Day 54, Open Water Swim

All the advice givers say it's best to practice the open water swim, so that's what I did yesterday. It was pretty weird. There wasn't any seaweed, but I did get a mouthful of dirty water. And it's weird to look through your goggles. I don't think I'll ever be able to swim a full half mile, but I'm determined to try.

Day 56, a partner

Today I biked 12.5 miles with my father-in-law. It was nice to be on a real trail instead of just a machine. We went through the woods, up some big hills, and home. It was a nice ride.

Almost Flawless, Day 59

I ran 15 minutes today. I'm not quiet at 6 miles an hour which is where I need to be if I want to meet my goal of 5K in 30, but hopefully I'll get there.

Today was the first day I actually felt good about my swimming. I'm nervous cause I won't hit the water again for a week and I don't want to loose my rhythm. I swam freestyle for 19 lengths, and did the breast stroke for one. I wasn't as tired as usual and I felt like I had a good steady pace. I'm so excited. Now I know I can do this.

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.