So, this little corner of blogworld has been, and probably will be for another week or so, neglected. But, at the very least, I wanted to do a quick write-up of what happened last week for posterity.
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| Considering my crappy week, I'll take it. |
PT: Three homework sessions for about 2 hours.
Bike: Twice, both on the trainer, for 10 fake trainer miles in about 1:44.
Run/walk: Twice, both on the road, for 8.25 miles in about 1:37.
Weights: One barre class for about an hour.
Total: Eight sessions in about 6:21. I mean, it wasn't terrible, considering, so I won't complain.
A couple other things of note:
I've been going to barre Monday nights for a while now, 6 of the past 7 Mondays (although one of those was during the day on Labor Day). It seems to be working for me for some reason; the start time isn't so early that I have to rush from work, it's an hour that I can compartmentalize without using too much brain effort on a Monday, it's a day off from cardio on the day after I usually run, etc.
I've been adding a bit more resistance to my bike rides and feeling OK. I wish I could carve out more time to ride outside on the weekends but this is where I'm at for now. I feel pretty good about re-starting my Trainer Road subscription in the next month or two.
Running is also coming along. I've been doing 6:00 run/1:00 walk and will probably add another minute to the run intervals next week while keeping the 1 minute recovery. I have the odd discomfort in my knee but have not had actual pain in a while, knock on wood. I'll probably get myself to a 10:00/1:00 rotation before I consider myself "healed" enough to run nonstop regularly.
I need more time in the day/to win the lottery/to make a few clones of me to do the day job, housecleaning, food prepping, etc. so the real me can just train, play with the dogs, and garden all day.
I miss swimming. I miss training for a big (even a relatively "big") event. I miss the athlete I was a few years ago. I want to get back to half-iron and full marathon shape. I know it will take time and I need to be patient. Getting my knee back into run/walk shape and getting my thyroid meds under control so I stopped having anxiety attacks were big steps in the right direction. I need to keep taking these baby steps and trust the process. It doesn't mean I have to like it, but I will do it. I will be back! Eventually.
Lastly, my sister just moved to a town that hosts an Ironman 70.3. It's tempting. It may have to be my comeback race next year... we'll see.
I've been adding a bit more resistance to my bike rides and feeling OK. I wish I could carve out more time to ride outside on the weekends but this is where I'm at for now. I feel pretty good about re-starting my Trainer Road subscription in the next month or two.
Running is also coming along. I've been doing 6:00 run/1:00 walk and will probably add another minute to the run intervals next week while keeping the 1 minute recovery. I have the odd discomfort in my knee but have not had actual pain in a while, knock on wood. I'll probably get myself to a 10:00/1:00 rotation before I consider myself "healed" enough to run nonstop regularly.
I need more time in the day/to win the lottery/to make a few clones of me to do the day job, housecleaning, food prepping, etc. so the real me can just train, play with the dogs, and garden all day.
I miss swimming. I miss training for a big (even a relatively "big") event. I miss the athlete I was a few years ago. I want to get back to half-iron and full marathon shape. I know it will take time and I need to be patient. Getting my knee back into run/walk shape and getting my thyroid meds under control so I stopped having anxiety attacks were big steps in the right direction. I need to keep taking these baby steps and trust the process. It doesn't mean I have to like it, but I will do it. I will be back! Eventually.
Lastly, my sister just moved to a town that hosts an Ironman 70.3. It's tempting. It may have to be my comeback race next year... we'll see.
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