It was a pretty uneventful week this last week. I managed to get in almost all my workouts. I missed a strength on Monday because I was still recovering from Saturday's bike ride. I think that's probably my biggest thing--recovering well enough to do it all again the next day. However, the addition of a protein shake before bed has been a God-send. It has helped SO much. I sleep better and I don't feel like I'm always trying to catch up on nutrition.
I wish I could say my nutrition was on point. It's not. I gain the same three pounds every weekend that I take off during the week. I guess it could be worse. But WTH?? I'm burning upwards of 1000 calories Every. Single. Day. I should weigh like 50 pounds! Sigh. I am not going to worry about it anymore. I have decided to wear my larger wetsuit and let Hillary borrow my other one. Now I can just eat and be merry.
I sat down and figured out how fast we needed to be on each of the legs to make the cut-off. Knowing that swimming is not my forte and because I like round numbers I gave myself an hour with the swim and the transition. That gives us 4.5 hours to do 56 miles on the bike. That's about 12.4 mph average. I did considerably better--alas, without that nasty climb up Snow Canyon--on my 50 miler last weekend. I think we can do it. Then we have three hours to do the run, which is easy peasy. I really am only nervous about that bike ride. I need to be hitting the hills more. I know that. But it keeps raining! Ugh! Spring!
So that's it. Just plugging along, crossing each workout off. Looking ahead to some down time.
Weekly Totals
Swim: 5882 yards
Bike: 5 hours (55 mile long)
Run: 23.4 miles
Workout of the Week
It was getting close to the end of the week and no one workout was standing out. But...alas...Friday's run took it for the week.
I had a thing at the school I had to be at 9:30, so I decided to move my bike to Saturday and do my long run Friday morning instead. I figured if I could knock out 6.5-7 miles with the group, it would only leave 6ish miles to do by myself.
Normally, I will default to the treadmill because it's easier and I can run downhill, but Friday, it was such a beautiful morning, that I decided I would try to do it all outside. Unfortunately, we only hit 5 miles with the group, so that left 8 miles to do by myself. Add in different wake up times for the kids and getting them off to school, it was going to be a juggle.
I woke up Josh and headed back outside for three miles. That got me to 8. Then I woke up Aunika and went back out for 2 miles. Then came home and Lila was already awake, but not dressed, so I got her dressed and ran around the park for a mile. So 11 miles. Finished helping the girls get ready for school and walked them to the bus stop. Then I kicked out the final two miles. It was the most fractured half marathon ever!
But...I ran those 8 miles like Super Woman. Granted there were periods of rests in between the different segments, but still...I felt GREAT! Of the final 8 miles, only one was over 10 minutes and that's because it was hard to get going on mile 12 when I had a 30 minute break. Overall, it was a good run! Yay for feeling stronger!
I wish I could say my nutrition was on point. It's not. I gain the same three pounds every weekend that I take off during the week. I guess it could be worse. But WTH?? I'm burning upwards of 1000 calories Every. Single. Day. I should weigh like 50 pounds! Sigh. I am not going to worry about it anymore. I have decided to wear my larger wetsuit and let Hillary borrow my other one. Now I can just eat and be merry.
I sat down and figured out how fast we needed to be on each of the legs to make the cut-off. Knowing that swimming is not my forte and because I like round numbers I gave myself an hour with the swim and the transition. That gives us 4.5 hours to do 56 miles on the bike. That's about 12.4 mph average. I did considerably better--alas, without that nasty climb up Snow Canyon--on my 50 miler last weekend. I think we can do it. Then we have three hours to do the run, which is easy peasy. I really am only nervous about that bike ride. I need to be hitting the hills more. I know that. But it keeps raining! Ugh! Spring!
So that's it. Just plugging along, crossing each workout off. Looking ahead to some down time.
Weekly Totals
Swim: 5882 yards
Bike: 5 hours (55 mile long)
Run: 23.4 miles
Workout of the Week
It was getting close to the end of the week and no one workout was standing out. But...alas...Friday's run took it for the week.
I had a thing at the school I had to be at 9:30, so I decided to move my bike to Saturday and do my long run Friday morning instead. I figured if I could knock out 6.5-7 miles with the group, it would only leave 6ish miles to do by myself.
Normally, I will default to the treadmill because it's easier and I can run downhill, but Friday, it was such a beautiful morning, that I decided I would try to do it all outside. Unfortunately, we only hit 5 miles with the group, so that left 8 miles to do by myself. Add in different wake up times for the kids and getting them off to school, it was going to be a juggle.
I woke up Josh and headed back outside for three miles. That got me to 8. Then I woke up Aunika and went back out for 2 miles. Then came home and Lila was already awake, but not dressed, so I got her dressed and ran around the park for a mile. So 11 miles. Finished helping the girls get ready for school and walked them to the bus stop. Then I kicked out the final two miles. It was the most fractured half marathon ever!
But...I ran those 8 miles like Super Woman. Granted there were periods of rests in between the different segments, but still...I felt GREAT! Of the final 8 miles, only one was over 10 minutes and that's because it was hard to get going on mile 12 when I had a 30 minute break. Overall, it was a good run! Yay for feeling stronger!
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