Tuesday, January 15, 2008
1/15/2008
I had my bike fit last night with Dr. Jim. Turns out I know his wife, small world. Summmary of the fit session: I have weak hip flexors and kind of tight hamstrings, he raised my seat and moved it forward, he raised my cockpit (I love that term, sounds so fast) so I'll need to buy a different stem. I'm to take it easy riding tonight, so I don't hurt myself and end up as his patient! With Karen out of the country, its hard to get motivated to run in the morning, so I don't. Plus it was freaking cold this morning. I going to meet TriLynn to run this afternoon, it will be nice to have someone to run with on my week day runs, plus it is nice to run in the light. I tripped and fell a few months ago running in the dark, and banged up my knee ( and made the best thud sound ever) so now I am paranoid that I'll realy bust myself up. Really, I hate running first thing in the morning, in the dark, in the cold even though I am always glad when it is done.
Monday, January 14, 2008
1/14/2008
Ahh, another weekend workout done, and yet another to look forward to! How great is that? Strange how one's perspective changes over time. We only had a 2 hour ride followed by a 3 mile run followed by 4 1/2 mile repeats, and it seemed like a light week. I suppose I should enjoy the feeling of slackness now, because I know the time of sustained pain is coming. Swimming is coming along, but I will worry about that until it's done on November 1st.
Friday, January 11, 2008
1/11/2008
So, this blogging thing is another strange subculture for me to learn. I thought tri-culture was hard. Evidently, I've been tagged by someone to reveal 7 weird things about me. Now, I wouldn't even know that I had been tagged unless someone told me, so I am totally on top of this blog thing. And I thought all I would have to do is write some inane sentences a few times a week. My 7 weird things in no particular order:
1. I rub my feet together when I read.
2. I bounce my legs when I sit (It is very annoying so I've been told. I think its just my way of trying to burn more calories.)
3. I seperate MM's into colors, eating them by color from the most to the least.
4. My feet are triangular in shape and probably too small for my height.
5. I wring my hands when I am nervous. (I guess on the BIG race day I will rub them raw.)
6. I think I was a swashbuckler or some sort of swordsman in a former life.
7. I believe that UFOs are real. (I mean, why not?)
I'm sure there are more, and maybe even better weird things, but these will have to do for now.
1. I rub my feet together when I read.
2. I bounce my legs when I sit (It is very annoying so I've been told. I think its just my way of trying to burn more calories.)
3. I seperate MM's into colors, eating them by color from the most to the least.
4. My feet are triangular in shape and probably too small for my height.
5. I wring my hands when I am nervous. (I guess on the BIG race day I will rub them raw.)
6. I think I was a swashbuckler or some sort of swordsman in a former life.
7. I believe that UFOs are real. (I mean, why not?)
I'm sure there are more, and maybe even better weird things, but these will have to do for now.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
1/9/2008
So I can't even remember that its 2008, not 2007. Wow, 2008. I actually didn't even swim on Monday, I had what I call a "cricky-crack" appointment, which is a chiropractic adjustment followed by a 15 minute massage. After that, I just went home and vegged. Prior to actually going to a chiropractor, I thought they were worthless, but now I love it! I had been having problems with my right hip when running, to the point that I was having pain just walking. In desperation, I went in because I was trying anything that did not involve drugs or shots (I hate needles). Anyway, even though the Dr. said that it may take a few visits to have relief, my hip felt better immediately. It's been a love-fest ever since. I also slowly came to realize that I needed some professional advice on eating and have been more than pleased with the results, both in terms of weight loss, but also with my energy level. And, as I've said in previous posts, I am taking private swim lessons to imrpove not only my actual swimming, but my perception of my swimming. All I need now is someone to hypnotize me prior to the IMFL! Moral of the story is this: If you are struggling with pain, eating, running gait, swim stroke, etc. GET PROFESSIONAL HELP! Don't be all macho and think you can fix it all yourself, you can fix some things, but you need to be able to recognize when outside intervention is needed. It won't make you any less of an athlete or diminish your efforts, but we all need help sometimes!
