Every Little Thing is Going to be All Right

My confidence has been lifted since I talked to one of my swim teammates who trains mostly indoors because he's a roadphobic too. I guess I have to get the spinervals video to help me. My running, although still slow, has gotten better because I'm now looking forward to the runs and my negative thoughts have become more positve and i've been eating better. This weekend I'm fixing a stripped screw in my bike seat, doing a long ride, a long run and practicing my nutrition. I still have my doubts, but I might be able to do it, especially if I hit my weight goal and get my nutrition down. After all, people have been through harder things in life then an Ironman. An ironman is just 16 hours of my life:-). 

Still Discouraged

Ok, so yesterday morning, I rode my bike for an hour from 5am to 6am.  I was supposed to do it for two hours, but I freaked myself out because it was so dark out and South Florida drivers are nortorious for hitting cyclists and not caring that we have a right to be on the road too.  I am getting discouraged because life is getting in the way of my training.  I got at least an hour to 2 hours a day in, but can't seem to get all the hours in necessary.  I am also discouraged because I slept through the FAU tri, I had no desire to do it this morning, I was so tired but I did get a good 45 minute spin class in (without an instructor, who didn't show up.) and I am discouraged because the weight is not coming off.  I only cheat one day a week (usually Saturdays,) and am careful about what I eat and nothing is working.  I am either too hungry and ignore it or I  stuff myself at night or just get pissed and eat. GRR!! ;-).  This coming week I only have to do twelve hours of working out and have nothing planned to stop me.  I am also really confused about how to train for the nutrition aspect of the race and haven't really done it.  Any suggestions? (Thanks, kerry, for the website, that has also helped), but I need more.
On a brighter note, I swam in a meet and was actually happy with my times, considering I am not focusing on swimming, I am focusing much  more on running/cycling.  The running, by the way, comes much easier to others than me and it makes me mad that I can't run more than  6 miles right now.  I have been doing this forever!  Ok, I was side-tracked, but yesterday was nice and it ended on a really bright note with Bryan's 31st birthday dinner.  It was nice to be surrounded by friends.  Off to the Bon Jovi concert tonight.

I'm Lazy

It's been a while since I last posted, but I've been busy with weddings, spring break and TRAINING.  My running is getting faster (still my slowest at 12:27/mile), but I keep working on it.  I put my bike in for some routine maintenance last Monday and I still haven't got it back.  I NEED my bike back! I haven't trained on the bike since Wednesday, March 24, but will spin if I have to tomorrow.  I signed up for my 3rd and 4th tri this week.  My sprint distance one is on April 18th, (.25 mile swim, 10 mile bike, 3.2mile run).  My olympic distance is May 3 (1mile swim, 26 mile bike, 6.2 mile run).  I just keep trying and training.  I can get back on track now that weddings are done and spring break is over (which I lost 2 more pounds while sitting in WSI class, must have been that boring!)  Back to school tomorrow, only 67 days left!  My training schedule calls for 17hours this week! I hope I can do it!

It's Been A While...

Ok, so the last time I wrote, I was just dealing with my neighbor.  Well, it's been busy since then.  This past weekend I participated in my first Olympic distance triathlon.  It took me 3 hours and 55 minutes to swim, bike and run.  I did terribly on the run because it was trail and too narrow and crowded.  I barely ran it because I fell and scraped my knee pretty badly.  I was on a 15:27/mile pace. I KNOW I can do 12/mile at least.  The bike was good.  I have some things to fix on my bike, like my chain that fell off twice while I was downshifting, and my computer. My computer didn't work, so I didn't know I was going SO SLOW (14mph)  I know I can get my bike to 20 mph, I have done it on my trainer many times.  I rocked the swim coming in 200th out of 1500 (24 minutes for 0.9 miles. I took it slow since I knew I stll had to bike and run.) I was happy with it though.  Overall, the tri was good and it taught me what I need to work on (THE RUN!!!)  I am signing up for two or three more Triathlons and then the IRONMAN.  I hope I can do it!!
    Training's been going well, I did about 13 hours last week.  This week and next week,  unfortunately, won't be conducive for training since I have my friends' wedding and my twin's wedding coming up! I will try my best though!  Until next time...

moving along nicely

This weekend was a busy one with a long ride on Saturday (42 miles) and a swim meet on Sunday.  I posted terrible swim times, but I guess my body is just tired.  I hope to do the swim portion of the Ironman in 1hour or less, but not with what I swam yesterday! Also, my running is killing my feet and I am breaking down and seein a podiatrist for orthotics and to see why a shoe doesn't fit me properly.  I WANT to be able to run without pain and complete the marathon portion of the Ironman.  My cycling was awesome and I got it up to 39 mph for about 1 minute.  AWESOME!!! Oh, and two pounds lost, woo hoo!
I have to double up on some workouts this weekend because of my grade's field trip to St. Augustine, so I am off to bed for some early morning swimming/running, good night

Day Off

No school today, so I took this opportunity to catch up on lost sleep.  I had a fantastic weekend in South Beach with Bryan, but the consequences of that was that I ate too much yummy food and I did not train AT ALL on Saturday or Sunday.  I caught up today by swimming an hour, biking 1/2 hour and running for 40 minutes. I also bought  new shoes because my feet were in so much pain. I found out that my left foot is bigger than my right and I pronate on my left but suplate (sp?) on my right.  I hope I bought the right ones and they work this time!  I got Brook Dyad in 9 wide.  Unfortunately, they didn't have pink, but they did have my other favorite color, yellow!  They are gray with yellow piping, I pick them up tomorrow after work, since they didn't have the right size at this store ( I had gone to another store and tried on 9s).  I will let you know if they work, but boy do I hope so because I hate running due to the pain in my feet.  Also to motivate me, I added a weight loss ticker to the blog since I can't seem to get the scale to budge (yes, I know muscle weighs more than fat, but this is ridiculous!)  So, hopefully I can reach my goal weight by Aug 29. Off to enjoy the final hours of my day off...

hmm

So I woke up this morning at 4am and managed to accomplish my goals of running for 40 minutes and then swimming for an hour.  It felt great and I love working out in the mornings.  However, it was COLD this morning (for Florida), but the pool was like bathwater, ahhhh.  School was good, nothing new, got the treadmill mat and then preceded to use my bike for only 20 minutes instead of the hour I was supposed to because I was afraid of my downstairs neighbor complaining again.  My dad was nice enough to help me compose a note to leave on her door, explaining that I got the mat, I have to train, and am not breaking any condo rules and regulations.  Now, off  Zona Fresca with Bryan, Hooper, Heather, et. al.  Later...