How do you know?

Ok. So this is something that has kind of bothered me. Not really, but it did happen again today. On my Register blog, people comment about what I should be doing and what I shouldn't be doing. Sometimes it is common sense things that, yes you can answer correctly, but when I say what my workouts are, how does anyone but myself know if it is going to be good or bad for me? Example: this weekend I am planning a 3 hour bike saturday with a short run and then Bluff Creek Tri sunday (oly). Comment was to only do a spin on Saturday because those 2 back to back will take its toll on my body. Yes, yes it will, but that is exactly what I want it to do. After this weekend I start my taper for Kansas so this week is my final build and my schedule calls for a 3:30 bike, 50 run, 30 swim sat and a 2:10 run and 50 bike sunday. My original plan was to do dam to dam sat and bluff creek sunday. Since I can't run Dam to Dam or 2:10 for that matter, I am changing it to a bike. And why not? I am also not going out to do Bluff Creek other than to make sure I get my ass in gear and do something on Sunday versus sitting on my ass all day. I hope that I am super sore on Monday and that I got in 2 quality workouts because for the next 2 weeks, I won't hardly be doing anything. So...why would you want to make a comment about someone else's training plan when you don't know anything other than the workouts? It would be like someone saying "I am running an ultramarathon tomorrow" and me answering well I think you should take it easy, that will be hard on your body. Hahaha. Ok enough about that. So I am planning on making this a tough weekend and I am ready for it. I am SO ready for it. Tuesday night I went swimming with a couple fellow tri bloggers. It was really nice to finally meet them in person. Swimming in the rain is just as fun as running in the rain. I just wish it was a little warmer. It was nice because no one else was around so when I strip down in the parking lot, I don't have to worry about to many people seeing my ass. :) Wednesday I was back in the pool for 30 min because that was all I could swim. My shoulder is still getting this sore feeling, but it goes away within a couple hours after I stop so I am slowly pushing my time. I am hoping that it just needs to get strengtened up again since I haven't really swam in 4 weeks. Stupid injuries. I subed for a softball team Wednesday night which wore me out big time. It was because I got on base everytime, but this league is different. All 10 batters hit every inning. The 10th batter hits it and the outfield has to get it home before the runner does. I bat 9th so when I get on base, the next move is to sprint for home as fast as I can...every inning. This can wear a person out. Plus the game is 30 min longer than a normal game. It was also very cold. It was good though to do some sprints. My legs are finally getting use to wearing cleats again. Only a tiny bit sore today. Some stretching tonight should elimate that. Thursday I did a 1.5 hour bike. I felt horribly slow. My legs were tired and I just couldn't get going. Then I played my final spring softball league game. We won and came home with the League Championship. It was awesome. So I will be wearing that t-shirt around for the next week :) Today is my off day. I didn't think that I had that much to do this weekend, but I really do. I didn't mow lawn last week so it is like a hay field right now in my yard and I am almost out of underwear. If you knew me, you would be very surprised at this since I have about 100 pair of underwear. Yes, it has been a long time since I washed clothes. The hamper was full 3 weeks ago and now the entire bottom of my closet is covered. It wouldn't be to bad if it was just work clothes, but I have been to Big Creek 3 times and sailorville once and those clothes are in there. I don't even want to think about it. Despite the "advice" of not doing the 3 hour bike saturday, I am doing a 3 hour bike Saturday. Going to try to get up early to watch my friends run the Dam to Dam since it goes right by my house and then I will take off on the bike. I will come home and get my stuff ready for Sunday, do a few practice transitions and then I will see how much energy I have left. Might hold off and mow lawn on Sunday. Like I am sure that will happen. It will probably be another week before I do it, lol. My neighbors are probably wondering what happened to me because I have never let my lawn go this long without mowing. Oh, so many things to do, but I love it. I love getting out, working out, playing softball, watching softball and just being out of the house. My dog hates me, but what can ya do. College world series softball tourny is in action this weekend. I see Washington went on, but Missouri got beat. I really wanted to them to win because of the Big 12, but also because Arizona St. needs to lose. Seems like it is the same teams every year that end up in the finals. Also I have a ticket to the Principal Charity Classic. Probably have to go by myself since no one else has tickets. Not really sure what I am suppose to do there so I might not be there very long unless I find the beer tent early :) Ok well good luck Dam runners and see you on the Beach Bluff Creek racers.

