Posts Tagged ‘ Triathlon Training ’

Just Keep Running

04/02/2010

“Just keep running…” Lately, that is my mantra when I am running. Ever since I took a couple of weeks to let my knee recover, I’ve been struggling to just run. I want to walk. My brain fights with my legs. Intellectually, I know in most cases, I can just keep running and get through the dips, and I’ll be fine. But I’ve been letting my brain get in the way. Not a whole lot, but I’ve been slowing to a walk at least once in my runs lately. Since I know I can run these distances, the walking thing just won’t do. So today we got out early from work, and I decided to take a nice early afternoon run. Perfect weather, empty streets, I was determined that I was going to run this one. Through the run, when I felt like walking, I slowed my running pace...

A for Effort?

03/30/2010

I have been really sticking to my workout regimen these past two weeks. After a less than spectacular exercise winter, I’ve gotten back on track, running, swimming, biking, I’m doing it. When I can. Last night I had a biking on the trainer night planned because, well, it’s been raining here and I might have drowned if I tried doing anything outside. Yes, it rained that hard. 9 inches in two days. All I can say is thank goodness it’s not snow. Back to bike training…. When I got home from work, I really wasn’t in the mood so I thought I would make it my day off and I got in my pj’s. Ten minutes later, however, guilt kicked in, and I changed into workout gear, kicked that bike’s butt for 30 minutes, all while watching out for the kitty, who was intrigued at how my feet were...

Evening Runs Suck

03/24/2010

I am so glad that triathlons are in the morning. If they were in the afternoon, I don’t think I’d ever finish even one leg. I’ve learned about myself since I started working out that I am a morning person when it comes to exercise. Unfortunately, mornings aren’t always convenient. Take today for example. I had a run planned for this morning but my alarm didn’t go off and I overslept. So since it was nice out and light out when I got home from work, I went out for my run then. Before my run, and after work, I stopped at the bank, the grocery store and the gas station…. I’m just sayin. I felt pretty good when I headed out the door. I’ve been really good about working out these past two weeks; yesterday I swam in the morning and biked on the trainer last night. Double...

Five weeks and counting

03/21/2010

My first tri of the season is five weeks from yesterday. And I’m ready to jump back into training full force to have a good race. This first race, EventPower’s Mini Mightyman (400-meter pool swim, 6-mile bike, 2-mile run) is the perfect race for starting the season, especially since I am still such a newbie. This morning I went out for a 3-mile run, and after last week’s runs, which were more walk/runs because of my knee, I’m happy to report that I ran the whole three miles in 37 minutes and felt good and strong. My breathing was steady, my legs felt good for most of the run and my knees behaved like there was never anything wrong. It was great. Tomorrow is a swim day, and I will start biking again this week too. Biking is still my least favorite part of training, but it has to...

Fair Weather Running

03/18/2010

It was such a beautiful day here yesterday that when I got home from work, I decided to go for a walk. I figured my knee wasn’t going to let me run, but it would be good to get out in the fresh air for a little while. So I threw on my t-shirt, sweatshirt, iPod and sneakers and headed out. I walked the first quarter mile, like I always do, felt good and decided to give running a try, fully expecting my knee to lock up within a hundred yards as it has every other time I’ve tried. But it didn’t, and I kept going. Hurray! Having not run at all in three weeks, my lungs weren’t any too happy with me, but my legs felt strong. I kept the pace steady and slow and took short walking breaks if I felt the slightest twinge in my knee...

I’m Back… And Hurt

03/08/2010

I was released from the chains at my desk at the job on Friday at around 4:50 pm. Hurray! We finished our huge issues, and I was able to step away from the computer. It seemed endless, but it finally did end. I used the weekend to regroup and get reacquainted with my family. Then yesterday, as has been my tradition the past couple of weeks, I went for my Sunday run. Well I tried to go for my Sunday run. It was beautiful here yesterday afternoon, 50s, sunny, a bit windy. I was so happy to be outside I started out a bit too fast, quickly got winded (didn’t help that I was running against the wind), slowed to a walk for about a minute to re-pace myself and started to run again. Ouch. Left knee locked. That’s never happened before…. Kept running, thinking it would loosen up,...

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....

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...

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