well, i tried it again. first day of work in a new job in a new city confirmed that, in fact, i will not be seeing nikki, anna, cambria or any of those other ny clowns any time soon.
also, my new supervisor was really busy and forgot to tell me things like who the clients were, where the printer was and, you know, most anything about what i’d be doing. i’m all for jumping right in but i’m bound to make mistakes or just feel plain idiotic when i don’t know stuff.
anywhoo, all this combined with the fact that patrick was not as his apt when i got there made it a perfect night for a run.
also, and i forgot to mention this last time. my body misses running. i mean sure it ends up tired and used but at first my legs are like whoo hoo! and then when they get tired my heart beats excitement all the way home. it’s a nice balance.
anyway, another 3ish miles and about 35ish/40 minutes. pretty good stuff.
with the start of a new job comes a new opportunity for a gym membership. hopefully i will have a schedule in place soon.
that’s it. ttyl my little ducks.
xoxo
gossip girl (i mean not a runner?)
In the many weeks since my triathlon I have gone to the gym exactly 2 times. I’m happy to tell you my excuses for it; too many friend memories to make, too much packing to do, too many plans to execute before leaving NY and heading to Chicago.
But today I am going to try this again. I’m here now in Chicago. In one week I’ll be in my own place. I will have a job and a schedule. I’m going to try writing every day at the same time each day for the same amount of time (but that’s for a different blog). The point I’m trying to make is that I’m getting my life situated.
Time to get back on the exercise horse as well. The last month in NY was not kind to my gut (or my liver) though it was quite fun. Today I’m going to start my regimen anew.
I went running. 2.8 miles, roughly 30 minutes. I was outside in Pat’s neighborhood. The weather was crisp but sunny. The running almost killed me but I made it.
Now we’ll just have to see what I can convince myself to do tomorrow.
Stay tuned!
it’s here! the week of the triathalon has arrived.
am i nervous? not too much yet.
but i will be!
i’ll do as much blogging as possible over the next few days
so! i got a chance to do a little open water swimming while i was in wisco this past weekend.
for those of you who know somo lake, this was an interesting experience.
for those of you who don’t: somo lake is super irony. not irony the literary device, iron-y as in filled with iron. it is very red. and very cold most of the time.
it was so dark and so cold it sort of freaked me out. i had to swim breaststroke the whole time to avoid seeing just how dark it was. weird.
it gave me some good insight as to what i might expect for the day of. hopefully though, there will be less darkness.
next week! the tri is next week!
i’m not nervous yet, but i anticipate much nervousness.
today was my first AM training session since i went on vacation. i worked out tuesday, but after work and yesterday was a break day.
ugh! was i tired today. tired mind, tired legs. i actually woke up and said, “why is my alarm going off? it’s dark out.” it took a few minutes for the reality of early morning to set in and for my mind to readjust.
ah, well! i’ll try and post more as the day quickly approaches. i apologize for my absence.
schedule: 20 min swim, 30 min bike.
ugh! i forgot my goggles and swim cap this morning. i had to swim backstroke and head out of the water breast stroke. not the funest swim but good thing it was only 20 min.
the biking went well. i did it inside because i don’t have a bike lock for my bike yet so i can’t exactly take it places and leave it there. must purchase this when visitors leave.
over the weekend i did get a chance to go out with my bike on sunday morning for an hour. i am really glad i got it with so much time to get used to it before the big day.
i’m sorry guys. i HAVE been doing my work outs i just haven’t been blogging them.
last week was a rough one for me. my scheduled times were up and my energy was WAY down with a little crabbiness thrown in to the mix. this means i did my workouts but they were hard and i wasnt’ happy about it.
this monday morning however i woke up in a stellar mood. hopefully it will continue through the rest of the week and you’ll have constant updates on my physical activity.
today’s schedue: 30 min swim, 30 min run
i had so much energy for the gym this morning. i was considering what it was that made me feel this way. i had a peach on the way to the gym, instant sugar? maybe. i had a non heated quesadilla (ok, so cut up cheese in a tortilla) RIGHT before bed. could this be it? i don’t know.
the swimming was great this morning. i worked hard and didn’t do too much clock watching. i feel really comfortable in my stroke. also, the pool was pretty busy and choppy this morning. simulating race day? hopefully a little!
i thought i would be pretty tired on the treadmill. it turned out this was the run that finally loosened my legs a little. they’ve been feeling tight for a week or so and finally they seemed to unwind. major stretching was needed afterward. i got in just about 2.5 miles!
good start to hopefully a great week.
geez, i’ve been doing this for a long time!!
schedule: 25 min run
i have to say, this morning thing went from hard to easier and back to hard. i’m thinking it has to do with diet? but i’m not sure what to do better, must research this.
the triathlon is official a month away. from here the times get longer and i will, presumably, get more nervous.
running today was fine. i was tired. i was pretty starving by the end of the run.
that’s all, swimming tomorrow (i think)
schedule: 25 min swim, 35 min run
i can definately see my minutes ramping up over the next few weeks. am i ready? we shall see.
this was a bit tough, particularly the running.
the swim was good though and after 25 min i wasn’t really ready to get out of the pool
the thing that is tough about these longer am workouts is that i start to get nervous i’ll be late for work. a solution that may seem easy is to do them at night, however, i’m afraid that if i don’t go in the am once i’ll never get up again. the one time i let myself sleep in the next am workout was pure torture.