Sunday, March 27, 2011
Zero, zip, nada
Another of those weeks. Unfortunately I have been unable to shake my cold so other than an easy recovery & regen session on Wednesday, I've done zero, zip, nada this week. Wednesday's session was done purely for the purpose of getting some blood packed full of nutrients & oxygen flowing in, and some of the crap toxins being sick & a lack of movement produces, out of my body. Easy 10mins on the bike @ <65% MHR then stretching & foam rolling. Hopefully this week can see a return to training. Though there isn't any rush; my next race isn't for 6 months!
Sunday, March 20, 2011
C'est la vie...
Short & sweet update today as I have very little to report this week.
I came home from Huski on Monday fired up (more fired up than I have been in recent months I must say) to get stuck into some speed work over the next 3 weeks ahead of my final race of the season.
Unfortunately the universe had other plans for me.
My 86 year old grandmother fell last Sunday & broke her wrist so I spent most of Monday to Wednesday at the hospital with her. She suffers from Parkinsons disease and dementia (which is a common side affect for Parkinsons sufferers apparently) so she was very vague, scared & uncertain. A difficult start to the week physically (due to a lack of sleep) and emotionally (needless to say).
Then Wednesday night I started to develop a sore throat which has since developed into a bad cold.
So my exercise for the week consisted of a grand total of 60mins walking with TigerAngel around Parramatta Park on Thursday morning & a few physio-order pilates exercises when I had some spare time.
My cold is quite bad today - between you & me, I think R is enjoying my husky voice at the moment - so I imagine it will be mid-week before I feel human enough to train again.
C'est la vie.
I came home from Huski on Monday fired up (more fired up than I have been in recent months I must say) to get stuck into some speed work over the next 3 weeks ahead of my final race of the season.
Unfortunately the universe had other plans for me.
My 86 year old grandmother fell last Sunday & broke her wrist so I spent most of Monday to Wednesday at the hospital with her. She suffers from Parkinsons disease and dementia (which is a common side affect for Parkinsons sufferers apparently) so she was very vague, scared & uncertain. A difficult start to the week physically (due to a lack of sleep) and emotionally (needless to say).
Then Wednesday night I started to develop a sore throat which has since developed into a bad cold.
So my exercise for the week consisted of a grand total of 60mins walking with TigerAngel around Parramatta Park on Thursday morning & a few physio-order pilates exercises when I had some spare time.
My cold is quite bad today - between you & me, I think R is enjoying my husky voice at the moment - so I imagine it will be mid-week before I feel human enough to train again.
C'est la vie.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
A race, my kingdom for a race...
An interesting week. I have been a flat the last week or two - really since I had the viral infection - but I have finally felt back to 'normal' again this week. I have also decided to get (really) disciplined again with my nutrition after I let it slide for a bit after Christmas & have lost 1.1kg in 2 weeks which is a good weight loss for me, especially given that I only wanted to lose 4kgs. 2.9kg to go :-)
Mon: After a late change of plan on Sunday night, for something different I headed off to my happy place on a Monday morning (aka the gym) for a solid strength session. Lots of push-ups & squats left me feeling like I had certainly had a solid workout - not to mention wondering how on earth I was going to make it through swim squad that night :-0
Turns out I didn't have to worry about swim squad as I got home late from work & had some SPARTA business to attend to :-D
Tue & Wed: rest - except for a massage on Tuesday night & a visit to the physio on Wednesday morning which involved some painful massage & some glute torturing pilates.
Thu: my first pre-work bike session in some time (*she blushes*). A late meeting in the city meant that I was lucky enough to sleep-in until 5.30am before doing this session. Spent 45mins on the windtrainer in the garage doing a rather eclectic session which included 2 x 6 mins efforts at race pace with a 4min recovery as well as some short, fast sprints to see if I could find some fast twitch fibres before my race on Saturday. 16.37km
Fri: rest. A day off work, a bit of a sleep-in, a visit to an osteopath for the first time which was absolutely fascinating and a road trip to Huskisson for a weekend of racing :-)
Sat: Mini Mango & I raced the enticer on a beautiful calm & still morning at Huskisson. The race didn't start until the decadent hour of 10am which meant we were able to enjoy a sleep-in. A very popular race; there were 265 women alone, 104 of which were in my age group & lots of newbies (which became very evident on the ride).
