Week in Review 6/6/11-6/12/11

This week was not a good week for me in terms of training. I couldn't muster up that mojo I needed. I think I needed a few days for me. And thats exactly what I did!

The week started off great. Got a few open water swims in, a few nice bike rides and some sweaty muggy runs!

I also Raced!! Woot!

I am starting to do much better nutrition wise on my bike and runs. I don't have any cramping like I used to so this is a really good sign for me. I try and measure my sweat loss after every bike and run and I write it in a note pad with date, time, and what the weather was like so that I can gauge when I need more or less on what days. Its very interesting to see how much I sweat on a muggy, hot day!! I sweat 3 pounds on one run and I took in 36 oz in a hour!! Yes, you can say I am a heavy sweater!!

Yesterday while out enjoying my run, I got halfway in and was so focused I didn't see the crack in the pavement and the huge asphalt rock sticking ot of it and twisted my Left ankle. It was so painful that I had to hobble home! I iced it and elevated it back to recovery as quickly as I could and today it doesn't seem as bad.

This week I am looking forward to.......PLACID CAMP!!! yay!!! I am going to Lake Placid to swim, bike and run with my coach and team! We are going to have a blast and I cannot wait! Im a little nervous about the 6 hour bike around Placid but Im not going to sweat the small stuff. Im looking at the overall picture here! Fun, friendship, training, sweating, sharing laughs and best of all...my honey is going with me!!!!!!

Also I need to bring up the diet. I have been doing very well so I took a day off and went to a place called Limp Lizard last night for dinner. It is a BBQ place and let me tell you it was scrumptious! We got a sampler platter of Pulled pork, ribs, corn bread, coleslaw and beef brisket (??). It was delicious!! My honey said that was his new "hot" spot.

But I have lost 3.4 pounds in the last week!! I don't know why this week I had such a huge weight loss, maybe I did need a rest break!

Here are the numbers:
Swim 5259 yds- 1.77 hours
Bike- 50.58 miles- 3.06 hours
run- 15.36 miles- 2.54 hours
Race- 1:19:38
Strength- 1 hour

Total time 9:41:50

Eh, it happens.
This week on tap- 16:35 hours!!! :)

Core Diet updates and May Numbers

Its June, SUNNY And HOT!!! Finally!!! My honey thinks its too hot, I think it is just right!! 90 degress, windy and sunny. I am not complaining with the nasty winter we had!!

The Core Diet is still going great. I have been having little tummy issues here and there but working them out gradually. I am down another 1.2 lbs from last week!!! Woot! Slowly Progressing to my goal!! This week Im bloated and irritable so I am staying away from the scale until next Monday. Sometimes I sneak one or 2 weigh ins a week but only for training purposes only this week!

May Zoomed by fast. I did 2 races, Mountain Goat 10 miler and Fly By night Duathlon. June Brings me one Olympic Triathlon then onto Musselman 70.3 in July!! Only 151 Days until Beach to Battle Ship!!! Its coming up FAST!!!

Here are Mays Numbers:

Swim- 48477 yrds- 10.33 hours- 18.85% of training
Bike- 192.34 miles- 18.92 hours- 33% of training
Run- 80 miles- 14.66 hours- 25% of training
Brick- 7.83 hours- 14.28% of Training
Strength- 3.5 hours- 6.38% of training

Total Time- 55.24 hours

Happy Training!!

Happy Wednesday!

I can't believe it is already Wednesday! The week so far of training has been going well. Im loving swimming this week. I have a love hate relationship with the pool But the pool knows its not going to win this week!!! :)

I had a tempo bike and Mile repeats yesterday. It is hard to keep your heart rate in the Zones when you are outside cycling!! I wanted to just fly and see where my bike would take me. But I knew Coach would be upset with me if I did this. I got an email from her just the other day that said "Stay true to your Zones...UGH!!" Yeah, Im trying very hard now!!

When the Mile repeats came up yesterday afternoon, My belly was feeling all sloshy and I didn't know why! I waited 2 hours after I ate to go run. The first 15 min of warm up I could hear my stomach and the achiness I felt on my Left side because of it. I sucked it up. My first repeat was good, felt great. I did have to stop due to traffic on the parkway for a second. (There is this bus that transports people around the parkway....its only 5 miles...drives me nuts!!) The second repeat I felt my lungs were going to explode..3rd same thing, 4th I finally gave in and took my inhaler and did better the last mile. I emailed coach and told her I basically sucked. Emailed her the data and she said I did fine!!! Made my Day! Next time I will push a little harder. And remember my inhaler.

