Day 37 - 30 min Run and 60 min Bike

Finally back to running this morning after dealing with shin splints for 2 weeks. I eased into it with a real easy pace and didn't push it past 30 min. I'll do the same thing for Thursday's run. Shin felt pretty good and hasn't really bothered me in the couple hours after the run. Hopefully the shin splints are behind me! I'll hop on the bike trainer for an hour tonight while watching some TV.

In other exciting news, Jamie and I booked a last minute trip to Napa and San Francisco and leave this Saturday!!! We'll spend 3 days in Napa and 3 in San Fran. We're staying at the Westin in Napa and the Westin in SF. We can't wait!! We've been talking about going out to wine country for a while and we found a great deal that we couldn't pass up. We plan on doing a bike tour one day biking between 4 vineyards and stopping for tastings at each.

Tue 3/31/09 5:30 am Run 30 min 3.2 mi 9:23 min per mile Effort: 11 HR: ave 150 max 163 BPM

Tue 3/31/09 7:19 pm Bike 60 min 23.5 mi 2:33 min per mile Effort: 13 HR: ave 142 max 153 BPM

This past weekend's workouts and start of Week 6

Did some resisitance and core training on Sat followed by a 2 hour long bike ride on the trainer indoors on Sunday due to the rain. Ended up watching all of Rocky Balboa - (the 6th one in the series I believe) not a bad flick to watch while you're training - made things go by pretty quickly, still a long time to be in the saddle! Close to 45 miles and over 1250 calories later I finished the 2 hours. Today's workout was a morning recovery bike ride of 45 minutes to loosen the stiffness and a swim at lunch. Getting fired up for my first run tomorrow since the shin splints started 2 weeks ago.

Sat 3/28/09 12:00 pm Resistance Training 60 min Effort: 12 HR: ave 117 max 150 BPM

Sun 3/29/09 11:19 am Bike 120 min 44.94 mi 2:40 min per mile Effort: 15 HR: ave 141 max 157 BPM

Mon 3/30/09 5:30 am Bike 45 min 15 mi 3:00 min per mile Effort: 11 HR: ave 119 max 135 BPM

Mon 3/30/09 12:00 pm Swim 40 min 2000 m 32:11 min per mile Effort: 11

Day 33 - First Swim Workout with Boston Performance Coaching

Holy SH!T!! So that is what a real swim workout is like!! The triathlon swimming clinic is taught by two certified instructors, one was an all american triathlete at BU and is now the strength and conditioning coach at BU, the other is a certified triathlon coach. I was a little nervous and anxious about the class because I've never swam competitively before, but all in all everything went pretty well! They worked us through a variety of drills - swimming with your fists closed (not easy), sighting for cones so you know where you are when you're swimming in open water, and swimming underwater for as long as you possibly can to build up your lung capacity. These are things I would never be doing on my own, so I'm psyched about the clinic and looking forward to next week.

Day 32 - 30 min Elliptical, Lunch Swim, and New Toy

In order to ease back into running, I figured the elliptical machine would be a good way to slowly transition back into it. It felt great, no shin pain and really loosened up my lower leg muscles. Monday will be my first day back running again.


I'll go for an easy swim at lunch today to get my bearings and work on technique before tomorrow morning's first swim clinic class...should be interesting.


And last, but not least, I purchased a new toy yesterday - should arrive in 5-7 days. I'm absolutely psyched!! Jamie you have been incredibly supportive!! Thank you, Thank YOU! No excuses not to be fast now!





Here's the description: The Quintana Roo Caliente Carbon Triathlon Bike is one incredibly fast bike that we could have just named “hot”, but using the Spanish translation just made it sound even more intense. After you see the Caliente’s incredible new paint scheme, witness the frame shaping inspired by the Lucero, feel its blazing performance and burn through your PR’s, we think you’ll see that it lives up to its name no matter the language. System integration of carbon aero seatpost and Real Design Aero HP fork only boosts the Caliente’s resume. The Caliente’s new handcrafted full carbon frame is leaps and bounds ahead, in both ability and head-turning characteristics, than any other bike in its class.

Day 31 - Resistance Training

Still no running in order to let the shin splint continue to heal. Depending on how it feels tomorrow, I may give it a try.

I did some resistance training, core workout and a lot of stretching this morning. Getting fired up (and a little nervous) for the first swim clinic class this Friday.

Wed 3/25/09 5:30 am Resistance Training 58 min Effort: 12 HR: ave 115 max 145 BPM