Stroller Run Wednesdays

Some of my friends do "Tempo Tuesdays" so this is my answer. Yes, the more appropriate answer would be to do the tempo run. Shhhh.

28 hours away

A quick trip to the mountains to spend the night with friends. Many paralyzers drank and a ton of laughs. Even a run on Sunday morning in the mountains. Last time I ran in Canmore I was pregnant with my daughter and duped into thinking that a half marathon was 23km (it isn't, you know!!). Totally worth it, even though 8.5 of the 28h were spent driving, it was nice to get away.

This week's summary:
swim 1:00 (1.9km)
bike 2:45
run 2:17 (21.3km)

Atta girl!

Something the swim coach says to me. I know it is something that one would say to a dog, but I think it is funny.

I am not the fastest in the group, not by far, but my hunger to improve is huge.

We did fast, faster and fastest 25 m repeats. 28-30s was fast, 25-28s was faster and 21-23s was fastest. I swam 25m in 21 seconds!! Funny thing was that after most of the repeats I would look at the clock and say "wow" out loud because I didn't think that I could swim that fast.

My arms and back are so tired after swimming and even a bit during. I have never swam like this and it is proof that I made the right decision by signing up for the class.

Another stroller run

Another run around the track with the stroller done. Sets of 5 laps was how I could get through it. Including warm-up and cool down laps (and a dash to the bathroom) I was just shy of 11km today. I timed each set and they got progressively faster.

We are getting settled in the house. It feels like home already.

Birthday!

It's my birthday. It's also moving day. Both good things. Fueled by a junk food breakfast, it will be a long but productive day.

Last week's summary:
Swim 1:00 (1800m)
Bike 3:05:00
Run 1:15 (12.8km)

So a shortish week since the run and swim that would normally be on schedule isn't today.

Back to full steam with the real IMC training plan starting in 2 weeks.

Little fish in a big pond

I moved up a lane today. Mainly because there were 4 people in the lane that I have been swimming in, and I moved to a lane with only 2 people in it. It was a good move for me. One of the other swimmers was quite fast and the other swimmer was a bit slower than me. I would always catch up to her at the end of a 50, no matter how much lead I gave her. Swimming with faster people really forced me to work harder as I didn't want to get dropped. I also was reminded of the power of the draft.

My back, shoulders and core are always sore after a swim. I am really concentrating on being powerful through my stroke, and not over rotating, and not crossing over my body, and swimming with a strong pull, and.... you get the idea.

Training has been easy this week. I took a much needed rest day yesterday as there has been so much to do in preparation for the move, and there have been a few nights where sleep has been a bit short. Not an excuse, per se, but I do need to do what's best for my body (and I hate listening to my body) and be able to get through the next week.

Scary...

I have put in the first 2 weeks of the official training plan for Ironman. It is 11 workouts: 3 swim, 4 bike and 4 run. I'd be lying if it didn't look a bit scary to me.