Day 48 (5 days later) argh!

Hi... I think I migh have rested too much... 5 days off from training, and bad eating totally made me feel like I've been running on dirty oil mixed with sludge. It's all good and dandy though. As long as I got my swimming packed tight I'm golden.

Cot damn supplement takes forever to settle.

This weather really is taking a toll on me for some reason as I have been anticipating for
Better weather.

The training group that I'm in that I have not participated more than once
When they meet, is starting it's outdoor
Biking and running pretty soon. I'm hopin I will be able to join this time
because all the times they would meet, I'm always at work. Which explains why I have been on my own from the gate.

Anyway, I swam 34x25 yards (la fitness pool) in 22 mins with a couple of rest periods by swimming on my back.

Biked for 10 mins staying around 105-116 rpm.

Ran for 2 point Something miles in 25 mins.
I know it's a shitty day but I will recoup.

Fundraising is good, swimmings good... Cardios good!!! I'm golden!

Day 47

Nothing special here today. Swam 36x25 yards in 22mins. Biked for 10 at a fast pace. And ran 4 miles in 37 mins happy fucking friday

Day 46

This weather must have a choke hold on me. I woke up feeling lazy to train.

Although I did swim for 30 mins, it wasn't sufficient enough... I got up and drank water every lap.

Biked for 10 dragging minutes.

I was to lazy to run so I did circuit training ala
Cross fit for 4 mins straight.

Today sucked... RIP Liz Taylor

Day 45

New toy... Lap counter... With a click this little gadget counts laps, avg. laps, total laps, and time set in per lap...

Swam 34x25 yard laps in 21 mins. I thought I was gonna puke. Note to self, never have alot of food in your stomach before an event.

I tried to time myself doing doing the transition from the water to the bike. I was able to do it in 2 mins which is alot longer than expected because I had to do certain things that I wouldn't have to come the day of the tri.

I plan on running with the shoes I'm biking with since I will not be usin a clipless pedal/shoes.

I did a treadmill run today for 4 miles and finishing in 36 mins.

Biked moderately for 10 mins

Day 44

Swam 36x25yards in 25 mins and this included a lady talking to me for 5 mins lol and of course a couple of water breaks.

I bought a lap counter that I can wear so that I won't have to stop swimming just to move the lap counter.

Biked for 15 mins.

Ran for 40 mins in the basketball gym.

Day 43

Did 34x25 yards in 21 mins... This includes a couple of water breaks and getting up to move the lap counters... Under 20 is doable...

Biked for 10 mins on high resistance.

Ran for .78 miles in 10 mins on 4.5-5.0 with incline from 8-12

Day 42

So today was a bit different. I swam for 35 mins and have started doing laps... Al in all I did 18x25 yards... This included water breaks in between each 2x25 yard swim... With no breaks, I can see myself finishing 0.4 miles in 18 mins hopefully lesser.

I cycled for 30 mins going at a pretty fast but moderate pace. I also did a few high resistance cycling.

Soon as the time was up, I ran straight to the basketball gym and did about 20 mins. Then I ran straight to the treadmill and
Set the incline to 7.5 with speed 5.5-5 and doing this for half a mile.
I then ran back to the basketball gym and ran for 5 more mins then jumping rightback on to the treadmill. I elevated it to 10 and ran for 7 mins on 5.5-4.0 speed...

Thanks for reading haha

Day 41

Hello!!! So today was another good session. Swam for 35 mins but now I was focusing on hand entry in the water. This will usually help how far you can glide in the water.

Biked for 25 mins on high resistance... I need to get my legs used to biking outdoors and biking right after swimming.

Ran around the basketball gym for 30 mins... I was running pretty fast I would say... Cardio's getting so much better. I felt so fresh right after thy I did 15 mins of ab routines. Minimal rest in between sets all through out... Did some cable crunch standing, flutter kicks and side bends...

I feel like I'm coming down with something. But everytime I feel like this, my body fights it real well and I come out ok the next day. I take it as
It has something to do with my health being better than before.

I rented a wet suit... Gonna be using that in the pool so ican get used to swimming in it. It's supposed to be more buoyant. Pic and details to follow later

Day 40

Swam for 30 mins. Still doing fish drills. I need to stop trying to go fast because it's quite tiring.

Biked for 10 mins because I was late. Although I was late, I biked on high resistance 80% of the time.

Ran for 20 mins. And finished 1.7 miles with high incline. Went from 5-10% on 5.5 speed.

Day 39

I just hate waking up early to get to the gym just to see a
Class in the pool. Like what's the use of
Wakin up early If I gotta start late anyway. SMH...

Im still doing drills and trying my best to be able to breath from both sides. So far it's going real well. By being able to breath from both sides, I can do more strokes before takin a breath. Swam for 30mins.

Biked for 25 mins mostly on high resistance. Now my legs feel numb lol

I ran for 26mins... 1.6 miles with an incline that started from 2-10%. Gradually increasing the incline by 0.5% every minute. I also set the speed between 5-5.5
The last 0.2 miles was done on 0% incline going on speed 7

Day 38

Took it easy today... Swam for 35
Mins and getting real comfortable with breathing from both sides...

Biked for 15 mins and ran for 1.3 miles with incline from 3-10 on
5.0 speed... Also did some back
Excercises and abs...

Day 37

I swam for 35 mins and did absolutely nothing, well for the most part, swam on my side. Gotta get used to breathing correctly before everything else.

Biked for only 20 mins... I didn't feel like being on it for awhile because I wanted to get my 40 min run in and get some ab routine in as well.

Ran for 40 mins around along the sidelines of the basketball gym. This beats running on the treadmill... One of the main reason why I have stopped running in the treadmill is I am gradually prepping my leg muscles for outdoor runs when the wether warms up... I felt good finishing and counted my heart rate...

Being able to have better cardio, gives my heart rate a faster recovery. This is most important when monitoring how tired you are getting, and how well you can recuperate for the next exercise.

Day 36

Today was great. Felt fresh free today's workout. I guess that week off was much needed. Anyway I swam for 35 mins doing nothing but zipper
And fish drills. I may have to do this for 1.5 more
Weeks. I'm starting to realize that these techniques will be more
That essential come swim time.

I biked for 30 mins doing alot of sprints.

As for running, I wanted to see how my cardio is after running on the treadmill for almost 2 months now. So ins read if running on the treadmill,
I decided to run around the basketball gym since it was empty. And running outside was just too cold for me. I also didn't have a milage counter so all I did was time my run for 40
Mins.

By doing so, I figured that it usually takes me 37 mins to run four miles so I assumed that I did 4 miles. I also got tired the way I would on the treadmill as the miles kept going up. I felt better afterwards than on the treadmill. I sprinted the las 2 mins and could have kept going. And now my calves are shot lol