Saturday, June 26, 2010
Day One Hundred and Two
Easy rest prep day. I just had to get o the trainer for 20 minutes...keep the legs loose. I, of course, waited until 9pm, but got the spin in while Ryan attached my race number to my bike. Nothing like making the bike multitask.
Friday, June 25, 2010
Day One Hundred and One
That makes for a long title...
Today I did a quick run with the dog- 50 minutes. Felt good, but my stomach is still not doing great. I am still feeling irritated from the flu symptoms I had earlier in the week. Then Ryan joined me at the pool for a short swim 1800. This is a recovery week so everything is easy. My shoulders were tired from swimming with the wetsuit on Wednesday, but other than that it was a fine mid-day swim.
Today I did a quick run with the dog- 50 minutes. Felt good, but my stomach is still not doing great. I am still feeling irritated from the flu symptoms I had earlier in the week. Then Ryan joined me at the pool for a short swim 1800. This is a recovery week so everything is easy. My shoulders were tired from swimming with the wetsuit on Wednesday, but other than that it was a fine mid-day swim.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Day ONE HUNDRED!!!!
If I was in my mom's kindergarten class we would be celebrating. In her class you would have to bring 100 of something. To celebrate my 100 days the boring kids would bring in 100 pennies or paperclips. But the cool creative kids would bring in something that related to my 100 days of training. Maybe 100 hair ties, 100 dirty Wright Socks, or 100 gu and bar wrappers. Yeah! we can celebrate! Drink Gatorade and eat Probars!!!
Today to celebrate I think I broke the trainer. I tried to fix it in a respectable manner, but I could not. So I got picture hanging wire and fixed it.
This got me off to a late start on the trainer, but I finished and made dinner before Ryan got home! I have a couple vegan cookbooks but I am finding my favorite recipes on a site called VeganYumYum tonight we had Fried Rice and it was great.
Since I had the camera out I thought I would show you my trainer set up...don't know why you would be interested but now you can think of the hours I have spent there.
Today to celebrate I think I broke the trainer. I tried to fix it in a respectable manner, but I could not. So I got picture hanging wire and fixed it.
Since I had the camera out I thought I would show you my trainer set up...don't know why you would be interested but now you can think of the hours I have spent there.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Day Ninety-Nine
Swim/Run
I am feeling better today. I ran early to get it out of the way. My muscles were not happy to start out with. They were really painful in the upper hamstring and glutes, no explanation for this. It was just a strange pain that I have never experienced. It had me worried that my sick day was going to ruin everything. That the last almost hundred days of training would be killed by one sick day. My mind goes to worst case scenario very quickly. I think this might be because I still cannot believe that I am really doing this! But the pain went away after a few blocks and running was fine - and the world is not going to end today! I don't know why I go to doom right away. I was actually just reading Jon Carroll from the Chronicle (if you don't read this guy he is great - check him out) and his article is 'The Approximations of Doom' and it linked to the World Clock These are the type of websites that train my mind to go straight to yelling that the sky is falling!
I swam today at aquatic park and tried out my wetsuit. I rented a wetsuit for my SF triathlon. I can swim in the bay fine without a suit, but I come out shivering for a good 20 minutes. I don't think that would work in a triathlon, especially in SF where the weather could make the bike a cold experience. So I gave in and rented a wetsuit. Swimming in it today - blah. It is easier because you are floating, you are really buoyant, but it is much harder work on the shoulders. I came out of the water warm, but did not really like the experience. It made the swim work, not a fun swim like a kid in the bay. But I feel I should use it in the tri this Sunday, after that I hope not to have to use it this season (maybe if I try Alcatraz, with the goal of swimming it later without a wetsuit).
I am feeling better today. I ran early to get it out of the way. My muscles were not happy to start out with. They were really painful in the upper hamstring and glutes, no explanation for this. It was just a strange pain that I have never experienced. It had me worried that my sick day was going to ruin everything. That the last almost hundred days of training would be killed by one sick day. My mind goes to worst case scenario very quickly. I think this might be because I still cannot believe that I am really doing this! But the pain went away after a few blocks and running was fine - and the world is not going to end today! I don't know why I go to doom right away. I was actually just reading Jon Carroll from the Chronicle (if you don't read this guy he is great - check him out) and his article is 'The Approximations of Doom' and it linked to the World Clock These are the type of websites that train my mind to go straight to yelling that the sky is falling!