Race time...to early

I woke up this morning to some light rain on the window and thinking, this would be a nice day to not do anything until I realized it was Tuesday and my first race is in 5 days! Augh. I am not ready. Ok, so most people say that before their first race, but I really am not ready. As of now I am going to just wing it. I haven't been in the pool for 2 weeks now, but I have been in the lake several times, lol. The swim I am not to worried about because I don't really try at that anyway. I basically just get in, go, and try to avoid all havoc. After the race, I always think, why didn't you swim faster? but that is the extent of that. The bike I am feel very confident with except I am nervous about my wheel set choice. Basically because I haven't had much chance to ride both my 808 front and disc wheel combo in any windy conditions. I am hoping it isnt windy. The run I am very very very nervous about. I ran yesterday and felt like complete crap. That could have been from the 3 days of drinking, being very dehydrated and lack of sleep. I just felt very stiff, achy and anxious. I am trying to not think of the race this weekend because I can't really do anything to benefit my situation this week other than maybe some extra time in the pool to work on my stroke, but that is about it. I got all of my gear out and it is now in a big pile on my floor. I need to get it organized and work through my transitions. I don't think I have been this nervous for a race ever. All of my other first season races were sprints. If this was a sprint, I would not worry at all. It is the extra 3 mile run at the end that I am dreading. I am thankful that I have raced at this venue before so I know the terrain and I know it is flat so that helps. I need to get organized. My brain is jumping from one thing to another. Focus.
Other workouts for the weekend: Friday - nothing. Slept. Saturday I got up "early" and headed out on the bike. Was going to do 4 hours. I headed north of town, up through Ankeny, Slater and then to Huxley. I have never gone through Slater before. I was pleasantly surprised to find a bike lane heading north out of Slater. As I headed north out of slater, the wind suddenly shifted from a nice 5mph wind out of the southwest to a 15mph wind out of the Northeast. This made it tough going. I got half way between Huxley and Slater when the bike lane ended and the road turned to complete shit. Bumb after bumb after hole. It was so miserable. I got to 1:45 and decided to turn back. That would still be a 3:30 bike. I turned back. With the wind pushing me back, I was moving at a pretty good clip. The bumbs were horrible. It was like riding across the road rumple strips. I thought my arms were going to fall off. I made it home for a total of 3:08 ride. I was booking on the way back. It was awesome. I quickly transitioned to a short 10 min run. My legs hurt, I was very stiff. I got home and stretched. Finally my legs were feeling better from wed and thurs. Spent all day Sunday on the boat, which was so much fun. Monday I slept most of the morning and then watched a movie. Went back to bed and got up and decided I really needed to run. Went for a 45 min run. Longest one yet. I felt good after about 2 miles. I was so dehydrated. It was kind of rainy and I think my skin sucked all of that up. I got home and forced myself to down a couple glasses of water. Today I am working on rehydrating. I was going to go up to Big Creek for a swim, but I think it is going to be rainy so I might pass and stay home and do a bike on the trainer. I also have a 30 min run to do either before the swim or after the bike. I will see how hard it is raining after work. The rest of this week I am unsure of what workouts I am going to do. I need to get out of my head that I need to do good on Sunday and just train through it, but that is hard for me to do. I need to focus on Kansas in 3 weeks and get myself prepared for that distance. After that is Hyvee which I am unsure of right now of what my strategy will be for that race. After Sunday I will have a better idea. I need to get going following my training plan. I am starting to fall behind on the time. I almost feel like I am starting all over again. I am going to try to get another 45 min run in Thursday and a short one Saturday. Other than that, probably a 3+ hour bike saturday. Going to try to get up early to watch my friends run past my house Saturday for the Dam to Dam and then I will take off on the bike. Friday I will take off for sure because that is my prerace workout plan. Friday off with workouts on Saturday to get everthing loosened up and one last equipment test. Sunday will be nice that is starts at 9, but I don't really want to still be racing at noon. Chance of rain on Sunday which will suck. I will be miserable in the race and then I have to be in the rain on top of that. I like training in the rain, but not racing. It should be a good week if I don't drive myself crazy worrying about this race. Atleast up until Thurday I will be thinking of softball. Last game for the season champion title. Go Where my pitches at? !!!!!!

