4.12.16 Terrific Tuesday Training

Wow--what a dress! She's a braver woman than I'll ever be. And awesome photo shoot job by Mom!

Got training in early as it was brutally hot today.
5:40 AM Easy 40 minute run
7 AM 3300m of swimming. Unlike our school pool, the gym pool is outside and now approximately bathtub temps. I don't know what is worse, freezing or melting!

Just about ready to go to bed so I can get up early again tomorrow. Just seems unfair.....this is vacation! But heat index was 113 today--no way in h... am I going to start my workout too late!

Beautiful daughter you have there. I don't remember any of our softball players looking like that went I went to school.

I'm posting for last night, since I forgot. 20mile ride with good intensity and 3 mile run/walk. hope to get a beach run in this afternoon 4-5 miles. We'll see..

have a good day you crazy cats!

She's gorgeous Kim! What great pics to really showcase her personality!!

5:15am - 60 min spin - more solid just above threshold efforts

First day of our used book sale at school so I was there all day. Will do the same tomorrow so my early morning workouts are about all I have this week.

If that is happening, you need to eat more calories, period. More healthy fats at dinner time will also help. I remember having the same situation when I was training for Olympic Trials, first to qualify (when I'd just turned 17) and then for the race (at 18). Pretty much every night between midnight and 2 AM, I would get up and have a big bowl of homemade granola with a large handful of nuts, and sometimes peanut butter out of the jar.

At the time I was vegetarian, not vegan, but I've never been a big fan of eggs, dairy, or sweets, so it was a struggle to get enough calorie-dense foods down my gullet. Plus I had started growing again between 17 and 18 (after stopping at 13). I didn't realize it--actually went to our team doctor to see what was wrong as I was constantly hungry; my weight was basically staying the same, but my pants were not only getting too loose but also too short! It had never occurred to me that I could still be growing--I thought I had some weird wasting disease, or had the dryer setting wrong.

You haven't seen ravenous until you've seen a growing, vegetarian teenager seriously training for a marathon. I remember my jaws being sore from chewing so many nuts! I ate so much peanut butter during those two years that ever since I've kind of lost my taste for it.