Did the tri and reached my goal

Last weekend I completed the triathlon. It seems all that freaking out and pre-race neurosis was for nothing, because I beat my overall time (for this race) by 6 minutes! My second goal was to hit my pre-pregnancy goal by race day and I am now under that weight by almost five pounds. It was a lot of fun, and I was reminded of how empowered I feel once I cross the finish line. It's always good to have a fitness goal and acheive it. Doing triathlons remind me that I am strong, and this year I also thought a lot about how I want Zooey to grow up in a healthy, fit household. It was good, too, for me to have something to focus on other than mommyhood. :)

86 days and some minor hyperventilation on my part

Here's my text from Jenni the other day: "88 days until our tri - make sure you workout today :)". Yikes. That is the point I realized that while I can ride the bike trainer for an hour + or do Power 90 or my psycho-aerobics routine for 45 minutes, I cannot run more than 1/2 a mile. Ummm...the run portion of the race is a 5k...after swimming .25 mile and biking 17, so yeah. If I don't get my butt into gear, I'm a lost cause. <> All I can think of is the last time I did the 5430 tri, my first one, I was exhausted by the time the run came, and it was a zillion degrees outside and I walked most of it. I'd like to do a little better this time. I'm going to try one of two things: starting off at a mile today and slowly increasing my mileage, or, if I feel like my ankles/lungs/legs are going to fall off doing that, I'm going to try this couch to 5k in 9 weeks program which will integrate some walking time. http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml I'm not gonna' lie: my problem is pacing myself. I go all gung-ho then wind up out of breath. Running with Zooey in the stroller actually helps that, I think, because I don't wear my iPod and can really focus on my breathing and pace. My plan is to go out with her a few times a week. And pray for motivation.

A quick update...

My mom is home and doing well; she's actually been home since Saturday. It's so nice to see her home! It was very hard to see her in a lot of pain in the hospital, but she is so strong...she amazes me. I don't know if I could deal with all that if I was in her shoes. We meet with the oncologist again on March 31st to get the final staging and figure out when chemo/radiation will begin. I am once again thankful that God has given me the opportunity to be a stay at home mom, because it will enable me to care for her and go with her to appointments and stuff. His timing is so perfect. I am also thankful that Ryan gets home by 11:00 or 12:00 most days, so I can leave Zooey with him when I need to. These are all good things.

My anxiety has been really awful lately. Without getting too much into it, I will say that one thing I'm really trying to do is workout more to help. When I was working out 5-6 days a week, I felt pretty good, even when stuff was going on. Now I just have added motivation to get my butt in gear! Thankfully, Jenni is my faithful workout accountability partner...and also reminds me that we have a triathlon in 12 weeks that I just might collapse and drown if I don't do something soon to train. So, I got on the trainer yesterday and went on a walk/jog with Zooey today. It felt really good, and I'm hoping by starting off slowly that I can keep my motivation up.

If you were to look up the word lazy in the dictionary you'd see my picture

Remember last week? How I kicked butt with the workouts? This week was a whole different story. Me thinks someone got a little too cocky. Here's what we have:

Sun: ran 2/2's 7x on treadmill. felt really good.
Tues: ran 2/2's 7x outside. felt good/sore next day. thought for sure I was on the way to 4/2's.

Until...

I got really lazy and sat on my butt when I should've been working out. I've been using a sore knee as an excuse, but let's get real here: it doesn't hurt that bad. Oh yeah, and I could've at least gotten off my fanny and gone to get new running shoes. But nope.

Next week will be better.

First workout week was rockin'!

Ok. I couldn't think of a better adjective than "rockin'," but I did manage to workout 4x this week - woohoo for me! I think I even have a good idea of where to fit it in my schedule each day. Plus, I'm super excited, because my dad offered to take me to his gym with his guest pass and I'd love to do a spin class or something. Going to keep track on my blog/journal/log, so I can keep stay motivated and hopefully stay on track to train for the tri in June. I'll need to start training in March for that and am hoping to be up to running at least 30 min. by then.

Mon-ran 2/2's 6x (ran w/orthotics; l. knee pain and shin pain-shoes??)
Tues-rode trainer, wu 10 min./hard 25 min.
Wed-rest
Thur-ran 2/2's 6x (ran w/o orthotics; ankle pain. Need new shoes.)
Fri-rode trainer, wu 10 min/hard 25 min.

Going to attempt baby yoga tomorrow...but I'm feeling good so far. Minimal soreness and feeling great mentally. Proud of myself for meeting my small workout goal this week. Same goal for next week with same workouts. If I feel good, then in 2 weeks I'll up my run to 4/2's and my bike to 40 min. Unless I join Dad's gym, not planning on swimming until March or April