T minus 8 days and counting

Well, my tri is 8 days away - (Saturday, July 31) and I am really getting excited... The last three weeks have been really good training weeks... I have improved so much on my swimming... When I started right after the 4th of July I could barely swim 4 laps without having to stop for about 30 seconds to a minute.... This week on Wednesday and today, I was able to complete 40+ laps without stopping.....I am really beginning to love the swimming thing again....

My bike has dramatically improved too - I can easily do 15 miles in an hour and did my longest last weekend of 20 miles. WHICH FELT GREAT.....

My run has not been as good as last year, but that is because I have improved the other areas so much. I am sure that with all the excitement at the time of the tri I will do just fine...

At this point I am still trying to decide what to wear - typical woman huh??? I will be hopefully riding up with another friend Saturday morning, but it will be an early one.. Gates open at 5:30 am and I would like to be there no later than 5:45.

Well - pray for me this next week - it will be a light week of working out... Monday morning, light run, Monday night open water swim, Tuesday bike, Wednesday swim and then on Thursday I will get up early, but will only walk... Then Friday will be a complete rest day.

I will post pictures as soon as the event is over and I am at home.....EXCITEMENT is BUILDING.

the count down is here

Well, I am officially less than 2 weeks away from my first tri of the year..... It will be my second event as I did my first duathlon back in May.....

I am feeling pretty good about this tri and my goals for this one are pretty simple.. I would really like to finish in a better time than the Olathe Medical Women's tri from last year....Which was 1 hour 38 minutes and 38 seconds......

I don't want to be too excited, but I am thinking I should do better... Because this year I have been swimming more than I did last time... I have been swimming now 6 times and will get in at least 6 more times before the event.. Last year I think I only swam about 5 times total... Also for this tri, I will not be using a heavy mountain bike and I have been riding a long more than I did last year... I was able to do 15 miles in 1 hour today.... a total of 20 miles in 1 hour 15 minutes.....

my run will be the catcher this year.... I haven't been running as much as I would like, but I would think with all the energy and excitement of the day, I should be pretty good... I will post pictures after the event.......wish me luck.

Updates

Well, I haven't been doing as well as I wanted to, but I am ok - for now, with that... I went to my 20th highschool reunion and had an absolute blast... Got to see friends that I haven't seen in 20 years... It was amazing how many of us still feel so comfortable with each other and will continue to communicate until our next reunion...... Which I am so excited for.....

Drank way to much, but enjoyed my friends... Especially, Becky, Greg and rekindled friendships with Lori and Chuck... I missed them all so much.

Well, I am trying to train hard right now, but for some reason the extra weight since last summer is keeping me down.. I have my next triathlon in 23 days... July 31st... It is the Win For KC all women's triathlon... I can't wait. I will post pictures after the event.

I am soooo bad at this

Wow - I really need to get better at updating my blog....... Well, I guess I need to update what has been going on since the last time I posted in April.

On May 16 I completed my first duathlon..... My time was exactly where I figured it to be at 1 hour 45 minutes..... The first 2 mile run was 21 mins, the 11.5 bike was 48 mins and the final 5k was 34 minutes... It was a very cold and raining day....but I still had a blast.... What was really nice was that my friend Jennifer ran it with me and that since it was only about 2 miles from my house, my hubby and kids were able to come watch me....

Additionally since April, I had been able to loose almost 10 lbs... It was slow, but I was doing it....

Peyton got done with school on May 21st and so far they have had a good summer...

Unfortunately the first of June Trey and I went to Vegas for a week and now I am having to loose all 10 of those lbs I originally lost.... :( we got to spend plenty of time at the pool and saw hoover dam with my dad and my step mom... It was nice to be able to see them for a couple of days and enjoy celebrating our 10 year anniversary.. (a little bit early)

My work is having a little challenge at work, so I am running daily around the office complex. But after June 25 I am going to really focus on swimming 2 to 3 times per week and also getting on the bike at least 2 times a week and running when I can. The reason for all this work???? I have my first triathlon of the year coming July 31.....

Within this training I also have to go back home for my 2oth high school reunion.... I am going to have to make dang sure that I get some running in that weekend as well.....

That has pretty much what my summer has been so far....and I am starting over from scratch this week - really want to continue to loose some weight between now and my 20th high school reunion.

Spring cold brought me down

Have taken it easy on the running the last two weeks for my hip, now this week I was forced to take it easy because I had my regular spring cold. It knocked me out big time... I actually slept for 16 hours on Wednesday, March 31.... But Thursday and Friday I was able to get in a run each day and it felt pretty good. Going to go ahead and take the rest of the weekend really easy and I will start Monday up again with my regular schedule... running on M-W-F and bike ride on T-TH... To even step it up a bit, I think I will make my runs and rides for 60 minutes and at lunch I will do p90......

I just hope this stuff in my chest loosens up soon....my duathlon is in 42 days....... Next weekend I am going to actually do the at least the first two legs of it, and if I am up for it, I will do the entire thing. Wish me luck.

It's Official

On Friday I registered for the Heritage Park Duathlon.. .That makes two registrations down and one more to pay for. May 16th is the date for the du and July 31st is the date for the Win for KC women's triathlon......

I really need to get back to running, but had to take the week off for an injury.... I may also try to get to the chiropractor this week. My hip is feeling better, but still can feel the little twinge depending on how I move...

Today is a scheduled brick day, and I am going to make sure I get it in... Supposed to be a 30 minute run at 5K speed and then a 30 minute bike... I am hoping I can do the pace for the run.. Might have to slow it down a bit...... It is only about 39 degrees right now, but supposed to get up to 50+... Might have to do my work out in doors if it doesn't warm up soon.

I have officially done P90 for 6 days and today is my off day.. I am really starting to enjoy it....

First weekend of spring and we have snow

Well, the first weekend of spring started out with 65 degree weather on Friday, then 35 and snow on Saturday... Wow -

I had a great week of training, even had my longest run on a treadmill at 5 miles.. Unfortunately that 5 miles may have caused an injury... Ever since that day, my hip has been hurting and today I could hardly even run a mile... Actually I was ok, until I had to get off to go to the restroom and when I came back, I couldn't run any more....

so I got on the eliptical for the next 45 minutes......

Now I am icing my hip and tomorrow might be another eliptical day... I know I should rest, but I think I will just quit running for a couple of days.....

I will probably go see my chiropractor as well. see what he can do for me.