Monday, September 14, 2009

Today was a run 40 minutes day. We don’t like the route we found though because there are just way too many cars, hence lots of exhaust and filth in the air. It’s also a lot of uphill, which makes me super tired. I only ran about 25 of the 40 minutes. We fasted yesterday and had a yucky curry meal that didn’t sit well for either of us, plus we are still tired and sore from the spinning class on Saturday…so it wasn’t the best day for running. It sure didn’t make me feel like I’m making any progress. I wonder if I could ever run more than 3 miles?? Don’t know. We also did 20 minutes of abs and lower back workout. I’m walking 4km with Pumla later today too.

Saturday, September 12, 2009

WOW. Our plan was to do a 45 minute Spinning class at 9:30am and then swim for an hour. It was our first Spinning class and let me just say, it KILLED us. Plus when 35 minutes came along we were giving it our ALL thinking that the cool down was coming only to find out that I was wrong, and it was a 60 MIN class! We still had 20 minutes to go! Quite the surprise. Needless to say, we could barely walk let alone swim so we called it good for the day. HE was a killer instructor and he kicked our butts. I’m usually not a sweater, but today it was dripping off my face. Something I have never experienced before. AWESOME! We’re going to be doing more of these classes for sure!

Friday, September 11, 2009

Rest day. Yes, much needed. I really worked hard this week and I felt tired to the bone. So we’re taking a break and then doing a killer workout tomorrow. Yay for recharging!

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Swim day! We got a place in the pool thank goodness and swam for an hour (Ben had played Squash for an hour before). We did 2 sets of 12 laps (lengths) or 250 meters without stopping. It was so tiring but good. Then we did some drills, 50m arms only, 50m sprint, 50m legs only.

We’re hopefully doing another triathlon on October 3rd! It’s put on at Virgin Active and it’s an indoor tri. There were 3 different lengths of events, and we’re doing the middle one which is a 4k run, a 10k bike, and a 250meter swim. We’re stoked! It’s free and it’s first come first serve. We signed up a couple of days ago but we don’t find out if we have a spot until Sept 29th…so we’re going to train like we’re doing it and see what happens! It’ll be really good practice and fun to do all three in a competitive form.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Man today was rough! We woke up at 6am and hurried out the door so we could swim for an hour before Ben had to be to work. When we got there, the second pool where all the classes take place was closed so all the old aerobics people were taking up 3 of the lanes so it was so crowded…we turned around disappointed and went running for 45 minutes instead. We went over 7km and ran probably 5km. Which was great! My legs were super tired though from running hard the last 3 days in a row. We definitely need to swim tomorrow. And I'm walking 4km later with Pumla.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Today we ran 30 minutes (5km) and I was able to really see my progress. We have this hill at the end that stretches for 1km and today I was able to run up it at a good pace and sprint the last 200 meters! Usually the end is when I die and can barely jog…anyway, it was fun to see that I am getting better at this. Thanks to my bud Kelly (Vause), my side stitch was under control and I think I finally know what I need to do to keep it away. It’s all about breathing with the diaphragm, not your chest. It takes a LOT more concentration and is kind of annoying, but the second I stopped focusing on it, it came back. So it’s good advice! Thanks Kellbell!

Monday, September 7, 2009

Today rocked! I wanted to go this morning with Ben, but he got called in early to work so I didn’t end up making myself until 4pm. But it was so good! Today was a “brick workout” so I biked 45 minutes (19.8km!!) and then went outside for a run instead of the treadmill for 30 minutes (with a quick 5 minute stop at Ben’s work to say hi). Days like today make the triathlon seem very possible!

Friday, September 4, 2009

Today was awesome! We swam for an hour. We started with 22 laps, which is the length of the race, stopping after 8, and then 16 for a quick 30-second breather. It was nice to do the full length so that we have an idea of how long it will be. I feel much better about it. It is still stinking hard and I can’t do it without stopping yet, but we’re getting there. We also did a bunch of kicking and breathing drills and breaststroke. I even tried fly again! It’s been so long and it is a HARD stroke. But I love it. My arms and legs are so tired I just blow-dried my hair and my arms couldn’t stay up in the air. Good day. Good day.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Got up this morning to swim and we both couldn’t make ourselves. So we decided to run 30 minutes instead. The only problem was that the evil stitch was so bad I could barely even walk…so we went on a short walk and were done. I went on another 40 minute walk with Pumla at 3pm, which was nice but the stitch was still really bad. This was kind of a lazy week. Just Tues and Thurs at least. Oh well, it’s allowed for one week. We will still get 3 workouts in which is good, but no more dogging out from here on out, that’s for sure! And hopefully no more stitch!

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Today kicked my butt but it felt oh so good. Especially since I didn’t do anything yesterday. I biked 18km in 45 minutes (level 2, intervals) and then ran 1.75km in 12 minutes (incline 3.0 and speed 8.5-9). I did some abs too. I can’t believe I have to run 2 more miles than I did today with swimming on top. Wow, glad I have like 7 more weeks to train!

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Didn’t work out today!!! AH!! We had a guest, Bronson Smith, from Utah visiting and we left early to go to the Lion Park and I was just too busy to work out. I was supposed to bike 45 and run 10. I’m so down that I didn’t get it in today. Ben has been so busy, he worked till midnight and got up at 6am to do work so he wasn’t able to train today either and probably won’t be able to tomorrow. Oh well, I guess I can’t always get 6 days a week in and I have to be ok with it.