20 weeks till taper for Danskin Seattle

Last Week’s Goals
• Buy the bike and stop worrying about finding the perfect bike.

• Watch “Total Immersion” Freestyle swimming video

• Just do a few rides to get used to the bike

• 30 mins of practicing pedal clipping in and out

• At least two runs at 45 mins each (next week is super busy for me and I’m a bit worried about fitting everything in). Continue focus on stride turnover and hill work for strength.

• Two swims of at least 45 mins each.

Met all my goals last week except the clipping in and out goal. I decided after I got my bike that I needed to focus on just the basics for the first few weeks. I’m putting off the clipless thing for a few weeks till I have everything else figured out. My goal is to minimize falling over on my arse and being entertainment for my neighborhood. I’ll train on the clipless in a couple weeks.

Highlights this week:

4 miles with hills then a 1000 meter swim in the evening. Yes all that exercising on the same day. I rock! I couldn’t walk two blocks when I was fat and now look at me. I was tired but I did it! Today I biked and swam in the same day. Woot!

Bought my bike. Ended up with the Specialized Sequoia (58cm). I had my heart set on the Trek but truth be told, this one felt more “me”. So go figure. I made a money decision based on how it felt versus logic. Somehow in my head I think that is emotional progress.
Struggle for the week: What is exhaustion exactly? How do I tell when I’m being a wuss versus really needing to rest? I backed off for a few days at the end of the week and didn’t do a third run and feel much better today. I do love that I feel like I have enough time to take things slowly and allow myself extra recovery time. Time is a luxury. I appreicate having it.

Goals for next week:

Run twice (45 – 60 mins)

— long run of 60+ mins

— 45 min run with hill work

Bike three times. (I’m in the getting to know you stage!)

— Figure out how the gears work. (they were out of manuals!!!!)

— Benchmark test

— Easy rides to get acquainted with biking so I don’t kill myself.

Swim twice at least 1000 meters each

— Freestyle only

— Focus on form versus speed (lengthen stroke, head down, rocking)

— Sign up for a stroke critique

Start trying on Tri clothing. (Avoidance is not an effective strategy Kym)

Be more positive about my body image.

Pray for some sunny days.

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