Training & Complaining – Workout Log

Week of January 23 Workout:Sunday:       Run: Treadmill Run, 3.0 miles, 40 minutesMonday:     Bike: Spin ClassTuesday:     Rest.Wednesday:Run: Treadmill Run, 4.2 miles, 55 minutesThursday:    Swim:  1200m Friday:        Bike: Spin class, 1.5 mile run with Zone 2 heartrateSaturday:    Bike: 10 mile road bike ride with hills (40 minutes)Swim: 900m Pounds Down This Week:2.0 (Total: 11) Summary:I felt strong this week, physically and emotionally.  […]

ISM Seat

Medieval torture device? Or shiny new saddle?  Shiny new saddle!  Shiny new saddle!

Coached

So I am officially a coached athlete.  (The term “athlete” being used ever so loosely.)  And I would put a “plug” here for my coach, but I am NOT 100% certain that he wants to claim me (yet).   This learning process is going to be amazing.  I have already learned so much in just a telephone conversation: I […]

Training & Complaining – Workout Log

Week of January 16Workout:Sunday:        Run, 4 milesMonday:      Spin bike at home, (1:20:00)Tuesday:      Rest. Wednesday: Spin bike at home (1:15:00)Thursday:    Swim, 1/2 mile, DrillsFriday:         Spin class & 2.5 mile brick runSaturday:     Rest. Pounds Down This Week:1.6 Summary:Lots of rest this week.  I thought I had food poisoning or something on Thursday night, but I went to bed […]

Meet Antonia

Farewell, G-Force.  You were a wonderful bike. Not really.  You were terribly uncomfortable, and the cause of way too many low speed tipovers. Hello, Specialized Secteur Elite Apex.  I’m not sure of the proper name for her yet.  Something sassy and snazzy.  Perhaps Antonia, in honor of my quest for St. Anthony’s.  Yes. Antonia.   The name […]

Hello? Pain Free?

I just have to say that today, I am pain free.  I am blown away.  Three chiropractic visits and I can breathe better, stand up straighter and I am walking around with no hip pain, no neck pain or back soreness.  Amazing.  I am sleeping like a rock too. Tomorrow, I plan to hit Ironman G’s […]

Beat Up by High Schoolers

3/4 mile swim at the YMCA tonight.  The only thing:  the YMCA holds swim practice for a local high school every day and keeps only one lane open for people like me.  I was minding my own business in my slow lane, and those high school kids were swimming fierce on both side of me, […]

Spreading the Psycho

I have noticed when I slip into psycho mode that I become obsessed with working out, but also other things.  Like right now, I am convinced that the Expert and I could start a parenting seminar.  Not because we know how to raise children, but rather, because precisely because we DON’T know what we are […]

Four Mile Treadmill Run

Four mile treadmill run yesterday, followed by an hour-long roll on the foam roller.  Today, I am not dying and I am not that sore, which I attribute to the roller, for sure (because four miles is longer than I’ve run in over six months).  In addition, the Expert and I are in the market […]