I swam today at aquatic park and tried out my wetsuit. I rented a wetsuit for my SF triathlon. I can swim in the bay fine without a suit, but I come out shivering for a good 20 minutes. I don't think that would work in a triathlon, especially in SF where the weather could make the bike a cold experience. So I gave in and rented a wetsuit. Swimming in it today - blah. It is easier because you are floating, you are really buoyant, but it is much harder work on the shoulders. I came out of the water warm, but did not really like the experience. It made the swim work, not a fun swim like a kid in the bay. But I feel I should use it in the tri this Sunday, after that I hope not to have to use it this season (maybe if I try Alcatraz, with the goal of swimming it later without a wetsuit).
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Day Ninety-Eight
Bike
No bike today. Stomach is a mess on both ends. The only thing I had this morning was juice so I have to blame the juice for how I am feeling. I have just moved from the bed to the couch to the bathroom. At one point I thought I would head downstairs from the bedroom but I got to the top of the stairs and thought I should lay down there - stayed there for about 20 minutes before I could regain energy to finish the trip downstairs. Tried to take a shower but just ended up throwing up in the shower...not going well. By 3 I was able to have some 'no chicken noodle soup' and kept it down. For dinner I had a different Amy's soup. Hoping to feel better tomorrow. Training is not an option today!
No bike today. Stomach is a mess on both ends. The only thing I had this morning was juice so I have to blame the juice for how I am feeling. I have just moved from the bed to the couch to the bathroom. At one point I thought I would head downstairs from the bedroom but I got to the top of the stairs and thought I should lay down there - stayed there for about 20 minutes before I could regain energy to finish the trip downstairs. Tried to take a shower but just ended up throwing up in the shower...not going well. By 3 I was able to have some 'no chicken noodle soup' and kept it down. For dinner I had a different Amy's soup. Hoping to feel better tomorrow. Training is not an option today!
Monday, June 21, 2010
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Day Ninety-Six
Swim-Bike-Run
A little triathlon today. In the past when I have had these brick workouts it is 1 hour bike 20 minute run, so today is a significant jump. Went swimming with Rheana, I did my 2800 and the hopped out. She was going to stay for the full 2 hours and try to get four miles in. Thankfully I did not have to do that. Swimming in the pool can get boring, I don't think I have the mental capacity to swim in a pool -straight freestyle - no drills for 2 hours.
I drove down south a ways to do my bike run. 145 bike and 45 minute run. I felt great. I am so happy that yesterday we did not do the hard climb because today I feel refreshed and ready to conquer this bike run. I started off on a bike path, not the best idea on a sunny, weekend afternoon. It was really crowded and I was weaving in and out to get past families. I kept my speed slow enough to respect the walkers, so it was quite tedious. Then jumped back on the road at my first chance, finished going out for 50 or so minutes and turned around. On the way back I got a little lost since I did not want to take the bike path, but a few wrong turns followed by a few correct turns and I made it back. The reason I park by this path was so I could do my run on it after my bike. This was good in theory but it was all down hill on the way out so after my swim, 145 bike and 23 minutes of running I had to run all uphill to finish. Bad planning can only make me stronger.
I think I did a good job eating on the bike, but I had one gu before my run and I think it was too much. My stomach got upset about half way through the run and I had to use an outhouse on the way back :( But all in all I felt strong and learned a lesson about how much gu my body can handle.
A little triathlon today. In the past when I have had these brick workouts it is 1 hour bike 20 minute run, so today is a significant jump. Went swimming with Rheana, I did my 2800 and the hopped out. She was going to stay for the full 2 hours and try to get four miles in. Thankfully I did not have to do that. Swimming in the pool can get boring, I don't think I have the mental capacity to swim in a pool -straight freestyle - no drills for 2 hours.
I drove down south a ways to do my bike run. 145 bike and 45 minute run. I felt great. I am so happy that yesterday we did not do the hard climb because today I feel refreshed and ready to conquer this bike run. I started off on a bike path, not the best idea on a sunny, weekend afternoon. It was really crowded and I was weaving in and out to get past families. I kept my speed slow enough to respect the walkers, so it was quite tedious. Then jumped back on the road at my first chance, finished going out for 50 or so minutes and turned around. On the way back I got a little lost since I did not want to take the bike path, but a few wrong turns followed by a few correct turns and I made it back. The reason I park by this path was so I could do my run on it after my bike. This was good in theory but it was all down hill on the way out so after my swim, 145 bike and 23 minutes of running I had to run all uphill to finish. Bad planning can only make me stronger.
I think I did a good job eating on the bike, but I had one gu before my run and I think it was too much. My stomach got upset about half way through the run and I had to use an outhouse on the way back :( But all in all I felt strong and learned a lesson about how much gu my body can handle.
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