Totally not triathlon related

Today I am tired and only slightly hung over. Much better than I was earlier this week. I am definitely excited that it is Friday. Last night I had a softball game. We are now 5-0. We had a great night last night. I even had a home run so I got to work on my endurance running, sprinting skills. My quads and hip flexors are sore along with the rest of my body. I feel old. Somedays I don't think I will make it to 30. Ugh. This weekend is going to be awesome. I am going to try to get in a 4 hour bike tomorrow and then Sunday will be hanging out on the boat for my bf's birthday. I am excited.

Not just me

Over the last 2 months, injuries have taken its toll on my body physically and mentally. As I have started to finally return to my training, I was pleasantly surprised to see this morning a new blog by my favorite triathlete, Chrissie Wellington. It has been a long time since her last blog. Title: learning the lessons. I figured it was going to be something about a tiny goof she made on the bike or something like, I was 2 seconds late for taking a drink. I mean really, Chrissie is awesome! Boy was I wrong. This one hit home hard with me. She was talking about our expectations for ourselves, in training, racing and in life, but what happens when those expectations are not met? Have we "failed" ourselves. Her blog was about how do you cope with not reaching your goals. I stopped reading right there and thought to myself, how do I cope with not reaching my goals? Holy crap, I don't know! I sat and pondered at this for hours. Why do I not know this? I do something, but what is it? Then it hit me. I do nothing. I don't look back at the events leading up to the event, during the event and how to improve on those items. When I "fail", I do not want to admit I failed. This is something I have struggled with all my life, admitting when I am wrong. Why is that so hard to do? Does it make me a weaker person? No, everyone makes mistakes, but it is how you learn from those mistakes. This is what I need to work on. The rest of this morning I was going over the last 2 months in my head and what did I do that caused these injuries? How do I learn from these? It really all came down to a lot of basic things that when you become "comfortable" with a sport, you don't think about anymore. When Chrissie did not have her A race, she looked back at why she did it in the first place. I had to look back and ask myself the same question. Why AM I doing this? I'm not out training to win races, but to give myself a healthier lifestyle. I should not be beating myself up over not being able to run 7 min/miles, but just be happy that I CAN be out running. Triathlons are so much fun for me. Granted, it helps to do really well, but it isn't the end of the world if I dnf.
On a much lighter note, I received my new wetsuit yesterday. Awesome. It fits perfect. It definitely fits a lot different than the men's. The neck is a lot tighter than I am use to so I hope I don't freak out in the water because of it. I also need to work on getting out of it. When it fits like it is suppose to, it is a lot harder to get off your second skin.

