The 43 List
#31 Make a blanket (2-23-18)
#38 Whale Watching (2-25-18)
Sunday, February 25, 2018
Week Five- Kinda Trained, Sick, and Whales
This is my Journey into my Return to Ironman- 2018. It's my journal/documentation of the ups and downs of what it takes to be an age-group athlete training for an Ironman triathlon. This is more of a way for me to remember what I am doing over the course of the training season. As any Ironman Athlete can tell you, sometimes the days can blur into one training day of swim, bike, run after another. So, while some may not find this at all interesting, those that wonder...could I do an Ironman? Do I have what it takes to do an Ironman? I give you a peek into my journey and days to complete my next Ironman at Madison, Wisconsin on Sept. 9th, 2018. Forgive any misspelled words/awkward sounding sentences. I'm pretty sure I'll be be happy just to get them down on the blog. Consider it a test of your mental skills to figure out what I'm saying. I hope you enjoy reading my journey.
Overall Training Totals:
Swim 39,425 yds 18:02 hr/min
Bike 42.97 Miles 10:55 hr/min
Run 49.02 Miles 10:48 hr/min
Other/ 1:00 hr/min
Strength
Overall Training Time: 40:45 hr/min
Monday- Today I got to sleep in. I had the day off thanks to a holiday. Kinda would of been ok working, but I'll take it. I got in my bike ride in the am. I got to finally try out my BASE gear from last year, since I didn't race. I'm kinda happy to report,that my WHOLE 30 in January, helped me get back into my workout gear. I dropped over 10 lbs and my shorts felt good, and my top was LOOSE!! Still working on my clean eating diet. Spent the day getting all my meals prepped for the week.
After my bike, I refueled, and then headed over to the pool and got in my swim. First time using ROKA Sim Shorts. Got them for a pretty amazing deal of under 50$ so I couldn't pass it up. I swam pretty darn fast. And I felt good, except for my right shoulder letting me know it's tweaky. Reminiscent
of my first IM when I got biceps tendonitis. I am back on my clean eating with the hopes of kicking this in the butt. But I got in some decent 100s, then I took it easy on the last ones. Enjoyed the hot tub for a bit, then off to get groceries and cook up all my clean eating meals for the week.
Spent the evening enjoying the sunset with my Indigo Glasses and a freezing cold walk on the ocean. Then home to relax.
My newest thing seems to be a cup of Chamomile and Lavender tea at bed time. I am normally not a tea person, but for some reason, this is something I'm enjoying.
Tuesday rolled around and my week of training hit a bit of a stand still. I was off to get my eye exam and new glasses due to some issues. And while at the eye doctors, I either got motion sickness from all the adjustments from staining. And trying on new glasses...which I think I got brown ones???? I was coming home to go run, and was over come by crazy nausea and fatigue. I ended up in bed by 5:30 PM and was horizontal until the am.
Wednesday was no better, I was still feeling crappy when I woke, I invisiioned vomiting while flip turning in the pool and realized my AM workout was a bust. Off to work, with a breakfast and lunch of Vernors and Crackers. I finished the day and was yet again in bed by 5:30 pm and horizontal til the AM.
This made me smile on the way into work....
I woke thursday feeling a bit hopeful. I packed my bag for running in the PM. While I still felt sorta off. I didn't feel as bad. And knowing how it took over a month in December to get over my bug...I decided on a slow easy 3 mile run on the treadmill at the gym. I got home and packed my bag with the hopes of doing a swim in the am to make up for the last two days.
Woke Friday AM and was feeling better, so I was up and off to swim. I actually got in a really good workout. Maybe having so many days of rest helped. that and the ROKA swim shorts. I got in a 400 in 7:49 min. That is huge for me. I was surprised I did that. I know a good portion of that was due to my SWIM TOWER 26 training as I now feel comfortable kicking in the pool. And while I normally need a pull buoy for freak out moments, I used the shorts, and was able to kick, stay in good alignment and felt good. After work, I was feeling a bit crappy again, and I was back in bed and resting for the evening.
