Saturday, October 25, 2009

I DID IT!!
I DID IT!!!

I DID IT!!!

I am so proud of myself, seriously, 9 weeks of hard work has paid off! I had a blast running the race and doing each event. It was such a fun atmosphere, I love how into triathlons South Africans are! There were thousands of people there!

Check out our blog to see pictures and details!!

Thursday, October 22, 2009

LAST WORKOUT EVER!!!!!!! Okay, not really. But today was my last offical triathlon training day! And man does it feel good (I’m going to bike the next 2 days, just to get used to the bike more outside, but not for exercise). I swam today, by myself again, and did 60 laps (the last 30 were mixed between freestyle, breasstroke, kick board, and sprinting). It was a great day and felt awesome. I feel ready and can’t wait for this weekend!!!!!

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Poor poor Benji. He’s really hurt his ankle. We wrapped it up yesterday but he’s still limping. Worst timing ever! So I went running by myself this morning. Not nearly as fun. I missed my buddy who just talks the whole time. It was pretty boring. I went 50 minutes, about 7km! It was pretty hot, but I was able to run the whole time without any problems! I had to focus hard to keep the stitch away, but it worked. There were several hills too so I walked a minute here and there, but ran all the way up 2 or 3 of them! Tomorrow is my last offical training day! Then I rest and relax and get ready for the race!

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

DANG IT! Ben twisted his ankle last night in his first of 2 soccer games! The first 60 seconds to be exact. Poor man! I’ve been babying him (which he loves) and icing his ankle. He heard the awful pops when he did it and he can’t walk on it very well. We thought we’d be able to swim this morning but he couldn’t even do that. So we took a break this morning and spent some fun lazy quality time together. We are praying hard and crossing our fingers that it heals soon because his race is in 2 weeks! I went on a 10km bike ride outside. It was fun and good exercise. I'm feeling really comfortable on the bike and look forward to the big day!

Monday, October 19, 2009

Today was a good workout. Ben has 2 soccer games tonight so he wanted to swim and bike instead of bike and run, so we did different workouts for the first time. He swam 45 minutes while I did a spinning class, which was awesome. Then he did a spinning class for 45 minutes while I ran. I ran the first 5 minutes and then felt like I was going to die. Ben and I haven’t been feeling very well this weekend, nauseous and the runs…so I walked for 15 minutes until I felt okay again. Then I ran for 20 minutes. So it was kind of lame, but I felt SO great during my 20 minute run. I probably ran 3.5km total. I hope we get feeling 100%! We can’t afford to be any less. P.S. I'm going to be going out on the bike for 20-30 minutes everyday this week so I can get really comfortable with it. Good idea huh?

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Well, today we wanted to do a bike ride outside, mostly to get some actual practice on the road bike. We also wanted to do a full triathlon. But the bikes needed some work, they weren’t ready. We had to take them to a store to get the proper pedals put on, which took a while, get some bike cream and other things. I had to meet with a couple clients and after that, it was lunch time and we were starving so we ate and had to wait for it to settle. Then we took the bikes out and it started pouring on us…so we decided to just go running outside. We ran a good strong 6km in the rain and it was a lot of fun. I felt so good and that hill at the end, I rocked. So we didn’t swim, or bike long…but at least we got the bike all set and I’ll get some more practice on it this week. I can’t believe it’s in one week. Hooray!

Friday, October 16, 2009

Rest day! After an intense week of training, we needed a little break today. Especially since tomorrow we’re doing a full triathlon in our training (swim: 1000m, bike: 30km, run: 7km). Should be fun! So this morning, to still get out, we went on a walk outside (about 4km). I can’t believe I only have one week left! I can’t wait to get it DONE!

Thursday, October 15, 2009

We were super tired today from the last few days of intense workouts. We were supposed to swim and then run 45 minutes, but when we got there, the pool was extremely packed. So we went straight to the treadmills. Ben ran about a mile, but I couldn’t even run 2 minutes, my legs were so tired and I just couldn’t do it. So I walked and then we got a spot in the pool. We had a good workout in the pool. We did 24 laps, then we did 4 sprints, then 20 breaststroke, and then some cool downs. We talked to someone who did the Roodeplaat Triathlon before (the one I’m doing) and they said the dam is SO GROSS, they said to change it if I hadn’t signed up yet….too bad I already have. So oh well, I get to be in a disgusting dam! Yes! It was a good workout today, but we are super tired. We’re going to take it easy tomorrow because we’re doing all 3 events on Saturday.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Today was INTENSE!! We did a 45-minute spinning class and then ran for 40 minutes. The spinning class was really hard, and we probably went like 40-50km, I have no idea but because you go so fast most of the time, I’m sure it was far. Then I ran a full 5k and Ben ran about 7km. We both didn’t feel very well after because it was a big push. No stitch, but my knees started to hurt and a weird ache in my upper right leg…but other than that, it was awesome! Gotta keep pushing hard!

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Back in the groove yessiree. We swam 60 laps this morning and loved it. The first 20 are rough, but once you get past that, it feels so great and we could just go forever. Too bad my race is only 24 laps because I’ll have just gotten warmed up! After the swim, we did 4 sprint breaststroke and a few cool-down and then biked for 20 minutes (10km). We wanted to do longer but we decided to go outside and run a bit; get all 3 events in. Starting the run was SO hard. My legs were JELLO and so tired. I also got a million stitches all over the place. My whole stomach area just cramped up. So I could only run 2 laps (1km) and then had to walk. It was a good day though! Can’t wait to just get it done!

