4-17-08

Tennis Thursdays!!

The husband and I played tennis for about an hour tonight. The lights on the court wouldnt come on and it was getting dark so we stopped and packed up. Once we shut the gate to the court wouldnt ya know the lights decide to come on. PFFT whatever. stupid lights

so we went to the gym and I started out on the bike and did my usual 10 min / 4 mile warm up
then onto the treadmill....

Note: I'm not a runner - I enjoy running at an easy pace but dont like to run for a super fast time nor long distance (ie Marathons).

not sure what got into me tonight, I dont know if it was the husband running next to me that made me more motivated or that MTV was playing and update on people who have been on true life but I ran 2.1 miles. CRAZY i know, since i've just been doing a mile or 1.25 of a mile lately.

Next week I have a 5K - we'll see what happens I'm just trying to better my last year time of 35 mins.

4-16-2008

Nothing like getting up at 7am for an early morning workout before work.

I'm lucky this week in which I get to walk to work in the mornings since I'm in the office and not at the client SO with that being said I'd figure I'd try getting up and working out rather than at night.

So the alarm was set for 645 but I didnt get up until 7

Down to the gym I went and did a 10 min warm up on the bike. Went 4 miles then after a quick stretch got on the treadmill.
Walked .2 of a mile ran a mile then did a .05 "cooldown" for a total of 1.25 miles on the treadmill.

The worst thing happened - the new hubby and I bought some songs off iTunes and put them on his ipod so while hes still in bed I grab his iPod thinking this is great I'll get to work out and listen to the songs we just bought. WRONG -the foolish thing was dead.
So needless to say my workout was rather boring but I did think about starting to post either my workout song of the day, or what I listed to on my ipod or maybe starting some type of poll in regards to music...

4-9-08

Finally a new post right!??! All kinds of stuff going on so I didnt get back into the gym until tonight.

Ok so tonight warm up on the bike 10 mins and went 4 miles. Stretched then to the treadmill.

When I run I always put a towel over the information so I dont know what lap i'm on, how many miles I've gone etc. So i'm running and running and had little shin splits, nothing to stop at - just pressed through them and have to say I LOVE my new running shoes.

::puts computer down to go get the make and model of my shoe:::

They are Asics GT-2130. They are great running shoes especially for people like me who barely have an arch.

Ok so back to the treadmill....Ran 1.25 miles tonight. Whoo hoo me! I think my previous

conclusions about the shoes killing my feet were

due to breaking them in because I was pain free tonight.

Ok so an added note - I think the pool at my condo is heated or at least somewhat warm because there was a girl tonight swimming. And she looked like she has been on a swim team b/c she was in a 1 piece, swim cap, the whole 9 yards.

SO i'm excited. I gotta go get me a new suit and cap but I cant wait to get back into the pool.

hahah. thats going to be a fun one when that happens. 2 laps and ill be done. hahah j/k or am I?

4-5-2008

My first "real" ride. I need to nickname my bike... I'll have to enlist the husband on this one.

So 9:00am this morning I arrived at my coworkers house. Like I've said before this guy is the guru of triathlons and has done at least 50+. Florida is 99%, well the central florida area is probably 99% flat in my opinion. BUT the neighborhood where I was had has some small hills, so for me to use my Shimano clip in shoes and to learn about gears and which to be in for hills, he though it would be a good idea to ride with him on his Tandem bike. Yes, a tandem bike, aka bicycle built for 2, but this is like a triathlon bicycle built for 2. IT was weird at first being on a bike behind my cowoker who's 30+ years older than me, looking at his butt, but after a few minutes you kinda forget. Though when we would see people and have people drive by I would LOVE to know what they were thinking.

So after I want to say riding 2 miles on the tandem all around the neighborhood we came back to his house and got our individual bikes to go to the local state park and ride 6 miles.

I really had a good time and learned a lot about my bike today. I understood before how to shift up and down but now riding and having to encounter a few hills I know which gear to be in to better use my energy.

I have to say bike riding is more work than I thought - my legs were definately tired after my 8+ mile bike ride this morning and right now at this moment are somewhat sore. But its a good sore, its a I did something to better my health sore. Lets hope I have the same opinion tomorrow. haha

4-4-2008

Today - no workout for me. Yes I'm slacking - tomorrow is my workout day I promise.

So let me go back to when I first started this blog. I explained how I came up with the great idea of training for a triathlon. Well after making friends with the office guru of triathlons he explained to me the type of bike I would need if I was wanting to eventually take part in a competition, so being clueless he told me that we needed to go to the local bike store Orange Cycle (see http://www.orangecycleorlando.com/) so I could figure out my "bike size". Yes I had no idea bikes had sizes, (I also had NO idea about how expensive bikes were). While at Orange Cycle the bike I was sized to was a 48cm 2008 Specialized Ruby Elite.

This gorgeous bike is $1,899. I would have LOVED to buy it on the spot but I think the new husband at home would have killed me.

Ok, so now I know the best bike size for me is 47-49cm. The start of craigslist and ebay stalking began. Since this was a while ago, I dont remember how long but it was quick. I got to work and opened up craigslist to see if any new postings listed any bike and thats when I saw it. There was a 2006 47cm Trek bike (another brand -really good) listed on craiglist for $600. I emailed the link to my coworker and asked his opinion and he said it was a great bike! So I emailed the lady offering her $450. I received an email back saying she'd take my offer! I was SO happy. My coworker couldnt believe the deal I got and he even offered to go pick the bike up for me. So he did and this bike was in perfect condition and was rarely used.

This is my 2006 Trek 2200 WSD - I wish I had the pink but instead i have a Ruby Red which is gorgeous. The lady who sold me the bike gave me her Shimano clip in shoes and pedals which again are hardly used.

So now I have a road bike. YESSSS. That weekend was an Orange Cycle garage sale, so me and my coworker went and I got a matching helmet (yes i'm a nerd), bike pump, computer to keep track of my speed, distance, etc.

To date I've only rode my bike around residential neighborhoods.

Tomorrow Saturday April 5th will be my first "real ride" - I'll post all about it tomorrow.

4-2-2008

I was "bad" today. No Gym for me. Tonight was meet your neighbors at The Vue.

The MOST redic thing happened on the way home. I left work at about 530 or so and take I-4 home. WELL two of the 3 lanes were SHUT DOWN, for like a mile or 2... So yep it took me an hour to get home. I was not happy.

So when I finalllllllly get home I realize it was meet the neighbors night so I went thinking there wouldnt be that many people there. I was so wrong. There were over 100 people there. I met a TON, dont remember anyones names but I had a good time.

So Tomorrow- Tomorrow is Gym day. On a positive note I'm going bike riding on Saturday and the local bike store is having a spring sale so i'm going to check that out on friday. yay!

4-1-2008

Happy April Fools Day!!

So far I havent played any pranks on anyone and have yet to be fooled into anything. The day isnt over so we'll see what happens.

Today was day 2 of my workout. I rode 15 mins on the bike and went 5.75 miles then ran .8 miles immediately after on the treadmill. I have been told to do this since running immediately after biking is a strange feeling on your legs. And it is!! Its almost like your legs are spaghetti.
Feet still hurt but not as much as yesterday so I'm going to conclude that its the shoes and part of the breaking in process.

So far so good.