Back moving again

It has been a long week of sitting on my @ss not doing a darn thing. My last "workout" was my bike to work on Tuesday. I did play softball on Thursday night which just about killed me. The muscles in my hip and lower back got so tight. At the beginning of the game I could not move quick at all, but by the end, I was making some sort of effort to move. I ended up just going to the bar after and drinking. I think that helped because by the end of the night, it felt much better :) Friday, I did not do anything. I mean absolutely anything. I slept, slept some more, went to the chiropractor, and then slept. It was great. Saturday: Slept until noon. Got up and got moving. This loosened my back up enough and so I attempted to mow lawn. Accomplished. The starting of the mower was the toughest, but good thing I just put in new spark plugs so it only took 2 pulls. Didn't do much of anything else the rest of the day. I went for a ride around the block on my bike to see if I could go out on Sunday. It felt good. I stretched out my back and hips as much as I could. That seemed to help because when I got up Sunday morning, it felt pretty good. I was going to attempt to run. I grabbed the dog and headed out for a 20 min run, 2 min walk, 10 min run. I felt great as long as I kept perfect form. Soon as I started twisting or leaning a little bit, my back reminded me to stand back up. I was running very easy and relaxed, but little did I know I was running at an 8 min/mile. Awesome. Maybe I need to hurt my back more often so I stay relaxed. My last 10 min run ended mid hill so I was going to finish the hill and jog slow to get my heart rate back down. Ended up running for 13 min and then finished with a 5 min walk. Got home and stretched. I think I am going to add a bike in also. I went to the store/mall first because I knew if I did the bike first I would not make it there. It was also still chilly and kind of rainy. It was suppose to clear up so I figured when I got back I would go. Waiting, Waiting, Waiting. Still cold and rainy. Before I knew it, it was 5. Crap. I better get going. I ventured out. Was planning on only going for 30 min, but felt so good to get out, it ended up being an hour bike, with a little messing around in the park with my transitions. I feel pretty confident on my ability to get my shoes on and off on the bike. Tonight I am getting in the pool and then doing another short run. A solid 25 min run. I am excited to start building up that time. I only have 2 weeks before my first race to get my run distance up so my foot is ready to go. All in all I feel good today and just hope this keeps progressing in favor of me and not more pain.

All I can do is laugh, but even that hurts

I found out this morning that I sprained my back. hahahahahaha. Oh my gosh that kind of hurt. And apparently this is more serious than it sounds and feels. Yesterday morning I was watering some grass I planted and was pulling the hose to the back and kind of twisted weird. It didn't really bother me at the time, but as the day went on, it got worse. By the end of the day I could barely stand. I biked to work yesterday and thank goodness that didn't bother it. I got home, showered and iced my back. It got a lot better, but this morning it still bothers me to walk and sit at work. I went to the chiropractor thinking I just needed to be adjusted, but nope. Darn, I was hoping for a quick fix. He told me to not do anything for a couple days because I could end up tearing the ligament and really f*cking it up. So no running, lifting, but I can walk. YEAH. Guess I better practice walking fast since that will be what I will be doing a lot of this year. I think I am still going to try to go to the pool tonight just because I haven't been there in a week and then come home and see how it feels to sit on the trainer. I also had him look at my thumb because that is not even close to being better. He actually said that my thumb was the most severe injury I have right now. I laughed and said that is good since I don't really need it anyway to race. He also did some work on my shoulder and stretched it. He said bruising will be normal. Hahahaha. I will have to take a week off to just recover from the deep tissue work, lol. My shoulder really wasn't sore where he pushed, it was more in my bicep and pectoralis major. So now I am starting to really stress out about this whole running thing. If I have to take another week off to heal my back, that only leaves me with 4 weeks of running before my first race. I am not even to running for 25 min straight yet. Ugh. I managed to sell my old wetsuit last night. I was sad to see it go, but glad to see it go to a good friend. I got on the Internet and purchased my new one. Same suit, just the new women's version and a much smaller size. Hoping that the cut on this one will not have such a long torso and cut in a more at the waist. I also got my box of gels last night. I love it when I forget I bought something and then you come home and there is a package waiting for you on the stairs. It is like Christmas. Tonight I am going to sit down and make a list of all the things I need to do before my first race. I am also going to have to sit down and figure out my running schedule again. My 5 hour bike ride this weekend might not happen either. My lower back, same area on the right gets wore out and I am sure that is why I am injured where I am is because that muscle was weak. I also got a few exercises to work on my back and core. I just get to sit on a physio ball and bounce. That sounds fun and I can do it before my back gets better. This is why I am not going to a regular doctor from now on when I get injured. They just tell me to ice it and come back later. Even the little bit of work my chiro did on my thumb has made it so much better and I have exercises for that too. I am so sick of being injured. If I didn't have 3 races coming up next month, I would take 3 weeks off completely. Well I guess now if something kind of bothers me, I will have to be extra careful with it because it is telling me it is weak and it needs to rest. So until next time, I will keep on laughing because that is what will get me through!

