Thursday, August 19, 2010
Hot weather...
Notice how the weather is very cold in the morning and very hot in the afternoon? It would happen when the kids go back to school! Oh well, I'll take it....time to bike for awhile.
Back to business in an extreme way...
It's been awhile (about 1-1/2 yr. according to my boss, Al!) but I'm back! Lot's going on, had a boy graduate from high school and going to SRJC, and my youngest a senior in HS! Yet, I don't feel old, should I? No....that may be due in part to my puppy black lab, Sadie, that believes I'm the door man (or mat) to let her in and out as she pleases. I feel more like the cook, event coordinator, accountant, delivery person, and much more, of my house hold. But that's okay as long as I get to exercise, and boy did my wish come true. Last November my husband and I signed up for an Ironman race in Arizona, which will take play this November, yes 3 months yet. So even though I've been racing all year, this time of the year seems to have more meaning than any other.
I now workout 7 days a week, which I love. I feel like I'm in a boot camp, the only thing different from the military is I get to come home and do laundry, cook dinner, and walk the dog! So it's forced me to be organized, and disciplined, which I'm normally not. So I thought I would share my next 3 months of life with family, work and etc, of my journey from CA to AZ!
I need some kind of stress relief, and since I can't afford a psychiatrist (only a chiropractor), this will help me out, since my kids and hubby probably don't want to hear me of my highlights (or complaints) of the day.
So hear goes, my coach now has me working out 7 days a week, it was 6, with a day off! I enjoyed that day off, even though I work most that day. But like many other athletes doing IM AZ this is a must. It gets your body ready for volume--getting ready for the stresses of a long day of racing, which may take me 13-14 hours. Average athletes might be 10 to 12 hours, darn it!
On Monday I swam at Finley working on strength using paddles. I was a bit sore the next day, lats had a workout. Tuesday I rode with our trigroup around Windsor for a little over a hour, with a 20 minute transition run, that just about killed me. I've never run that fast before, and probably never will, unless I can avoid it! Wed. was running and swimming. I ran in Fountaingrove to help strengthen my legs, that was hell too, especially after my Tues. run of quad burn. Then Wed. evening swam at Johnson's beach in Guerneville with trigroup. I was really tired by this time. I was supposed to swim 50 mins, but shorten to 40 mins. because everything is catching up to me. I asked my teammates how long they were swimming, some said just past the bridge and back, which would make for a 30 min. swim. They asked me back how long I was swimming, I said I'm just going to "float" up river and back! But I managed to gut it out and swim a bit further than I thought. I figure as long as I'm dressed up in the wetsuit, better make good use of the time there.
So today I'm weight training a small bit, then off for a 1:20 hr. bike ride. So looking forward to this journey and see what happens the rest of the year. Just one day at a time. So if anyone has some thoughts on how life would be easier during a busy schedule, I would love to hear them. I think just having a good "sense of humor" will help tremendously. Thanks for listening and reading. Any one else out there going through this, would love to hear from you!
I now workout 7 days a week, which I love. I feel like I'm in a boot camp, the only thing different from the military is I get to come home and do laundry, cook dinner, and walk the dog! So it's forced me to be organized, and disciplined, which I'm normally not. So I thought I would share my next 3 months of life with family, work and etc, of my journey from CA to AZ!
I need some kind of stress relief, and since I can't afford a psychiatrist (only a chiropractor), this will help me out, since my kids and hubby probably don't want to hear me of my highlights (or complaints) of the day.
So hear goes, my coach now has me working out 7 days a week, it was 6, with a day off! I enjoyed that day off, even though I work most that day. But like many other athletes doing IM AZ this is a must. It gets your body ready for volume--getting ready for the stresses of a long day of racing, which may take me 13-14 hours. Average athletes might be 10 to 12 hours, darn it!
On Monday I swam at Finley working on strength using paddles. I was a bit sore the next day, lats had a workout. Tuesday I rode with our trigroup around Windsor for a little over a hour, with a 20 minute transition run, that just about killed me. I've never run that fast before, and probably never will, unless I can avoid it! Wed. was running and swimming. I ran in Fountaingrove to help strengthen my legs, that was hell too, especially after my Tues. run of quad burn. Then Wed. evening swam at Johnson's beach in Guerneville with trigroup. I was really tired by this time. I was supposed to swim 50 mins, but shorten to 40 mins. because everything is catching up to me. I asked my teammates how long they were swimming, some said just past the bridge and back, which would make for a 30 min. swim. They asked me back how long I was swimming, I said I'm just going to "float" up river and back! But I managed to gut it out and swim a bit further than I thought. I figure as long as I'm dressed up in the wetsuit, better make good use of the time there.
So today I'm weight training a small bit, then off for a 1:20 hr. bike ride. So looking forward to this journey and see what happens the rest of the year. Just one day at a time. So if anyone has some thoughts on how life would be easier during a busy schedule, I would love to hear them. I think just having a good "sense of humor" will help tremendously. Thanks for listening and reading. Any one else out there going through this, would love to hear from you!
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