Yesterday I rode the trainer in the basement for 50 minutes. The first half of the ride was between 75-80% of my max heart rate. The second half of the ride was between 80-85% of my max. When I work out harder the second half of a ride or run, I really stretch myself. It was hard, but nothing I can't do.
After the ride, I bundled up Tyler (2 years old) in the 40 degree weather and ran two miles.
It was a good work out day and a great way to start out the week.
Today I left my house before 5 am and went to Elevate. I swam in the endless pool for 25 minutes. This is my first time swimming in five weeks, because of an injury to my rotator cuff lifting weights. I felt discouraged today, because it is like learning how to swim all over again. My shoulder is gonna need some extra TLC. David (my husband, who is the physical therapist at Elevate) has giving me some band stretches to do. I hope that with time and consistent exercise and swimming, I can improve my swimming and get back where I was.
It is frustrating to work so hard at something and then have to feel like you are starting all over!
Oh well...
After my swim, I showered and changed for my tri-class with Greg, my coach. We did core exercises for 30 minutes and then the hardest hill-treadmill workout I have ever done in my life. My legs are sore tonight...really sore.
I also increased my base running pace on the treadmill to 7.5. I really want to increase my speed and push myself, even if it means I am exhausting myself. It really feels good to extend myself beyond my comfort range.
My exerspy says I burned about 33oo calories today...All in All... a good day! Snow flurries outside were an added bonus. Winter is upon us..Crazy to think!
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Day 1
This isn't really the first day of my training, but it is the first day I have decided to write down what I am actually spending so much time doing.
A little bit about me:
I have always considered myself an active person, but never used to push myself to any kind of extreme. This year, 2010 really changed all that. I started running more and realized, through the help of a friend, that I had a pretty good base pace and should actually try a race. I did my first 10k in March and did really well. After that, I decided to train for a half marathon. I did one in Orange County the day after my 31st brithday, May, 31, 2010. I had no idea what to expect and actually loved it and got 1:49 for my first time.
We decided to move to Utah in July and, once we were up here, I was just dying to do another half. It was really hard for my lungs to adjust to the higher altitude, but by the end of August, I felt great! I did my second half the last week of August. It was a midnight half, the person who crossed the finish line at midnnight won. You could start anytime after 9pm. I started in the 10 pm group and finished at 11:47 pm. I was so shocked to see that I finished with a better time...soo late at night.
My husband, David works at Elevate Physical Therapy in Orem, Utah. They specialize in triathalon training.
The whole concept of a triathalon was so foreign to me. I had kind of just gotten stuck in my running world and really wasn't much open to much else. Once I started talking to my husband (who is a cyclist) and the people he worked with, I was a little more open minded.
I met with Grep Philips, the triathalon coach at Elevate, and he did a little swim coaching with me. He gave me some great tips for swimming..form, breath, body position in the water...just what I needed to feel more confident in the pool. Swimming is still hard for me...because I feel like I am not getting enough breath when I swim..but a lot of that is mental, which I am continually working through.
I still don't have a road bike, but I have been riding my husband's old bike, which is on a trainer in our basement...kind of like my own spin class.. I know it's not like the road, but until I get my bike (hopefully by next week), it will have to do.
I haven't been running as long distances the last few months, since I started training, but running after riding a bike for an hour..now that's a dfferent story! IT is hard, but starting to feel more comfortable.
In a nut shell, that is the base of what has happened this year. I hope to use this blog as a way to journal and keep a record of my training and the races I do. I am hoping to do my first sprint tri in November, the indoor tri series at Elevate and ultimately do the half iron man in Boise, Idaho..June 1st 2011.
I hope to post my daily training, tips I learn from my coach, Greg, my physical therapist (and husband), David, and other triathaletes I talk to. Hopefully I can also include some recipes and other food ideas as I start to eat more "clean" foods. I think this is the next step in taking my training seriously..to get rid of the food that isn't helping me to get there I want to go. In this whole process, with the help from my food coach, Cody (who owns Dot Phit-the training company, also at Elevate in Orem, I can continue to lower my body fat and lose a few more pounds.
A little bit about me:
I have always considered myself an active person, but never used to push myself to any kind of extreme. This year, 2010 really changed all that. I started running more and realized, through the help of a friend, that I had a pretty good base pace and should actually try a race. I did my first 10k in March and did really well. After that, I decided to train for a half marathon. I did one in Orange County the day after my 31st brithday, May, 31, 2010. I had no idea what to expect and actually loved it and got 1:49 for my first time.
We decided to move to Utah in July and, once we were up here, I was just dying to do another half. It was really hard for my lungs to adjust to the higher altitude, but by the end of August, I felt great! I did my second half the last week of August. It was a midnight half, the person who crossed the finish line at midnnight won. You could start anytime after 9pm. I started in the 10 pm group and finished at 11:47 pm. I was so shocked to see that I finished with a better time...soo late at night.
My husband, David works at Elevate Physical Therapy in Orem, Utah. They specialize in triathalon training.
The whole concept of a triathalon was so foreign to me. I had kind of just gotten stuck in my running world and really wasn't much open to much else. Once I started talking to my husband (who is a cyclist) and the people he worked with, I was a little more open minded.
I met with Grep Philips, the triathalon coach at Elevate, and he did a little swim coaching with me. He gave me some great tips for swimming..form, breath, body position in the water...just what I needed to feel more confident in the pool. Swimming is still hard for me...because I feel like I am not getting enough breath when I swim..but a lot of that is mental, which I am continually working through.
I still don't have a road bike, but I have been riding my husband's old bike, which is on a trainer in our basement...kind of like my own spin class.. I know it's not like the road, but until I get my bike (hopefully by next week), it will have to do.
I haven't been running as long distances the last few months, since I started training, but running after riding a bike for an hour..now that's a dfferent story! IT is hard, but starting to feel more comfortable.
In a nut shell, that is the base of what has happened this year. I hope to use this blog as a way to journal and keep a record of my training and the races I do. I am hoping to do my first sprint tri in November, the indoor tri series at Elevate and ultimately do the half iron man in Boise, Idaho..June 1st 2011.
I hope to post my daily training, tips I learn from my coach, Greg, my physical therapist (and husband), David, and other triathaletes I talk to. Hopefully I can also include some recipes and other food ideas as I start to eat more "clean" foods. I think this is the next step in taking my training seriously..to get rid of the food that isn't helping me to get there I want to go. In this whole process, with the help from my food coach, Cody (who owns Dot Phit-the training company, also at Elevate in Orem, I can continue to lower my body fat and lose a few more pounds.
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