Still in Pain..

My hip still hurt a little so I forgo the run for a bike ride instead. Did 21 Miles.. Mostly flat.

Time: 01:31:31

Avg Speed: 13.8 mph

Avg Moving Speed: 14.0 mph

Max Speed: 18.9 mph

Felt pretty good. Keep in mind I am riding a hybrid bike. So I thought it was a pretty good time, but what do I know. Would love to get a better bike, but its only my first Tri.. If I continue I would love to get a new bike. What bike you wonder, I would love to have..!









2010 Quintana Roo Dulce Women's Triathlon Bike (SWEET..!)

Running in Pain..!

I have been really slacking on working out.. I have done a few swims, and I have only done 3 runs and 1 bike ride in a 3 week span. So it didn't surprise me when I started running yesterday that my hip starting hurting.. I was determine to run the full 5k. So I kept going, running slower and slower..It also didn't help that is was in the high 80. I do regret it today..As I can barely walk today. I did ice the area, hopefully this will get better by tomorrow as I want to go do another run.

What I did notice ... As you may recall from my 1st run using the Garmin, my heart rate was pretty low, and my husband said I wasn't working hard enough.. Funny though when we went on our bike ride. The Garmin picked up like the first couple of mins then it died..no Heart rate! I figured out all this time it was picking up his heart rate. As at the start of the bike ride he was with me, then he of course at his speed, I wasn't about to keep up..! So we fixed that issue, and now the Garmin picks up my heart rate.

Well hopefully, I feel better for a run tomorrow.. As I really need to get myself into some time of schedule, and stick to a routine.

3rd Year Wedding Anniversary.

Today is my husband and I, 3rd year wedding anniversary. We both took the day off to enjoy the day together. Slept in a little late, then we went out to breakfast. After our stomach digest the not so healthy breakfast we went out to get our swim workout done.

Swim:
30 laps - 33:75 mins. (800 meters was done in 24:50 mins) As my tri is 1/2 mile (800 meters), I have been trying to work on getting faster, plus working on my endurance. I feel real comfortable in the swim, of course come race day it will be under different environment. Not sure how I am going to take swimming with possible 100 other swimmers?

Husband surprised me 2 dozen roses.. How sweet!.. I just love him.~

Well.. have to go get ready.. Going out to dinner to celebrate our Anniversary.. Later!

I'm not breaking any Olympic records with this pace!

So my excuse.. well I have been skipping my running workouts. The last time I actually ran was May 16th.. I did 5 miles that day.. 12:00 pace. But different story yesterday, I was planning on going 5 miles again.. after 1.5 miles I turned around.. did a total of 3 miles, at the turtle pace of 12:57 pace. Bad day..

Well the good thing about it all.. I got to try out my new Garmin! Which of course gave it to me how slow I am in graphs! Just great.. Anways this thing is big!. I have a small wrist, my wrist is around 6 inches round. At first I was like I can't run with this. But really after a few minutes it didnt even bother me. I love how it tells me my pace while I run. Which, did I mention was SLOW! My husband said I was not trying running hard enough as my HR was was low. but my legs spoke differently, they didn't care about my HR.

Below is information from the Garmin:

Looking forward to using the Garmin on future workouts. I have learned alot about the Garmin from DC Rainmaker review on The Garmin 305.

New Watch!

Got my new watch for swimming. Timex Women's T5H471 30-Lap Ironman Triathlon Fast Wrap Watch. Nothing fancy, but I like it. (and its Pink!)..love it..! Love the Velcro fabric straps, very comfortable. Its easy to use and easy to read. It has a standard timer and chrono features. Three different alarms, you can set them up with three distinctive sounds and you can set each alarm for different things (e.g. weekends, weekdays). It also as an occasion feature. You can set an alarm to notify you of a special occasion for any day(s) of the year (e.g. birthday on 8/12). I have used it so far twice.. and no issues. As I have read other reviews on other watches where it would fog up after being in the water. Love the fact I do not have to keep remembering what lap I am on. It gives you the total time, plus it gives you the split for each lap.

Swimming -

800 meters - 6/1 - 26 min and 40 sec

800 meters - 6/4 - 25 mins and 24 sec

Working on getting faster.. I start off with the first few laps under a min.. but then I slow down at the end... go figure. haha. Breathing is getting better, mostly on one side. Trying to work on breathing on both sides.

GOOD NEWS - My husband just advised me that my new Garmin 305 that he purchased are in.. He got one for both of us. So excited.! As I always see my brother -in-law add all these map, and charts to his blogs with all great information. Now I have that too!.. It will be great to know my pace while I run and keeps track of mileage. Can't wait to try it.!