Last Wednesday, we ran 9 miles in the morning at an 8:27 pace, burned 961 calories, then went off to work and a busy day. Then, Wed night, we went to our first TNT swim practice with Roberta who coached us very well; we swam about 1500 meters. We were pretty tired after running so far in the morning, and not getting done swimming until 8:30 at night. Then, Thursday, we went to our spin class with Bob, and then masters swim class with Christine and she worked our ass off! I can't say it any other way; I've never been worked out like that in the pool. We swam a total of 2700 meters, the furthest we have ever swam in one pool session. Friday, we were off and spent our night preparing for the poker party we were hosting for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society! Saturday morning, we biked 50 miles!; the most we have ever done and it wasn't even really that hard. We averaged 16.8 mph and we biked along San Jose, up to the Riverside YMCA, over the Acosta Bridge and then back d...
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Tuesday, I went to a Yoga class that I have been going to for a few weeks now. I really like it a lot, and flexibility is very important with all of our training. Dustin has class on Tuesdays, well only for two more weeks, so I am going to make him go with me after that. He is so inflexible, it's not even funny! Before the Yoga class, I warmed up on the recumbant bike for 3 miles while playing BINGO, yes, BINGO in the workout room for the people on the machines who wanted to play, weird, but different, and you know I like different. I didn't win though! Tomorrow morning, our plan is to run 9 miles and then go to TNT swim practice tomorrow night, oh yeah, and work all in between! Busy day ahead of us and we still need to watch American Idol tonight too! :)
Much catching up to do, as usual. I can't believe how well Maw Maw is doing. She had her first chemo treatment on Thursday for six hours. She came home afterwards and has been feeling fine with no side effects to mention yet, which is unbelievable! I think she is more positive now than she was before this diagnosis. It is so good to hear her positive voice on the phone. I hope the treatments continue to go this well for her. It inspires us even more to hear her in such high spirits, despite what she has to go through. As far as our training: Sunday, we were lazy as far as training, but got a lot done for Team in Training, for our business, All Around Physical Therapy, and just odds and ends we had to catch up on. Monday, we ran 4 miles at a 7:22 mile and then swam 1700 meters straight at the pool; the most we have ever swam with no rest breaks. Tuesday morning, we got up early and did a 12 mile bike ride on Wonderwood bridges. Wednesday, when I got off work, we quickly ran 8...
First things first with Maw Maw. She is doing better and is ready for her treatment to begin. She goes to get a port in her chest tomorrow, and then starts her chemotherapy on Thursday. It will last 4-5 hours and then she will have to go in the next day for a shot. She is staying optimistic and they say the treatments are have been really effective. We think of her often during our training and are thankful for what we are able to do in her honor. We have raised $1176 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in just two weeks from our great supporters that we have emailed. Thanks again! Now, I will go back to last week and catch you up: Superbowl Sunday: We wanted to bike later in the day when it was warmer, but Megan insisted that we go in the morning, so we met her at 8 AM at Monument/McCormick and it was 42 degrees and windy! We biked the long, steep bridges on Wonderwood and were hardly moving with the wind. Our hands and feet were completely frozen, but we were making it. We ...
Got some catching up to do. Last Friday, we were off. Saturday, we biked 25 miles with Nate downtown and onto San Jose. We immediately, ran the bridges (always hard) 2.5 miles afterwards. On Sunday, we did our own little triathlon in a way. We first ran 3.5 miles on the bridges downtown, then we swam at the Yates Y 1500 meters, then we went to a spin class for an hour (because my bike was in the shop adjusting the computer). It was tiring, but it seemed easy in comparison to the first few sprint tri's that we did (which were much shorter). We swam that day because Dustin was going under the knife on Monday, to get some sexy moles removed, and he's not supposed to swim for 2 weeks. Then, came the week of sickness. First I got the flu (the kind where you aren't sure if it's food poisoning or not :) and then gave it to Dustin. It was pretty bad, so we didn't train at all until I swam (by myself :( on Friday 1500 meters and then biked 10 miles to try to make up for some...