Monday, October 12, 2009

SO LAZY! I don’t know what our problem was today, Ben only had to work from 9-12, so we said we would work out in the afternoon. We should have known that means it doesn’t happen. He worked on the GMAT first thing in the morning and then went to work. When he got back we had lunch, relaxed and went for a drive. When it came time to go to the spinning class we could NOT make ourselves. Plus he has a game tonight so he doesn’t have any motivation to waste his energy before soccer. I feel awful missing, even shed a tear because I only have 2 weeks…but motivation was out the window today. We have learned we have to go in the morning or it won’t happen now. The last week or so, I have been so tired that I have to take a nap during the day, even if I don’t want to, I end up doing it somehow just passing out. I have been so tired…I hope it wears off. Looking forward to working out tomorrow morning! Getting back in the groove!!!

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Today we were supposed to do a 60-minute spinning class and then run…but Ben’s soccer game that was supposed to start at 8am still hadn’t started by 11am, so we left and went straight to the wedding I had. Took pictures there, home for lunch and a quick nap, and then to the reception until 9pm. So we didn’t have time to work out. I was bummed…but it’s also always nice to have a longer break.☺ This next week should be a killer because it’s 2 weeks before the race!

Friday, October 9, 2009

We were going to do the treadmill today so we could go at different paces, but Ben really wanted to go outside, so we did. We went for 45 minutes, going 7k!! (20 minute run, 2 minute walk, 10 minute run, 2 minute walk, 10 minute run, 1 minute walk). It was good! I felt like after about 20 minutes, I was in the groove and didn’t feel so tired and crappy. The stitch came and went…but wasn’t too bad. I can't believe I only have 2 weeks left!

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Today was the most amazing swim training we’ve ever had!!! Ben decided to try for the Olympic Triathlon instead, which means that we basically had to double the intensity and distance of all our training. I’m going to try to do it with him because it will only help me too. On Tuesday, we did 22 laps straight (the furthest so far) but today, we went 60!!!! Which is the length of his Olympic Tri, 1500meters. We did 30 and then we said, let’s do 24 more. But once we got to 22, Ben said, “Heck, let’s do 8 more!” So we did. We both felt SO good. After about the first 20 laps, the rest felt so good, like we were machines and in the right groove, pace, breathing, everything just went perfectly. We feel so great!! We should have been pushing past those first hard 20 laps a while ago...oh well. 2 more weeks for me! AH! Heck, I should do the Olympic too!! No….I could never do the 10k run at the end. No way. I’ll stick to the Sprint for now…

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Today was a run day. It was a little rough because we went back outside, not treadmill. A stitch came after 20 minutes and wouldn’t go away. It’s easier for me to focus and prevent it on a treadmill for some reason. We went about 6km total, running 20 minutes, then stopping to walk; ran another 10, stopped to walk, ran another 5, stopped to walk. We were gone for an hour total.

Today I officially signed up for the race! We had held off just to be sure nothing would come up and I’d have to switch the date, but I’m sticking to October 25th—less than 3 weeks away!! I feel pretty good about everything. I know it’s going to be the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but I’m so excited and anxious to do it!

Ben might be switching to an Olympic Triathlon! Which is double the distance. It’s at Sun City on November 1st. It would work better with our schedule, but he’d have to train really hard these last 3 weeks. We’ll see!

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

It was SO HARD TO GET MOTIVATED THIS MORNING!! We both felt like we’re done training, we already did a triathlon, let’s just sleep in. Especially having this morning be a swim day…but alas, we made ourselves go and we were glad we did. We did 22 laps straight (farthest ever-the sprint tri is the length of 24 laps) and it was good. Then we did kick board, breaststroke, and racing drills. It was a good day and I’m so glad we have one more triathlon. I can’t wait to finish it!!

Monday, October 5, 2009

Another rest day. We really need to store up on that glycogen! Starting tomorrow, back to the hard core training. Only 3 weeks left! I feel like at this point, I need to work a little more on the running, but swimming the most.

Saturday, October 3, 2009

INDOOR TRIATHLON!!

4km run . 10km bike . 250meter swim

Check out the family blog to see pictures and read all about it! It was so fun! We rocked it!!

Camille (46 minutes):
Run 4k: 22 minutes
Bike 10k: 18 minutes
Swim 250m: 6 minutes

Ben (37 minutes):
Run 4k: 16 minutes
Bike 10k: 14 minutes
Swim 250m: 7 minutes

Friday, October 2, 2009

REST DAY

Preparing for the Indoor Triathlon tomorrow! AH!! I'm so nervous. But super excited.
My race is at 1pm and Ben's is at 3pm.

WISH US LUCK!

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Relaxing swim day. We were supposed to swim for an hour, but we only did about 40 minutes and we took it pretty easy (since the Triathlon is on Saturday). It was really fun though. We did 12 laps (like the race day) and then we worked on Ben’s technique. We also messed around doing funny strokes and then I taught him the Butterfly, except that he said, “Oh I know how to do it” and so I went down and watched him come at me. Oh my gosh I was peeing my pants laughing, and trying to tell him to stop because it was SO embarrassing! He was taking the “fly” part a little too literally. He was coming SO far out of the water and had this 10-yr old grin on his face. It was so so so funny. We couldn’t stop laughing. It needs some work. Tomorrow is a rest day and then the race! We got ours at different times so we can watch and cheer for each other. I can’t wait to get it over with! AH!!!