I can do it!

This morning began with a 6:00am spin class.  I cycled 18 miles in 54:00.  Then Ben and I did a transition run off the bike all the way home.  I ran 3.1 miles in 27:23.  I was feeling really good this morning, probably because I didn't do the full workout on Saturday. 

This evening, we went to the pool and I did a 4000 yard workout in about 90 minutes....longest pool workout to date!  My coach says not to do any pool stuff for more than 90 minutes, so I guess 4000 yards is my cap, at least until I get faster...  :)

This morning was our hill workout at Pioneer Park.  We did a one mile warm-up, then 4 hill repeats.  i finally rmembered to "lap" the fourth climb, and my garmin had me running at a 7:18 pace...so a LOT faster than my 10K pace of 8:00!  But I felt good, so I'll keep it up...maybe 7:18 will be my NEW 10K pace!   Anyway, I cooled down a mile, and ended up with 5.05 miles in 48:08, including 7 minutes of walking.

I finished off the evening with 50 minutes of Zumba.  :)

Today was a multi-brick workout.  I met Autumn at the gym for this workout.  It was a 15 minute warm-up on the bike, followed by 4 minutes on the bike, 2 minute run, 8 minute bike, 4 minute run, 16 minute bike, 8 minute run, 8 minute bike, 4 minute run, 4 minute bike, 2 minute run, then a 15 minute cool down on the bike.  we spent a total of 70 minutes on the bike and covered 24.5 miles, and 20 minutes on the treadmill, gradually increasing in intensity, with 2.5 miles of running.  I love this workout!  It goes by so quickly, and changes often enough that I never get bored.  :D

Then for lunch I went to the pool with Ben and we swam 2100 yards in 43 minutes.  Tonight we lounged around watching TV.  What a great day!  :D

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!

Today I had a nice surprise from Jamie when she called me to tell me that John would fix my bike chain if I was available to do a short ride with her!  So I popped the turkey in the oven, and we went out for a nice 19.5 mile ride!  We took it pretty easy, so we ended up finishing with a 16 mph average in 1:12:24.  What a nice way to begin the food-fest!  Bring on the pies!!!  :)

We started out this morning with a trip to the pool.  I swam 1900 yards in about 37 minutes.  At noon, we met up with a big group of people in Ivins and biked through Gunlock to Veyo, then rode back the same route.  I had 44.6 miles in 2:51:30, with a 15.6 mph average.  I followed up the bike with a 4 mile transition run in 35:47.  :D

Today was a split run day.  We started at 7:00am with a 12.05 mile run.  The goal was to keep it at a 10:00 pace...we did a 9:50 average, so I felt pretty good about that.  At noon, we met up again and did the last six miles of the Marathon course with a mile warm-up, 4 miles at tempo, and a mile cool-down.  My splits looked like this: mile 1 - 9:05, mile 2 - 8:18, mile 3 - 8:11, mile 4 - 8:03, mile 5 - 8:28, and mile 6 - 9:03.  It has been a good couple of days.  I'm feeling really great about my training right now!  :)