Tuesday, May 11, 2010
wow you are doing a lot of traveling. florida sounds fun! what are you doing there? i saw lindsay this week, she said that laurel and rachel fried will be going to emily's wending in august, are you going to be in salt lake then? that would be so much fun if we could all be there for her. i'm not riding with the townies this week, i'm too busy. but i hope to keep riding with them. don't worry about the running, consistency is what will help you improve and you work so hard to be successful and you will be! i'm so excited for this triathlon, oh man!! i can't remember my workout for last week right now and i have to go to a chem study group. but love ya and let me know when you aren't traveling and i will try to come up!
Monday, May 10, 2010
2 weeks!
I haven't blogged for 2 weeks! Sorry! Life got busy all of a sudden. Just got back from a trip to Utah to ANOTHER wedding. We leave this Friday to go to Florida so I'm trying my best to keep a steady training schedule! Here's what I've done the past two weeks
WEEK 3
mon- bike 35 minutes
tue- swim 10x100 w/ 15 sec rest + 200 swim
wed- ran 1 mile (cramped up...)
thur- ran 3.5 miles
fri- ran 3.2 miles (walked about 1/2mile of it)
saturday-biked 24 miles (out to my grandparents house in star and then back)
sunday- biked 45 minutes easy
WEEK 4
mon-rest
tue-swim 1000m (at about 50 second laps), 5x50 sprints on the minute
wed- ran 4 miles (walked about 1/2 a mile of it)
thur- biked 12 miles
fri- swam 10x100m w/ 20 sec rests.
sat- rest
sun- rest
I tried to go running on saturday while we were in Utah, but we just got too busy helping with the wedding. I'm finally getting more energy! Those first couple weeks of training made me sooo tired. I feel better now though. My swim feels really strong. One woman commented on how strong my stroke looks last week :) I'm still working on breathing techniques. I can see how important that will be when you swim long distances. I'm getting frustrated with my running. The progress is (and will be) really slow. I am able to run for longer distances, but have to walk parts of it still. Which is okay for a beginner runner. I just want to be able to run fast for a long time!!! I'm going for a run this afternoon so I'll see how it feels. I think the hardest part of tri-training is that it's hard to track progress when you're only doing something once or twice a week. I need to be better about doing every workout twice a week (two swims, two runs, two bikes). OMG biking is soooo fun!!! I'm addicted. All I think about is how I want to buy a bike. There's been a storm blowing over Boise for a couple weeks now. The day I rode out to my grandparents house was super windy! It took me 1 hour 15 minutes to get the 11 miles out there riding into the wind. On the way back it only took me 40 minutes to get home PLUS I added an extra 3 mile loop!! Last thursday i went on a ride with my friend Aaron who also does triathlons. We've been swimming together and the bike ride was so fun!! We did a 12 mile loop on this gorgeous country road. I figured out how to draft of another biker! It was so fun. You need to come to Boise Jeri and bring your bike!!! I've charted out a few other bike rides I want to do :) There's one where you ride out to this road called Jackass Gulch Road... it's about 30 miles I figure. Are you still training with the Townies? That is sooo awesome! Can you keep up with them? So fun!
I'm still doing reading, so I'll post some more stuff soon! Cya!!
WEEK 3
mon- bike 35 minutes
tue- swim 10x100 w/ 15 sec rest + 200 swim
wed- ran 1 mile (cramped up...)
thur- ran 3.5 miles
fri- ran 3.2 miles (walked about 1/2mile of it)
saturday-biked 24 miles (out to my grandparents house in star and then back)
sunday- biked 45 minutes easy
WEEK 4
mon-rest
tue-swim 1000m (at about 50 second laps), 5x50 sprints on the minute
wed- ran 4 miles (walked about 1/2 a mile of it)
thur- biked 12 miles
fri- swam 10x100m w/ 20 sec rests.
sat- rest
sun- rest
I tried to go running on saturday while we were in Utah, but we just got too busy helping with the wedding. I'm finally getting more energy! Those first couple weeks of training made me sooo tired. I feel better now though. My swim feels really strong. One woman commented on how strong my stroke looks last week :) I'm still working on breathing techniques. I can see how important that will be when you swim long distances. I'm getting frustrated with my running. The progress is (and will be) really slow. I am able to run for longer distances, but have to walk parts of it still. Which is okay for a beginner runner. I just want to be able to run fast for a long time!!! I'm going for a run this afternoon so I'll see how it feels. I think the hardest part of tri-training is that it's hard to track progress when you're only doing something once or twice a week. I need to be better about doing every workout twice a week (two swims, two runs, two bikes). OMG biking is soooo fun!!! I'm addicted. All I think about is how I want to buy a bike. There's been a storm blowing over Boise for a couple weeks now. The day I rode out to my grandparents house was super windy! It took me 1 hour 15 minutes to get the 11 miles out there riding into the wind. On the way back it only took me 40 minutes to get home PLUS I added an extra 3 mile loop!! Last thursday i went on a ride with my friend Aaron who also does triathlons. We've been swimming together and the bike ride was so fun!! We did a 12 mile loop on this gorgeous country road. I figured out how to draft of another biker! It was so fun. You need to come to Boise Jeri and bring your bike!!! I've charted out a few other bike rides I want to do :) There's one where you ride out to this road called Jackass Gulch Road... it's about 30 miles I figure. Are you still training with the Townies? That is sooo awesome! Can you keep up with them? So fun!
I'm still doing reading, so I'll post some more stuff soon! Cya!!
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
The Townies
so whit-pit, i'm so excited that you are able to use that ladies bike! i have to tell you about my ride with the Townies. these guys are some of the best cyclers in the north west. i was standing in front of sticks and stones by myself and a man came up next to me and we started chatting. he was in normal street clothes so i asked about him riding tonight. he said "no, i did an Iron Man on saturday so i'm taking it easy". i'm thinking what did i get myself into? and then we talked about training for one and it was awesome. the ride was so hard and my feet were freezing because the wind was so terrible! when i got home i sat in the tub and my toes were purple and they hurt so bad! but it was fun and i will keep riding with them.
how is riding that bike? i'm so excited for you, it seems like everything is just being provided for you to get the optimum training!
how is riding that bike? i'm so excited for you, it seems like everything is just being provided for you to get the optimum training!
Saturday, May 1, 2010
okay here is my workout regemine
monday: run 4 miles, swim 1hr
tuesday: run 4 miles, bike 1hr
wednesday: swim 1hr
thursday: run 4 miles, bike 1hr
friday: run 3 miles, possibly bike
saturday: bike 1hr, run as far as i can
so whitney, last saturday i biked around the butte and then tried to run afterwards, talk about awkward!!! my hips were all over the place and my body was killing me!!! i really want to come up to boise soon and we can try this together. it's so funny to watch each other have absolutely no control over thier lower body!!
i hope vegas was fun!
monday: run 4 miles, swim 1hr
tuesday: run 4 miles, bike 1hr
wednesday: swim 1hr
thursday: run 4 miles, bike 1hr
friday: run 3 miles, possibly bike
saturday: bike 1hr, run as far as i can
so whitney, last saturday i biked around the butte and then tried to run afterwards, talk about awkward!!! my hips were all over the place and my body was killing me!!! i really want to come up to boise soon and we can try this together. it's so funny to watch each other have absolutely no control over thier lower body!!
i hope vegas was fun!
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