Swimming

Most days Every "swimming day" I have, I have to literally talk myself in to going swimming. I'm not sure what that's about, because once I get there and I get in the pool, I love it!!

A tip for swimming at my pool: arrive a little bit early!! Old people (generally) don't like to circle swim, so if all the lanes already have 2 people in it, you get stuck swimming "laps" in the deep end. Not fun.

Last week I:
~ swam for 30 minutes on Monday
~ ran for 30 minutes on Tuesday (outside - not on a treadmill!!)
~ spin class for 45 minutes on Wednesday
~ ran for 40 minutes on Thursday
~ spin class was canceled on Friday, so I ran (started week 2 of C25k!!) for 40 minutes
~ had company over the weekend, so I didn't do anything Saturday

So far this week I:
~ 45 minute spin class yesterday
~ swam for 45 minutes today

For the rest of the week I want to:
~ spin tomorrow
~ run Thursday
~ swim Friday
~ run Saturday

At work last week I learned that one of my coworkers is doing a triathlon in July. We were chatting for awhile and she strongly suggested that I practice my transitions and also start training two sports on one day. She said going from swimming to biking isn't too hard, but when running right after riding your bike, your legs feel like jello. Another friend said that the running is difficult because when you're riding your bike, your legs are sort of making the same motion as running, so it takes your body a little bit of time to adjust to really running.

Anyway, maybe tomorrow I'll hop on the treadmill for a few minutes after spin class and see what happens.

Running

I don't know why, but it is so hard for me to force myself to run!! I'm sure it's partly mostly a mental thing and I need to just keep forcing myself to do it. Then I will see that I CAN do it and will think more positively about it (right??!!??).

My mom is helping to keep me motivated as she is also motivated! She wants to do a 5k as a family. We looked for races and found one in Cheyenne in August. The Susan G Komen Race for the Cure is Saturday, August 14.

It will be good for me to participate in this, because then I'll KNOW I can run a 5k and will have 4 more weeks until the triathlon.

On another note, so far this week I have kept up with my goals!! I swam for 30 minutes on Monday, ran for 30 minutes yesterday, and have spin class in a little less than 2 hours!!

14 weeks....

I'm sorry I can't think of more entertaining titles. Oh well!!

This past week I:
~went to spin class M, W, & F
~did week 1 day 1 of c25k on Thurs
~didn't swim at all!! yikes!!

This is my plan for the coming week:
Mon: swim
Tues: run
Wed: spin
Thurs: swim
Fri: spin
Sat: run

15 weeks...

The triathlon is 15 weeks from today!!!

In order to be ready, I know I will need to be much much better about training in the future than I was this week!!! I went to spin on Wednesday and Friday and went swimming yesterday. And... that's it. Yikes!!

I've been avoiding running like the plague.

My goal this week: Go to spin at least twice, swim at least twice, and start the couch-to-5k running program!!