It is hard to believe my last post was in September, well, no it isn't. If someone asked me 6 months ago if I would be able to juggle work, graduate school and triathlon, I would have said of course. How different can graduate school be from undergradute right? Well I found that out. Imagine undergraduate classes or for those that can't remember that far back, take a normal work day. Now take an entire months worth of work/classwork and pile that into one week. It was just non-stop all the time. I quickly learned that I could not treat grad school like undergrad. I fell behind quickly in about 3 weeks, spent the next 3 months catching back up just in time to be finished with the semester. My workouts were non-existant because my "free" time was spent working on homework and projects. I squeeked through with work. I worked "full time" which equated to about 25 hours a week and then using my PTO to fill in for full time hours. 2 of the 3 I could do, not all 3.
This semester I am taking a different route. First, I am cutting way back on work hours to about 15/week. Just enough to keep me a float financially. Second, I have planned out when I will workout. The ISU triathlon club has group sessions that are always more fun that working out alone. I will be doing those Monday and Wednesday. Tuesdays and Thursdays I have a class break from 12-2 so I will be swimming and doing my short runs during that time or doing my run workouts later in the afternoon. Saturday and Sunday I am just going to have to get my butt in gear and accept the fact that I won't have anytime to really just "relax". I think I relax better during long runs anyway so at least I am not sitting on the couch stressing out about all the stuff I should be doing rather than sitting on the couch. At least I am doing something. Since Christmas I have gained a million pounds and I feel it. I need to loose 10 pounds to be back into "race shape". I can only ever achieve that weight when I am working out like a mad person. My goal is to reach goal weight by April 9th which is the Collegiate national championship race which will be my last eligible year to compete in the "main event" so of course I want to kick butt. I wish I had more time and didn't procrastinate like I have been.
I finally got back into the swing of things the week after Christmas. After finals and prior to Christmas I kind of went crazy with having so much "free" time that I drew a picture for a Christmas gift so I spent all that time working on it. After Christmas I started out easy. Surprisingly I am in still relatively decent shape. The bike is where I can feel that I am in not-so-good-of-shape.
Workouts for the week of 12/27:
Monday: 45 min run
Tuesday: 30 min run
Wednesday: Off
Thursday: 30 min bike
Friday: Off
Saturday: 60 min bike
Sunday: 6 mile run (53:30)
This weeks workouts:
Monday: 45 bike, 15 abs
Tuesday: 45 min run
Wednesday: 60 min bike
Thursday: 30 bike, 30 run
Friday: Off
Saturday: 70 min bike
Sunday: 7 mile/65 min run, 10 bike
Next weekend I am joining the triclub to Dayton, Ohio for a triathlon clinic. The weekend is filled with speakers/classes as well as an individual and team competition. It will be nice to kind of get an idea of where I am actually at with my training. Hopefully school doesn't take over my workouts this semester.
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