Yay for training

Funny how floating around on a cloud of love makes one completely forget about training.

I've been a little bit lazy the last week or two, not really forcing myself to stick to any training schedule, but doing what I feel like, when I feel like it. Generally, it works out pretty well and I end up doing swimming, biking, running twice a week each, which is where I want to be.

But the last week, it's resulted in me sitting on my butt a lot. Last weeks' training consisted of two runs, one swim and one bike.

And I'm ashamed to admit that Sunday and yesterday, I did absolutely nothing. It was HOT!

The good news, though, is that I rode on Saturday and I'm getting a lot faster. Not fast, fast, mind you, but faster than before. When I first got my bike, I was averaging just over 13 mph. On Saturday, without even really pushing it and riding by myself, I averaged just over 15 mph. I'll take it!

And this morning, I did my first timed distance swim. I wasn't trying to go fast, just trying to finish. I swam 750 meters in 17:20, which comes out to 2:18/100m. Not great, but not bad for a distance. Still better than what I was swimming 100 meters at a time a month ago.

Randy and I are headed up to the mountains this weekend for a belated four-year anniversary weekend. (Our anniversary was last Thursday, but we couldn't get away last weekend because I had to work and he was riding bikes for 24 hours straight.) We'll have some chances to bike, which means the rest of my week will look something like this:

Wednesday: Run
Thursday: Swim
Friday: Bike
Saturday: Run (or more likely hike since we'll be right on the Appalachian trail) Sunday: Bike

At some point, I need to get out for an open water swim. I keep making excuses for why it isn't convenient or why I can't go, but the truth is that I'm just scared! I've gotten so comfortable in the pool that I don't want to face something new and scary. But better I do it now than on race day.

Yay for training. And thanks to Jessi for giving me the nudge I needed to get this posted.