Sunday, March 19, 2006
Week 10 3/13 through 3/19
Last week was a tough week. I knew it would be hard but I had one thing motivating me to keep at it... a massage. I scheduled a massage for Monday. During the ride and run,, I kept thinking about how great the massage would feel. Sure enough,, it was great. It is amazing hoe good it feels to get these tired muscles to relax.
So far in training,,,I have 105 hours of training, 400 miles on the bike and 123 miles of running...
This week was the first open water swim in a long time. I actually did two open water swims. I swam 3000 meters on Wed. for 45 minutes and then on Friday, I did 3200 meters in 1:15 minutes. I am pretty consistent at about 7:45 per 400 meters.
I took Thursday off. I was not feeling well. It took a lot of mental gymnastics to convince myself that it was okay to take a day off. I think the word is compulsive? or crazy,, it is weird that with almost every workout that I miss or take off, I feel like the whole program is going in the toilet. I automatically start thinking that I am losing my endurance and am gaining weight.. Yes,, Crazy is the right word...
We were supposed to ride 100 miles. I say supposed to because the weather was the worst that we had seen in a long time. After about 10 miles of rain, wind and cold,, I said the hell with it. 100 miles is tough enough without having all the crappy weather to put up with. Went back to the car and headed over to Starbucks... Maybe I am not crazy...
Next days long run was 16 miles. I ran with Claudia and Mike. I went faster than normal. That is good in one way but it also made it a tough workout for me in the long run,, no pun intended.
Missing the bike ride on Saturday has thrown me into a mental funk. I feel like I have list focus. That is so screwed up. I know it is nothing,,, but for some reason it really takes me off track.. and that takes us back to the discussion about crazy..
So far in training,,,I have 105 hours of training, 400 miles on the bike and 123 miles of running...
This week was the first open water swim in a long time. I actually did two open water swims. I swam 3000 meters on Wed. for 45 minutes and then on Friday, I did 3200 meters in 1:15 minutes. I am pretty consistent at about 7:45 per 400 meters.
I took Thursday off. I was not feeling well. It took a lot of mental gymnastics to convince myself that it was okay to take a day off. I think the word is compulsive? or crazy,, it is weird that with almost every workout that I miss or take off, I feel like the whole program is going in the toilet. I automatically start thinking that I am losing my endurance and am gaining weight.. Yes,, Crazy is the right word...
We were supposed to ride 100 miles. I say supposed to because the weather was the worst that we had seen in a long time. After about 10 miles of rain, wind and cold,, I said the hell with it. 100 miles is tough enough without having all the crappy weather to put up with. Went back to the car and headed over to Starbucks... Maybe I am not crazy...
Next days long run was 16 miles. I ran with Claudia and Mike. I went faster than normal. That is good in one way but it also made it a tough workout for me in the long run,, no pun intended.
Missing the bike ride on Saturday has thrown me into a mental funk. I feel like I have list focus. That is so screwed up. I know it is nothing,,, but for some reason it really takes me off track.. and that takes us back to the discussion about crazy..
# posted by Unknown @ 4:48 PM 
