Its about to happen again, regardless of the extreme lengths I have gone to to avoid it, no matter how sore my calves are, how many huge, painful, purple blisters I have on the bottoms of my feet, I clearly will never avoid the inevitable...
I'M LOSING MY TOENAIL!!!!
Why oh why?? How oh how? I give up! I'm going shoe shopping this weekend!
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
Holy BPMs Batman!
So this weekend basically fit the definition of weekend warrior, with one exception, I mostly battled against a migraine! At 3:30 on Friday, I was hit with the dreaded headache. I was able to get in under control by late Friday night, and decided to try to salvage some kind of workout, so I did the 30 Day Shred DVD from Jillian Michaels...BIG MISTAKE! I was so sore the next day that it really hindered my performance for the rest of the weekend.
Saturday morning I woke up with the same headache and lots of schoolwork to do. I was determined to train despite the aches, and so I went to the gym for a single-leg drill session. The bike went well, however by the end of the hour, I was in intense pain (both from my headache and my soreness), so the swim didn't happen.
Sunday, my headache was back with a vengeance, so I decided to go ahead and take some more medicine. I tend to take decongestant because it opens my blood vessels and is usually the only thing that helps. I then took Charlie out for our run, and according to my HRM, my heart rate got up to about 205 beats per minute! I felt fine, but was a bit worried about such a high heart rate...it definitely led to a great calorie burn. I'm sure the decongestant led to the racing heart.
Another lesson learned on my run is that the world's clumsiest person (yours truly) should really not try to be an athlete. I hit an uneven part of concrete, and hit the ground. My sunglasses flew off and I dropped Charlie's leash. I have to give it to my sweet and caring husband that we didn't even laugh, although I'm sure I looked pretty hilarious trying to keep myself upright. In the end, I failed to keep myself standing, but emerged injury free!
The cycle on Sunday was good, except I was completely exhausted and ended up cutting my distance in half. I also learned that my bike computer might be fast, meaning I've been riding shorter distances at a slower pace than I thought...that's unfortunate! Jeff's going to try and fix it for me so I can see how slow I really am. I am hoping for a 20 MPH average on the bike, so it looks like I've got some more training to do!
I will be traveling a bit more this week, so wish me luck!
Here's this week's schedule:
Monday: 2500 meter swim, weights
Tuesday: 60 min bike, 1200 swim
Wednesday: 6 Mile Run
Thursday: 50 mile bike
Friday: 12100 meter swim, 45 min bike
Saturday: 5 mile tempo run, 30 min bike, weights
Sunday: off
Saturday morning I woke up with the same headache and lots of schoolwork to do. I was determined to train despite the aches, and so I went to the gym for a single-leg drill session. The bike went well, however by the end of the hour, I was in intense pain (both from my headache and my soreness), so the swim didn't happen.
Sunday, my headache was back with a vengeance, so I decided to go ahead and take some more medicine. I tend to take decongestant because it opens my blood vessels and is usually the only thing that helps. I then took Charlie out for our run, and according to my HRM, my heart rate got up to about 205 beats per minute! I felt fine, but was a bit worried about such a high heart rate...it definitely led to a great calorie burn. I'm sure the decongestant led to the racing heart.
Another lesson learned on my run is that the world's clumsiest person (yours truly) should really not try to be an athlete. I hit an uneven part of concrete, and hit the ground. My sunglasses flew off and I dropped Charlie's leash. I have to give it to my sweet and caring husband that we didn't even laugh, although I'm sure I looked pretty hilarious trying to keep myself upright. In the end, I failed to keep myself standing, but emerged injury free!
The cycle on Sunday was good, except I was completely exhausted and ended up cutting my distance in half. I also learned that my bike computer might be fast, meaning I've been riding shorter distances at a slower pace than I thought...that's unfortunate! Jeff's going to try and fix it for me so I can see how slow I really am. I am hoping for a 20 MPH average on the bike, so it looks like I've got some more training to do!
I will be traveling a bit more this week, so wish me luck!
Here's this week's schedule:
Monday: 2500 meter swim, weights
Tuesday: 60 min bike, 1200 swim
Wednesday: 6 Mile Run
Thursday: 50 mile bike
Friday: 12100 meter swim, 45 min bike
Saturday: 5 mile tempo run, 30 min bike, weights
Sunday: off
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Back with a Vengence
Hi followers,
So sorry its been a while since I posted. Life has been CRAZY! I think that things are finally coming to a point where I can breathe a bit. I just got home from vacation, and with less than a month until my next race, I will be training full force. The past month has been a bit slow on the workout front, but I still have all my confidence (it might be false confidence, but its still there nonetheless). Tonight its a 5 mile run and 2000 meter swim along with some weight training! I'll let you know how it goes.
Here's the rest of the week's schedule:
Friday: 20 mile bike, 1000 meter swim
Saturday: 40 mile ride, 1000 meter swim
Sunday: 15 mile bike, 4 mile run
Hope to come back with a good report for you all soon!
So sorry its been a while since I posted. Life has been CRAZY! I think that things are finally coming to a point where I can breathe a bit. I just got home from vacation, and with less than a month until my next race, I will be training full force. The past month has been a bit slow on the workout front, but I still have all my confidence (it might be false confidence, but its still there nonetheless). Tonight its a 5 mile run and 2000 meter swim along with some weight training! I'll let you know how it goes.
Here's the rest of the week's schedule:
Friday: 20 mile bike, 1000 meter swim
Saturday: 40 mile ride, 1000 meter swim
Sunday: 15 mile bike, 4 mile run
Hope to come back with a good report for you all soon!
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