And yet somehow I am not really concerned. I feel like I have a good training plan in place (I'll be sharing it this week) and I continue to find out new information almost daily. This past weekend I had lunch with a friend who is training for her 3rd or 4th tri. She is generous enough to share her knowledge and tips for training, etc. One of the things she highly recommended was finding like-minded people to train with... !
I called the local pool to check on pool memberships and spoke with the acquatic director... she happens to be training for her second tri and invited me to join the local tri club... and as we continued to talk about our training I mentioned that I also am not a runner. She shared with me her ideas on a method called Chi Running. As I continue to gather more info it intrigues me more and more. So much so that I found a running group in the north shore and their coach is a certified Chi-Running instructor. They are having a workshop on May 1st to teach the method and I am thinking of signing up.
So right now, I'm feeling like I'm in a very very good place....
The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start -john bingham
Showing posts with label run. Show all posts
Showing posts with label run. Show all posts
Monday, April 19, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
Run/Walk
Yesterday was a rest day... I was surprised that I didn't feel sore. At ALL!.... this from the girl whose knees sometimes hurt so much that I can barely make it up the stairs (although my glucosamine supplement definitely helps with that) and I know that giving away weight will be a tremendous help as well, but still... I HAVEN'T released all the weight I wish to yet and I RAN 3x this week.
Ok... so you're wondering why I'm saying 'giving away' or 'release' instead of LOSING weight... well, I am very much a believer in visualization and putting things 'out there' in order to help make them your reality (this blog is another example of me manifesting my goals....it keeps things front and center... but I digress. I read a very interesting article about the idea behind losing weight. And the author (if I could remember who, I'd give proper credit) hypothesized that one of the reasons so many people gain back weight they have 'lost' is because we always look for 'lost' items.... think about it: we lose our keys, we search high and low to find them, we lose our wallets, a phone number, god forbid our cell phone, the list is endless and the point is, no matter what it is, if we have LOST something, we try to get it back. Whereas if we 'give something away' or release it or donate it we have an agreement with ourselves that we no longer want that item... we don't try and find it and bring it back home again. So... with weight release why wouldn't it be the same thing? I know I'm over-simplifying this but it makes sense to me so I'm going with it. ; )
So yes, no sore knees or joints, no lower back niggling at me demanding that I stop. I do have to temper my enthusiasm because I do not want to be sidelined by injury but I feel it.... I really do.... that this is IT!
I wonder where I will be in 3 mos time..... on race day.... I keep visualizing that everyday... how strong I will be .... how energized and alert I will feel.... how excited to be achieving a great goal and reclaiming my health and fitness.
This morning I took Bax to the lake and we did our training run together. I warmed up with a brisk walk for 10 minutes, then I did the walk/run 1min:1min for the next 10 (so 5 sets) and then cooled with a 5 minute walk. It feels like it isn't long enough (total time) but I'm doing my best to stick with the plan (I must admit to a bit of tweaking however, because it really only called for 20 minutes today and that just was not going to be enough and the warm up was supposed to be 5 minute walk, 4 min stretch for a total of 9 minutes.... lol. I'm working between the two plans and am going to put it all together this weekend... I'll publish it next week to show you my plan and goals.
Next week is scary. I will sign up at the local pool in Marinette and start the swim part of my training. I'm also going to buy a beach token so I can take advantage of living near Lake Michigan and get some open water training time in. Did I mention that I really don't know how to swim?
Don't worry about upgrading your equipment. Upgrade your body. anonymous
Ok... so you're wondering why I'm saying 'giving away' or 'release' instead of LOSING weight... well, I am very much a believer in visualization and putting things 'out there' in order to help make them your reality (this blog is another example of me manifesting my goals....it keeps things front and center... but I digress. I read a very interesting article about the idea behind losing weight. And the author (if I could remember who, I'd give proper credit) hypothesized that one of the reasons so many people gain back weight they have 'lost' is because we always look for 'lost' items.... think about it: we lose our keys, we search high and low to find them, we lose our wallets, a phone number, god forbid our cell phone, the list is endless and the point is, no matter what it is, if we have LOST something, we try to get it back. Whereas if we 'give something away' or release it or donate it we have an agreement with ourselves that we no longer want that item... we don't try and find it and bring it back home again. So... with weight release why wouldn't it be the same thing? I know I'm over-simplifying this but it makes sense to me so I'm going with it. ; )
So yes, no sore knees or joints, no lower back niggling at me demanding that I stop. I do have to temper my enthusiasm because I do not want to be sidelined by injury but I feel it.... I really do.... that this is IT!
I wonder where I will be in 3 mos time..... on race day.... I keep visualizing that everyday... how strong I will be .... how energized and alert I will feel.... how excited to be achieving a great goal and reclaiming my health and fitness.
