My goal for the first half of this year was to learn to swim well enough to complete a triathlon. If you know me, that’s a BHAG (big hairy audacious goal) as water and I don’t usually mix. I’ve yapped on and on about my struggles with swimming, Masters Swim, open water swim, you name [Read More]
Race Week To-Do List
I love when I get questions from new runners and lately I’ve gotten a lot. I’m going to chip away at them here so everyone can benefit. If you have a question or topic you’d like me to cover, hit me up. Today the focus is on race week. You may know it’s race week [Read More]
Thinking Out Loud: Face-in-Lake Edition
OWS. That’s open water swim in case you wondered. I finally did my first one yesterday. My tri coach took me to a sweet baby lake, but in my head might as well have been an angry surf off the coast of Kona. We squeezed into our wetsuits and went for it. The sandy bottom [Read More]
You’re Made for So Much More
First here’s how last week’s workouts went: Miles run: 14 Miles Bike: 55 Swim: 5500 yds. Monday: Masters Swim 1 hr. + yoga Tuesday: 1 hr bike, 4 miles run Wednesday: 6 miles run, mile repeats+hill repeats Thursday: Cycle 20 miles Friday: Rest Saturday: 45 min swim (in wetsuit), 1 hr bike, 30 min run with [Read More]
Currently: School’s Out Edition
I’m in this weird place where Thing 1 has been out of school for a week now but Thing 2 still has a couple of days left. So I’m doing the school schedule (up early, school lunches/homework/dropoff, bus schedule etc.) and the summer vacay schedule (sleepovers, parties, carting kids to the mall/pool etc) and it’s [Read More]
Tuesdays on the Run and Swimtimidation. It’s a Thing.
I’m just back from a 6-day junket in the Allegheny mountains of Pennsylvania to celebrate FIL’s 80th birthday. More on that to come. First a recap of the training week: Total miles run: 23 Total miles bike: 22 Swim: Still not tracking but trust me it’s plenty Monday: Masters Swim from hell Tuesday: Bike/Run brick [Read More]
Running with a Fast Crowd
I don’t think I mentioned it, but this Tri Group I joined is all men and me. Well there’s one other woman who’s coming back from a broken foot I’ve yet to see. I’d be lying if I told you I didn’t find the all-male dynamic intimidating. Had I known that beforehand I doubt I’d [Read More]
Indoor Triathlon Race Report
Because the Wednesday Word over at Deb Runs Linkup is CHALLENGING, I need to tell you about the indoor triathlon I did with my Tri Team yesterday. It was meant to help us practice transitions. As soon as I got the kids on the bus (in my TrisCuit no less) I headed to Lifetime fitness, [Read More]
Running Hacks
First, here’s how last week went. I swear tri training is kicking my behind: Monday: 1 hr. Masters Swim Tuesday: Group Cycle Wednesday: Ran 5 miles w/tri group. Hill repeats mixed with mile repeats. Heaven help me. Thursday: 22 miles bike Friday: Rest Saturday: Bike 10, Ran 6 miles Sunday: Strength and swim Ok now [Read More]
April? It’s a Wrap
Miles Run: 70 Miles Bike: 50 Strength sessions: 4 Swim: 10 Races: 3 Overall not a bad month workout wise. Although strength sessions are slipping….how can they not with everything else I’m cramming in? My biggest victory was growing the nads to hit up Masters Swim, and going religiously every Monday morning at 6am. I’d [Read More]