Monday, January 7, 2008
Janaury 7, 2007
It's early on Monday, and I'm already dreading my swim today. I really wish I liked swimming, but so far, not so much. The weekend workout was, in effect, an Olympic distance tri, without the swim. Funny thing was that the prospect of running 6 miles after biking 1.5 hours didn't even make me pause. Maybe some day the prospect of running 15 after biking 50 will feel the same. Somehow, I am having some difficulty imagining that, but hard work will pay off in the end. I had Chinese a few weeks ago, and my fortune was the best I've had in a long time: "The pain you feel today will pay rewards in the future." I'm totally going to tape that to my top bar on my bike.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
1/3/2008
Gosh, the drama over signing up for White Lake just went on and on! It seems like signing up for triathlons is getting harder and harder. I guess the crazies are getting more numerous. I wasn't even sure I wanted to do White Lake, but now that I am in, I guess I'll have to do it. For the record, I will not be racing it, I'll just be doing it!!!!!! It was cold last night and I almost didn't go to Master's because I couldn't imagine taking off my warm clothes and getting into the water, but it was a good session so I am glad I went. A few of us TGs also ran the New Year's Day 10k and we all did well, I was 9 seconds off my best time ever and the course was hilly! So it was kind of a combination hill run, tempo run. Does that mean I am done running for the week? I wish!
Catching up from last year's entries
November 16, 2007
Still have not actually signed up for the Florida IM, guess I can still back out. The window for signing up is between yesterday and December 1st. My guess is I’ll put my money where my mouth is this weekend and plunk down the $475 to suffer for a whole year. At swim lessons this morning, I was lamenting on that lady that drowned at this year’s event (well, aspirated, but that’s just fancy for saying drowned) and Pro Karen says she would bet that she didn’t know how to swim properly and was probably in the back of the pack. When I said that is where I will be, she glared at me and said, no I wouldn’t be. If I was, I suppose I could not say she was my swim coach. Ha. So, the point of this blog is to let everyone know that if I, a 48 year old fat girl can do the IM, then pretty much anyone can, if they are stupid enough to sign up. I may wax poetic at points, but I hope I don’t sugar-coat this experience. Its gonna hurt and hurt lots.
December 4, 2007
Ok, signed up for Florida IM, guess I’ll really have to do it. December 1st, started back training for real with the first indoor cycling of the winter, followed by a short run. It was packed! So many people, the air was kind of that dry, bad air that I hate, but since it was the first day, we didn’t work too hard. Did the Bear Creek 10 miler on Sunday, which was fun, but harder than I remember. A few of us TriGirls were running along and came upon a kid who was steps away from crashing hard. So the nurse and the mom and I sat him down, gave him a goo and some Heed and water to drink. He was ok after a few minutes, but by then we had been joined by another TG, and we walked for a bit to make sure he was OK. He had never heard of goo…how is that possible? End result is that is was not a PR by any stretch, but it was good that we were all there with our stuff. We had breakfast afterwards at a Cumberland dive, great pancakes!
December 7, 2007
So at master’s swimming the other night, I got so frustrated that I nearly cried. It doesn’t seem to matter how hard I try, I just can’t seem to swim even close to fast, and I am always the slowest swimmer in my slow lane. Oh well, everyone tells me to stop paying attention to the negatives and to focus on the positives, but its damn hard when one cannot seem to do what one wants to do. I imagine that as I go through the process of this training thing, that I will have many, many more such moments, so I guess I better try to get over them as quickly as possible. Weight training has begun again in earnest as has indoor cycling. I’m trying to crank down my trainer more this year, as the fear of IMFL is looming, well not looming, but in my head every day nonetheless. This morning’s swim lesson was good, Pro Karen says I need to swim fast to swim fast, makes sense in a nonsensical way. So I did 5 or 6 25 meter “sprints” which made me tired. My biggest fear is the swim, and I can’t even really explain what it is that I fear, its not that I won’t be able to cover the distance, because worse case, I’ll either do breast or even side stroke, (even though the side stroke is not a competition stroke, if that’s the only way for me to get through the swim, I’m doing it!), its that I’ll be the last out of the water or worse yet, not make the cutoff. Coming out of the water way towards the back just makes the rest of the day that much harder, since you are already so far behind, it’s just disheartening. Well, I still have lots of time, so I’ll try not to obsess about that!
