Triathlon Training

Sunday Running

02/28/2010

I am in trade magazine publishing. Which means deadlines. Lots of them. Our industry’s biggest trade show of the year is just around the corner, which means crazy deadlines. Lots of them. Crazy deadlines means long hours at the office and more hours in front of the computer at home getting work done that I just can’t find the time to get done at the office. Right now, writing this post, I’m taking a break from a story that keeps writing itself into a corner. Anyhow, the crazy deadlines and work hours have kept me from blogging as much as I would like. I have posts piling up in my head like crazy, so be ready after next week, when the work insanity should subside. I haven’t had much time for exercising either, other than abs in the living room when I grab 20 free minutes. The gym? Not...

Turning The Corner

02/21/2010

Yesterday, it started out cold and since I had breakfast planned with friends in the morning, I decided I would go for an outdoor run in the afternoon when it was warmer. It hit 45 degrees yesterday here…practically summer. However, it was really windy all day so I managed to find other stuff to do and never did make it out for a run. The only thing I like less than running in the cold is running in the windy cold. Today though… feeling guilty about not running yesterday, I was determined. I got up, got layered and got out the door by 8:30. It was in the mid-30s I think, but not too windy. And when I woke up, the sun was shining and the birds were chirping. Sure signs of spring. Still a foot of snow on the ground but the roads were clear, so whatever. It...

Spring is coming…I can feel it

02/18/2010

Today was windy and cold. But the sun was shining and the sky was bright blue. And the air was soft. I don’t know how else to describe it. There was a gentleness to the air when the wind wasn’t whipping. It wasn’t the biting cold we’ve had in recent weeks. And when I left work tonight at 5:30, there was still a little bit of daylight. Spring is coming. The calendar says so, and today I could just feel it in the air. It lifted my spirits. Until today, I wasn’t holding out much hope that winter would ever end. I have two weeks of crazy deadlines and ridiculous amounts of work ahead of me. We have our big push before the biggest show in our industry, so there’s lots of writing and editing to do. I won’t see much daylight I’m afraid in the next two weeks....

My Motivation Is Missing

02/16/2010

I’m not sure what happened to my motivation. Just a few months ago, I thought nothing of getting up before the sun to go to the gym or out for a run. Just a few months ago, you couldn’t have thrown me off my weight loss plan. Just a few months ago, the highlight of my day was heading out the door for a run or a bike ride. Now, the only thing that gets me to the gym is guilt. I train with the ab killer because, well, secretly?, I’m afraid of her. Nah, not really. And the food thing, let’s not even talk about how I spend most of my days dreaming of chocolate– lots of chocolate. The only thing that keeps from diving in is that if I gain weight back I won’t have any clothes that fit. I gave the old clothes away. Maybe it’s...

And We’re Off…

02/01/2010

I signed up for my first triathlon of the season last night and I think I have officially nailed down the rest of my race schedule. Maybe now that I know what I’m in for, I’ll get my butt out of bed bright and early in the morning. I’m looking forward to the days when the sun is up and all I have to do is roll out of bed, throw on my sneakers and run out the door. I’m starting off easy, with a race I’ve done before. The Mini Mightyman was the first race I attempted last year in April, although then it was turned into a duathlon at the last minute. It ended up still being my first tri, when I did it again in August. In August it was tough. In April, I intend to have a great race, since I know the course and...

Baby, It’s Cold Outside

01/29/2010

The temperature gauge read 16 degrees in my car this morning. The howling 30-mile-an-hour wind gusts made it feel more like 4 degrees. I had planned to go to the gym this morning to get a run in, but when I heard that wind? I opted to stay in bed. I’ll go to the gym tomorrow when it’s at least light out. Somehow the bright sun makes it look a little warmer outside. I take my daughter to work in the morning and then come home and get myself ready and out the door. In between, this morning, I stopped at Walmart to pick up gloves. Can’t find mine and my hands were cold. While I was there, I also grabbed a knit headband for around my ears… I suppose just in case I decide to brave an outdoor run? I’ve also found myself considering what layers I would...

Morning Swim…Interrupted

01/28/2010

I joined my gym because they had a pool and I wanted to be a triathlete… which meant I needed to have somewhere to swim. I also joined my gym because it’s really close to my house and it’s a family gym— not all hardbodies and beauty queens. That was important too. The pool, however, is small. Only three lanes. When I started at the gym last year, one of the reasons I ended up shifting to morning workouts was because in the evening, the pool is crowded with kids taking swimming lessons and seniors doing their water aerobics and water walking. Frustrated and unable to ever get a lap lane, I tried the morning. Ahhhh. The pool opens at 6:00. There’s rarely ever even a lifeguard on duty at that time in the morning. The pool and surrounding atmosphere is warm and the lights are off. It’s zen-like...

My Perfect Exercise Week

01/19/2010

On my last post, Jeannie asked what I consider to be my perfect exercise weekly routine. That’s a a tough question because every week ends up being a little bit different depending on my schedule. So I’ll share what I try to get done and what I consider the best for me right now. Thing is though, what I consider to be a perfect exercise week now is much different from what I did when I was starting out. When you are starting out, you need to find something that you can do. Something that won’t hurt you. And something that you enjoy. When I started out, I started with walking. I tried to get out there 3-4 times a week and I started with a mile at a time. Each week, I added a half a mile until I was up to walking two miles. That’s when I...

Running Is Joy

01/15/2010

I went running this morning, 3 miles. It’s still too icy by me to run outside, even though we are being teased with above-normal temperatures for a couple of days, so this run was a treadmill run. But that’s ok, it was still a run. And maybe Sunday, I’ll be able to meet with the road. I haven’t been running as much as I should in the past month or so. I haven’t been running as much as I’d like. But I’m getting back. And maybe a break or a change isn’t always such a bad thing. I’ve also added strength/core training to my workouts, I’ve played on the elliptical, and I get an occasional swim and bike in (also not as much as I should have been but that all changes now with race season starting again soon). I say that the change/break isn’t such a bad thing...

Accountability: Fitness with a Friend

01/10/2010

You hear it all the time. Work out with a friend. Diet with a friend. Starting a fitness journey with someone who has the same goals as you do can amp up your results and keep you on track. My triathlon training has been more or less a solitary venture. That’s ok. I’m doing it for myself. In the last year, I’ve done most of my exercise alone, and for all practical purposes, I enjoy the solitude. However, for a summer race, a friend trained with me some, and that was fun too. Then exercise becomes a social experience and as long as you stay on track, it works. A couple of months ago, I started working out once a week with a trainer (the same friend who did the triathlon with me) and knowing that my appointment on Monday nights affects her schedule too, I make sure to...

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