... I know I never do these anymore (save the monthly recaps) ... but what with the crazy COVID-19 times we're living in, I figured I'd jump on the probable bandwagon of blogging about dealing with this shit.
My training update is ... I'm really kind of not. I had a good week at the beginning of March. Then we went on a tiny weekend trip that ended up being stressful so we took a small break as we had a ski vacation planned. We did that, using up the last days of our four-pack ... and then got down the mountain to an uncertain world.
We/I didn't manage to swim the few swims I had scheduled late last week and I had a feeling that I should probably get to the pool on Monday, but I didn't ... and now who knows when I'll be able to swim again.
The only thing that really bums me out there is that my at least 10k a month swim streak dies. I had it going for 15 months which is crazy awesome for me. But alas ... it is dead. Unless I want to try to brave the reservoirs around here which ... no. I'm not that strong.
We're still allowed outside, but it's been so mentally tough to get out for either a ride or a run. B and I managed last weekend, but it was a bit rough. I am fortunate enough to have an indoor cycling set up if I so choose it ... and I'm not doing it.
I am, however, still sticking with my TIU daily workout because I think it's so ingrained in me by this point. At the beginning of this month, I decided to try and add a little extra in each day as well (so if it's arm day, add in a few extra arm exercises), which I think was a good idea. The actual in-app workouts (that aren't just the daily moves) are free right now thanks to the shitshow that is our world, so I may try some of those as well. I have at least done one of the meditations and it was great.
The other thing that I think is relatively fortunate is that except for a whole bunch of tentative stuff on the schedule (random running races that I penciled in like hey, maybe I'll run this), I have no serious races until August in Boulder 70.3 (oh I'm doing that. I think I mentioned it.). At this point, who knows if it'll still go on, but I'm thankful I don't have to worry about it ... yet.
In general, we're trying to both give ourselves grace in this stressful time and do what we can, as we can. I guess that's all that any of us can do.
The fitness adventures of two Ironman triathletes
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Friday, March 6, 2020
Race #2 of the Season: Leap Day 5K
This race was a bit spur of the moment (though not registered for last second). I knew B was going to be home for it and I got emails for it ... so I asked him, "hey, how do you feel about running a 5K on the 29th?" He said sure, so we went for it.
Race photogs got me dropping off donations. Courtesy 3W Races.
Since it was chilly, we mostly hung out in the car until about 10 minutes prior to the start. I got to see several friends/fellow Skirt ambassadors at the race including Deb and Jen, so that was nice.
Soon enough ... go time.
I'm on the left while B is in the yellow socks. Photo 3W Races.
I was in front of B until the first main hill that I had to walk some on at probably .75 miles. From that point until probably a little after 2 miles, we leap-frogged. I was able to run at a decent clip when I was running, but the cold made it a bit hard to breathe. And I used my stupid inhaler for a change, so I was a bit grumbly.
In any case, 5Ks are nice and short and it means the pain is over (relatively) quickly.
Urgh. Photo 3W races.
Dead husband, who finished 30 seconds prior to me. It took him a few minutes to peel himself off the pavement.
... that's a nice surprise ...
Final Stats:
Time: 29:48.1
17/89 AG (F30-39)
57/370 gender
118/544 overall
First time I have gone sub-:30 in a 5K since December 2017 when I last did my "race to fitness" experiment. I was kind of wondering if I'd ever see that again. Thankfully ... I did. Now to get it even lower ...
Neither of us had really raced a 5K in a few years - April 2018, I think? Let me note that while we did run hard at the Colorado 5K last June, I don't think either of us were actually attempting to race it like we did at the aforementioned April race (Rockies 5K).
Race morning looked to be a bit chillier than we had hoped (stupid clouds). Eh, welcome to Colorado.
Race photogs got me dropping off donations. Courtesy 3W Races.
Since it was chilly, we mostly hung out in the car until about 10 minutes prior to the start. I got to see several friends/fellow Skirt ambassadors at the race including Deb and Jen, so that was nice.
Soon enough ... go time.
I'm on the left while B is in the yellow socks. Photo 3W Races.
I was in front of B until the first main hill that I had to walk some on at probably .75 miles. From that point until probably a little after 2 miles, we leap-frogged. I was able to run at a decent clip when I was running, but the cold made it a bit hard to breathe. And I used my stupid inhaler for a change, so I was a bit grumbly.
