Friday, February 8, 2013

Rest, Run, Bike, Swim

I was a blogger loser since #Supercentury Sunday, but I didn't blow off the entire week of workouts.  Yay for me!  I rested up Monday after a weekend with too little sleep and that crazy 3 hour trainer ride.  MMNW isn't even worth writing down because I was up like 3 lbs due to all the crap I ate at the Super Bowl party.  Tuesday I had full intention of getting out the door and the weather was even pretty decent.  But for whatever lazy bones reason, I didn't get it done.  When I tweeted as such, Mike suggested I at least do a 30 second plank.  I figured that was the least I could do - on a commercial from my 3 hour couch/tv lovefest. 

But Wednesday, the weather continued to be pretty decent for mid-MO (40's-50's) and I knew I'd regret it if I slacked off again.  So while the boys were at archery practice and my girl was chilling out to whatever her recent favorite Netflix show is, I took off in the twilight to get in a short run.  I went with my short sleeve shirt and was pretty chilly the first 10 min or so.  I ran to the end of the sidewalk, back through the Wakodas and back to the other end of the sidewalk (cue Shel Silverstein poem).  I had it in my head this would be a 5K, but alas I was disappointed yet again to not have a GPS watch (see a theme I am working on to show my husband how much I need one?).  It was 2.9 miles, but a pretty good effort so I'll take it.  Took a pic of the pretty sunset with my son's MP3 player I'd borrowed for tunes. 

From end of sidewalk - though the pinks, oranges,
and yellows were prettier in person
Thursday is my normal "longish slow run" day - because usually Susan and I meet up for some quality girl chat time.  But I woke up to a cold, misty, gray day with impending storm clouds.  I was still hopeful as I slipped into my yoga pants and Pie Run shirt.  I had a hair appt first and when I came out it was only a light drizzle so I called Susan.  She had already knocked out a couple miles on the treadmill at the Y.  After admonishing me for getting rid of my Y membership and briefly wavering on meeting me somewhere to finish up, she begged off and said we'd have a sweet Valentine run next week.  I went home and decided it was trainer time.  I popped in a DVD and gutted it out at a solid Z2 effort for 75 min or about the equivalent of 16.5 miles.  I was looking at the clock before the previews had finished.  But a workout is a workout.

Today I was determined to get my street project plans and specs basically finished come hell or high water.  I'm putting it out to bid next week and I really needed to just get it to the point I could let it go.  After slogging away at it for most of the day (minus having to go out for a new roll of paper for our wide format plotter - ugh), I was super glad to be heading to the pool.  Husband was taking kids out to dinner so I was in no hurry to be anywhere.  I knocked out another 1900 yards (or so - I lost count daydreaming about the GPS watch so it is possible there was an extra 50 or so).  It took the greater part of an hour - so slow (about 2:18/100).  But I got it done.

I was pleased to come home to a check in the mail from a client.  Turned out that he had sent me a check in December that the postal service had lost.  Was glad I followed up on the accounts receivable in January - yay me!  That pretty much guarantees that tomorrow will be a run day.  I'm long overdue a Walmart/Central Bank 5K.  Will have to squeeze that in between our usual Saturday laundry and a lunch date with a friend who wants me to talk engineering stuff with her son who is heading to MS&T (Rolla, MO) in the fall.

So not a bad week with a little reverse triathlon.  How did your week of training go?

YTD:
Swimming = 3800 yds = 2.16 mi
Biking = 104.5 miles
Running = 47.3 miles



12 comments:

  1. How was your plank? Now it's time to add a 30 second plank a day. :-)

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    1. I keep meaning to do this...seems suh an easy thing to do. Then I forget :(

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  2. Good job getting some training in!

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  3. Again, I have to give you props for being able to stay on that trainer for so long. I am a trainer wimp.

    I hope you get that GPS soon. I love my Garmin 910XT... it counts laps for me.

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    1. If I go with the New Year's resolution to put 5% of my gross earnings in my tri gear slush fund, I'm about half way to the watch. Maybe more if another check I'm expecting shows up. But haven't really told my husband about this "plan". :) Oh, and I totally need it to count laps. I hate not being sure.

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  4. The weather WILL get better... promise..
    My week? Not bad... 67 miles bike, 2 mile swim, 17 miles run

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    1. Really can't complain about the weather too much. It has been another fairly mild winter - just not bike-able yet. It probably won't be long. Last year I rode a fair bit outside at the end of Feb and beginning of March.

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  5. That sounds like a great week of workouts to me! That plank a day thing is a great idea...I just need someone to yell at me to do it! Lol!

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    1. I'll totally yell at you if you yell at me. I know that the core work is lacking in my "training".

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  6. Check out the Timex Global trainer, it has HR, GPS, you can swim in it and it runs about $200! I love mine!

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  7. I have the Timex Global trainer as well, I use to have the Garmin 305, both have there pros and cons, If I had to pick one, it would be the Timex, more features for the $ they cost, but I rather have the Garmin 910

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