Feb, not off to a good start

I went to the dr on Tues about my foot. I thought I just needed new orthodics. Rather, he said those were fine and wrapped my foot in tape... something to do with realigning the joint. It was awkward and horrible, and I feel like shit and out of shape b/c I wasn't able to work out for a week. Tomorrow that changes, and I'll be back in the water for a morning swim workout!

January Totals

January's totals:
Run: 1h 20m 48s - 5.7 Mi
Swim: 2h 30m - 5900 Yd
Strength: 1h 20m
Bike Trainer: 2h 30m
Elliptical Training: 23m
Walking: 2h 47m

2011 in Review

2011 started with us planning our move to Overland Park, KS. We left Humboldt County at the end of January and took a little over a week to drive across country. On the way out, we spent time at my parent’s house, Mark’s dad’s house in LA and his sister’s in Phoenix. It took us a week to get to Arizona (and only two days to drive the rest of the way).

Mark and I both started working the day after we arrived, Feb 7th. Prior to the move, I had accepted a job as and In-Store Assistant Manager with US Bank, it was kind of a shock to see how small the branch was! But I worked with a great group of people who helped to make the transition to Kansas a bit easier. In September, I transferred to operations where I currently work as an Operations Specialist for the Kansas City In-Store district.

I kept up with my bike riding this year and managed to log close to 1000 miles. I found a few different groups and people to ride with. I didn’t do any triathlons this year, but I did complete three 100k rides: Tour de Brew, Bike for the Brain and Tour de BBQ.

In April, we bought a house and even though it took a bit to get settled, we really enjoy our house and the neighborhood. Even with the headache the comes from moving, house buying and new jobs, we did go on a few trips this year. In July we went to NYC and I went home for Yia Yia’s birthday. In October, both Mark and I went home for my birthday, which was immediately followed by a quick trip to Portland for Aunt Donna’s funeral. In December we went on a cruise in the Caribbean and am enjoying that I still have a bit of a tan in January.

I’m looking forward to 2012 and the adventures it will bring.

First week of unofficial training

My goal is to start training now and getting into the habit of exercising multiple times per week. The training plans I have been looking at have me working out 6 times a week. This was my first week of unofficial training. This is what I ended up with...

Run: 24m 40s - 2 Mi
Bike Trainer: 50m (2 25 minute sessions)
Elliptical Training: 20m
Walking: 1h 30m (4 miles)

I logged close to 1000 miles

I went to the Christmas get together today for the Wednesday bike riding group. There were maybe 20 people. Three weeks ago I had randomly asked for this day off not knowing about the gathering. I'm glad I was able to go since I couldn't make the summer pool party. M was able to go to since he's on evenings this week.

So in the group... one guy rode 11,000 miles this year, one girl rode 8,500. That's a lot of miles! I think I got close to 1000. Which I'm proud of given how crazy my schedule was. Last year I was around 1200. So now it's time to map out my goals for next year... I'm going to say that 2000 miles is realistic.

Finally set up my trainer... I don't know how to track my miles on that... so I'll just have to track the time.

Happy Winter Training!

Getting ready to start...

My travels are over, it's time to become serious. I have found a couple 16 and 18 week plans to use while training for the Kansas 70.3. So it looks like I would need to start "training" in February. So I guess I will consider this period right now as my pre-training. My time to see what I can do and what it's like to train 6 days a week and to be fully committed. However, not to make excuses, but I caught a cold on the last day of our cruise, so I need to get healthy first.

I had my third appointment for my asthma a week ago. All of my numbers have improved! I had gone to the gym the day before that appointment and was able to run/ walk on the treadmill. I wasn't able to take deep breathes, but at the same time I didn't have the sharp pains in my chest. I felt like I was able to keep everything under control for the first 15 minutes. The final 8 took a little more concentration. But slowly, I will get there.

103rd to Lee by crazylife99 at Garmin Connect - Details

Went for a bike ride Thursday morning (Thanksgiving). 19 miles, would have gone further but had to get home. Click link below for details of ride.

103rd to Lee by crazylife99 at Garmin Connect - Details