Totals

Forgot to put this.....

Total Mileage this week:

Swim: 4000m
Bike: 65 miles on the road, 1 Spin Class
Run: 20 miles

2 Core/Strength classes
1 Yoga class

& 3 beers!! :)

Weekend Warrior!!!

It is Sunday afternoon and I had 2 really amazing workouts this weekend.

First- 50 mile bike ride from Progress Cafe (followed up by a delicious sandwich and a cold beer). It was nice and flat and not too challenging, just getting in the distance. I rode with the Half Iron team for TNT and it was cool to see a few of them take on the 50 miles for the first time. I ain't gonna lie, this team is strong. I focused on high cadence and really maintaining that throughout the ride. I was the sweep for this ride, so I had some time to work on this. :) It was an absolute beautiful day to ride in Austin. Weather was in the 70s by the time we finished and not cold when we started.

Second- 90 minute run today. I got up at 6:00AM and drove down to the Veloway to run 90 minutes before the Cap Tex team had a bike clinic. (I work with TNT for those that don't know, so this was the first week on bikes) I was excited to do this run on my own because I needed to clear my head and really push myself without help of friends or coach. And I succeeded in just that! I ran along the feeder on Mopac (with my headlamp OF COURSE!). The feeder is quite rolling when you are running it and my legs took a few minutes to adjust to the asphalt since I had been running on Trail for the last few weeks. But about 15 minutes in, I felt super strong and kept a consistent pace for the 90 minutes.

I am hoping the "tired" and "medical" scare was just that....a scare. I felt solid this weekend with my 2 workouts. Tomorrow I will swim, and I am excited about that!! Gonna try and go 2500 m tomorrow!

I will sit back with some salmon, asparagus and glass of wine this evening and enjoy the Grammy's!

Cheers!!!

Texas Iron...Run/Strength

Tonight rocked and I actually got through the workout feeling really good. We met at Clark Field at UT and had a circuit of different Core exercises followed by one lap of the track. We did the Circuit + Run 4 times, and I felt really strong through each round. I actually think I had a few more rounds in me....but I didn't tell the coaches that, especially since I was still feeling my legs from the Hill workout on Wednesday morning, THANKS JEFF!!!

Could the "not feeling too tired after 4 rounds of the circuit" mean I am getting stronger and 1 year of Core workout is paying off? That certainly feels good.

Thanks for all the emails & calls about Dr. stuff. I have no answers yet, I just know that my vitals are not exactly normal, my blood work is weird and I am tired 90% of the time. Since my history calls for them to be worried, they are running my tests through EVERYTHING. I should know something early next week? Or at least know what the next step is.

Well, it is 1030 PM right now, and that is LATE for me to stay up!! Tomorrow is an early morning swim at 6 AM. Good times. Can't wait.

Actually, I am excited cause I missed my T3 swim on Wednesday night due to my car not starting. And I was really mad I couldn't get there.

Tomorrow is Friday which means....THE WEEKEND! I am doing a 50 mile ride with a few friends on Saturday & an 8 mile run on Sunday.

And the weather looks like it is supposed to be AMAZING! YIPPEEEEEEE!!!

Wildflower Wednesday

515 AM alarm goes off. Got up. Drove to Zilker, Barton Springs Parking Lot for a workout with the TNT Wildflower team. It kicked my ass. 1/2 mile warm up. 10 repeats of an 800m loop, with a fun hill. 1/2 mile cool down. 6 miles total. My legs are TIRED, I am TIRED. By the 8, 9 and 10th loop I felt as though I might throw up (there was no food in my stomach to throw up however). Mandy was my running partner and good Lord did I need her this morning.

It was one of those workouts where you really dig deep and then you leave it all out there. Got my coffee and my breakfast tacos, now I am going to sleep for a few hours and then on to the Hospital for some tests.

I still feel pretty week, but don't know if it's something medical or just from the workout.

I still got Swim practice tonight with T3, so hopefully I can make that.

Tired Tuesday

I am tired today.....and don't know why. I didn't go to Texas Iron tonight cause my body is exhausted. Ugh. I will get up and do a hill workout with the TNT Wildflower team tomorrow. Hopefully that will go ok.

I am getting some tests run at the Hospital tomorrow. Good thoughts that all is ok.

Monday, Monday

As the old Carpenter song goes, "rainy days and Mondays always get me down..." but not on February 4, 2008. It was a good Monday. Got up and "slept in" until 745 AM. Went to work, got quite a bit accomplished and the day went by fast (thankfully).

Met my friends Thiele, Randy and Vanessa for a really great 3 mile Tempo run, then Core Class at Jack & Adam's (and what I call my Monday night date) to find out that yes, I was getting stood up. Sigh. The normal instructor was not teaching and the guy that taught...yeah, he is kinda a tool. Still a decent workout though but I missed Josh.

After this it was off to T3 Swim Clinic. We ended up putting in about 1900 m because we were able to swim for an hour, 15 minutes. We learned a few new drills and I am really starting to see a nice rhythm with my strokes. We are doing a lot of 75 m drill sets but I can feel it all beginning to click...which is GREAT!! 2.4 miles is a long way to swim!

Today (Tuesday) I have a run workout with Texas Iron tonight, which should be fun and challenging as well!

Good start to my week, it is nice to be feeling 100% again!!

She's Baaaaaaaaack!!!

Well, after a week of letting all the crud move through my body (which by the way is the super smart thing to do) I was able to get out on my bike and do 35 miles yesterday and today, I did a 10 mile run. And truthfully felt really really great. It was hard to take Sunday through Friday and not do anything except a few core classes and two yoga classes. My dr. said yes to these because I was able to keep my heart rate down. Accelerated heart rate actually hurts you when you are sick, that is why rest is best and you will come back stronger.

It was a perfect day for a bike ride and I rode from Jack & Adam's to Westlake & 360 to meet up with the Wildflower team where they were doing Bee Caves repeats....and then back to Jack & Adam's, making sure I did a repeat of Lost Creek out there and on my way back. (It is a rule for me on the bike, if you ride past Lost Creek, you must do one repeat!!)

And then today, just kept it on the trail and ran with my friend Mandy, it was a nice easy pace and 10 miles was PERFECT!! Plus, it was overcast and a slight breeze. Great day for a run.

I am gonna rest this afternoon cause it's time to ROCK OUT to Band of Horses tonight at La Zona Rosa. It's the end of my birthday week....sigh.