Good swimming on day 60

My biking was a little slower than last time. I don't know if that's because I had it on a higher level or what. But my swimming was a lot better. I did three whole lengths in a row without much of a struggle. I can't really turn my head right when I come up for breathe. Weird, that that's my biggest struggle. Oh, I need to get a suit.

Done Early on Day 61

Today I ran a wooping 11 minutes. One mile to be exact. Then I walked another half a mile. Next I was on to my swim. I wore the little hair cover thing today. I bet I looked like such a geek. But I didn't have to wash my hair when I showered today. I swam 4 heats of 5x25. I really feel like I'm becoming a better swimmer.

To help me keep up on my workouts I wrote out a calendar on our fridge's white message board, since we never use it for messages. I was going to take a picture of it, but turns out it is all backwards in the photo. Well, my goals are to bike the full 12.4 once a week. Run my 5K in thirty minutes on Sept 6, and start swimming 3 heats of 200 in a couple weeks. I really think these goals will keep me on track.

Day 63, Whole Lotta Swimmin

Today I did another 20 lengths in the pool. I tried doing reps of five. Some training advice I read said it's best to do 5x25 as fast as you can. But I could only do 5x25 one time. Then I was pooped, so I lollie gagged the next 15 laps.

I'm a little disappointed in myself this week. I only did about half the work out I had hoped for. I better do better next week, no excuses.

Been slacking off, Day 64

I missed the last couple of days because I wasn't feeling good. And I would have missed today if Ben hadn't encouraged me to go running for a little bit. The sad thing is I could only do about 13 minutes! AHHHH, what have I done? I'm not in as good a shape as I use to be. Ben and I signed up for a 5K in couple of weeks, so now I have to do some training for that.

Going the Distance

Today I biked the whole 12.4 miles of my Triathlon. I even did it in under 36 minutes. Which is real good considering my goal on race day is 45. And the girl who won last year did it in 34. Now, if I could just reach her time of swimming in 11. Are you kidding?!?!?! I think that is incredible. I do not know how she did it. And she ran 3 miles in 18 minutes. There is no way I'm going to place with people like that running this race with me.

I also lifted some weights to beef up my arms. But now I'm just sore.

2/3 of my laps on day 68

Today I swam 20 laps and I'm not even that tired! I decided I would take all the websites advice and avoid burnout so I'm not going to work out as much each day as I've been trying to. Two days of a good run and a good bike ride ought to be enough. Plus that will make it easier to get in my 4 days of swimming and a couple days of weights. I didn't run the 5K. I want to do one before my Triathlon so hopefully another comes to town. I had to take the Praxis Saturday, get plants for our balcony, and do the grocery shopping. Plus my shoulder hurt from all that swimming, so by 8:00 I just wasn't up for a 5K. Maybe later.

Half my laps

Yesterday I biked and swam. I biked 9.5 miles in 30 mins, which is right on track with my goals. The more amazing part is that I swam 15 lengths of the pool, which is approximately half my triathlon. Granted I stopped and rested at the end of each length. But just the fact that I could do it says something exciting. I think I might run a 5K today. Wish me luck!