Almost....

Monday night before my IRONMAN. Last weekend I rode a short ride before I shipped my bike. I took a right turn and there was water. My tires went out from under me and I fell on my right side. It was not good AT ALL but I survived. So now I am waiting for "GO TIME." I will run & swim this week and then do a little exercise while in Louisville. I AM READY!!!!

21 days away

We went up to Dallas this weekend to ride with Neil and to see some hills. We rode 83ish miles. It was great. I was proud of all three of us. Tomorrow (Monday), I am going to run my 15 miles. I have a pain in my right foot. It feels like a stone bruise. That worries me. Really, any pain I have worries me. I want to be in the best condition ever in 21 days.

Back up: Last weekend I rode 60 miles and then ran 2 miles. On Sunday I ran 18 miles and was joined by Kristi from mile 3 to mile 12is. It was awesome. I averaged 11.3 minute/mile. This was way under my goal time of 12 minute/mile. I feel good and ready. Ironman Kona was on today, just watching it on TV made me even more ready. I am beginning to train my brain. I am visualizing the places where I think I might struggle and I am pumping myself up.

I can do this because God gave me the ability and I have tons of support.

swim swim swim

So I did a brick yesterday. I rode 20 miles and ran 2. My seat is so uncomfortable. I have an appointment to get fitted on my bike. I hope this makes all the difference. I am so uncomfortable, I know this will help. I will ride this Saturday and I will push through it with meds.

This morning I woke up with no problem. 4:30AM. I scooted to the gym and completed my 2,000 meter swim. It was very productive. I am getting much more efficient. Tonight I will go to the Bike Barn sprint work out and then a slow jog on Thursday morning with IronKristi.

c-ya

Vacation Over...

Just spend one whole week in Los Cabos. It was good to have a break but I need to get back in it. The Saturday before we left Jay and I completed 80 miles on the bike and then woke up Sunday and completed a 6 mile run. We left for the airport as soon as my run was over. While in Cabo I ran 2 days and they were not good runs b/c our resort was located on a mountain side. It was a steep 3 miles but at least I did something. We did meet some fantastic people while at the 2nd resort. One of them, Jim, had just completed an IM and qualified for Kona. CRAZY. His wife, Melissa, was equally awesome. She and I had a great conversation about bike fits and how my bike is NOT fit to me yet. I am hoping to get that sorted out this week. There were some other really cool people in this group.

As for this week...I ran today (4.4 miles) and tomorrow I am going to ride 30 miles and run about 3 or 4 miles. I hope to get my bike fit on Wednesday. I know I can spend forever on the bike IF I get properly fit.

We will see.

jog and talk

Tuesday morning started early....4:15am. I was determined to get up and complete my workout. I did it. I got up, ate a little, organized my new planner, and then scooted to meet my workout partner. Kristi and I ran a little over 5 miles and it was a perfect combination of jogging and talking. I loved it. My plan was to run this morning and ride this evening. My plan got altered b/c of a storm. My new plan is this: wake up at 4:15am tomorrow morning and swim with my swim group. Topher, Kristi, Jim, Todd & John. After this I will come home and rest and eat. My babysitter will come over around 8:30am and I will get in a 20ish mile bike ride. Around 7pm I will meet up with the Bike Barn Tri Club to get in a sprint workout. Thursday I will sleep in and just go on a one hour bike ride. Friday will be a swim workout.

TOmorrow I will report back with my successes.
Stay dry.

rainy ride

Jay took off work on Friday so we could get our 80 mile bike ride in before we left for Rockport to spend the weekend with my family. We knew there was a chance for rain but we were not sure when it would rain so we took a chance and left the house at 6:15AM. We made it 20 miles before the rain started. It was just a sprinkle but the last 17 miles were an all out downpour. We decided to ride one loop only (40 miles).

Thoughts: A couple weeks ago we started out on a ride and it was the pefect day, sunny with no wind. About 15 miles into this ride I freaked out and had a mental break down. HOWEVER: yesterdays ride was the worst possible riding conditions yet I was mentally stable the WHOLE time. How in the world was that possible.

We did not go to Rockport yesterday because the weather was terrible. It rained all day and into the night. I am relaxing today and then tomorrow I will go on a 15 mile run. It will be a jog/walk. I want to run in the same pace I will run in the marathon.

Next week I will work out everyday and some days I will work out twice.

Get ready Cabo....here I come.

slt

blahhhhhh....

Wow, this week has been a week where motivation was hiding from me. I "rested" on MOnday (lazy), Tuesday I went for a swim, Wednesday had good intentions but nothing happened. I did wake up early and motivated today but I did not run b/c of rain. I did not go back to sleep b/c I want to practice my early wake up skills. I do plan on sweating today at some point. The plan for Friday is to ride 80 miles and then drive to Rockport. I will then run about 15 miles in Rockport, weather permitting. The time is coming.....