Saturday, I woke feeling crappy. I took some meds and I rested, cleaned the apt as best I could and got ready for my planned Whale Watching adventure to check off my 43 List. I took all my dramamine, my seabed acupressure wrist bands. I met up with my fellow co workers, and we all went out and had a great time on the water. I had to keep three points of contact with the boat other wise my nausea would kick in. Every time I tried to grab something out of my pocket, the boat would sway and I would have zero balance, until I had three points of contact. I even had one pretty impressive fall backwards with the lady behind me catching me. and I'm pretty sure it was caught on video by a co worker. Which I will post if this is so. I got to see about 10 whales, while they weren't playing as nicely with us. We did get to enjoy them. I didn't get to many pictures, as again, I had to hold on. I only started getting nauseous during the last half, and mainly on the way back to the harbor. I did get a chance to eat some fresh crab legs caught just that morning and the captain and his crew gave us a sand dollar a fun treasure. We met up for lunch at our favorite Piaci's Pizza Place. I was not able to eat much due to still nauseous, and then headed home to walk the dogs. I had some delayed nausea and spent the evening relaxing and staying horizontal.
Sunday I woke to feeling better. Got up and walked the dogs. Then I was off to run my 6 miles on the ocean. It doesn't get much better than this. I finished off my afghan for my 43 List, and rested the afternoon being lazy.
While it wasn't the best week for training. I seemed to mainly have missed my bike rides. I'm hoping this is just a one time thing, and not a normal thing. I had this problem last time, where I just couldn't get my butt on the trainer to get my workouts in. I can't let that happen again. This is why my spin classes are needed here, to keep me motivated. But Monday is my favorite one. I may have to get myself there tomorrow night just to get my butt back on the bike. Hopefully coach will be okay with this if I do it. On to the next week of training....
Monday- Today I got to sleep in. I had the day off thanks to a holiday. Kinda would of been ok working, but I'll take it. I got in my bike ride in the am. I got to finally try out my BASE gear from last year, since I didn't race. I'm kinda happy to report,that my WHOLE 30 in January, helped me get back into my workout gear. I dropped over 10 lbs and my shorts felt good, and my top was LOOSE!! Still working on my clean eating diet. Spent the day getting all my meals prepped for the week.
After my bike, I refueled, and then headed over to the pool and got in my swim. First time using ROKA Sim Shorts. Got them for a pretty amazing deal of under 50$ so I couldn't pass it up. I swam pretty darn fast. And I felt good, except for my right shoulder letting me know it's tweaky. Reminiscent
of my first IM when I got biceps tendonitis. I am back on my clean eating with the hopes of kicking this in the butt. But I got in some decent 100s, then I took it easy on the last ones. Enjoyed the hot tub for a bit, then off to get groceries and cook up all my clean eating meals for the week.
I have more gear for swimming then I know what to do with!
Spent the evening enjoying the sunset with my Indigo Glasses and a freezing cold walk on the ocean. Then home to relax.
My newest thing seems to be a cup of Chamomile and Lavender tea at bed time. I am normally not a tea person, but for some reason, this is something I'm enjoying.
Tuesday rolled around and my week of training hit a bit of a stand still. I was off to get my eye exam and new glasses due to some issues. And while at the eye doctors, I either got motion sickness from all the adjustments from staining. And trying on new glasses...which I think I got brown ones???? I was coming home to go run, and was over come by crazy nausea and fatigue. I ended up in bed by 5:30 PM and was horizontal until the am.
Wednesday was no better, I was still feeling crappy when I woke, I invisiioned vomiting while flip turning in the pool and realized my AM workout was a bust. Off to work, with a breakfast and lunch of Vernors and Crackers. I finished the day and was yet again in bed by 5:30 pm and horizontal til the AM.
I woke thursday feeling a bit hopeful. I packed my bag for running in the PM. While I still felt sorta off. I didn't feel as bad. And knowing how it took over a month in December to get over my bug...I decided on a slow easy 3 mile run on the treadmill at the gym. I got home and packed my bag with the hopes of doing a swim in the am to make up for the last two days.
