More Training, Coach, More Training!

Awe, it was a great weekend to catch up on some sleep before hitting it hard again.  My training calendar has me scheduled for 18 hours this week, which is not too bad since we’re still out 20 days before the Boston Marathon... I guess I better trade some of the swim workouts for running.  A friend of mine would like to get a 20 mile run before Boston, so I might run with her on Friday…how far is still to be determined.  Getting a long run in on Friday may turn out to be a good thing since TCMC is holding their first annual Tri Bike Swap on Saturday at Grand Performance Bikes, located on Grand Ave in St. Paul.   Well it’s 2:00pm and I am preparing myself for spin class tonight…might try to get a 4 mile run in before spin class…that’s good training!

Where have you been?

Wow!  I have been away from my blog too long.  Over two months, but now that race season is about to start, I thought I better get my act together.  Since my last entry, I have been doing a lot of spinning and running...24 days until Boston Marathon.  Here's a funny...last Friday we did a 20 mile run...last time I ran 20+ miles was also in the ran...Twin Cities Marathon.  I've always had a dislike about running in the ran, so I would make excuses not to do it.  But now that I've actually run a marathon in the rain, it doesn't seem that bad to do a quick 6 miler...which I did on Tuesday.

 

Also in my preparation for racing, I am watching the calorie intake and trying lose 11 pounds…so far I’m down 5 pounds.  I’ve downloaded a program to my iPhone called “Lose It” and it has really helped watching the calories.