Tuesdays Ramblings and Last Week in Numbers!

I cant believe I have been so Busy since Saturday! I hope all of you had a Wonderful, Mushy Valentines Day! I spent mine feeling not so hot after work but then a couple hours later was ready to Tackle my new Bike!

- I have to Say I LOVE LOVE LOVE my New Bike. Its like it Purrs on the Trainer! One thing I do have to do is switch out that lovely Seat and Get a White Adamo or Koobi Saddle. I have Been Looking at the Koobi Xenon Saddle and the reviews on it have been great so I might go with this one! Check it out at All3sports.com

- Today, I nailed my Tempo Run!! I had a Ave 8:32 for 4 miles. After this I thought I was going to blow chunks, but hey, I did it the way coach wanted me to. Just kidding I was fine afterwards!

- Swimming is back and forth. One day I feel good the next I am frustrated at how my swimming is going. I have a love hate relationship with the pool. Especially now that I am starting to incorporate flip turns into the deal. Hey, If I wanna act like I can swim I need to do it.

- Nutrition is iffy still. Darn Holidays always revolve around CANDY! I refused cookies yesterday but I did not deny myself a handful of Peanut M&Ms!

- I was thinking of changing to Carbo Pro Products/ First Endurance for Nutrition. Im still reading up on both. I have intestinal issues with everything So I want something that isn't going to make my stomach hurt

- I was really annoyed that a woman bigger than me, Plus size wore a Sports bra and Capris today at the gym. Let me tell you she had it all hanging out. But she wasn't ashamed of herself at all and I think this is what annoyed me because I am so self conscious and here she is saying she doesn't give a hoot. Shes going to be cool while she works out. I still wouldn't be caught doing it. I will admit I do wear only this on the trainer while in the comfort of my own home.

- Last note, the cold here stinks! It has been Freezing and Windy! Spring needs to get here FAST!

Onto the Numbers for last week. I did miss a few workouts due to my endoscopy and my needing a bucket to lean over afterwards for a while.

Ok Here you go:

Swim - 6000 meters  2 hours 45 min
Bike- 4 hours 35 min- Trainer
Run- 18.05- 3 hours
Strength- 1 hour 30 min

Total time: 11 hours 54 min.

Have a great week!

.And now For the Unveiling...MY NEW BIKE!

First and foremost thanks to all of you who follow my blog and gave me some kind words on my undergoing my Upper Endoscopy. I am happy to say I feel much better today. The procedure took about a half hour. I was given Fentanyl, Versed AND propofol which really made me light headed and wanting to vomit. I almost did in my honeys truck!! Thank god he is so supportive!!

My doc found a little area that was healing in the stomach. She did do some biopsies but I think everything looked good. I will meet up with her in a few weeks. I feel like Im falling apart at 30! Of course I got a headache today and I cannot take any Motrin or Aspirin Products. So Im suffering a little.

Onto my next BIG news!! I walked into talk to Bill over at Advance Cyclery today in Syracuse, NY. I walked in and he greeted me with you are in LUCK girl! He told me the Felt Tri bikes were in and He knew I was looking and he had just one up my alley. It was the B-16 model. New this year, Carbon Fiber, all Ultegra for a pretty good deal and a discount because I am a CNY Tri member. I looked at it on the rack and let me tell you....I GOT THAT AHHHH Feeling!! I said yes! Lets do it! I got on the bike for a quick fitting and then took it home to the trainer where I will ride it next week to work out the tweeks. I am so excited!

Heres my NEW baby!!

I am so excited that it will even match my team kit! Not to mention we are now sponsored by Zensah! I have been looking at Green Compression Socks all day! If you haven't looked into Zansah you should! They have good prices on all compression wear! They have been featured in Multuple magazines including Runners World, Bicycling, Apparel Magazine as cutting edge compression wear!

Today was a 2:30 ride on the old bike with a 30 min run. My dreams of riding this bike have begun! Tomorrow its a kick butt 1:30 run OUTSIDE!! Im no wimpy Treadmill runner (For the most part!!)                                                     

HAPPY TRAINING!!!

Random Thursday

It has been a crazy week this week at work and in training. Now that we are getting into the real swing of things and trying to nail the race schedule down, I have been thinking of a new tri bike since mine is a little to big for me. You see when I bought it I believed I was 5'7" in reality my doc just shrunk me 1.5 feet! Im only 5'5"!! So now because I know this, I know my bike is a little too big for me. I am all stretched out on my bike to the point my back is starting to hurt.

Yesterday I went to a local shop to get a training scewer for my trainer. Yes, I have been riding on the one that came with my bike!! GASP! Well, the guy was awesome in the store and was telling me about some great deals he is having on Felt and Secialized bikes. I mean full carbon bikes here! How can I resist and I was drooling over a few! I decided I would wait to decide and way the pros and cons of each bike before I chose my partner. Im torn! I still cannot decide! Im leaning towards the Felts because of all the great reviews.

Last night I watched Idol while Riding on the trainer. I love watching people who really think they can sing! Hilarious! I always dreamed of being on American Idol since my College days many moons ago. WE would sit and watch it with all the other dormies. It was like family night. I think I would get to the first round at least! Ha ha!

This morning I had an awesome run and wanted to follow it up with my swim. I got a cramp in my inner thigh, same inner thigh after 2500 meters! I took 54g of carbs in per hour so I doubt it was that. I have no clue. Its starting to annoy me. Maybe I should see a Chiropractor.

I guess Im done rambling for now. Until next time. Happy Training!