The swim was, quite simply, feral. I have never been kicked so many times in any other race. The course was, also, I think a bit long adding to the 'experience'. Touched ground (finally) and then run up the sand & stairs to transition. Mini Mango passed me just after I ran over the timing mat - phew - my record of beating her in the swim remained intact :-)
In T1, I took my time as I was trying to get my HR down & then set out on the bike. To say I was pleased to get off the bike would be an understatement. It was almost dangerous there; people with NFI basically. Overtaking on the inside, overtaking without checking for people behind them, blocking (ie moving to the right to overtake and then sitting there and not actually overtaking), people riding down the middle of the road etc etc.
T2 had another long run so again I took my time to change my shoes in an effort to get my HR down & then set out on the run. For the first time since this my 1,000,000th return to running, I managed to run the whole run leg - a grand total of 2kms - without stopping! Bugger all compared to what others around me are doing but a small victory for me. It's a shame the run was short (I think) - there was no way I was running 6min/kms!
After withdrawing from both the HIM/70.3 race at Port Macquarie as well as the ITU Olympic distance race in Sydney next month, it was nice to finally race.
I do feel better about the race after looking at the results: 44:34 for 300m swim (supposedly) / 8k bike / 2km run (supposedly). I was 29th out of 104 women in my age group & in the top 30% of all 265 women who did the race. Enjoyed a celebratory HUGE ice cream later in the afternoon to celebrate :-)
Sun: rest if you call cheering on a hot day for almost 7 hours, rest. Still it was a good warm up for a certain long day coming up in Port Mac in 7 weeks time.
MTD:
Swim: 300m (!)
Bike: 79.07km
Mon: After a late change of plan on Sunday night, for something different I headed off to my happy place on a Monday morning (aka the gym) for a solid strength session. Lots of push-ups & squats left me feeling like I had certainly had a solid workout - not to mention wondering how on earth I was going to make it through swim squad that night :-0
Turns out I didn't have to worry about swim squad as I got home late from work & had some SPARTA business to attend to :-D
Tue & Wed: rest - except for a massage on Tuesday night & a visit to the physio on Wednesday morning which involved some painful massage & some glute torturing pilates.
Thu: my first pre-work bike session in some time (*she blushes*). A late meeting in the city meant that I was lucky enough to sleep-in until 5.30am before doing this session. Spent 45mins on the windtrainer in the garage doing a rather eclectic session which included 2 x 6 mins efforts at race pace with a 4min recovery as well as some short, fast sprints to see if I could find some fast twitch fibres before my race on Saturday. 16.37km
Fri: rest. A day off work, a bit of a sleep-in, a visit to an osteopath for the first time which was absolutely fascinating and a road trip to Huskisson for a weekend of racing :-)
Sat: Mini Mango & I raced the enticer on a beautiful calm & still morning at Huskisson. The race didn't start until the decadent hour of 10am which meant we were able to enjoy a sleep-in. A very popular race; there were 265 women alone, 104 of which were in my age group & lots of newbies (which became very evident on the ride).
The swim was, quite simply, feral. I have never been kicked so many times in any other race. The course was, also, I think a bit long adding to the 'experience'. Touched ground (finally) and then run up the sand & stairs to transition. Mini Mango passed me just after I ran over the timing mat - phew - my record of beating her in the swim remained intact :-)
In T1, I took my time as I was trying to get my HR down & then set out on the bike. To say I was pleased to get off the bike would be an understatement. It was almost dangerous there; people with NFI basically. Overtaking on the inside, overtaking without checking for people behind them, blocking (ie moving to the right to overtake and then sitting there and not actually overtaking), people riding down the middle of the road etc etc.
T2 had another long run so again I took my time to change my shoes in an effort to get my HR down & then set out on the run. For the first time since this my 1,000,000th return to running, I managed to run the whole run leg - a grand total of 2kms - without stopping! Bugger all compared to what others around me are doing but a small victory for me. It's a shame the run was short (I think) - there was no way I was running 6min/kms!
After withdrawing from both the HIM/70.3 race at Port Macquarie as well as the ITU Olympic distance race in Sydney next month, it was nice to finally race.