Woke Friday AM and was feeling better, so I was up and off to swim. I actually got in a really good workout. Maybe having so many days of rest helped. that and the ROKA swim shorts. I got in a 400 in 7:49 min. That is huge for me. I was surprised I did that. I know a good portion of that was due to my SWIM TOWER 26 training as I now feel comfortable kicking in the pool. And while I normally need a pull buoy for freak out moments, I used the shorts, and was able to kick, stay in good alignment and felt good. After work, I was feeling a bit crappy again, and I was back in bed and resting for the evening.
Each day a bit lighter out when I leave swimming.
Saturday, I woke feeling crappy. I took some meds and I rested, cleaned the apt as best I could and got ready for my planned Whale Watching adventure to check off my 43 List. I took all my dramamine, my seabed acupressure wrist bands. I met up with my fellow co workers, and we all went out and had a great time on the water. I had to keep three points of contact with the boat other wise my nausea would kick in. Every time I tried to grab something out of my pocket, the boat would sway and I would have zero balance, until I had three points of contact. I even had one pretty impressive fall backwards with the lady behind me catching me. and I'm pretty sure it was caught on video by a co worker. Which I will post if this is so. I got to see about 10 whales, while they weren't playing as nicely with us. We did get to enjoy them. I didn't get to many pictures, as again, I had to hold on. I only started getting nauseous during the last half, and mainly on the way back to the harbor. I did get a chance to eat some fresh crab legs caught just that morning and the captain and his crew gave us a sand dollar a fun treasure. We met up for lunch at our favorite Piaci's Pizza Place. I was not able to eat much due to still nauseous, and then headed home to walk the dogs. I had some delayed nausea and spent the evening relaxing and staying horizontal.
Sunday I woke to feeling better. Got up and walked the dogs. Then I was off to run my 6 miles on the ocean. It doesn't get much better than this. I finished off my afghan for my 43 List, and rested the afternoon being lazy.
see the heart? :)
While it wasn't the best week for training. I seemed to mainly have missed my bike rides. I'm hoping this is just a one time thing, and not a normal thing. I had this problem last time, where I just couldn't get my butt on the trainer to get my workouts in. I can't let that happen again. This is why my spin classes are needed here, to keep me motivated. But Monday is my favorite one. I may have to get myself there tomorrow night just to get my butt back on the bike. Hopefully coach will be okay with this if I do it. On to the next week of training....
Sunday, February 18, 2018
Week Four- Recovery Week, Indigo Color Therapy
This is my Journey into my Return to Ironman- 2018. It's my journal/documentation of the ups and downs of what it takes to be an age-group athlete training for an Ironman triathlon. This is more of a way for me to remember what I am doing over the course of the training season. As any Ironman Athlete can tell you, sometimes the days can blur into one training day of swim, bike, run after another. So, while some may not find this at all interesting, those that wonder...could I do an Ironman? Do I have what it takes to do an Ironman? I give you a peek into my journey and days to complete my next Ironman at Madison, Wisconsin on Sept. 9th, 2018. Forgive any misspelled words/awkward sounding sentences. I'm pretty sure I'll be be happy just to get them down on the blog. Consider it a test of your mental skills to figure out what I'm saying. I hope you enjoy reading my journey.
Overall Training Totals:
Swim 34,425 yds 15:57 hr/min
Bike 30 Miles 9:55 hr/min
Run 40 Miles 9:04 hr/min
Other/ :40 hr/min
Strength
Overall Training Time: 36:30 hr/min
Monday-- was technically Day 8 of swimming. SO if I counted that in with my 7 days of swimming, by using the "swim mile" of 1650 yds, I swam 13.1 miles in 8 days. I'm pretty proud of that. For someone who isn't a swimmer, or an AM training person, I'm kinda excited to type this. It definitely gives me a boost with my training. Especially since I took off a year. I can seem my 100s getting better by the week. And I could definitely tell that my running got easier outside. I'm planning to do this more then once during my training, sounds like my coach is also on board with this too.