This morning I took Bax to the lake and we did our training run together. I warmed up with a brisk walk for 10 minutes, then I did the walk/run 1min:1min for the next 10 (so 5 sets) and then cooled with a 5 minute walk. It feels like it isn't long enough (total time) but I'm doing my best to stick with the plan (I must admit to a bit of tweaking however, because it really only called for 20 minutes today and that just was not going to be enough and the warm up was supposed to be 5 minute walk, 4 min stretch for a total of 9 minutes.... lol. I'm working between the two plans and am going to put it all together this weekend... I'll publish it next week to show you my plan and goals.
Next week is scary. I will sign up at the local pool in Marinette and start the swim part of my training. I'm also going to buy a beach token so I can take advantage of living near Lake Michigan and get some open water training time in. Did I mention that I really don't know how to swim?
Don't worry about upgrading your equipment. Upgrade your body. anonymous
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Training Plan.............. TaDA!
I've been doing copious amounts of searching for training plans... some were tooooooooooo detailed.... some were not detailed enough.... some were build your own (if I knew how to do that, why would I be searching for a plan???) and some were just not designed for a newbie in mind, even though they said 'for the beginner' in the title.
Eventually I happened upon a couple that feel about right.... they are the right amount of time (12 weeks), the right price (free), and easy to understand and follow. One is a plan that talks about training in terms of minutes... the other is a plan that talks in terms of distance.... so of course, like any good cook, I'm going to combine them into something unique and deliciously my own.
I've been exercising regularly for some time now... I think the biggest 'silly' question I have at this point is: Am I supposed to only do the training on my plan or am I supposed to do this in addition to any other exercising I do? I ask because there isn't really any actual strength training in the plan.... it is all about the swim/bike/run, which of course, makes sense.... but..... I think I want to make sure I'm doing some strength training, too.....
I'm meeting up with a friend this weekend who has completed a tri and is currently training for another. I will pose my question to her and see what she thinks.... so far the books and articles I've been devouring don't actually come out and state it clearly... probably because people tend to make their own adjustments anyway....
What does my plan look like? Right now I'm still looking at the two plans on two separate documents... hopefully this week or by week's end I'll have created an integration of the two that feels right.
Today I did a walk/run this morning (I'm getting more and more confident in my abiblity to be able to run.... !). I'm warming up for about 5 minutes and then I start doing intervals of 1 minute walk/1 minute run; today I did 3 sets of these then I continued to walk for another 20 minutes for a total of about 30 minutes. Later I did a short ride (8 miles) in about 45 minutes. Moderate pace, consistent cadence... felt good.
In tri lingo there is such a thing as a 'brick'. A brick is when you do two of the 3 events in training so a swim/bike or bike/run or swim/run. But I think to qualify as an actual brick the workouts have to be one right after the other, just as you would in an event. I did my morning walk/run early and then did the bike this afternoon, so not a real brick.... still, though, got them both in and that feels good.
Some people say I have attitude- maybe I do...but I think you have to.You have to believe in yourself when no one else does- that makes you a winner right there. -Venus Williams
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Eventually I happened upon a couple that feel about right.... they are the right amount of time (12 weeks), the right price (free), and easy to understand and follow. One is a plan that talks about training in terms of minutes... the other is a plan that talks in terms of distance.... so of course, like any good cook, I'm going to combine them into something unique and deliciously my own.
I've been exercising regularly for some time now... I think the biggest 'silly' question I have at this point is: Am I supposed to only do the training on my plan or am I supposed to do this in addition to any other exercising I do? I ask because there isn't really any actual strength training in the plan.... it is all about the swim/bike/run, which of course, makes sense.... but..... I think I want to make sure I'm doing some strength training, too.....
I'm meeting up with a friend this weekend who has completed a tri and is currently training for another. I will pose my question to her and see what she thinks.... so far the books and articles I've been devouring don't actually come out and state it clearly... probably because people tend to make their own adjustments anyway....
What does my plan look like? Right now I'm still looking at the two plans on two separate documents... hopefully this week or by week's end I'll have created an integration of the two that feels right.
Today I did a walk/run this morning (I'm getting more and more confident in my abiblity to be able to run.... !). I'm warming up for about 5 minutes and then I start doing intervals of 1 minute walk/1 minute run; today I did 3 sets of these then I continued to walk for another 20 minutes for a total of about 30 minutes. Later I did a short ride (8 miles) in about 45 minutes. Moderate pace, consistent cadence... felt good.
In tri lingo there is such a thing as a 'brick'. A brick is when you do two of the 3 events in training so a swim/bike or bike/run or swim/run. But I think to qualify as an actual brick the workouts have to be one right after the other, just as you would in an event. I did my morning walk/run early and then did the bike this afternoon, so not a real brick.... still, though, got them both in and that feels good.
Some people say I have attitude- maybe I do...but I think you have to.You have to believe in yourself when no one else does- that makes you a winner right there. -Venus Williams
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