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It’s been a scorcher of a week. Been skipping the lunch runs in favor for after work rides. Managed to get it 20 miles with 1000ft of climbing today. I like climbing - well I like climbing on my road bike. I may be singing a song of a different tune when I try the same climbs on my TT bike.

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Line 2 seriously kicked my butt this morning. Boyfriend said I need to suck it up since I’ll be doing more 100s and 200s than 50s. I’m making my times and I feel like I’m getting my endurance back.

On a side note - I’m getting use to this wake-up-at-5am program. Wait - did I really just say that?!

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Despite some pressing deadlines this week I was able to get in a pretty decent amount of workouts. The most tiring of them being Wednesday when I rode to work (~14 miles) then ran at lunch (~5miles). 

Even though 15 miles on a bike is a short distance - I’ve been trying to keep my cadence up and get back in the habit of spinning with higher rpms. It’s so easy to click up a few gears and push a little harder - but if I’m planning on getting my HR up and keeping it up those light gears are where I have to be. 

Now on Tuesday I set out on a light up the slightly inclined street and back. Logging in just under 3 miles I felt pretty good. I noticed I went back to my old bad habit of clinching my left hand (which sends pains into my shoulder) so when I set out for my Wed run I made a conscious effort to keep my hands limp. I’m happy to say that I completed the run with no problems or aches or pains. It actually felt really good to run a little bit longer. I know I need to take this slowly - but I’m anxious to get up to the 6-8 mile range! 

I’m super excited to have a big ol deadline behind me and a big ol 3-day weekend ahead of me! I’ll be riding my bike a bunch this weekend and hopefully getting in another run. 

I joined a fitness center. Their pool opens at 5. I’m in the water by 6 then off to work at 7. This will be my morning ritual until I up my swim program to 1 hour sessions. At that point I’ll be hitting the pool at (gulp) 5:30 Thank goodness it’s heated …

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Throwing running back into the mix this week. After making the rookie mistake of not stretching properly last week I will be sure to warm up properly before all future runs!

(For the record all my snaps are taken with iPhone/instagram. I hope to incorporate some filmy analog stuff eventually - as it’s a hobby of mine)

got a few extra training tools this week. I’ll be using them sparingly and mostly to improve my technique. I like the leg bouy more then the fins - but that’s based solely on first impressions

I’ve increased my swim program by 10 minutes, adding a few more efforts and 6 laps each with fins and bouy. That puts me at about 30 minutes total - which is a good place to be for now.

This morning I rode into work (sans garmin, still) then went for a run after work. My run was cut short by an annoying pinching tense feeling in my upper thigh. I figured it was best to stop before causing any unnecessary damage. It’s the first time in ages where I’ve had any kind of pain while exercising - so I’m happy I didn’t try to push through it. Just came home after 1.5ish miles and stretched and iced. I need to be more diligent about warming up and stretching (especially after sitting at a computer all day!)

Welcome!

A few weeks ago I got a message from one of my girlfriends asking me if I’d do the Oceanside 70.3 iron man with her. I thought - heck, why not? I love a good challenge! I love setting goals and find it’s a lot easier to train under pressure. I guess I should mention that although I’ve done each discipline separately, I’ve yet to string them together in the triathlon format.

I grew up surfing and swimming in the ocean. From longboarding to shortboarding to body surfing - I did it all. Running came next as I’d spend windy flat days running along the ocean front bike path waiting for the surf to pick back up. Cycling came to me last, about 6 years ago when I met my boyfriend Jake (who’s family is in the business of bicycles.) Since then I’ve done a handful of races and a few endurance events. If you asked me today to put them in order of strongest to weakest it’d go cycling , running , swimming.

I have a little less then 8 months to whip my butt into shape and get my mental game right. Luckily I have the support of my boyfriend, my job, my friends, my family, and a guy who knows a thing or two about training triathletes. 

Thanks for stopping by! Away we go!