Tuesday-- Just an easy run. I decided to go run out side since I'm having trouble on the treadmill with my left achilles, even with a lift. And I did a beautiful run around Noyo Harbor Coastal Trail. And finished with 10 minutes to sunset. Not a back way to end the night.
Wednesday- I was up and at the pool by 5 AM. I was tired. I got in my swim, but I felt slow. I felt off. I blame it on my period and my cramps. They were horrible. SO horrible that I ended up calling my evening bike and went home and curled up in a fetal position with a heating pad, and my E-STim Unit on my ovaries. Sorry if this is TMI, but it's becoming a big issue with my training. I just got a book called ROAR, recommended by my coach, and I did a 7 day regimen of vitimians the week before, and I have to say that it really helped, but it didn't help during my period. I'm in the process of trying to get to a new doctor to see if anything different can be done. I'm really getting tired of having 2-3 days of training having to be nixed for this stupid issue. SUPER FRUSTRATING!!!
Thursday. I still didn't feel all that great today, but I ended up getting on the treadmill after work and doing my run with my new Garmin Foot Pod to see if there was a difference. It was minimal, but again, my issue was the stupid achilles pain in my left leg. I don't have this issue outside, So...luckily the days are getting longer, and i can run after work. Maybe if the AM corporates, I can do it before work outside too.
Friday- Feeling better to day with my swim. While I still had to use my pull buoy for my workouts, I was able to get all my "fast" 100s under 2:00 min!! That made me very happy!! I pushed it, my lungs felt it. But I was super happy to see this on my Garmin. Enjoyed my evening walking the sunset with the pups... it was COLD.
Saturday--- So yesterday after my swim, I ran in to Lisa, the awesome swim instructor, who informed me that she was subbing for spin on Saturday AM. I decided to try out my garmin foot pod, and my Wahoo Pod to see if either of those would work to record all my time/miles on the spin bike. Well, I knew better, it didn't, but I was able to see how hard I was working with my spin. RPMs in the 110-120s at times. And I think the mix up of sit, stand, hover, slow pedal, fast, has really helped me to focus on engaging my quads. This was evident when I got home and on my bike trainer, and decided to just pedal, I ended up doing another 1:30 plus minutes to get in 30 miles. and my average speed was 18 mph. 18 mph. I don't know when I EVER averaged that speed. SO, I will have to do a few more test to see if this was just a fluke as it took me a good ten minute get all the data working, and a few desperate texts to my teammate for help. I decided that the additional 1:12 I got from the spin class was to help make up for the time I lost last week due to cramps. I took a long hot shower, immediately put on my poor mans compression of SKINS and promptly took a 3 hour nap. I got to enjoy my favorite local pizza, and watch a movie.
Sunday- I woke to windy/cloudy/rainy AM. I got the dogs walked. and changed for a nice cold brisk run. I got in a nice 6 miles, and felt pretty decent. Got a nice pace. Got pelted by rain. Then once again, home, hot shower, SKINS, then a nice nap. Groceries, walk the pups and played with my indigo glasses/filter for some cool pictures. Overall a good recovery week.
Indigo Lens filter....
Yes, they are indigo, and they make the world look amazing. I'm channeling my inner color therapy.
New things for next week:
1. I am going to try the ROKA version of the Lava pants for swimming, this will allow me to "use"
a pull buoy but still use my legs to kick.
2. I plan to try and do all my runs outside. The treadmill is killing left achilles. I did have it hurt for a bit during mile 4 of my run, but it did fade as it went on.
3. I have slacked a bit on my healthy eating. I plan to get back on schedule. I blame my period and all the stupid cravings. It's wrecked havoc on my gut, which is why I'm drinking Chamomile and Lavender tea right now.
4. I have tomorrow off, because as a traveler I can't work "holidays" so I get to sleep in and not have to get up to swim at 5 AM. Nice...maybe 8 AM after I walk the dogs. :)
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