FYI

So - apparently, my husband starting blogging again under a different title.  2 MONTHS AGO!  If you are interested - here's the link http://chasing-mailboxes.blogspot.com/  I thought he might have mentioned it to me, but I guess not.  He's out of town for a couple of days, so my workouts will all be on the bike until the weekend.  Probably a good thing. My foot is killing me.  I also almost burned the kitchen down, so probably also good he's gone.  Hopefully it doesn't smell like burnt grilled cheese on Friday night yet!

Ironman - Week 1 Wrap-up

So-training has begun.  It seems so hard to be motivated to train for something that seems so far away.  I felt a lot of pressure already this week.  It made me pretty negative.  I had thoughts about what I really signed up for.  I questioned whether I really am willing to sacrifice missing time with the kids.  Trying to balance household duties.  Not to mention that my first "run" was a 2 mile walk.  And that hurt.  I can't imagine that I am to start slowly running in a week.  I'm queen of "over-doing it", and I have tried really hard to not over-do it yet.  I questioned the pain in my ankle before signing up, but figured I needed rest.  I didn't realize that it was going to hurt my off-season maintenance.  I haven't gone this long without running since I was pregnant with Melanie.  I developed plantar fasciitis, coincidentally, right when I got pregnant with her.  When I re-started running, I had a hematoma in my uterus that had me unable to run through pregnancy.  Actually, besides that, this is the longest I've gone without running since 1996.  I ran through 6 months of my prenancy with Patrick.  I realized just how far my fitness has fallen since then. 

I still have 1 workout left to do, but after my weekend - I'm not sure I will get on the bike tonight.  I did ride outside yesterday.  That was rough.  My legs are pretty out of shape.  I did the Lake Kegonsa loop in about 67 minutes.  That is actually not bad.  Average speed about 15.5 mph.  The hills were tough though.  I have to say - even though it was cold outside, I felt good.  Only my feet were a little cold.  I was able to go aero for about 30% of the ride.  I don't know why I can't seem to ride aero on the trainer.  I did feel a little soreness in my lower back, but I think my overall fitness is really down compared to when I am in running shape.  Biking is the only thing that doesn't hurt my ankle, so it should be the thing I look forward to.  I guess I really have to decide to become friends with that thing.  Maybe I should name it?  Maybe that would help.  "I'm going to visit with _________________ tonight."  Seems better than - "going to ride in the hell-cave on the trainer".  Pretty soon I will be done with "Friends" too. Then I have to switch to Coach Troy and spinervals.  Evil man that he is.  Hopefully this week will be a little better.  29 weeks to go................

Where Have I Been??

I'll tell ya.... Laid UP!  So, my plan for a spectacular pre-season really failed.  Mostly my fault. Well, all my fault since I planned on getting good on the bike.  But, I love to run.  And - I could NOT run. I still swam.  Love to swim too.  I have not lifted weights.  Have not done yoga.  I finally had an MRI in December when I couldn't even run a 1/4 mile.  I had a little cyst dude in my ankle.  Decided to do surgery.  I am still recovering.  Surgery was 1-19.  I am in a walking cast.  I get that off next week.  We'll see what happens then.  I am swimming right now.  I use a pull buoy so I don't kick.  It hurts to kick.  My training plan officially starts on Feb. 14th.  I don't think I will be running, but I hope to be doing everything else.  I thought about looking into joining a gym for 1 month to use an elliptical in place of running, but I don't know if that will be an approved exercise.  I will have to wait until I see Lynn next week.  I can't wait to run though.  Remind me of this in July when I am trying to log 20-25 mile weeks!