Given that it’s Thursday, I suppose I should get with it and recap the previous week (I know you were just dieeeeeeeing to know what I did). But I can’t get on with it until I show you the most adorable photo ever. Wait for it…
You’re welcome.
Now on to the light/marker week that was week 19.
Mon., 4/9: Swim w/ 800 marker
A measly 1,800 meter swim as I completely overslept. However, I also did the mandatory 800 marker that I do every 4-6 weeks to track progress. The past two 800 marker tests were a bit frustrating because I didn’t see any improvement, but thankfully I chopped 15 seconds off of my marker this time. It’s nothing fantastic, but I’ll take it!
Tues., 4/10: Run w/ 800 marker
This week also had an 800 marker as part of the 5.5 mile run and this is where my heart really smiled as I chopped off a minute plus from my previous markers. It’s important to note that the run marker isn’t about how fast you can run it, but rather how long it takes to run the 800 while maintaining a specific heart rate.
Wed., 4/11: Swim
I split up my Thursday double day and did my swim today, which was supposed to be a rest day. 2,300 meters (my longest swim to date) and felt great…well, minus the creeper in the lane next to me. No sir, I do not want to talk to you while I am in my two-piece.
Thurs., 4/12: Cycle
Nice and sweaty trainer ride, entertainment brought to you by Smash. What am I going to watch after this season ends?!
Fri., 4/13: Run
If you tell your coach that you want to break 1:30, he’s going to give you workouts that will help you do so. Enter this run: half at easy pace, the other half at half-marathon pace.
Sat., 4/14: Cycle / Transition Run
Half Moon Bay ride day! I love riding in HMB; Chicken Face joins me, he studies and walks Lola while I ride, then he meets me afterward so we can make a day of it.
It was going to be perfect, that is until I got separated from the group, thought I missed a turn, ended up backtracking and going the wrong way, forgetting to restart my watch, then meeting up with a group member whose back brake completely broke and I decided to ride back with him a different way. We ended up along highway one white-knuckling the whole damn thing as I swear the wind was going to blow me off the road and into oncoming traffic. It was not my faster (or safest) ride, nor was it a proud moment. I’m not even sure how long or far I was riding, but I finished it off with a 15 minute transition run.
Post-ride nap on the beach.
Sun., 4/15: Rest
My mom and little sister were in town for the weekend so a rest day was welcome, unlike the rattlesnake that we saw on our hike. Yes, A RATTLESNAKE!
See it hiding in the shadow?! I still don’t think it’s a good idea that my mom stayed long enough to snap this photo.
I closed out week 19 with:
7 hours and 28 minutes of training:
4,483 yards swimming
63 miles cycling
15.7 miles running
What is the scariest thing you’ve run into while running/hiking/whatever?
Happy Running!
that picture IS adorable. how did she get up there?!
Lola looks more natural on a bike than I do…and way cuter.
nice week of training! I’ve definitely almost stumbled upon a rattlesnake while hiking in Colorado. the boy still likes to do imitations of how I flew back upon seeing it. Of course he wanted to poke it with a stick to make it rattle. Definitely the scariest thing I’ve come across. Although there is a guy in my neighborhood with a pet boa constrictor that he drapes around his neck while raking the lawn. I suppose that’s more strange than scary as long as I stay far away.
The scariest thing I have hiked into was a Mother Black Bear and her two cubs on a trail in the Appalachian Mountains. I was about 40 yards away from them before I noticed them and they had yet noticed me. When they did, the cubs scurried up a tree right on trail and the mother took off in a direction that I felt “she may be coming after us through the trees.” We ran and had to wait for another hiker to come down mountain before continuing on our way back to the car. I guess I should stop watching ‘when animals attack’ videos. It was a scary moment!
haha i love the pic of you and lola on the beach! and the one on the bike is pretty freaking adorable, too : ) great job this week, especially on the markers! it’s nice to see hard work paying off : )
we get tons of rattlesnakes on the bike trail here in the summer. several years back my pup even was bit by one! they’re usually harmless if you leave them alone, but like to stretch out across the trail to sun themselves.
Lola is so effing cute. I want her to be best friends with my yorkie, Brutus.
Lola is seriously the cutest dog. And this comes from someone who has her own “little” puppy.
The picture(s) are sooo, sooo, adorable and cute!
What I would give to take a nap on the beach right now … ha!
Scary!!! When I was on vacation in Tucson I went running and came across a baby diamond back rattler. It was terrifying!
i love your post from tina’s blog! glad i found you. also i am a used to be nevada girl and now live in cali too 🙂
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH LOLA
Rockin week!
ACK to the bike ride. I am terrified of that happening and I hate wind!
Oh you really have a busy day. But you have time with your family. You are amazing! And I love all the pics except the rattle snake. he-he.. I hate that! Are you doing that routine everyday?