I do feel better about the race after looking at the results: 44:34 for 300m swim (supposedly) / 8k bike / 2km run (supposedly). I was 29th out of 104 women in my age group & in the top 30% of all 265 women who did the race. Enjoyed a celebratory HUGE ice cream later in the afternoon to celebrate :-)
Sun: rest if you call cheering on a hot day for almost 7 hours, rest. Still it was a good warm up for a certain long day coming up in Port Mac in 7 weeks time.
MTD:
Swim: 300m (!)
Bike: 79.07km
Sunday, March 06, 2011
Another week, another 7 crazy days...
Mon: rest day. My passport & I spent the day in the Shire attending a seminar by Thomas Meyer who is the guru in the field of fascia. Learnt alot that I can use when training my clients
Tue: up early for a 25min walk/shuffle. Thankfully it felt much easier than last week's aborted session. Sometime during the run I made the decision to switch from the sprint race at Husky next weekend to the enticer event. I would love to do a sprint race; I have actually never done one in all my years in triathlon. But I'm not ready for it yet & I'm not prepared to delay my recovery for one race this late in the season.
Wed: rest. Saw my physio in the morning to talk about the progress I have made since he put me in the preggie belt 18 months ago. The plan is to shake up my rehab a little bit in the hope that I can make the next step forward. I had planned a gym visit in the afternoon but forgot to pack my shoes :-(
Thu: up early for a visit to my happy place - aka the gym - for a strength session. I had planned to go to the open water swim held by PTC at the Regatta Centre & go to the gym tonight. But on checking my diary I realised that I had an appointment in the evening precluding my gym visit. So, faced with the choice between a swim & a gym visit, I made the natural decision - off to the gym I went :-))
Fri: rest
Sat: rest day - if you consider 3 hours sleep, getting up at 12.30am, driving for an hour, volunteering at WWoT's Coastrek event at the finish line in Coogee from 2am to midday & then driving home, rest :-) Seriously had a wonderful day catching up with some lovely people I only see once a year & being inspired to do something I have always wanted to do.... :-))
Sun: a 2 hour nap yesterday afternoon followed by 9 hours sleep last night left me feeling human again. So I headed out for an easy 2hr ride to Windsor & Richmond with R before coming home via the Coffee Club for a mid-ride coffee & (shared) banana bread. So many PTC members are out training at the moment - it's great to see! 54.7km in 2:25
Off to beautiful Huskisson on Friday for the weekend's racing. Looking forward to getting out of Sydney for a few days
MTD:
Bike: 54.7km
Tue: up early for a 25min walk/shuffle. Thankfully it felt much easier than last week's aborted session. Sometime during the run I made the decision to switch from the sprint race at Husky next weekend to the enticer event. I would love to do a sprint race; I have actually never done one in all my years in triathlon. But I'm not ready for it yet & I'm not prepared to delay my recovery for one race this late in the season.
Wed: rest. Saw my physio in the morning to talk about the progress I have made since he put me in the preggie belt 18 months ago. The plan is to shake up my rehab a little bit in the hope that I can make the next step forward. I had planned a gym visit in the afternoon but forgot to pack my shoes :-(
Thu: up early for a visit to my happy place - aka the gym - for a strength session. I had planned to go to the open water swim held by PTC at the Regatta Centre & go to the gym tonight. But on checking my diary I realised that I had an appointment in the evening precluding my gym visit. So, faced with the choice between a swim & a gym visit, I made the natural decision - off to the gym I went :-))
Fri: rest
Sat: rest day - if you consider 3 hours sleep, getting up at 12.30am, driving for an hour, volunteering at WWoT's Coastrek event at the finish line in Coogee from 2am to midday & then driving home, rest :-) Seriously had a wonderful day catching up with some lovely people I only see once a year & being inspired to do something I have always wanted to do.... :-))
Sun: a 2 hour nap yesterday afternoon followed by 9 hours sleep last night left me feeling human again. So I headed out for an easy 2hr ride to Windsor & Richmond with R before coming home via the Coffee Club for a mid-ride coffee & (shared) banana bread. So many PTC members are out training at the moment - it's great to see! 54.7km in 2:25
Off to beautiful Huskisson on Friday for the weekend's racing. Looking forward to getting out of Sydney for a few days
MTD:
Bike: 54.7km
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