OC Tri

I did great! Well, my swim could have been better...it was about 45 seconds slower than last year, but the rest was faster. My total time was 2:44:06 (2:30 better than last year! Yeah!

My next event is a local 5k next Saturday. I did an at-home workout yesterday. Today I am going to run. Working on speed, not distance.

Tapering continues

Monday I swam at the gym. I swan 67 laps in about 30 minutes. I might be off two or so laps so the time isn't important. Plus it's a taper. I did 10 laps of drills after.

Tuesday I did an at-home workout. It was 35 minutes. I felt a little sore when I woke up this morning so I really need to take it easy tonight. Maybe a short 20-30 minute run.

Tapering starting today

Friday afternoon I rode my bike home. Felt good. I think I might ride my bike more often. I did a workout video for 20 minutes before Skyler got home.

Saturday I went running at Peter's Canyon. It was hot and there are a lot of hills there. I ran for about 45 minutes and walked for about 25 minutes. It felt wonderful to walk through the area. I need to do that more often.

Today I am swimming. I think it will be my last hard swim of the week.

Tomorrow easy run.

Wednesday easy bike.

Thursday easy run or swim.

Friday nothing.

Saturday nothing.

Trying Hard

Wednesday Skyler picked me up from work and drove me part of the way home. I ran the rest of the way. 8.2 miles total in 69 minutes. About an 8:24 mile. Pretty good considering how horrible my running has been lately. I wonder if something is wrong with my quads.

Yesterday I rode to the beach and back. 6:55 to trail, 43:05 to beach, 36:44 back, 9:20 home. I felt like I pushed myself very hard on the way back. Hopefully my training is helping me be faster.

Today I rode my bike to work. I think it's about 12 miles. It took me 50 minutes. I will be riding home too.

Updates

Saturday I did a one hour run. It was hot outside, but it felt great to be running. My feet didn't hurt, so that was a huge plus.

Monday I swam 108 laps (1-1/2 miles) at the Orange gym in 48:28 (26.93/lap).

Yesterday I attempted to do a mountain bike race. I feel twice, my chain fell off, and then my back wheel fell off. I stopped because I was worried my bike would break. It was super embarrassing. I wish it would have gone differently.

Not Bad

This week hasn't been too bad. Tuesday I swam 100 laps at the Anaheim Hills gym. Felt good to swim with the hot weather. Wednesday I did an at-home workout that lasted 55 minutes. Thursday went to gym. Stairmaster for 15 minutes, weights for arms 10 minutes, spin class 60 minutes. Today nothing.

Tomorrow I want to run and maybe ride bike. I have the whole day to myself so we will see.

The Disneyland Half Marathon

Raced in my first run-only half marathon. I was a little nervous because my running has been so horrible lately. I wasn't sure what my goal time would be, so decided that under 1:50 would be great. Surprisingly, I did pretty well compared to the other racers, but I didn't finish under my goal time. My time was 1:51:08. I thought I was running in front of the 1:50 finish group, but it turns out that I was a little behind. I was 31st out of 1340 in my age group. That's pretty good...top 3%. The race course was a lot of fun. All of the fan, bands, cheerleaders, and Disney characters made the race go by so much quicker. My legs were pretty sore that afternoon and the following day. I got a little shortness of breath during the race. It was a tight feeling under my ribcage. I was worried that I would have to drop out but it went away after about 2 miles.

I think I might do the Surf City half marathon in February. Skyler is contemplating the full. He's crazy. My legs wouldn't last.

Today I am swimming, to give my legs a little rest. Tomorrow I'm biking. Thursday running. Friday..who knows? Skyler will be gone all week so I will have a lot of time to work out.

Running Fail

Yesterday I decided to run at Peter's Canyon so I could run up some hills. It was a HOT day yesterday. It was probably 100 degrees in the location I was running. Plus, I had a limited amount of time to run. I only ran about 4 miles and it wasn't even fast. I'm really worried about my running skills. I haven't had a good running day for months!

Tonight I might mountain bike with Skyler. We'll see if there's time!

I <3 Swimming

If I could, I would swim every day! I absolutely love it! Yesterday I swam 100 laps at the Anaheim Hills pool. That equals 2500m, which is 1.56 miles. It took me about 50 minutes, not sure exactly because I still don't have a watch. Hopefully it will arrive tomorrow!

Today I am going to do some running, hopefully for about 50 minutes.

Tomorrow I am going to do a long road bike ride. Hopefully it will be about 2 hours.