wwlani's Real Dedicated and Down to Earth - FULL (Page 5)

Kara - Glad you got the joke, after I posted I was hoping you wouldn't be offended! How is your shin feeling?  Hopefully just giving it a break from running it will begin to heal.  I wonder what percentage of people make it to marathon race day without some sort of injury?  It can't be very high!  Sounds like you have a pretty full schedule of races for the year!

Raul - How was your daughter's soccer tournament?  My boys had wrestling tournaments this weekend, one on Sat. and the other on Sun.  I love watching them but the days are long and can be draining!

I did a 10K race yesterday.  I was hoping to beat last year's time but was about 2 min slower - boo.  It was a different course than last year, they changed it due to icy roads and this made it hillier, so I am telling myself that accounts for the extra time.  Still, I was hoping to be faster - I am finding it really difficult to improve my speed at this point.  I am not a natural born runner, so I suppose any further improvements are going to require a lot of effort.  Yesterday's race left me with some lingering feelings of "why am I doing this?" that I'm working to shake off today.

I've been sticking to my training schedule pretty well, though the snow did interfere with a swim last week.  I'm going out of town this Fri. to visit my parents and won't be back until the following Wed. so I will definitely have to modify my training plans for that block of time.  I should still be able to get a few workouts in - I'm going to shoot for a run, a swim and a plyometric workout (there is a "deck of cards" workout I heard about that I've been wanting to try and I can do it in my parents' basement in about 20 min.)  The good thing is next week is the 4th week of training and is supposed to be a lighter week anyway.

Well, my daughter's soccer tournament was cancelled due to the weather.  Evidently it snowed as far south as Beaumont........so much for global warming. 

Next week my daughter and I will be in Phoenix for a soccer tournament.  A check of the weather there shows sunny and 70!  Can you imagine, sunny and 70 in February?!?!?!?!?  I'm looking forward to go just to feel the sun and feel 70 degrees....I guess I'll have to pack some sun block!

I did some lifting this morning and then did some swimming.  For some reason I was weak and and my swim was nothing more than a control drowning.  Hopefully it was just that it was Monday morning.  We'll see what happens tomorrow. 

-Raul-    

   

So this week was a bad week for me but I got in a 3 mile run Monday, 1 mile swim Wednesday and Saturday and a 45 min bike (trainer) and 2 mile run today...first brick of the season...I"m WAY out of shape! Yikes, hope it comes back quickly!

So this week my goal is to get in 10 miles of runs, 1.5 hour on bike, 3 miles swimming...we'll see

Hey all - looks like we are all too busy training to post!   

Kara - Just look at last week as a recovery week!  Sometimes I find after an unplanned week of less training my body feels a lot better the next week and I'm mentally raring to go.

I'm starting week 7 of the oly training plan.  Training has been going well, other than some boredom with the bike.  I've been doing my bike training in spin class so far, which means I do the 30-50 min workout with the class then tack on any additional I am supposed to do beyond that either before or after class.  The part I have to do by myself is a bit of a chore even though I listen to my iPod.  The weather is starting to warm up so I am really anxious to get out and do some of these longer rides with a group.  There is a 20-mile group ride on Sunday mornings that leaves from my LBS that I am hoping to join maybe every other week.  The tricky part is that I usually do my long run on the weekend, too, which would necessitate training both Sat. and Sun. and I prefer to take one day on the weekend as a rest day...helps keep the peace with the hubs!  Plus, the kids' sports schedule usually makes it difficult to work out both mornings.  We have a lull in the schedule for March now that wrestling has ended and before baseball starts up in April...so maybe for this month I will try take advantage of that and get in a workout both days.

I picked up the latest issue of Triathlete magazine a couple weeks ago.  It has an olympic training plan in there and, wow - it seems KILLER to me!  I think it gives you only one rest day maybe every 2-3 weeks, and I have always heard that one rest day/week is essential to allow your body to recover.  I dunno, maybe they are counting long slow bike rides as active recovery?  Also, I find the bike gear and all the upgrades you can make in the interest of shaving off time to be a bit overwhelming!  Not to mention you could run yourself into some serious debt. 

Hope all is well with everyone!