December 28, 2007
Slack on the blog, oh well. Training is picking up, I’m following the White Lake schedule even though I am not sure I will be doing it. I don’t want to do 3 half-irons and then a whole one in a year, but who knows. Indoor cycling is fun, even if I do sweat my tail off, no wonder some of my bike bolts are rusted. Running is going fine, I did my ½ mile repeats and managed to meet my times. I am not looking forward to the longer runs, but so far so good! I cannot decide what I am doing this spring! I kind of want to do off-road stuff, just for a break, but then I’ll have no one to train with, so I can’t decide. Waaah. I did weigh myself, afraid of the scale since its been a Christmas eatfest, but I am right at my 1st goal weight! Wow, now I need to try to get to my “secret” goal. I’ll see how that goes.
Still have not actually signed up for the Florida IM, guess I can still back out. The window for signing up is between yesterday and December 1st. My guess is I’ll put my money where my mouth is this weekend and plunk down the $475 to suffer for a whole year. At swim lessons this morning, I was lamenting on that lady that drowned at this year’s event (well, aspirated, but that’s just fancy for saying drowned) and Pro Karen says she would bet that she didn’t know how to swim properly and was probably in the back of the pack. When I said that is where I will be, she glared at me and said, no I wouldn’t be. If I was, I suppose I could not say she was my swim coach. Ha. So, the point of this blog is to let everyone know that if I, a 48 year old fat girl can do the IM, then pretty much anyone can, if they are stupid enough to sign up. I may wax poetic at points, but I hope I don’t sugar-coat this experience. Its gonna hurt and hurt lots.
December 4, 2007
Ok, signed up for Florida IM, guess I’ll really have to do it. December 1st, started back training for real with the first indoor cycling of the winter, followed by a short run. It was packed! So many people, the air was kind of that dry, bad air that I hate, but since it was the first day, we didn’t work too hard. Did the Bear Creek 10 miler on Sunday, which was fun, but harder than I remember. A few of us TriGirls were running along and came upon a kid who was steps away from crashing hard. So the nurse and the mom and I sat him down, gave him a goo and some Heed and water to drink. He was ok after a few minutes, but by then we had been joined by another TG, and we walked for a bit to make sure he was OK. He had never heard of goo…how is that possible? End result is that is was not a PR by any stretch, but it was good that we were all there with our stuff. We had breakfast afterwards at a Cumberland dive, great pancakes!
December 7, 2007
So at master’s swimming the other night, I got so frustrated that I nearly cried. It doesn’t seem to matter how hard I try, I just can’t seem to swim even close to fast, and I am always the slowest swimmer in my slow lane. Oh well, everyone tells me to stop paying attention to the negatives and to focus on the positives, but its damn hard when one cannot seem to do what one wants to do. I imagine that as I go through the process of this training thing, that I will have many, many more such moments, so I guess I better try to get over them as quickly as possible. Weight training has begun again in earnest as has indoor cycling. I’m trying to crank down my trainer more this year, as the fear of IMFL is looming, well not looming, but in my head every day nonetheless. This morning’s swim lesson was good, Pro Karen says I need to swim fast to swim fast, makes sense in a nonsensical way. So I did 5 or 6 25 meter “sprints” which made me tired. My biggest fear is the swim, and I can’t even really explain what it is that I fear, its not that I won’t be able to cover the distance, because worse case, I’ll either do breast or even side stroke, (even though the side stroke is not a competition stroke, if that’s the only way for me to get through the swim, I’m doing it!), its that I’ll be the last out of the water or worse yet, not make the cutoff. Coming out of the water way towards the back just makes the rest of the day that much harder, since you are already so far behind, it’s just disheartening. Well, I still have lots of time, so I’ll try not to obsess about that!
December 28, 2007
Slack on the blog, oh well. Training is picking up, I’m following the White Lake schedule even though I am not sure I will be doing it. I don’t want to do 3 half-irons and then a whole one in a year, but who knows. Indoor cycling is fun, even if I do sweat my tail off, no wonder some of my bike bolts are rusted. Running is going fine, I did my ½ mile repeats and managed to meet my times. I am not looking forward to the longer runs, but so far so good! I cannot decide what I am doing this spring! I kind of want to do off-road stuff, just for a break, but then I’ll have no one to train with, so I can’t decide. Waaah. I did weigh myself, afraid of the scale since its been a Christmas eatfest, but I am right at my 1st goal weight! Wow, now I need to try to get to my “secret” goal. I’ll see how that goes.
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