Triathlon #2!!

Triathlon numero dos was this week and it was awesome! I am officially hooked. I've already been scanning the calendar for the next tri and unfortunately most of them are pool tris with short swims :( very sad. I improved my 5k by more than a minute and dropped my pace to 8:27. I'm really happy with that and with a little work I hope to get it down to an 8:00 pace. I improved my bike pace as well although the bike was a bit shorter in this tri. It was really windy so one half of the course was extremely slow and the other half was fast. My swim pace was pretty much the same, slightly faster and it remained my best event. I placed 5th out of 19 in my age group.

Here's what my workout week looked like:

Monday: 3.5 mile run
Tuesday: Shoulders
Wednesday: 4 mile run, 30 minute dog walk
Thursday: 1000 meter swim, 1 hour dog walk with Emily
Friday & Saturday - rest days and lotsa walking at the mall with Liz!
Sunday: Sprint Triathlon (750 meter swim, 12 mile bike, 5k), more walking at the State Fair

Training Update

I am now 1 month out from the Nike Women's Half Marathon! I'm so excited about the whole trip and I think it will be a really neat experience! We will be out there for 6 days. It will be a fun vacation and good to see our relatives.

In other news, I signed up for the Stonebridge Triathlon that is this coming Sunday. I'm super pumped about this race!

This past week was a pretty good training week. I didn't swim and I should have, but I'm going to make an effort to get up to the gym for some combination stationary bike and swim workouts.

Funny story about my long run this past week. I normally run at White Rock, which is what I did on Saturday. If I'm running more than 9 miles, I typically do a loop around the lake and keep running and double back to my car. This time I decided I would go off on a side road and wind my way away from the lake and then come back to it. Well, that didn't work out so well. I got back on the trail and I was running...and running..and running, and suddenly I realize I'm on the trail that we take to get to the lake from our house, only I was running to our house! I was already at 9 miles or so and I chose to just run home and surprise Phil that I was home without my car. Hehe. He took me back to get my car later that day.

Workout Recap:

Monday: Recover from Triathlon
Tuesday: Ran 4 miles
Wednesday: Ran 3 miles
Thursday: Off
Friday: Sprints in the morning. 12 mile bike with Missy at the lake in the evening
Saturday: Ran 13 miles

Triathlon Week!!!!

My first triathlon was this past Sunday and it was an amazing experience! I love doing something new and it was really fun and a perfect day weather wise as well. This was a sprint tri consisting of a 500 meter open water swim, 18 mile bike and a 5k. Phil, being the athlete that he is beat me, but I came in 2nd in my age group! I couldn't believe it when we pulled up the results at home that night. So, sometime this weekend I need to drive out to Grapevine and pick up my award. :)

I had a really good workout week and I feel much better about my half marathon training as I've been running more often and more consistently. I need to up my mileage on my weekly runs but at least I'm out there running.

On a crazy note, during my long run on friday morning I saw two coyotes at white rock. I thought I was seeing a stray dog at first and then it turned around. A second later another one popped out from the woods. There was a guy behind me and we both turned around and went the other way. I'm not even going to mess with wild animals!

Monday: 5 mile run
Tuesday: off
Wednesday: 3.5 mile run
Thursday: 500 meter swim
Friday: 11 mile run
Saturday: Rest
Sunday: Triathlon!

Back to Training!

A decent week! I should have run one more time, but that's life.

Monday - 18 mile bike ride
Tuesday - 3.5 mile run
Wednesday - Off
Thursday - Played Tennis
Friday - Swam 1000 meters, biceps workout
Saturday - 9 mile run

Vacation & Anniversary

Last week was our anniverary, happy three years E & P! We worked out some but we also relaxed and hung out and did fun stuff! I'll get back to my detailed workout breakdowns next week. :)

Training - Week 3

I need to start writing down my workouts because by the following week it is hard to remember what I did! Here's what I remember:

Monday - Ran 3 miles
Tuesday - off
Wednesday - Ran 4 miles, biked 18
Thursday - Swam 600 meters, back and bi workout, stretching
Friday - Fast bike around the lake starting at David and Missy's - about 11 miles

We went out of town over the weekend for our anniversary and didn't workout. We have this week off and probably won't get that many workouts, but I plan to make the most out of what we do and keep it high intensity.

Training - Week 2

Well, I wasn't able to get all of my running in this week. I ran twice during the week and then my left hamstring was really tight and I didn't want to run on it and aggravate anything. Other than that, I did have a pretty good workout week. I think the running break actually helped me because I ran last night and it felt great!

Phil and I went and looked at road bikes on friday and saturday and settled on the Trek 1500 for me. We went out riding on Saturday and I just love it! It is so much fun! If you are in the market for a road bike go to Richardson Bike Mart. I loved the staff there. We mainly worked with Ken "Woody" Smith and he is such a fun person to be around. I think Phil and I are going to try to go on some of their weekend group rides.

Workout Week Recap:

Monday - 35 minutes on stationary bike, shoulders
Tuesday - off
Wednesday - Ran 3 miles
Thursday - Ran 4 miles in am, pilates and 600 meter swim in pm
Friday - off
Saturday - 18 mile bike ride
Sunday - 1200 meter swim