Hello all!
So last weekend I had three days off.....and I did nothing!!!! You may be asking yourself what happened. Well, my little sister came to visit and amongst the late evenings, getting hair cuts, movie watching, oh and lots and lots of shopping the lazy bug got a hold of me. Oh well, unless you count walking around the mall as exercise I did a whole lot of nothing over the weekend:)
I am back on the train today though. I have a run, yoga, and weights planned out for the evening. Life will be back to normal and training will resume. I did enjoy my little stint away. I have a long run up and coming this weekend, I am aiming for 2 hours, so we will see how it goes. I did an hour and 50 minutes a week ago and felt really good, so I should be okay;) Lately I have been doing 2 shorter runs throughout the week, one of intervals and the other just however I am feeling that day dictates the effort!
The cold weather is still getting to best of my swimming. I am aiming for a whopping 1 swim this week. I have to start small....baby steps. And as for the bike lately the longest I have ridden is 90 min -1hr 45 min. Just keeping my butt accustomed to the pain of sitting on a bike seat for a long time. If you don't know what I am talking about, give it a go. I do a least one short ride a week too; about 50-75 minutes of sprints, climbs, etc so I don't loose to much of my hard work from last season!
I am still throwing some weights in the mix, usually 3-4 times/week. I am feeling pretty good about fitting weights into my schedule. It is a nice break from the usual training I am used to. Then I get to harass the guys in the back a little bit and try and get them to do some cardio:) I need to do more core work...I hate it but it is so beneficial for training. I'll work on it, but I make no promises!
Until next time take care everybody!
Leslie
Monday, November 26, 2007
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Jingle All the Way
Hi everybody!
It has been a while, I apologize. Chad just yelled at me because I haven't written lately, so here I am.
I ran in the Jingle Bell Run a couple of weeks ago and it was not fun. It was snowing; the wet snow that makes you soaked and cold to the bone, it was also sideways snow, and it was really windy. Mother nature was not kind. To top that off the race started 20 minutes late, no one knew what was going on, and people just started randomly running because no one was at the start line!!! I didn't feel too well either, my body wasn't to happy with me but I sucked it up and finished the whole 10km. I was happy time wise, everything considered. I made it across in less than an hour, so I can't complain about that.
I have been hitting the gym a little harder since the end of summer. I started a strength phase in my resistance training routine, and I made it up to 135lbs squats and deadlifts for 5 reps. That is about 15 more pounds over my body weight. I have just jumped back into an endurance phase for the next few weeks. I think that I will do at least one more strength cycle and see how it goes. I need to work on my technique a little more for squats....we'll see what it brings. I find training in strength and power helps me climb those hills easier both on the bike and run.
Last but not least, I officially have a coach....I just need to send him the $$$$$ and we are good to go in January! His name is Tom Price. He has been doing tri's for ~30 years, so I think I can learn a lot from him! He has won Ironman Canada a couple of times and has competed in IM Hawaii. I am going to enjoy the next month and a half before heavy training starts in January. I am excited to be working with someone though;)
It has been a while, I apologize. Chad just yelled at me because I haven't written lately, so here I am.
I ran in the Jingle Bell Run a couple of weeks ago and it was not fun. It was snowing; the wet snow that makes you soaked and cold to the bone, it was also sideways snow, and it was really windy. Mother nature was not kind. To top that off the race started 20 minutes late, no one knew what was going on, and people just started randomly running because no one was at the start line!!! I didn't feel too well either, my body wasn't to happy with me but I sucked it up and finished the whole 10km. I was happy time wise, everything considered. I made it across in less than an hour, so I can't complain about that.
I have been hitting the gym a little harder since the end of summer. I started a strength phase in my resistance training routine, and I made it up to 135lbs squats and deadlifts for 5 reps. That is about 15 more pounds over my body weight. I have just jumped back into an endurance phase for the next few weeks. I think that I will do at least one more strength cycle and see how it goes. I need to work on my technique a little more for squats....we'll see what it brings. I find training in strength and power helps me climb those hills easier both on the bike and run.
Last but not least, I officially have a coach....I just need to send him the $$$$$ and we are good to go in January! His name is Tom Price. He has been doing tri's for ~30 years, so I think I can learn a lot from him! He has won Ironman Canada a couple of times and has competed in IM Hawaii. I am going to enjoy the next month and a half before heavy training starts in January. I am excited to be working with someone though;)
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