In any case, 5Ks are nice and short and it means the pain is over (relatively) quickly.
Urgh. Photo 3W races.
Dead husband, who finished 30 seconds prior to me. It took him a few minutes to peel himself off the pavement.
... that's a nice surprise ...
Final Stats:
Time: 29:48.1
17/89 AG (F30-39)
57/370 gender
118/544 overall
First time I have gone sub-:30 in a 5K since December 2017 when I last did my "race to fitness" experiment. I was kind of wondering if I'd ever see that again. Thankfully ... I did. Now to get it even lower ...
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
February Round Up
At the end of January's round up, I mentioned that motivation had been a problem. It continued on that way a bit into February before I finally ended up sort of getting my shit together mid month. Read on ...
Swimming: 13500m (8.39 mi)
Cycling: 123.23 mi
Running: 24.89 mi
Lifting: 29 sessions (5:33)
Other: one session skiing (4:30), two walks (1:30)
I sort of started to move out of my early month funk ... but then I had a crisis in terms of race direction. I sorta kinda thought I'd maybe race IM Lake Placid this year - we'd briefly talked about it late December - but then it never got brought up. B wasn't super happy about it in the first place so I thought that him not mentioning it was a sign.
It ended up being that he actually just totally forgot about it (... communication: rarely a problem with us but sometimes ...) and in discussing it, if I'm going to race an IM, I want to do it right, and I don't think I could have done that with Placid this year.
Once that maybe possibility was out of my brain, I needed to find different direction as 70.3 Memphis is a looooong way away.
So, I sat down and wrote out a tentative race calendar and then the weekly long workouts I would need to get there. I threw a couple possible early(-ier) season 10 miles/half-marathons on there (if I run them, great; if not, I'll have at least gotten in the mileage) and we compromised on me adding in another 70.3 which means I'll do Boulder again.
As for what that meant for monthly numbers ... I'm glad swimming is staying over 10k. I had some extremely frustrating moments with swimming this past month and a few possible baby breakthroughs. The bike continues to be a bit of a struggle, but I think as long as I can get outside more in March, it will improve quite a bit. I'm bummed that it was a down running month, but I may have had a tiny breakthrough there, too (spoiler alert for Friday).
I'm glad to be continuing with the daily workout as well as getting in some other activities. We're really enjoying skiing and that will show up again at least once in March. I'm hoping to do a bit more than that, however, especially as the weather starts turning spring-like.
Swimming: 13500m (8.39 mi)
Cycling: 123.23 mi
Running: 24.89 mi
Lifting: 29 sessions (5:33)
Other: one session skiing (4:30), two walks (1:30)
I sort of started to move out of my early month funk ... but then I had a crisis in terms of race direction. I sorta kinda thought I'd maybe race IM Lake Placid this year - we'd briefly talked about it late December - but then it never got brought up. B wasn't super happy about it in the first place so I thought that him not mentioning it was a sign.
It ended up being that he actually just totally forgot about it (... communication: rarely a problem with us but sometimes ...) and in discussing it, if I'm going to race an IM, I want to do it right, and I don't think I could have done that with Placid this year.
Once that maybe possibility was out of my brain, I needed to find different direction as 70.3 Memphis is a looooong way away.
So, I sat down and wrote out a tentative race calendar and then the weekly long workouts I would need to get there. I threw a couple possible early(-ier) season 10 miles/half-marathons on there (if I run them, great; if not, I'll have at least gotten in the mileage) and we compromised on me adding in another 70.3 which means I'll do Boulder again.
As for what that meant for monthly numbers ... I'm glad swimming is staying over 10k. I had some extremely frustrating moments with swimming this past month and a few possible baby breakthroughs. The bike continues to be a bit of a struggle, but I think as long as I can get outside more in March, it will improve quite a bit. I'm bummed that it was a down running month, but I may have had a tiny breakthrough there, too (spoiler alert for Friday).
I'm glad to be continuing with the daily workout as well as getting in some other activities. We're really enjoying skiing and that will show up again at least once in March. I'm hoping to do a bit more than that, however, especially as the weather starts turning spring-like.
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