Signed up last night for the SHErox sprint triathlon in Webster, MA. (Used to be the Danskin if you are following along!) With some new goals and a bit of experience (2 races now) under my belt, I start training again.
Personal goals:
1. Still wanna lose those nagging 10 pounds.
2. Actually put my face into the water in a race...yup swam 2 races without actually swimming the way I train day in and day out. Not sure how, but I still did really well in the swim.
3. Improve bike time SIGNIFICANTLY...Will need to clarify this one =)
So today, missing an hour of my life, I packed up and headed to the gym for day1 of "officially" training for the SheROX (which does sound much cooler than Danskin eh?) Being that it was truly a Monday, I got all the way to the gym before I realized I had forgotten my work clothes. Now I work in a pretty laid back office, but being that I already had my swimsuit on under my sweats I couldn't see any other way than to turn around and head for home. Good thing I had them all ready...fightin' the temptation just just crawl back into bed, I grabbed my clothes and hoped that I would still have time to get through my plan for the day...
Week 1:
Monday
- PLAN: 12 minute swim, 24 minute bike
- ACTUAL: 12 minute swim (10 laps!!), 24 minute bike (almost hanging from the bars....)
- PLAN: off
- ACTUAL: soccer
- PLAN: 20 swim, 32 bike
- ACTUAL: nada...sore, psychological hangover!!!
- PLAN: 12 run
- ACTUAL: 51 bike (10.4 miles)
- PLAN: 40 bike
- ACTUAL: 22 run--(hills 1.96...cuz really?? A 12 minute run?)
- PLAN: off
- ACTUAL: off
PLAN: 20 run
ACTUAL: nothing...not off to a good start.
Week 1
- PLAN: Total training 2 hours, 40 minutes
- ACTUAL: 2 hours, 18 minutes...not counting soccer.
Next week I'll TRI harder =)
Off to a good start!
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