First off, sorry I've been away from the blog. Work's been crazy and my minion quit for a new gig - so it's just me in the office. UGH! Anyway, as intense as it's been, I am still 100% committed to the Tri training program! In fact - I just completed the first nine weeks of training, the entirety of page one (of two!).... feeling amazing.
I'm loving the heartrate monitor - fyi - when I dance around my apartment? 155. When I go to work on a Saturday and I really shouldn't be there - 88. When my coworker Yvonne came in on the same Saturday - my heart rate went up to 92. What's that about? My resting rate - like V said - is going down!! It was 60 the other morning. Ok - yes, I'm obsessed with the monitor. You should be worried about me.
The brick workouts are getting longer - 50 minute bike ride followed by a 30 minute run. The day I did that (fyi: 145 on bike - 165-170 on run)... I was absolutely exhausted, or as Sarah the Brit would say, absolutely "shattered". It was grueling. But, nothing hurt after - just pure exhaustion.
The swimming though... this has been the biggest surprise.... something just clicked. I love it. I'm getting really good at it. My one issue: the pool I swim in is insane.... an example. Thursday I show up to swim. Only one lane is open for lap swimming. The whole rest of the pool is taken up by a water aerobics class. I will not comment on the class or the participants except to say this: one of the men forgot his swim cap and was wearing a grocery bag on his head. And he was the most normal one there. That is all I will say. Except also? Water aerobics basically just means you jump around for an hour. The waves that were a result - seriously? I am prepared to swim in open water now.
You might think that's the end of this story. No. So, I get in the one lane open for lap swimming and have to share it (that's fine) with a woman who is learning to swim (that's fine) but swims really fast but not in a straight line - so swam into me repeatedly (not fine). Ok. So I think, you were there - you know it's a lot to remember - getting this swimming thing down. So, I try to swim around her and figure it's good practice for the swim leg of the tri. So, doing this, with the tsunami's generated by the aerobics class, all going... well, swimmingly, really and suddenly, a third woman, also with a grocery bag on her head, gets in my lane and decides to jog in place. Seriously. So, now I am dodging two people in one 20 yard lane, and I started laughing like a lunatic because all I could think of was that old Atari game "frogger". It was really funny until I scraped my arm on the wall and then jammed my finger....
The food thing is going well - weight watchers last week felt like an episode of the biggest loser - I lost 5.2 pounds in one week! I cut out carbs basically (except whole wheat stuff). It's like magic. But, I also feel like it took eight weeks for my body to understand that I work out five times a week now and it needs to act accordingly...
V - cool about the team!!! That's really great. Congrats! Take care everyone! Cathy
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OK, I'm intrigued: what the heck is a grocery bag going to do for you? It's not tight enough to keep the hair in, is it? Too weird.
Your story made me laugh, but also miss the crazy things I would notice while working out. People are hilarious. I'll have to tell you about the time I walked into the locker room to find a completely nude, quite large woman being Saran-Wrapped by a buddy. I did not need to see that! I must have shaken my head for 10 minutes, wishing my memory was an Etch-A-Sketch and it would erase.
Great job keeping up with the training. It sounds like you're in a good rhythm and have it down! Can't wait to hear how the race goes!
Cathy, you make me laugh! Plastic grocery bags? I have such a visual and like E, I wonder why? Good for you for seeing the humor in things. I'm afraid I am not that patient. Congrats on the weight loss and training, but be careful about cutting too many carbs. You are working hard and your body needs good fuel.
E, the saran wrap thing... why were they doing that? Is she supposed to sweat and lose weight? I have this image of body parts smashed against a window.
That's my only guess--that she wanted to sweat some weight off. Of course, the minute she drinks a glass of water it's back, but I didn't say anything. That, or she was headed home and wanted to surprise her husband!
The grocery bag thing must be a generational thing. I went on a trip with my grandparents when I was in the Jr High and my grandma tried making me wear one in the pool so I wouldn't get any hair in the pool and since I didn't have a swim cap or shower cap?!?!? I can picture my grandma doing that very thing, scarey... at least I can't picture her in saran wrap. :)
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