A Week in Review August 15 -23

I got in most of all my workouts this week.

Sunday - run 2 miles
Monday - rest
Tuesday - 1/4 mile swim , plus 3.1 miles run
Wednesday - Spinning class, and 2 mile run
Thursday - swim - 800m
Friday - went out with the girls...! (skipped workout today)
Saturday - Ran 9 miles..! Yahoo..! most miles ever.!

On Tuesday the swim and the run, was an actually a race. We skip the bike portion as it was off road. I was real nervous the whole day about this race. Of course I panic right after we all jumped in. My heart rate shot up, and I felt tired right away. I pretty much breast stroked most of it, I felt I took forever... The funny thing is that I took 12.3 mins. Which is my normal time at the pool. So If I didn't panicked I would have done it quicker. As on Thursday when I went to the pool, I timed my 1/4 and I did it in 11.3 mins. So I just need to stop worrying so much about the swim, as I know I can do it.. We have a few more open water swims, so hopefully by the race, I will feel much better. Good news.. Wetsuit has been ordered. Should be coming in this week.! Cant wait. The run portion of the race was fine, I did it a little slower then normal. It was off road, hilly and lots of loose dirt and roots. So I guess I was just trying to be a little careful, as I normally run on flat roads, but not bad for my first, I would say Agua/run..! :-)

Very excited ran 9 miles on Saturday. It felt real good. Only started getting really hard at the last mile. Used my husband fuel belt, but still felt I needed more fluids, It only comes with 4 - 8oz bottles, so I figured I can drink 1/2 a bottle ever mile, but I still wanted MORE..! I am sure I do not have to worry on race day for the 1/2 marathon, as I am sure they will have plenty.

We had a scheduled Brick for yesterday, but down pour rain/ lighting cxled that. So I went out with my daughters and did some school shopping. I know, I should have gone to the gym, but instead I took it as a rest day, as I was still sore from my 9 mile run the day prior.

Today - I had a day off, so after my husband went to work, I got up early and ran 3 miles...

Husband's Race Weekend

This weekend was my Husband, his brother and friend 1st Oplymic Triathlon. It was in Bridgport CT. I have not heard of this beach before, it was real nice. We drove up the night before and spent the day there. My Husband , got in a pre-race open water swim.

They had a 5 loop bike course, Even though I do not think they like they liked it, it was nice to see them more then once going by. For a complete race report you can read my brother - in - laws blog Tech-Tri. I did take a few pictures. Unfortunalty we did forget our camera, But we did have our Driod X..!

Great job guys..! I do also have some video, as soon as I figure that out I will add also..

Happy Birthday to ME..!

Well.. it was actually yesterday, August 12. We celebrated it on Wednesday due to I had a group swim scheduled for Thursday evening. My Husband took me to Mohegan Sun Casinos, played the slot machines, everything else scares me..as I hate to lose, at one point I was up $50, but then lost again, I did leave plus $20 so not bad..! The we went to a near by winery, had a few wine tastings.. well maybe too much, haha had lunch and some gelato, it was a beautiful day to spend outside. After the wine and food, we went for a walk thru the vineyard. That evening him and the girls took me out to dinner.. again ate to much, stayed away from the wine this time, as I think I had way to many at lunch.

Thursday - Birthday..

Went shopping during the day, as my husband said I can go spend some money..Yeah, you don't have to tell me twice. We meet up with my twin sister and had lunch with her, I gave her a card and a gift certificate to get a pedicure and manicure.. Got back at around 4p, which my husband was kind of upset, as he wanted to be home earlier as he was waiting a package from Fedex, well we missed him.. :-( Got changed and off we went to my group swim.

I am still not feeling very comfortable with my swim. I tend to panic when there are others close to me swimming and I stop. Felt out of breath most of the time. By the end I felt a little better, I guess I just need to make sure I warm up prior to the race and relax. There is a mini tri next tuesday, our group is going to go, but we are not going to do the Bike part, as the bike is off road, so you need a mountain bike, and some of them do not have one, and why kill yourself anyways, so we are just going to do the 1/4 mile swim and the 5k run. Should be fun.. more on that next week.

On the way home, we stop by fedex to pick up the package that my husband was waiting for.. We got new phones.. SWEET..Droid X. Very excited. I have been using the same old razor phone for too long. We were going back and fourth if we should go to Apple and get the Iphones, but in the end we decided on the Droid X. Looks real nice. I am sure I will be playing with it all day today to see what it does..!

Another milestone - ran 7 miles this morning..! WOW I am really getting up there in my miles, I never thought I would. It felt good running, the last mile was tough. Little pain in my knees, but overall felt good. I'm feeling alot better now about my 1/2 marathon. It should be fun.

Weekend plans - Husband has a Tri this weekend - Park City Mossman Triathlon. His 1st Olympic distance race. 1.5k swim • 40k bike • 10k miles run. Should be a piece of cake after his 1/2 ironman.. :-)