Catch Me If You Can

Nothing workout wise whatsoever! Ate like a piggie. 

This would be a more entertaining and interesting entry if I rememberd this many days back..haha..I am writing this in retrospect.

I cycled outdoors for 90 minutes. Was kind of crazy...Rode from my house toward Southfork but near Bridalveil the path had snow on it..and well I am a nub..and thought, I wonder if I can ride on this..well you can't on a roadbike..so I fell over. My feet of course are clamped in so I couldn't stop my fall with my feet..haha..

I really banged myself up..shoulder scratch, side of knee scratch, elbow scratch, GIANT hip bruise that isn't very bad looking but has a knot in it. That was all on the right side. Ended up walking bike up and around the bridge to see if the road was clear..but it was snowy too so I walked a good 10 minutes before I got back on the bike. Had to dig ice out of my cleats (I don't really know if they are called cleats..I'm just calling them that..haha...) with a screwdriver tool I have with my flat kit.

Then riding back down the trail I found I just can't go fast enough to get a workout at all..too curvy with no visibility. Got back on University Ave. Was stopped at a light. I decided to follow a cycling guy..hehehe...He prob thought I couldn't catch him..I followd him for a while when he dropped his waterbottle on the road..I had no time..ran over it..I am lucky I didn't crash! So I stopped to say hi and watch him get his bottle..haha...Then we rode for a while in downtown...Nearly got crushed by a truck as I kinda swerved to the left..I am crazy on my bike..getting better..haha..

This ride was fun, relaxing (excpet for falling and getting nearly crushed.)

Later:

This wasn't coaches orders..probably considered a junk workout..ran 3 miles with hubby at 10min pace just for fun. 

For some reason, I was tired today, and this run kicked my butt.

Was set to do a tempo.

Warmed up at 8:05 pace 1 mile...should have run slower for a warmup but I had a hard time running slower..my mind was go go go.

Next, 6 miles at avg. 7:17pace..Goal was 7:15 so that was pretty good.

The second of 6 miles was a 6:20(mile). Serious downhill..was fun to run it..not hard at all.

Of course this was a loop so I paid for it on two hills later. One of the last miles was about an 8pace it was pretty brutal (hills and fatigue.)

Total time 6.96  miles 51:29/7:23pace

Stretched Legs 30min. 

10:30a.m. 2900 yard swim fast intervals.

Nap 

3p.m. 34mile ride from Cracker Barrel in Springville to Lincoln Beach and back. Speed intervals.

Nap

This day beat my Hyde. (purposely misspelled..inside joke) 

Thought I would be sore after yesterdays ride...I rode hard and even bought a bag of ice on the way home..intending to have a bath in it. Forgot about the ice and left it overnight in the Suburban. Not really sore today. And pretty chipper.

I went and hit weights at the gym. Worked Back and rear delts. Looked a bit bulky today, "like a bodybuilder" my hubby said...don't you love water fluctuations. It's ok I burned all that water out later and looked stringy instead. 

6p.m. Dreaded this run all day...long and slow. Coach had limits on how hard I could go. I put on the slowest most mellow music on my ipod possible...I don't even know why it's on my ipod..I find it too slow and mellow..haha...found NIN's With Teeth album and listened to that. Kept me on the reins pretty well but not enough..Still was chomping at the bit...Especially when a slow out of shape girl passes me feeling really cool and fast about herself..DRIVES me BONKERS! I started fiddling with my phone pretending that I was checking my messages while running. Yes, I can text, and have phone conversations running. Even at 8pace..haha. Not really faster tho..or I haven't really tried. When I run slow as coach prescribes...I look like I am trotting down the road kinda like a dog..you know how it looks prancy and effortless. So I do look like it's easy..It would be worse if it looked hard to run that slow..haha.

I'm not telling how slow I ran. :P 8.21miles..was cold in shorts and a tank, especially when the rain hit. 

I was a good girl and stretched legs 30min. Core and Abs 15min. Now this isn't total elapsed time with transitions between exercises...These are 90 second holds for the stretches..timed and stopped with a stopwatch. So when I say 30min it is truly 30 solid minutes. Then same with the core. I time each Plank or Side Plank or whatever for 60 seconds. Stop. Start next 60. Make sense? Yes I am really into that watch.

