running with clothes on is overrated, but i GUESS it must be done as the weather cools down.
marathon training has started! which means for humans like me (as compared to energizer bunnies like A), more running and only 2x/week each of biking and swimming. this week's mileage is about 50, and even working in biking/swimming, works out to take up significantly less time than triathlon training. which means (and cm will be proud to read this) more rest and stretching. i feel like i'm dragging a bit on the swim and am not worried so much about my bike skills atrophying (not a lot of skill in the first place), but have to remind myself that on marathon day i won't wish i had biked/swum more. the spinnervals that sb lent are fun although i can't stand up on the trainer w/o feeling wobbly. aerobuilders are a little less fun, esp when the guy likes to yell out every one, two, five and ten minute interval.
when i showed up for hill repeats early last saturday, i got a lecture from fb who pulled out a fleece and two right-hand gloves for me, all of which i took off after the warmup despite "mom's" protests. being hot makes me cranky! the hill workout was fun, although not in the sense that i'd do it every day and can't wait for next week. i dragged behind fb, todd and sb, no surprise, and the ever-motivational todd would give us a 1,2,3 "go" with inspirational words like "cardiac arrest" and "super suffer." practicing running downhill was definitely my favourite part of that workout. then an attempt to swim afterwards, followed by a day of girliness and ticklish feet (on my part. oh man!) at the spa with G and fb. i believe all 3 of us have chipped our nails already.
yesterday morning, my quads were still sore from the hill workout but there was a 12-miler on my schedule. it was such an awesome day, and after attempting to sprint up hills on saturday, running rather leisurely up the hills was no longer scary. i finished strong and think i made 14 miles. after working out my schedule for this week, i noticed that i could get all the mileage in if i do 10 today although my legs were still tired, but that's what i get for planning too late! it was the first morning i ran with more than a sports bra and shorts, but i did admire my pretty pink nail polish quite often.
btw bassman half pictures are up (bib #554) and i look like such a happy idiot in most of them.
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You don't like being a hot girl?! Ha Ha! You get as much rest as you do quality workouts. Remember how much tougher running is on the body than swimming and biking. If you run hard or long too often you end up injured and/or overtrained and you run your race like poo.
you're so funny...I love being hot! Don't overdo it!
the way that you titled this post alongside yourself saying "pictures are up" must be causing lots of readers of the male gender to look at said pictures...to those males i'm telling you, i own a shotgun.
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