What....was THAT!!??

Woke up this morning on time to go for a run on the treadmill. Went to get out of bed, and WHAM my right leg was so stiff! Right in behind my knee cap...this is something new to me. Did some stretches and easy bending and it didn't seem to like any of this. So I opted out of the run and fooled around on the internet for a bit. Later in the morning I went to pick up one of my kids and wow, that hurt!! I am not one prone to injuries...knock on wood...maybe because I never really push things too far. I always figure this triathlon stuff is not exactly paying the bills, so if my 36 year old body needs a break, then a break it shall have!! Maybe a massage in in the works for the weekend...
And maybe I should (I can't believe I am typing this...) GET ON MY BIKE!!!!

Feelin Pretty Good

I got up Wednesday morning to go for a swim. Was up on time, had a good sleep, felt like hitting the water. Got busy doing stuff around the house (quietly) and then looked at the time and I did not want to be late for the swim so opted out. But at least my laundry got done, the dishes got done, the garbage got taken out, the birthday invites got done and this all before 7:00am!! Wednesday evening rolled around and it was rush, rush, rush to make it to my cycling class, as a client was half an hour late for her appointment and then wanted to talk about all the stuff going on in her life...and not her investments...and I had to politely sit there and listen. I really need to look into getting a psychology degree. Got to class on time and it was a good workout. My buddy was not there so I tried to get seated beside another person I have not really met but know slightly from hanging around the triathlon club. She is an amazing cyclist and gave me 100 tips, so that was good. The workout was a warm-up and then 4 times 3 minutes in my zone 2 heartrate with a one minute break in between. Do that twice. My gosh that is hard by the end!! I think it was hard cause I was trying to spend as much time in my aerobars as possible. I did not stick around for the stretching and core stuff...I called a couple of friends to see if they wanted to meet me for a hot chocolate...but could not get ahold of them, so I just went home. Had a hot bath, and to bed.

Up this morning early, early and did about 40 minutes on the treadmill at "my gym". I was impressed this morning as they have purchased another treadmill, a very nice big one. So now there are two in there. I only got 40 minutes in as the maintenance guy from the building showed up and gave me hell for tossing my jacket and purse on the counter at the front. I asked what the big deal was as there was nobody else in the gym. He was very annoyed with me as that spot on the counter "is for the newspaper and only the newspaper and my stuff should be in the locker room". Whatever...that man is always so grumpy, and on a friggin power trip.

If you want it, there's a place to get it, but it ain't pretty.

Well, that title sums it up today for me! The alarm went off at 5:15am and I did the stunned, it can't be that time already, oh my god, what am I DOING! I got up anyway, went to the computer to check the weather...-33 degrees with the wind. YIKES! No thanks. But I live in Saskatchewan and we get MANY days like this and I will not let this hamper my goals. So off I go to the treadmill. I am cheap and did not want to pay the $10 the gym down the street asks for a drop in fee and we have a perfectly good gym in my office building...all the weights, treadmill, bikes, big plasma screen tv, showers etc. And it is FREE. It only took me 8 minutes to drive there so now I really have no excuses when it gets too cold. 10 minute warm-up and a 40 minute run at my Steady State heart rate, and a cool down and I was pleased! Not the most exciting thing I have done, the boredom may kill me...seriously...and there is plenty of room to set up a trainer. I may just pay the $10 sometimes to see other humans at that ungodly hour. I feel good about that run today. I haven't ran on a treadmill for a very long time.

A New Week

I woke up on Saturday morning ready to go for a run. I got all my gear on and got the kids fed and tidied up the house and wandered around for about an hour. Finally, I started out, and it felt HORRIBLE!! I hate it when that happens...tired, heavy legs. So, I just resolved to keep them moving and listen to my music and try to tough it out for an hour and a bit. Funny how when you aren't thinking about it, the groove comes back. Turned out to be a really nice day for a run, the streets were not so bad and I ended up doing an hour and twenty minutes. I also registered for the Hypthermic Half Marathon in February...wish me luck. If it is too cold, I am going to go for coffee and then come back for the lunch. I need to stop in and buy a winter running jacket this week. Tomorrow it is supposed to be minus 26 degrees...here comes the real test of how bad I want to run. Will I stay in bed tomorrow morning? Or will I get my ass out of bed and go to the gym and get my run in? Hmmm...will keep y'all posted.
Got to the pool yesterday. I don't know how far I swam. Some people there are so hung up on their meters...not me. I like the hard fast stuff, and we did a bit of that yesterday. The main set was 4 times 200m pull, 100m choice, 100m build. A couple of the really fast guys showed up and I had to hussle to keep up. Felt good to get some hard work done at the pool. Except the sychro team practices at the same time in the deep end, and I do not know what was with the music...some sort of African, tribal, chanting, groaning, drums and stuff...sounded like a bad porno to me!!

Mo-ti-va-tion or lack thereof

This week has been not so good on the training front. And by the way, I use the word "training" very loosely. I have been reading IronGreg's blog and THAT is training...I just wanna get fit, loose some weight, look good in that bikini next summer at the cabin!! Did he seriously spend 5 hours on his trainer AND THEN go for a run? Did I read that correctly? Holy SMOKES!! GO GREG! Let me think...I swam on Sunday, missed my run on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, barely made it to my cycling on Wednesday night. And that is all I have done this week. Oops. I have had some sh*t happen this week that has sidetracked me a bit and I have not been able to get my head back into the game. And it snowed and then melted a bit and then froze and I am a bit timid to head out on those streets. A nasty slip and concussion about this time last year and the time it took to heal, was just too much and call me a wimp, but I am a bit paranoid.
SO....I have been on the fence with registering for the Hypothermic Half Marathon in February. BUT I am going to register cause I see we get a cool bag and I think some of the money goes to charity (?) so even if the weather is the shits and I only do one loop (GP!) it won't be a total waste. AND I will get some of my motivation back that will hopefully get me through the holidays cause this is the time of year I tend to come off the rails a bit and I made a promise to myself it was not going to happen this year...and I like to keep my promises, especially to myself.