It seems like when the weather changes is when my breathing starts getting out of control. I don't like it but I deal with it. It doesn't stop me from doing what I love.

I had a Webinar on the "Core Diet" Yesterday. Im pretty psyched. But first I need to do a Body fat composition test and am not looking forward to doing this. I don't like anyone seeing my body but me. So, I got some calipers off of ebay. My honey used to be a fitness instructer at the Local YMCA and knows how to do the composition testing so I am having him do it!! Another PLUS!!

I really think it is important for people to know where they are in regards to body fat and how much they need to lose in order to gain a performance edge. I want to be successful at triathlon and also want to fuel my body appropriately. Im eating to train, not training to EAT!!

Tonight is our Local triathlon clubs Duathlon series until June when we start our triathlon series. My honey and I head the Oneida Shores series Every Wednesday night. Its so much fun. I get to know new people entering the sport and catch up with the people I already know!! Its going to be a great season!!

Great News and other things too!!!

I am very excited that my Coach is partnering with her coach over at QT2 systems to offer us the Core Diet!  Im so excited to be able to work with my nutrition, have access to awesome nutrition webinars, race planning nutrition!! I think this above all else is a good investment. I can be a good athlete but I can be a better athlete with the right fueling and planning. So I took the offer and ran with it and will be starting with the Core diet principles this May!!

I read a note from Coach that another coach has been reading all her athletes blogs and writing her with emails on why she is making someone run an extra 5 miles, why someones bike isn't up to par. Let me tell you that is the worst you could do as a coach. I love my coach and I love the attention she gives to me. I may not be a all star triathlete but inch by inch I have made progress in both training and nutrition. I know what I need to do as an athlete to get to where I want to be. I think is is very unprofessional to beat up another Coach. Just my opinion. And if you are reading my blog write now, I dont care how you feel about my training. It is just right for the quality amount of time I can give to the sport.

Ok, enough about that. On another note..I actually ENJOYED my training run today. I was supposed to run the last training run of the Mountain Goat course but it has been swamp land here with the rain so that didn't happen.  I went to the gym and did 10.2 miles in 1:30!! This is minus the hills of course but I wanted to see if I could push it. Granted my heart rate was occasionally 160s but average 158! I think I could've pushed even more!

I snagged a Great Pair of 2XU compression socks from Fleet Feet Syracuse. They were half off and I had a $25 coupon! Figure that one out! Woo hoo!!

While I was there I snagged up a pair of Vibram Bikila's I struggled to get them on at first but I've put them on a few times now and they are perfect! I didn't get a pair in Pink as I wanted because my "boat" size 41 did not have this color available.                                                                                                                 

And last but not least I finally Got my Shipment of First Endurance! The delivery man was so nice to even put it in a garbage bag so it didn't get wet! Im eager to start using the products! I have opened the Ultragen and EFS drink mix to smell them and let me tell you they both smell so good! Tomorrow I will try the EFS grape flavor drink on my 3.5 hour bike ride. Im hoping I will be able to get outside!                                               

I was downloading Camera Pics and Came across these from a few weeks ago. I was watching my daughter run. I love her form! So carefree!

Thats all folks! Happy Training!

Updates into my week

Im sitting at Gynmastics ready to watch my daughter do her tumbles ,cart wheels and Back bends. I think my heart stops everytime she goes out to the floor but I know that she wants to do this. I would rather have seen her dance as she is a great dancer. Enough about what I want

Thanks for all the good luck charm you guys sent my way because I am happy to announce I was offered a Position in a very Big family Practice and am excited and eager to start. I will be starting there peak season in July! Ahhh! Deep breaths, I can handle this!

I have discovered that Paleo eating totally has definately put a toll on me physically. I need more carbs during a workout and felt it on my 10 miler last week, so I have added some carbs back..without gaining weight! My coach mad me very excited when she announced a possible Core Diet Merging with her coach for just a little extra on the coaching bill a month. Of course I had to talk this over with the man as he has been my support through this all. He said go for it. So cross my fingers that this will start soon!

Im a little nervous as how this weekend will go down as I have a 3:30 ride on tap for Sunday. Of course this is Easter and need to spend time with the family too and I don't know if I will be able to stand the trainer this long again. I think I started going batty and started talking to my bike last week.

I am patiently waiting for my shipment of First Endurance to come.....I bought it on Monday...How long can it take??? I am so eager to try the Cappucino recovery mix!