. Second, my left shoe started rubbing on my arch. It made me stop running at the 7 mile mark. Third, my time sucked! I was running 9:00 miles!...something I wouldn't expect at all!

Tuesday nothing because of family pcitures.

Last night I went mountain biking with Carrie. It was nice to do some climbs. We rode the Oaks. We didn't time it perfectly because it got dark before we were done. I got scared of mountain lions. Luckily we didn't see any.

Tonight I am swimming and then softball.

Horrible Running

Tuesday was the worst run I have ever done! I think it was a combination of the 100 degree weather and me being sick, but it was horrible. I started at Weir Canyon and was planning on running for 30 minutes and then turning around. Within a few minutes I was ver hot and tired and had to go to the bathroom. I guess my bladder couldn't wait because I started to go. I had to find a bush quickly. I rested for about 3 or 4 minutes then started running again. I was so tired! I stopped at the turn around point. I had to use the bathroom again! Argh! Luckily I was bear a porta-potty. Did that, then started running again. Had to stop after 15 minutes. I started to get the chills since I assumed isn't good when it's 100 degrees outside. I jogged the rest of the way back. I still ran 7 miles but it was start-stop most of the time. It was super frustrating. Tomorrow I am going to run in the morning, before it gets too hot.

Yesterday I didn't work out because we went to the OC Fair. Double-whammy...no workout and ate bad, bad food. Today I am riding my mountain bike with Carrie. It's been too long. I'm pretty excited.

Tired is an understatement

Brandon is crazy! Saturday Skyler and I rode our bikes to UCI (21 miles) for a track workout. Brandon met us there. We did a one mile warm-up. Then we started doing 800m sprints around the track. 800m is probably the hardest distance to run because it's too far to sprint but too short for pacing yourself. I ran 7- 800m (1/2 mile) sprints in 3:30 minutes each. Skyler did 10 and Brandon did 12. We ended with a one mile cool-down. I was so tired because I was feeling sick, it was hot, and I was pooped. After the workout, Skyler and I rode the rest of the way to the beach where we met Kenny and Jill. Then we rode home on the river trail. We were gone for 6 hours and both got so sunburnt.

Today I will probably run. I need the miles to be ready for the half marathon.