I am doing well. It was really nice to have a week away after my course but boy am I glad to be home! Got in a few runs on the seawall, one bike ride around Stanley Park (on a cruiser borrowed from the hotel; it really made me miss my road bike), one aborted swim at the hotel and lots of wandering around and walking to restaurants We think my mussel allergy has now spread to scallops
This week the aims are: 15 miles of running, FTP test + week 1 of Trainerroad Sweet Spot Base, Guppy Week 1 (4000-5400m depending on how many times I get to the pool). I’m being more specific about my goals because I found last season that I was getting out there but cheating myself on the actual workout specifics so trying to get into good habits right at the beginning.
We have two Christmas parties as well this weekend; I’m not in the Christmas mood AT ALL so not really looking forward to them.
Thanks! It’s all just internal postings, so no change of work location, just something different. Not even sure f I want any of them, but I really needed the applying/interviewing practice - it’s been a while.
Coronation for sure, I have a time goal I’ve never quite hit. Maybe an Olympic? I love the idea of doing GWN but it probably isn’t doable considering my husband’s weird working hours.
It shows how much of a small town person I am that I wondered why on earth you’d drive out to Coronation (pop 947) to do a triathlon. Then I googled it and as a result am more educated!
We are planning to do Calgary 70.3 again next year. We are also doing the Kettle Valley Rail Trail Ride with a friend. Other than that we don’t have much on the calendar at the moment but I’m sure we’ll find a few more things to do, maybe the Coeur d’Fondo again.
Last week’s goals:
swim x 3: win with 4
bike x 1: win with 2
run x 4: win
core/strength x 4: win
foam roll x 2: fail. zero.
Running is going pretty well - no pain out of the knee for awhile, though sometimes I can still feel tightness in the lower lateral area of the vastus lateralis or gluteus maximus. Both were talking a fair bit on a cold & hilly hour-ish cycle on Sunday morning, along with the right side of my neck (slept wrong?) and left side mid-back (pulled a muscle last Wednesday twisting around to get something out of my messenger bag. Stupidest shit ever).
Add in a saddle sore and damn near leaving my husband (having found out Saturday night he slept with a friend of ours a few years ago - while I was asleep upstairs, no less), and I’m a bit of a wreck right now.
This week’s goals:
swim x 3
bike x 1
run x 5
core/strength x 4
foam roll x 1
jeebus, hang in there. big hugs and lots of support…
last week: keep working on pressure thru the apex and that pesky cheat - DONE, nail that 500m at the next meet! - **FAIL, I fell in my first THREE races and if I hadn’t I would have blown away my 500m pb. Did a food refill and mental recheck then nailed my last race (1000m) with 2 superb (coach’s words) passes. **
skate 3x + meet on Saturday!!! - DONE
ride 2x - DONE
run 2x - DONE (yes - even managed this!)
get lots of sleep and eat right - **DONE on every night except night before the meet, I did not get enough sleep (5hrs). Now I know. Did it to myself really… **
This week: Another meet, another chance at redemption…
skate 3x + meet on Sat
ride 1x
run 2x
smarten up and get more sleep/rest, better food choices.
finally get that 500m PB I so know I can do.
AP
EDIT: Oh and I just found out I GOT IN to the Berlin Marathon (Sept 2016) - I’ve been trying for years now and I finally got in! They also have a skate marathon (on the same course) the day before and you get special stuffs if you do both - which you know I will… Super STOKED! A
These past few weeks have been a complete fail. Between birthdays, Thanksgiving and a vacation, I’ve eaten horrifying amounts of junk food and done almost no exercise. BUT, I am committed to do something every day between Thanksgiving and Christmas, even just a few minutes of stretching. So far I am 6 for 6, yay for me! I am going to keep holding off running for a bit yet to give my IT band more rest, and I have yet to make it to the pool (although I shaved my legs this morning to try to force myself to go, haha), but I have been getting back on the trainer and doing my yoga and pre-hab, and even did a weights video the other day.
I am determined to NOT become a holiday weight gain statistic!
EDIT: Oh and I just found out I GOT IN to the Berlin Marathon (Sept 2016) - I’ve been trying for years now and I finally got in! They also have a skate marathon (on the same course) the day before and you get special stuffs if you do both - which you know I will… Super STOKED! A
Oooh, that’s awesome!!
Dumb question: how do you have a skate marathon (ice) and a run marathon on the same course???
Last week was pretty successful - I ran twice, had a great trail ride on Black Friday, and swum twice. Major achievement was a long run of 4 miles on Turkey Day - I know 4 miles is a warm-up for most of you, but it is the longest run I have managed to date!
This week is not looking nearly as athletic, but school started again so it’s just a case of getting back into a routine. I also have to get my Christmas cards bought, written, and mailed to the UK, or they won’t get there by the holiday. And I forgot to post the card for my grandmothers birthday, so I’m already in trouble.
Thinking of all of you, and hoping your weeks are going well - or as well as they can.
Scheherazade, I did get to do it outside on the Eastern Trail! I am making the most of every single outdoor mile I can get - it is now December, in Maine, and I have not seen a single flake of snow yet. Being able to still run and ride outside is phenomenal, and since I suck on my XC skis, I’ll take riding weather as long as possible! It is even looking favourite to get out again this weekend, amazingly enough - right around 50 degrees both days, sunny, not too windy.
MistressK, you’ve been in my thoughts. Like you said - just keep doing all the things. For now, it may be the best you can do; that, and being kind to yourself. Always be kind to yourself.
Good week. I’ve been logging lots of hours (5x) on the trainer. Oddly, I’m not motivated to pedal my bike outside, so I’m just sticking with the trainer for now. I haven’t rode outside in over a month, which is kind of whacking me out… will I still know how to ride outside? I hope so. Upside is that my stats are improving on the trainer.
Got the husband to do two runs with me (he mostly bikes). Now he can’t walk. Oops. Guess he fell out of shape faster than he thought.
Need more rain (at least in California). There is nowhere to open water swim anymore except the great big ocean (which is a very mean ocean by where I live). I am still one with the famous black line.
We think my mussel allergy has now spread to scallops 