Another Bike Day

I haven't blogged in a while. Today was another bike day, yesterday I swam 800 meters, the day before I biked+ran. I am starting to feel tired lately. I think it's because I have slacked off a little on my nutrition. I am going to make a conscious effort to re-commit to my diet. The other day on my run, I experienced something so weird. I was running and I had just gotten through the first mile (which for some reason seemed really hard) and then it was as if I was just floating along and all I wanted to do was smile. I don't know if I was outwardly smiling but inside I was just...happy. Those kinds of days give me the strength, confidence and desire to wake up the next day and do it all over again.

Bike Day

Rode 30 miles today. I felt pretty good. I can tell I am getting stronger because I am getting faster! I am glad that I still felt strong even though I was really sick on Tuesday, I had a light workout day on Wednesday and didn't train at all yesterday. Tomorrow Rich is competing in a sprint tri at the Davis Rec. Center and the kids and I are going to cheer him on! I am excited to see him compete and be able to actually see him run through the finish! (Usually I am about 5-10 minutes behind him on the run so he always is cheering me through the finish...my turn!) I will take some pics tomorrow and post about how he does. I am sure he will do awesome, he always does. I am not sure when I will get my brick in, but I am sure I will have time after the tri.

Road to IRONMAN

OK so I have decided to create a blog to document my LONG road to the St. George IRONMAN!! I know that a lot of people think I am crazy and they doubt that I can do it. That is partly the reason that...up to this point...I have been writing all of my experiences, training, thoughts and emotions in a journal. However, I thought it might be more meaningful if I can add pictures and video with my journaling so I created this blog. I know that writing my thoughts and training in a blog is opening myself up to criticism but I don't care! I have really been working on positive thinking and not allowing all of the negativity around me affect my thoughts or my training. It has been hard...really hard. But a quote that I keep repeating in my mind is "Nothing compares to reaching the goals that others said were out of your reach." But the really inspiring thing for me is... that I have already reached some goals that 3 months ago, I thought were out of my reach.

I have learned a lot in the 2 months of Ironman training that I have been doing. I have been getting a training plan from Aaron Ogden, a trainer at the Sports Mall. He is really knowledgeable and has really helped me both with my training and my nutrition. When I first started my Ironman training, he had me up the volume that I was doing, meaning I swam more meters, and ran and biked more miles. It had a negative affect on my tummy, I found myself really sick after every long workout. Aaron suggested cutting wheat out of my diet and that has made a HUGE difference! I feel SO much better while I am working out and after! In my training right now, I am still doing higher volume and low intensity. Every week my workouts feel a bit easier and it gives me confidence when I can feel my body responding in a positive way to the torture I am putting it through! I am swimming, biking and running each 3x's a week. Different distances each day, I train 6 days a week, if I have a day where I have a hard time getting my workout in, I am almost in a panic, it's pretty funny. I am addicted to training, I am LOVING this!