Wipe Out!

Had my first major wipe out yesterday! I was more bummed that it happened in the beginning of the ride and I couldn't finish it then anything. That would have been my 2nd 30 + mile ride instead I ended up spending 3 hours in the ER getting looked over. My helmet did it's job though ( the part where my head hit the ground is split)! All the damage is superficial though, no broken bones or concussions! So wear your helmets' people!! It happened so fast, my front wheel got stuck in a groove in the road and I flipped over the handle bars and rolled a few times. Fortunately, my bike is alright...my tire blew and I may need a new wheel...but other then that all is good. The pictures I took before heading off to get check out def don't do my injuries justice esp now that all the bruising has set in. :)

Going Biking Tomorrow!

Told my boss that I am leaving at three tomorrow, so I can get out for a group ride. He seriously either better have found someone to close or come in himself. Because I am leaving at 3. Perhaps I'll have to start calling him at 2 and harass him until he caves and comes in. Because damnit I need a workout. A nice long 2 hour one. One that I will wake up from at 4 in the morning in agony from. Yeah I know...I'm nuts. I'm not even going to deny it. On another note, I weighed myself the other day and realized I've gone down 10 lbs in the last 2 weeks. A bit scary. So I stuffed myself with food and drank lots of water today. My appetite finally came back...thank goodness. Turns out all I needed to do was go out shopping and just throw whatever looked appealing into the cart. Namely those little tuna luncheon packs, peanut butter, whole wheat pitas, dried dates and apples.....ok off to bed now as 6:30 will come way to early...and the kiddos wakeup call at 5:3o even sooner.

Ugh!

Well I was going to get a workout in this morning, before I had to go and babysit for a friend...but yeah that didn't happen. The kiddo, who is usually happy as a clam in the daycare at the gym screamed bloody murder the second I tried to leave him. WTH?????? Not a good sign. How am I ever going to get my workouts in when hubby leaves. I'm going to have to buy a treadmill in addition to a trainer. I really really hope this is just a new phase and that it ends soon. Although something tells me it will probably just get worse when hubby leaves. Feeling totally bummed out now. I had a nice arms/shoulders/abs/back routine planned out and now I'm just feeling more stressed out. Grrr....

Longest Run So Far!

Weee! I ran for 45 minutes last night. That would be my longest run to date. Normally around the 25-30 minute mark I start suffering big time. But last night I felt awesome! I really had a good rhythm going and my form was great. Don't think I've ever felt that good during a long run. I almost felt like I could keep going and was tempted to just run for a full 60 minutes, but I didn't want to push it. Restlessness is apparently much better for my training than contentment. No surprise there. I felt sooo much better afterwards, very relaxed. Gone are the days of eating ice cream when I feel stressed out. I've been taking sleeping pills the past few nights in order to get a decent nights sleep and not lie awake all night thinking. My brain just never wants to shut off and shut up. I think sometimes I'm way too intense and life would be ohh so much easier if I just went with the flow. But then maybe I wouldn't have made such huge improvements this past summer. SO in that sense my intensity is a positive thing. But it def adds much more stress to life. I might swim today or I might rest. I want my legs to recover so I can do that long bike this weekend. I picked up a couple of bags of ice on the way home so I'm prepared this time.

Finally...

A workout!!! Got in a really short ride yesterday, only 14 miles. My legs still feel heavy. Was a really gorgeous day though! I got some unintentional tire changing experience before setting out. Another blond moment on my part! I was trying to put air in my tires before I set out, but the valve was a bit bent. So I had the bright idea to try and straighten it, broke a few nails then grabbed a random tool from hubby tool box and ended up breaking the whole thing off. Way to go Kate! SO yeah...and it took a lot longer then it should have, here's hoping practice makes perfect. Maybe I need to keep breaking off valves, because I clearly need a lot of practice. At least it didn't happen out on the road though. Was planning on going down to the bike shop and getting another spare tube and some lubricant, but after I got out of the bank I couldn't get the key to turn in the ignition. Something to do with the locking mechanism and the steering wheel. Anyways, so now I have to wait until later on to go workout. Ugh...I really needed that run. I'm feeling super antsy lately. Nothing a nice 40 minute run won't cure though. Hopefully....I'm not hungry and I have been sleeping like crap. WTH is my problem????

Non Training Log

Well I really haven't done much in the way of training since the race on Saturday. I went for a super short 15 min jog on Sunday. Yesterday I was going to swim, but was feeling beat and then had to go into work a bit early. Hoping to get a bike in today!

Bayside Triathlon

This race (which I signed up for on a whim a couple of days after my so called A race) really should have been my A race, because I rocked it! :) For the past couple of races I've been trying to psych myself out beforehand by believing it was possible to make top 3 in my AG and what do you know it actually worked. Left the house at 4:30 am for the hour or so drive up to Barrington, RI. I have a tendency to get lost when going places I'm not familiar with, so I wanted to give myself plenty of extra time. Got to the course a little after 6 am. Was a really good thing I was super early, because we had to drop our stuff off at the site then drive down the road a good ways to park. My stomach was playing games with me this morning and I was quite a bit more nervous that I had been for my previous races. I think it was because this is the first race I've had to drive to by myself. Too much time to think!

I got knocked around quite a bit in the swim and I'm pretty sure I touched a jelly fish or maybe two. Coming out of the water, we had a nice (ok not so nice) jog up the beach.

.5 mile swim 13:17 ( this was a Firm race, so I don't think it was quite a half mile, but judging from some of my other times this season..it was probably pretty close) 3rd in AG, 88th OA

T1 2:39 Yay! Finally got this part down. :)

For the first portion of the bike I kept trying to chase down this other chick in my age group, who I dubbed thunder thighs. I lost track of her eventually, but it was a good way to keep pace. Averaged 18.2 miles/hour.

12 mile bike 39:49 (2nd in AG)

T2 1:00 (could def get this under a minute)

Felt really great going out onto the run course, actually had some spring in my step instead of feeling wobbly. I kept my pace up by alternating sprinting and recovery (like in my speed workouts). Normally I'm just trying to survive the run.

3 mile run 26:06

Total Time: 1:22:53, 2nd in my AG! :)

It turned out to be a good thing I went by myself, although it would have been cool to have my hubby and kiddo there. I don't think he would have survived long enough for me to get my cool little medal!