I can do it!

Well, I think I know why I had such a headache all day Saturday...it turns out I had developed another sinus infection!  Today I seem to be over the worst of it.  Yay!  The funny thing is, I was WAY more sore this weekend than I was after the marathon!  I think it was because I had to start on such a steep downhill slope.  I went out today to try out my legs, but even after walking a mile, it hurt to run.  So I did two miles of walking, then later in the afternoon I did P90X Cardio X.  I think the Cardio X loosened me up a little more, so tomorrow morning I'm going to try the run again.

I did a short recovery walk/run with my neightbor, Gail, today.  The first two miles we did 4 minutes of running for every 1 minute of walking, but most of the last mile we walked.  We finished in 41:49.  After that, I did an hour of P90X YogaX, then had a wonderful massage!  Tonight Ben and I are taking out kids to Mesquite so that we can run the 9 mile hilly stretch of the Mesquite Marathon route in the morning.

Mesquite was fun!  But I ate really badly.  We had Del Taco last night - we had already eaten dinner, but I was starving when we got there, so we went out.  Someone had also brought us cookies, so we ate those, too.  This morning we got up early, ate some granola bars, and ran 10 miles of the Mesquite Marathon route.  There are some pretty steep inclines!!!  We took it nice and slow, finishing in 1:41:19.  I feel like I need to preserve my legs for this weekend's triathlon and next weekend's marathon - plus, I feel like I'm still in recovery from last weekend's half-marathon!  I'm glad we were able to run the "scary" part of the route, though.  Now we know what to expect.  After the run, we ate cookies and McDonald's for breakfast, then drove back to Saint George to the Pizza Hut buffet!  We took the kids to "Jumpin' Jacks" for a few hours, then Ben and I came home to work out.  I ate a cookie, then did my P90X KempoX routine.  Now I am resting up to finish off the evening with my ballet and tap dance classes.  Do you think all that working out will counter-balance all the cookies and fast food?  :-)

I meant to sleep in this morning, but instead I laid in bed thinking about what I was going to do for my workout today.  I actually had too much to do this morning, so this afternoon I took my daughter Britnee out for a short run.  We ran 2.25 miles in twenty-five minutes, doing 3 minutes of running and 1 minute of walking.  She said she didn't feel very good, so I tried to take it really easy.  From there, I went to a Zumba class and followed it up with an hour of yoga.  No P90X today!  I'm supposed to be having a recovery week....  :-)

Everything felt tired today, so I decided that since I'm SUPPOSED to be in recovery, I'd actually take it easy and recover!  I did XStretch for my workout today...and you can hardly call it a workout, but at least I had a nice hour of stretching.  Tomorrow is my first triathlon.  It's only 400 yards of swimming, 10 miles of biking, and 3 miles of running.  I'm a little nervous about the cold...haven't figured out yet what I'm going to wear.  But I'm excited, too!  I carbed up today a little....

Turkey Triathlon today!  It was my very first triathlon!  I had a good experience, and definately learned a few things.  The swim started out pretty good.  I did it in 8:30.643, including running across the pool room, losing my goggles on the dive in and having to stop to readjust them, and running outside to the transition area.  First transition time was 2:17.728.  I think I could definately knock a bit of time off in transition, now that I know how it goes.  Messing with cycling gloves took a lot of my time.  I also wan't quite sure what to do with the soaking wet hair.  The bike was a double loop out and back.  I did it in 35:43.198, which was the fastest time in my division!  My first loop was okay, but I really picked it up on the second loop, and I passed a lot of people.  Then another slow transition, with a time of 1:38.675.  I ended up taking my cycling shoes off when I got off the bike, because they were too hard to run in.  Then one of my friends asked to borrow my helmet, since he forgot to bring his.  That took a little more time.  And trying to get the gloves off took FOREVER!  Next time I'll just run with them on, or remove them while I'm running and fasten them to my belt.  The run was what really surprised me.  The muscles in the front of my shins were REALLY tight!  I've never had to run that way before, and I felt like I was barely moving.  I would have pushed it a little harder, but I was thinking about the marathon next weekend, and decided it wasn't worth it.  Anyway, with a few walks thrown in, I was a full 30:34.057 on the run - shameful!  But most of the other participants weren't much faster.  I ended up finishing third in my division and 15th overall, with a total time of 1:18:44.30.  I'm happy about the race, and looking forward to the next one!  :-)