Wetsuit For Sale

I am selling my wetsuit because when you lose weight, it no longer fits and I dont think drying it will shrink it. I bought it February of '08 and wore it for 5 races and 1 open water swim last year. It is a Neo Sport 5/3mm Sprint John. Size Small. I was 170, 5'3" when I bought it. If you are up to 5'9", it would probably be more ideal for you as the legs are almost to my ankles. It is a 3/4 length (midcalf) sleevless. Stitched and glued seams with an easy pull cord that has a velcro to hold it during the swim. I am buying the same suit, just smaller, so I would highly recommend for an inexpensive wetsuit. Asking $70 for it, but will accept offers.

Swimming, back on...

I am going to hit the pool tonight. No pain in shoulder as of yesterday morning. Hoping it stays away and I won't have to worry about it. I hate being injured. It is the worst feeling in the world when you are trying to train for an event that is really important to you. Today I need to work on getting rehydrated. I went a little overboard on Saturday night, but that happens when you are having a great time. I got my bike cleaned up yesterday. It was not near as disgusting as I thought it was, but it was still pretty bad. Now it is all shiny and ready to go it for its check up. I am hoping to get it back by tomorrow night so I can get out and bike otherwise I will have to take out the mountain bike. I did work on that yesterday too. Didn't clean it (it needs it bad too), but got it in a rideable condition. I am going to have to take it in to get it back at 100%. Maybe this winter when they aren't as busy and I have more time. Saturday's 5 hour bike ride turned into a 3 hour ride on the trainer. I was very impressed with myself for getting up out of bed Saturday morning. It is mostly because I slept for 12 hours Friday night. I was out of bed at 6:30, walked the dog, and threw my gear in the car. The plan was to start in Ankeny and head North. I got one block and turned back. It was a popcicle already. I do not have the gear to ride in 40 degree weather. I went home and got on the trainer. It was a struggle mentally to get through it. I am on my last cycle of building before my 2 week taper to Kansas. I am starting to get more stressed out about the whole running thing because on Friday my foot is starting to feel pressure in the area of the fracture. I am not sure if it is in my head or if there is something going on. I am hoping it is just a little "tired" from wearing sandles all day at a job site. It doesn't bother me when I have my tennis shoes on. I did not try to run this weekend, but will tonight. If there is any pain, I am off it again until my races. I might have to forgoe Bluff Creek, which is super dissapointing, but might be necessary. I am hoping these final weeks to race time go smooth. I probably will take the week before Bluff Creek to fine tune my transitions and nutrition. I am hoping to get in atleast one open water swim before Bluff Creek. Does anyone know the temp of Blue Heron Lake at Raccoon River Park?

Little over 3 weeks = Race time!

I just realized that my first race is in 3 weeks and 2 days. I have been concentrating so hard about Kansas, IMKY and Hyvee that I forgot about Bluff Creek. I totally don't feel like I am ready. I have so much that I need to practice and fine tune before the race. I am leaving my shoes clipped in the bike this year and I need to work on getting them on outside on the move. I have actually some what mastered the "flying squirrel" technique. It isn't as crazy as one may think. Atleast the way I do it. I was also looking at the start list and my age group is going to be fierce. Out of the 5 other people registered, 2 will for sure kick my butt, 2 are slightly faster, and 1 is unknown. It is going to be a tough day, but good thing they will be out of the water before me so I won't have to stress about them catching me, but I can focus my energy on catching them. I kind of want to throw up right now thinking about the race. The hangover could be contributing to this. I did have a great run last night. I was pulling out 7:30 min miles. Not sure if the pain in my legs is from that or from softball last night. We only played 5 innings, well 4.5 because we 10 runned them and we were the home team. 3-0 baby! I have also been recruited to playing the rest of the season which I am excited about because I have a blast playing. My hitting is still pretty rusty, but I was able to hit is pretty close to where I wanted. Few more games.