I made it!!! Two sick workouts...managed both at goal..or almost 100% 

12noon Hit the pool for this workout:

Yeah I could have cropped that better, I am too lazy..haha. My swim times are improving only after 8 weeks real swimming. The swimming prior for a month were some drills that aren't freestyle..hard to explain. Very happy with progress. I surprised myself. Oh btw if you are too lazy to count..that is a 3450yd swim.

OOOOH I am so megalomaniac excited. Ordered 4 longboards today...Here is mine:

Pohaku Surf Rider! Artwork by David Ray Gould....inspired by ancient Hawaiian rock carvings. :D

Ok...so after ordering the boards, I took all 4 kids to Swimteam practice.

Headed home and really was tanking badly so I loaded up with a 450cal meal to prepare me for a beastly ride.

Oh so while my Food settled some I registered for Telos Timp Tri:  www.t3triathlon.com That is coming up in 3 short weeks. Weeeeeeee.

Didn't get on my bike till 8:30pm so obviously on my trainer..hehe..watched a cycling race video..got me really pumped up. I was really putting off this workout..was moaning and complaining to my hubby about it.

 Ok so this workout looks tiny and cute?? WRONG! I did one set of the 7min intervals...and I said..."Robert!!!" (yelling down the stairs) "I can't do this I Have no energy, can you get me a king size snickers bar?" Well it was tasty but BOY hellooo cotton mouth. Did the trick tho. 440 calories of pure hyper bliss. Hit the intervals hard. Yarrrrr!!!! Took me 4 of the 3 minute breaks to eat the bar, couldn't eat it fast...haha. (The 3 minute breaks I just sit up on the saddle and spin easy.) And if you are too lazy to count this up as well..100minute Bike Intervals.

Oh look at this lovely new desktop wallpaper my husband put on my computer...

Well Kylie was there on my desktop minding her own business when he thought it would be funny to give her a tattoo of my race # and age group markings. Except he got the number wrong. I was 554. 

Might stretch after a shower right now...See ya! 

Ooops, almost forgot to report on my day. I will make it fast it is LATE!!!

Hmmm. Ok I did Core for 15 minutes this a.m. This is my weak link..not for long tho.

Waited till it got warm for my Brick Workout. Started about 3:30p.m. I wore my tri pants..they hit about knee level. Then just a plain grey Tank..I feel like I look like I am trying too hard when I wear a TRI top as well. SO I like to break it up with something junky looking..haha. Also had some Arm warmers on..am I the only one who thinks those look a lil...um....Sexay? I wore them because A jacket would have been too much and just the tank not enough..I had bought them for the Triathlon and didn't end up using them..haha...

Did a two loop course of 10 miles each. It went really fast. On the second loop I was stopped at a light..and two CUTE guys whistled at me from their car..haha. I pretended that I was too cool for cute guys. They were perpendicular to my path so I had to ride right on front of them. Glad I didn't fall over on my mount..haha.

This workout I went harder than planned. I was focused on traffic, bumps, potholes, and sewer drain covers more than heart rate. I  will get better at focusing on all. I figured safety was #1!!!

Immediately after the 20mile Bike, I put on running shoes and a baseball cap, grabbed my ipod and went. It feels so cool running right after riding. Not only do I start charging wicked fast since My legs were moving at a higher cadence for an hour, but I kind of start running with a forward lean since I had been in aero bars for the last hour as well...Takes me a good 5-6 strides to force my body upright..haha. 

My coaches didn't specify speed on the run..just time so I took full advantage..hehe..Let myself push it a bit. 36:20 5 miles. My pacing was pretty even, but toward the end I had to push harder I was getting tired.

My daughter made some cookies this eve....and well I tasted one little lick of frosting and it hit me like wildfire..haha. Ate several cookies with frosting and then I was bouncing off the walls so I took advantage of my energy and hit the gym with hubby. We Parallel play..so he did his weights and I went and Lifted Shoulders  for about 30minutes.

Well and then I have been doofing off the rest of the eve. Nite! <3