Dogs, snakes and armadillos oh my!!! That is what the run consisted of today. Did about 4 miles and unfortunately I think I went a little too late in the evening which was nice b/c it meant that it was nice and cool not so good b/c evidently at dusk all the wild animals come out of hiding! Headed out for the run and felt really good. Was even having ambitions of trying to get 6 miles in -- then I realized how late it was. Oh and my Ipod crapped out so I had to do the whole ran sans tunes!
So about 1.5 miles out I nearly stepped on a lovely and pretty large red and yellow snake...it was seriously a near miss with me practically planting my left foot directly on top of old boy and he literally was within striking distance!!! By the time Reese and I got to the turnaround it was officially dusk -- which actually helped the pace b/c I didn't want to be on the trail when it got too dark! The pace really picked up after a near armadillo attack...seriously those things are scary and gross! I had to just suck it up and blow past the thing despite most of my body really wanting to freeze up!
Oh well at least it was an interesting run to say the least. 42.3 miles to go! (Oh and I'm thinking I've probably already knocked off the .3 with the walk from the parking garage into the office each day?????)
Day 4 (Wednesday, May 13, 2009)
Meet Jamie at the gym to do legs and then some cardio. Leg and Jamie kicked my ass so I was not feeling the cardio but I hoped on the bike for a kick spin and clocked about 7 miles or so....at least I'm in the 30 mile range now but I sure wish lifting counted towards a little bit of the 70.3!!!
Day 5-11 (Thursday May 14-19, 2009)
Spent the last five days in California with the family but got some good runs in! It's really nice to run without humidity! Tomorrow it's back to the hardcore training! Especially as its a new week and the 70.3 clock has been restarted! ughhh!
Day 12-17 (May 20-25, 2009)
Finally recovered from my Cali trip and got my butt back in gear by about Thursday of last week! Did 8 miles running and biking my first night back at it. I don't know what was worse adjusting to Eastern time again or the brutal training I put myself through to get back on the wagon! It felt good to sweat off the vacay -- even though I got a couple good runs in while I was out in Cali -- whether it's the heat or just being back home and being able to swim/bike/run the last week has been tough and resulted in several blisters, a sore Achilles and hip. (I kinda feel like a geriatric!!!) Regardless I ended the week almost clocking 40 miles 36.2 to be exact...
3 mile Cali run Monday
8 miles run/bike Thursday
18 mile bike Friday (wet and muddy!)
3.2 mile run/1 mile swim Saturday
4 mile run Sunday (During which my feet graciously found a way to create lovely blisters on the arches of both feet despite the fact that my shoes are the ones I've been running in for at least 4 months and are more than broken in!)
Started the week today with a nice long workout thanks to Memorial Day! 4 miles on the eliptical and a 1 mile sprint on the treadmill...only got in about a 1/4 mile swim b/c of damn lightening! Great....Only about 65 miles left to go this week!
Day 18-19
Had a nice mile-long swim last night and was putting up some of my fastest sprint times to date!!! May have been a shot of speed and adrenaline provided by the still disturbing number on the scale when I stepped on it (guess that's what not weighing yourself for a year will get ya! D-E-N-I-A-L!!!) and the realization that I've got a long way to go if I want to achieve this goal and look good doing it!!! So today I stumbled across a little inspirational photo....someday....ha!!!
A girl can dream!!!
Day 58 (July 8, 2009)
I can't believe how time flies! Or the fact that I hit 70.3 at all! Thanks to the best training partner ever -- Jamie who has compromised her time and body on several occasions to help me reach the weekly goal! I also have to give a shout out to Jules who is a constant source of inspiration and drive.
Needless to say I couldn't keep up with her and the Iron crew in Pensacola but it did help me get some mileage in over the 4th of July holiday!!! This weekend is the sprint tri in St. Louis -- the first time my family will be there to root me on! I'm hoping I can just crank it out since the distances are all quite a bit shorter than I've been training at as well as past race distances with the exception of the run. Which is my achillis heel both literally and figuratively! I just need to pound it out and stay mentally focused!
I'm just excited to be doing one at home with family and friends! We'll see how it goes. Then it's back to the grind and preparing for Beach Blast in September and getting my endurance up to Olympic distance! That's really freaking me out as I know I got the bike and swim, but the run...ugh! All and all though I feel like I'm learning more every day and improving my endurance every week!
I've even learned the lesson the hard way about the detriments of not enough calories before a race and over hydrating! Sorry Jules & Christopher...hope the neighborhood association didn't fine you for the drive-by puking!
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