Back to 100%, Now down to 66.6%

I finally felt 100% in my workouts last night. I felt strong and had a great time doing them. I went swimming because I thought my shoulder was better, but it is not so I actually stopped after only 25 min. My subscapularis is the culprit. I am now out of swimming for an unknown period of time. I have also decided that this is my last injury. No more and it better be healed by May 17th. That gives it a little over a week. So for now, I am back down to 66.6 repeating % :) Some people out there are laughing at my exact percentage. My bike workout was inside on the trainer. I got home from the pool and was going to head out, but right as I was going to leave it started sprinkling. I looked at the radar and it was going to be over soon, but decided to throw the bike on the trainer so I could get a longer bike in than I would have been able to if I was outside. It actually worked out better. I was able to make supper and watch the movie I have had for almost 2 weeks now. I biked for 1:40. I had a 20 min warm up, with 2x3:00 ILT with 30 sec recovery. My main set was 3 x 17:30 (#1 70-75%, #2 75%, #3 80-85%) with 3:30 recovery. I was really surprised at myself that I was able to hold #3 for the entire time at that rate. Earlier in the season, I would have crapped out and had to drop my heart rate after 3-5 min. I finished it off with a 10 min cool down. It was a great ride. My supper was ready when I finished and the movie was 1:40 so it all worked out perfect. I ate, showered and then crashed early. But the best thing was waking up this morning feeling refreshed and excited to start the day. I am back!

Great Night!

Last night my intention was to get out on the bike for 1:20-1:40 and then run after. This did not happen, but what did happen was so much better. My bf came over and helped repair a broken window at my house. When I say help, I mean, he did all the work while I stood and watched :) It was weird to actually have someone help me since I have always had to do it myself or hire someone. It was super sweet of him and I am so thankful for his help. He had to take off for a softball game while I was left to finish the glazing. This took me longer than I had expected, mostly because I didn't want to do it. By the time I finished, got everything cleaned up and changed, it was 7:30. Decision: bike or run? I was not going to get both in before dark and before I needed to eat by 8:30 so the decision was easy...run. I grabbed the dog and we took off. 2 min walk, 8 min run x 3. I ran on a familiar route so I new the mileage. I was able to maintain an 8 min pace, which I was super surprised at, but at the end of each mile, my heart rate was very high. I was able to get in 3 miles total in 24 min, but without the 2 min walks, I don't think I could have maintained that pace for the entire 3 miles. My body remembers how to go fast and really wanted to go, but my lungs were saying NO, very loud and clear. Tonight I am heading to the pool. My shoulder feels better today. When I was stretching last night, I didnt get that normal achy feeling I was getting last week. Hopefully when I get out of the pool it won't be raining so I can get outside on the bike for a ride. Today I finally feel like my body is back to "normal". The last 2 weeks, I could tell that something just wasn't right. I didn't want to eat, I was low in energy from not eating and tired, very tired. I lost 5 pounds in those weeks, which is not good. I probably would have lost more if I had actually finished all of my workouts so it is probably a good thing I couldn't finish all of them. Yesterday, my appetite finally came back, I pigged out and today I feel so much better. I woke up this morning and finally felt refreshed and ready to start the day. I almost thought about working out this morning, then I slapped myself in the face and came back to my senses. Next week is bike to work week. I signed up again this year, but really not wanting to do it yet. I do like doing it because it is an extra 40 min of biking I can get in rather than driving. I don't like having gross hair all day though. I do need to "fix" my mountain bike yet from the last time I was on the trails. I just need to adjust the derailer and brakes. Nothing important :) That is why there is 2 of each right? lol. I am also playing softball again this Thursday, which I am super excited about. I guess taking those few years off after getting burnt out on it really helped spark interest again. Well, speaking of normal, I am going to get something to eat, I am hungry...

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Shoulder, listen here...

My shoulder still hurts today. I think I am just going to smash it into the wall to give it a reason to hurt. Such a stupid, annoying pain. Other than that, today looks like it is going to be an awesome day. I am getting the disc wheel out tonight to practice riding it in the wind. I am trying to get myself motivated to make my first blog on my Des Moines Register blog. Actually trying to narrow it down to a few topics because I will ramble on about everything tri and completly lose everyone in it. Just a short update today. Little tired this morning.

