Ironman!

I am an Ironman!



I definately did not post all summer, but I think I am going to pick it up again. I am currently working on a recap/race report that covers the whole summer. I will post that when it is done.

For now, I am just relaxing, and getting into the swing of things at school. I will probably start back with a few workouts this week.

Ironman was so fun and amazing that I have signed up for 2008!

The Long Lost Birthday Photos

Well, they werent really lost at all. I have just been to lazy to post them. Soo, here are a few photos from the momentous occasion.

Down Week.

Well, its everyones favorite week of the month!

Yesterday I skipped my evening bike ride. Today at tri, we did about a 50 min rev, and then we did some pylometrics for our run workout. We did skipping, some jumping on one leg, jumping on 2 legs, and some sprinting. It was a fun little change to do something different.

This weekend I will probably do about an hour or 1h15 run, and 1.5 hours on the bike.

Saturday they are showing the 70.3 World Championship on NBC, so I will try to catch that. It is also the California 70.3 that day, and some friends from tri club are doing it, so I will try to keep updated on that.

School should be less busy the next couple weeks. The tax program winds up tomorrow, so that will free up some time. Projects are wrapping up as well. Just in time for studying for finals!

Weekly Totals

For the week of March 19-25:

Swim: 3
Bike: 5.5
Run: 2.1
Total: 10.6 Hours
Total with stretching/core/yoga/pilates: 14.6 hours

This was the 3rd solid week in a row. I did my longer run on Thurs, so only did 2 runs for the week. I also did a Bikram yoga class, for 1.5 hours on Sun that was crazy!

I am taking a down week this week. Hooray!

BIrthday Party Tonight!

Well, this week was crazy!

School was really busy, and I just havent felt like posting. My birthday was on Wed, so I am now officially olf! We are celebrating tonight with an Island/Tropical Theme Party.

I moved my long run this week to Thursday, so I wouldnt have to do a workout tomorrow. I did about 1 hour 35 min, and then went to tri practice for a bike. The bike ended up being really hard, so I was toast by the end.

Yesterday I had pilates and then swim practice.

Today I did 3 hours on the trainer, which went well. Except for one little thing. I ate a chocolate powergel and it was disgusting. Pretty much the grossest gel I have ever had. I will not be getting those ones again.



I then went for a walk to the farmers market, which was great as it is beautiful out. I also stopped off at lululemon, and picked up a cute yellow top and grey and yellow shorts. I figured I saved so much money ordering my bike shoes online, that I could get a new little lulu. Plus its my birthday!

So, I need to hold back on the shopping from now on. Although, I did notice in Triathlete Mag that fuel belt has some little items that I dont think I can live without.



I mean come on! Think how hawt it would look on my bike!

Well tonight should be festive. Tomorrow I have to get some homework done. Hopefully I will feel like posting a bit more in the next week. I will for sure post some party pics in the next few days.

Weekly Totals

For the week of Mar 12-18:

Swim: 3
Bike: 4.4
Run: 2.8
Total: 10.2 hours
Total with stretching/core/yoga: 13.9

I skipped weights this week, for the sake of time/i wasnt that into it. The running hours consist of some pretty slow paced runs, but I am fine with that. I need to just keep up with stretching, to hopefully kick my sore knee problem.

This is my last training week as a 21 year old!

New Shoes!

I took some pictures of my new bike shoes that I thought I would share:

Feet In Shoes


Look at that pasty white calf! Is winter over yet?


Shoes!


Ohhh Carbon Ohhhhhh


I havent used them yet, as I havent installed cleats. I was going to use my old cleats, but when I went to take them off my old shoes, there was some unfortunate sounding creaking noises. I was afraid of stripping the bolts. Plus, the cleats were worn, and partly covering the screws.

So I will have to go purchase some new cleats. I will get them to put them in, as they might be better at getting them on relatively close to my current setup. This wont happen until at least the end of the week, so I wont be trying the shoes out for awhile.

Yesterday was beautiful out. However, my leg was feeling sore, so I decided to bike instead of run, as that bothers it less. I did about 2 hours ( well actually only 1h50 ;).
Of course, that meant that the temperature would drop about 15 degrees overnight, so I would have to run in the cold. I love when it goes from +6 to -10!

My run actually went quite well. I took a real easy pace, and while my legs felt tight, there was not any real knee pain. Hooray. I wore my Mizuno Elixir shoes. I dont know if that made a difference, but I had been running mostly in my Nirvanas.

I will continue my stretching regimen, and I have yoga tomorrow, which will further help with my legs.
I am pretty sure I hear a distinct 'Boing' from my hamstrings whenever I move!

Busy and Lazy

Not such a good combo. I havent really been in the mood to post this week.

School is quite busy. I have a bunch of tests to study for, but havent been able to get much accomplished yet.

My left knee is still bugging me. I think the spin bikes at revving practice really bother it. I stretched for about an hour last night, which felt good. However, when I went to bed, my leg kinda hurt just laying there. I am going to continue with alot of stretching, as I think tight hips are the source of the problem.