Makayla is sick again with the flu. Poor little thing. There is an up side to having her sick is that she is very cuddly. When she is not sick she just doesn't stop all day which can be very tiring for Miranda and I.
The past couple of days I have been in the pool and not just swimming. I have been doing this pool running which is keeping me from wanting to go out and run. I have read many articles on pool running and most have said that by doing this you won't lose any run fitness and that you can maintain the same level as before. I am going to give this a try. I have nothing to lose.
Today I also swam 3500m but I felt that I was going backwards the whole time. Maybe my arms are still a little tired from the weekend. Even though I felt like I was going backwards my time was not that bad than what I thought it would be. My main set was 15x100m on 1:30 and I held 1:20 for each of then. This is okay for the amount of training I have been putting in. I would love to see my time under 1:10 for all of them but that will come later on, I hope.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Monday, June 16, 2008
Muskoka Long Course Triathlon
Yesterday was my first tri of the season. I usually have at least one before this race but I have been dealing with tendinitis in my foot. My foot was feeling better and I thought the tendinitis was all behind me. I was wrong. After yesterday race my foot is back to square one.
I didn't have any expectations on yesterday race because my training has been sparse due to school and spending time with the family. I wanting a top 10 placing in my age group and to see where I need to focus more of my attention on.
The swim was great. I started off fast but then settled into a very comfortable swim behind two other swimmers. It might of been a little to slow for what I like to be in most races but this race I sat back and let then do all the work. I came out of the water feeling great and warmed up for the bike.
My goal for the bike was to hold 33km/hr and again I reach that goal. From previous years this was a good goal because of the many hills on this course. I also started off slow to save my energy for when the hills really started to come. I finished feeling strong and better than I felt last year.
I was worried about the run and did not know if I would actually finish the race. I felt the pain in my foot every step but I kept on going. The first km my split was 4min and I thought that was awesome. The second and the thrid km my quads sieged up and force me to stop. The next two km I was seeing 6min for each split. After the 3rd km my legs loosen up enough to allow me to pick up my pace. I was only able to hold around a 4:40/km for the rest of the race. With 4-5 km's left my foot was really hurting but I wanted to keep going and get this race finished.
I ended up finish with a time 3:18 which is slower than last year but was expected. I was overall happy with my race and learned that I need more time to rest the foot. I was back at training today with a pool run. I want to get in the pool more to do some more running so I won't lose to much by not running outside.
I didn't have any expectations on yesterday race because my training has been sparse due to school and spending time with the family. I wanting a top 10 placing in my age group and to see where I need to focus more of my attention on.
The swim was great. I started off fast but then settled into a very comfortable swim behind two other swimmers. It might of been a little to slow for what I like to be in most races but this race I sat back and let then do all the work. I came out of the water feeling great and warmed up for the bike.
My goal for the bike was to hold 33km/hr and again I reach that goal. From previous years this was a good goal because of the many hills on this course. I also started off slow to save my energy for when the hills really started to come. I finished feeling strong and better than I felt last year.
I was worried about the run and did not know if I would actually finish the race. I felt the pain in my foot every step but I kept on going. The first km my split was 4min and I thought that was awesome. The second and the thrid km my quads sieged up and force me to stop. The next two km I was seeing 6min for each split. After the 3rd km my legs loosen up enough to allow me to pick up my pace. I was only able to hold around a 4:40/km for the rest of the race. With 4-5 km's left my foot was really hurting but I wanted to keep going and get this race finished.
I ended up finish with a time 3:18 which is slower than last year but was expected. I was overall happy with my race and learned that I need more time to rest the foot. I was back at training today with a pool run. I want to get in the pool more to do some more running so I won't lose to much by not running outside.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Working through
The past week was hectic with school that my training with no existent. My mom and my grandmother was here for a visit. It was nice to have some family visit even though it was a very busy time at school. My mom and grandmother flew in on the Thursday and back out on Tuesday. They had a very nice time spending it with Makayla. She sure kept them busy.
I ended up booking an appointment to get my foot looked at. I ended up not being able to get in until this Monday coming up. My foot is feeling better but I still can feel it when I walk sometimes. I am hesitant to run on it yet just in case I re injure it.
Muskoka triathlon is coming up next week and I am worried that I won't be healed for that race. If all else fails I can pull a DNS. I hope not but I really need to get over this injury before deciding to race. If my foot is better I know my performance won't be great but I will use this race as a warm up to the season.
I ended up booking an appointment to get my foot looked at. I ended up not being able to get in until this Monday coming up. My foot is feeling better but I still can feel it when I walk sometimes. I am hesitant to run on it yet just in case I re injure it.
Muskoka triathlon is coming up next week and I am worried that I won't be healed for that race. If all else fails I can pull a DNS. I hope not but I really need to get over this injury before deciding to race. If my foot is better I know my performance won't be great but I will use this race as a warm up to the season.
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