Good progress

Saturday - 76 miles in 4:20 = 17.6 miles per hour. Not very happy with that. I am very happy about getting in the 76 miles, but was hoping to get in 80 or at the very least average 19 miles per hour. I rode this on the bondurant to Baxter trail. It is 40 miles round trip. I made the first out and back in 2:15. I stopped back at my car half way to refill water bottles and grap some more gels and then I was off again. I went to mile 18 and then turned back. I stopped to stretch because my hip flexor was bothering me and my neck could use the break. The trail is relatively flat. Slightly down hill on the way out and slightly uphill on the way back. Plus that was into the wind. When I started, there was only a 5 mile per hour wind. By the time I was on my second lap, it was up to 12+. No wonder I had a hard time coming back. I thought it was because I was exhausted. Overall I felt really good. My back, neck and saddle region was all that bothered me, other than my already sore hip flexor. I am confident I can do the 112 miles on the bike now. I was hoping my time for this would be faster because it was flat and very little wind. Since Louisville is way hillier and probably will be windier, probably looking at only 15 mph average for the bike. That is 7.5 hours, which is under the 8 hour time mark so I will be happy with that. I was suppose to run on Sunday, but drank a little to much Saturday so I forced myself to get up and out of bed this morning and did the run today. How do people work out in the morning? If my dog wasn't pulling me along, I don't think I would have moved. Tonight I have a swim and a bike. I think I am going to get the disc wheel out tonight since it is suppose to be a little windier so I can try it out in windier conditions. Debating about putting the 808 on the front. That makes me nervous. I feel like this post is just rambling on and not making any sense today so I am going to stop. I need to go back to bed.

Big weekend

Finally a nice weekend. Well, Much better than it has been. I have a list of things that need to be done at my house since my dog decided he was going to destroy it. The list includes replacing glass in a window, replacing door and floor trim, and washing the blood off the curtains. Workouts: Tonight 1:30 bike - intense (if I have the energy). Tomorrow: 4.5 hour bike. Sunday: 1:15 Bike followed by a "21" min run (3 sets of 7 min with 3 min walk inbetween). I had a great swim on Wednesday and a short bike after. This week I have been feeling so wore down. I don't know if I am sick in some sort of way, but I have not felt like eating. I get hungry, but the thought of actually eating something makes me want to throw up. I have been trying to drink as much water as I can, but even that I am not thrilled about wanting to do. Last night I passed on my swim workout because I think I have a pinched nerve in my shoulder from Monday's swim. It was bothering me at work so I decided to give it a break. It was only a 30 min swim anyway. So I did a 30 min bike followed by a "15" min run (3 sets of 5 min with 5 min walk in between). I also decided to sub for a slow pitch softball team this year and last night was my first game. I had so much fun. I can't wait to get into it full time again. Today my shoulder is feeling much better. I think I just need to give it a little time for the pain to go away. Monday I will be back swimming again. Last night when I was running, my body wanted to go, but my heart rate was not having it. I was running at what I thought was a comfortable pace. My body was relaxed and I felt really good until I looked at my watch: 168. Holy cow, I need to bring that down. 161 is my 75% mark. Usually I run at 155-158. I have lost so much cardiovascular endurance but not muscle memory. cardio needs to get with the program here :) I still havent run any place yet where I know the mileage so I dont know my pace right now. You cant really tell your pace for a 5 min run anyway. In about 2 weeks I have my first "straight" run. 25 min, so I will be able to check out my pace then. It is probably good that it is a ways away so I can get some endurance back first. I also have my blog set up on the register. I will post a link on here when they have officially launched them. I am planning on gearing that more towards my thoughts and training for the Hyvee and keeping this blog for my Ironman training. I will have several different feelings and thoughts for each, especially when Hyvee nears. That will be my focus then, after Kansas and after Bluff Creek. So for 2 weeks, Hyvee will be my focus, lol. After that I am still debating about signing up for Big Creek. I want to do that race, but I am for sure waiting until after Hyvee so I can see how my body feels and how my foot has taken the stress for the month of June. If I make it through June with no problems, I feel like I am in the clear. No races planned (maybe Big Creek) until Louisville. It is crazy how fast all of this has gone by. Feels like I just registered. On my email, the calender goes out 3 months. July is now the third month. One more month, August will be there. I will see the race day everyday from then on. I am getting nervous. I need to go bike or something.