Ironman, wife, mama... enjoying life's journey!

Dear Nutella,

You are the devil… and may be the sole reason I do not get under 130 for this half IM… darn you!

Misty

was supposed to be filled with:

• reading with the Kindergarteners in Sweet P’s class
• going to the farm for our box of beef and chicken
• getting fresh veggies from a second farm
• cooking dinner
• yoga
• Little Man’s soccer game.

Sounds great right? Well, on our way to school, the alternator went out in my car. I made it just to the school parking lot before it died and had to have it towed.

No reading…

No farms…

No dinner…

And now the family is at the soccer game, in the rain, without me. My car won’t be done until Mon, so our only vehicle is Luke’s work truck - which I love, but only has 3 seats. We won’t be able to GO anywhere together all weekend… :(

I did get in a hot yoga class… it was good! I liked the instructor. I am still getting used to the room being so hot.  I’m not sure if I like it, but I’m not sure that I don’t.

Rest day complete… not as planned, but OK.

I somehow think this little hiccup will cost me EXACTLY what a tri bike cost… oooooommmpf!

First… Allow me to apologize for all the reblogging this morning. I was on my iPhone and was commenting (or thought I was) but it ended up reblogging everybody. 

So my workout… Coach said it would be an 80-90 min ride followed by a 20-30 min run.  Yeah, well, not so much.

We did a 2 hour ride (elevation chart below) and i feel good about the distance I covered in the time. We certainly weren’t going full out and it was a “rolling” type elevation change ride.

Then the run was about 4 miles… with a stop at the track so that mile 3 could be intervals! It was tough. And coming off my bike I realized that I needed more fuel (I had not eaten anything on the bike), but it was too late. We had already gotten on our way and I had nothing with me.  I felt like I was bonking and my HR was very high right at first. By the time we got to the track, I was better, still hungry, but able to run the 200m intervals. Then we ran back at tempo. I was glad the workout was over. I know I would have been better with a little bite to eat at the end of the bike. Lesson learned.

As usual, I learned a lot from Jay today.  Well worth the caloric deficit :-) 

And… AND…He gave me the OK to ride the last 2 days of the Bo Jackson Ride - and though I am really not a huge fan of Lance Armstrong, I will enjoy riding with the guy. Bo is the real celeb in my mind, though. 

After some Recoverite and snack, I swam my 2000 m.

Today, I essentially did an Olympic Dist Tri! The bike and swim were a smidge longer and the run was a little short (but hello intervals), and it was a big training day. BUT I am not wiped out. I feel strong. I will, however, take Jay up on taking tomorrow as a rest day… I earned it!

So excited…

It’s 63 degrees this morning! I’m going to go have the best training brick of my life… an then swim my little heart out.

Here’s to all my tumblr friends having a wonderful day and kick a$$ workouts!

*never a good sign, BTW. And he wants to do a brick in the morning. Again with the nerves! I will say I am more excited this time than the previous workouts we have done together - when I was just a nervous hot mess! Now I will try to go and not wreck or trip or be my normal, completely spastic self… you do recall the wrecking going UPHILL trying to miss a squirrel story, right?  I rest my case! Hahaha.

Upside: I get to have Friday off… I would love an off day!

Edit: * because when he is with me, I feel so much pressure to perform at a level I am just not up to, yet. 

It is a 2011 Trek Speed Concept - Women Specific Design. Though the guilt is starting to creep in (I really need a little more of Tridad’s outlook on buying gear), I got it for a steal since it is on closeout. Luke is actually the one who pushed me to buy it after I had a really great busy season at work this month. Bonus… I like the 2011 colors so much better than the 2012!

It will be here next week… tick, tock, tick, tock…

http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/road/triathlon/speed_concept_2_series/speed_concept_2_5_wsd/#

tridad replied to your post: On my trainer

I’m bored on the trainer too. Got your eye on a particular bike?

Trek Speed Concept WSD… My BF works for Trek… she can’t order me a bike, but she certainly knows the bikes very well. I am going with a 2 series and my BF is GIVING me a set of Zipp wheels she has never used and doesn’t want.

Buyers remorse is already setting in…

for a 30 mile spin… bored, so bored…

Strides off bike outside  and then a 1250 m swim - that will be so much better!

THEN I’M OFF TO BE FITTED FOR A TRI BIKE!!

Yesterday’s 60 miles was so much fun! I love cycling… LOVE IT! We rode to Brevard and the big bald rock face in the background is one tiny section of Looking Glass Rock - one of the best climbing spots in the SE. I couldn’t get a good view of the awesomeness of the other side… we didn’t go far enough. That is the goal for a future ride.

Following the ride, I had a 30 minute run off my bike. It felt better than last week (and this week’s ride was 10 miles longer). I probably could have done the entire 13.1, if I had too, but it would have been ugly.  Glad I have 5 1/2 weeks of training left…

Today, was… well… tough after yesterday. Took me a little by surprise, but I’m glad I pushed through.

Today was “Fun Day” at Little Man’s school… the class gets to earn this privilege throughout the year. They wear PJ’s to school, watch a movie, bring toys from home to play with, play outside ALL afternoon… get pizza and chocolate dipped strawberries and juice for lunch… and donuts (which I brought from a local bakery so there wasn’t so much crap in them). That is about 5 times his weekly allowance of sweets and this is what Little Man’s Fun Day hangover looked like…

Not pretty! This kid isn’t going to weather college well!

Then Sweet P had this meltdown after dinner…

Apparently, the picture she was drawing for our neighbor’s birthday was supposed to be a doghouse but looked, tragically, more like a “giant mushroom.” Yeah, I have no idea where she gets all the drama from!

And yes, I am THAT parent who makes videos of my kids melting down, while giggling, and trying not to be caught giggling. My husband HATES it and thinks I may damage our children, but I can’t help it… they are so funny when they do this!

Underestimate the impact that yesterday’s workout will have on today’s workout. I did… Thought my 50 min run and 1000 m swim would be easy and a good start to recovery week. It was hell and I couldn’t be happier that recovery week is here!!

Oh so sore! Pics of yesterday’s ride to follow later this afternoon.

runlong:

So much introspection going on throughout Tumblr…

Love seeing folks making progress, making good choices, and turning things around. It’s sometimes scary opening up on the internet (as it should be!), but I like seeing deep thoughts posted.

Perhaps we should start a tag for these posts and call it “Dashboard Confessionals”?

I love this idea! I haven’t really ever tagged anything, but I will now…

Hahaha - can’t wait to see what Tridad and TrivalBob tag as “Dashboard Confessionals.”

What website did you download your Half IM and IM training plans from? I have a friend that asked about a plan and I can’t remember what yall told me.