Wednesday (Week 4, Day 4): Did a long workout this day and had an EXCELLENT swim. I was at the gym with my friend Robin and we did a circuit of weights, 15 min. run, weights, 15 mins. on the stairs. She did a 3rd circuit after that, but I decided I'd better get in the pool before I was too tired for my 30 minute swim.
I changed and went into the pool area. 2 of the 3 lanes were full, and the 3rd lane had two people in it - a couple that I could tell were swimmers from the drills and practices they were doing. I had no choice but to sit and wait for a lane to clear out. I paid close attention to how the couple was swimming their laps - they were doing them SLOWLY, and as a result were able to do a lot more laps back and forth.
About 5 minutes later a lane cleared, and I decided to abandon my normal swimming style (which is swim frantically as though a shark is after me), I decided to slow it down and focus on my form. Lo and behold, it works! I swam 30 laps that night almost with minimal pauses in between. It felt great!!!
Thursday (Week 4, Day 5): 30 minute run was planned for today, but I did a 30 minute cardio circuit in the morning. It felt so good to relax at night.
This weekend, Nels and I celebrated our 4 year anniversary. The actual date was Sunday the 18th, but we celebrated on Saturday. We went to the Niabi Zoo in the Quad Cities, which was a lot of fun! We had such a good time together. Then we went out for dinner at night. Here are a few photos:
He gave me 2 dozen long stem red roses : )
Me at the zoo
Dinner time
Week 5, Day 1
Sunday was the training day I've been apprehensive about - 30 minute swim, 30 minute bike, and a 30 minute run. I completed my first "test" triathlon yesterday!!! The swim didn't feel as great as the one I did on Wednesday, for some strange reason. But I pushed through it and completed the 30 minutes. I had to drive home from the gym and change before doing the bike & run, so that was about a 15 minute rest in between the 2 activities.
The bike part was pretty easy, and though I was a bit sluggish at the start of my run, I gained my momentum about a quarter of a mile in. I felt great except for the last 5 minutes. It was all starting to wear on me and exhaustion was setting in. By the end, I don't think I was really jogging, I was more at a "bobbing walk," haha!
Thankfully, the real race isn't this long. My goal is to finish the whole race in under an hour. I'm sure I can do it, since my swim time won't be more than 10 minutes and I can run the 2 miles in 20 minutes. There's no way the biking (6.5 miles) will take over 30 minutes.
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