3 weeks 4 days!

Continuing to swim, swim, swim...also I'm happy to announce (drum roll, please!)...3 mile run with friends on Friday morning at our annual church women's retreat. So. Much. Fun. I adore running with friends. And a 9 mile bike ride today to a local park & back home. Excited to be adding my runs/bike rides back into my training.

My left foot is feeling much better & I've decided to cancel the podiatrist appointment. Putting that co-pay $ towards my wet suit fund instead :) Thrilled to be training/living life injury free again. Pretty sure the pain started when I first started using my new bike shoes. They don't have a lot of padding or any real insoles in them. I started wearing my Super Feet in them plus another arch support insole & my feet are much more snug in them. Wish I'd thought to do this from the get-go. 

I think I counted 17 more workouts until my first tri and I'm hoping to be able to do complete all of them.

Injured :(

Sitting at the dining room table with my foot propped up & wrapped up in an ice pack. Annoying pain in the arch on my left foot started about a month ago after overdoing it in a spin class. I'm resting by shortening my rides, runs & substituting the time I would be on the bike/run with training in the pool - ibuprofen, icing it a couple times a day & praying.

Hoping it heals quickly and holding off on visiting a podiatrist/doctor for the time being...

Feel free to comment with suggestions or just join me in praying that God in His goodness would make right whatever is wrong!

Week 14

Mon -25 min swim
Tues - 23 min swim & 46 min bike
Wed - Rest
Thur - 31 min swim & 23 min run
Fri - 40 min swim. My longest swim yet - Woohoo! Went the .5 mile distance that I'll need to do at the Sprint Tri in 6 weeks.
Sat - 18 mile bike ride with friends. Super fun!
Sun - Rest

The Rest of the Week

Rest day on Wednesday.

Great 13 mile bike ride with my brother on Thursday. He showed me that my Garmin 210 can record my speed, distance, map of my rides just like it does my running routes! Super geeked about that. I recorded our ride on Thursday and when I reviewed the data later at Garmin Connect, it told me that we were traveling at 27 miles an hour at one point. Whoa. Pretty sure we were flying down a hill at that point.

28 minute swim today.

Tuesday

As I was sipping a green smoothie (yes, blended up kale, banana, orange, pineapple, plain greek yogurt, crushed ice & a little water) and chatting it up with Sam as he drove us to the gym for our Tuesday morning workout - I considered where we have found ourselves. Many a road has diverged to bring us to the point of a morning like this morning being our new "normal". The joy found in exercise, the life giving choice to give ourselves over to sports that make us sweat, stink, grow muscle, strengthen our hearts and so much more. The decision to get up off the couch and do something active.

Good stuff. I'm feeling very thankful today. Thankful for limbs that can move & the breath of life in my lungs.

This quote came up on my daily flip calendar by the kitchen sink the other day.

"Do not look forward to what might happen tomorrow; the same everlasting Father who cares for you today will take care of you tomorrow, and every day. Either He will shield you from suffering, or He will give you the unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace, then, and put aside all anxious thoughts & imaginations." St Francis de Sales

21 minute swim.
42 minute bike.
Check.

Week 12

4 mile run on Monday. Haven't gone that distance since The Marathon last October. Felt good...except the last mile that included a long uphill that seemed to go on forever.

30 minute swim on Tuesday.

Rest day on Wednesday.

Really great 8 mile bike ride with my brother today.

sawim

20 minute swim this morning. Soaked in the "people soup" as my dear husband calls the hot tub. So gross, right?! I just try not to think about that while I'm soaking sore muscles & trying to relax after a work out.

On my way out, the registration desk - packet pick up & shirts were all lined up on the counter for the branches Try a Tri on Sunday. Really choked on not setting aside the mullah & time to get this race in. Saw it advertised last year and thought "That's cool." This year it would have been just the thing to get me prepped and more confident for the sprint tri in July. Benefits to doing this race would include: convenient & familiar location, swim portion in the pool I've been practicing in, outdoor ride & run on known territory. Plus and perhaps most importantly, the shirts were a great bright yellow color - totally on my color chart. Grrrr.....