June 15-June 21

It is official! I made it through my very first triathlon! The Callaway Gardens Triathlon. Wow, I must say, I really enjoyed the triathlon experience, it was truly an awesome event. The adrenaline was pumping the entire time and I could not wait to get started. I was a little disappointed in my swim time, but at the same time, it seemed to end very quickly. I do not have the results just yet, but I will post them as soon as I get them. The cycling went really well and I think I did a really GREAT job as I passed a lot of people. The run went very well also as I saw myself once again passing a number of people.

Here are this week's results:

Monday: SWIM/30 minutes=40 laps/Today, I realized that I am beginning to really like swimming. After this triathlon, I will probably start swimming a couple times a week.

4.2 mi(run)/35:14/Today's run went really well after 40 laps of swimming. I felt pretty good even though it was pretty hot and humid.







Tuesday: 3.3 mi(run)/28:07/Easy run as I taper for the race. Took my time and enjoyed the run. It was very humid.
6.6 mi(bike)/24:51/Easy, easy ride where I stopped by Jerry's and talked for awhile and then came home. Several big
hills.









Wednesday: SWIM/30 minutes=40 laps/Great swim where I just took my time and tried not to push it too hard.
TENNIS/1-hour/Probably not the best idea since I am supposed to be tapering and not to mention it was like 92 degrees outside, whew!
BIKE/17.8 mi/1:15:53/Nice ride on a very hot day! I should not have been riding seeing that I swam earlier for 30 minutes and then played tennis for an hour in 90 something degree temperature. Whew!







Thursday: REST(Not really, played 18 holes of golf!)

Friday: REST

Saturday: REST

Sunday: Callaway Gardens Sprint Triathlon

Like I said, I am very happy about being able to complete my very first Triathlon! As a matter of fact, I am satisfied with the results. Hope everyone had a great week of training and look for my triathlon results in the next day or so. Congratulations to the Stonaker boys for a great triathlon!
LJ

June 8- June 14

Well, another pretty good week of training as I go into my final week before my very first triathlon. I am pretty excited to say the least. I sort of changed a few things around this week in my training. I swam when I was supposed to be running or ran when I was supposed to be biking and so forth. I did not mess up to bad though, I was just unable to do things the normal way this week. I was pretty happy with my swimming this week even though I missed Sunday's swim. I will make up for missing the swim by doing it in the morning(Monday). This week will be my taper week and so I will be taking it easy for the most part.

Here are this week's results:

Monday: 22 mi(bike ride)/Nice, relaxing ride with Jerry and his friend. Lot's of hills, but I felt ten times better than our previous ride. Lot's of hills.

Tuesday: 4 mi/31:04/Nice, easy run with a bit of speed. It was a good run considering it was my first run in nearly a week!

Wednesday: SWIM/30 min=42 laps/Great swim and I felt very comfortable the entire swim. I am feeling pretty confident about the swim part of the race!

Thursday: 3.1 mi/38:17/Started the run solo and ran into JP and ran the rest with him doing mostly run/walk. Definitely an easy run!





Friday: 1/4 mi(swim)/14 min/Great swim as I practiced for the race and I felt great!

4.2 mi(run)/33:54/Great run after a quarter mile swim!





Saturday: REST(Not really as I headed up a neighborhood clean-up day in my subdivision!)

Sunday: 22.5 mi(bike)/1:37:20/Great ride with Jerry today! Man, I felt great the entire ride and we did several hills!





3.2 mi(run)/25:55/Great run after the 22 mile bike ride. I felt pretty comfortable and took my time. I did speed up a good bit coming in. For some reason my HR was very high, but I think my HR monitor malfunctioned or so I hope.





Weekly Miles: 14.4 miles(run)/44.5 miles(bike)

**Please visit the MotionBased link to see more information about each of my runs this week!**

Definitely a good week of training. I will continue my regular training this week, just not quite as hard. I will be doing easy runs and easy rides as well as easy swims. I will swim two times, Monday and Wednesday and then take it easy. I hope everyone has had a GREAT week of training!
LJ

June 1-June 7

I am reporting in early this week. Basically, I will be in Florida during the usual reporting time and will be unable to report on Sunday. I figured I would just go ahead and give you the details since I will not be doing anything on Friday-Sunday due to my traveling. The week has not been a bad one as far as training. Once again, a good week swimming and I think I am definitely improving in that arena.

Here are this week's results:

Monday: REST

Tuesday: 5.7 mi/46:57/Nice morning run. This was the longest run I have had in awhile. I was able to kick it in the last half-mile or so.

Wednesday: 4 mi/Great morning run, man it is starting to get humid around here. I took my time and just took it easy.
16 mi(bike)/Great ride with Jerry, I felt very tired. It must have been from the morning run and all the yard
work that I did earlier in the day.

Thursday: SWIM/30 min.=40 laps/Nice morning swim! I did not feel that tired and really just tried to work on my strokes and
take my time. I probably had more laps as I kept losing count.

Friday: REST

Saturday: No workout, had to travel to Florida for a funeral. I am sad to report that my Aunt Eloise passed away. She was 85 and is now with the Lord! What a GREAT lady!

Sunday: REST

Other than the fact that I lost my wonderful Aunt Eloise, the week was not that bad. I did celebrate my first full week of being out of school! Yeah! I did a ton of work around the house each day and then the rain came on Thursday, so no more outside work. I did have another project to work on in the house that was nothing, but frustrating, to say the least. I enjoy doing projects and trying new things, but one thing I noticed today. Plumbing is something that I am not too interested in. I tried for two days to fix a drain that was backing up to no avail. Finally, I called a plumber today!

Oh well, hope everyone had a great week of training! Good luck this week and KEEP RUNNING!
AvidRnr

Weekly Miles: 9.7 miles(run)/16 miles(bike)

May 25-May 31

Well, not a bad week of training! I am finally done with school and free for the summer, yeah!!! I have lots of plans and lots to do! Some fun, some not so fun, but I am very excited! I started my week off with a very nice mock triathlon! It was pretty cool, yet pretty draining!

Here are this week's results:

Monday: Mock Triathlon/1:37:43/Wow, I am very excited about my results from today!

SWIM/30 min=32 laps/Nice swim that was very comfortable.
BIKE/35 min=11.5 mi/Easy bike ride with a few hills.
RUN/4 mi/32:43/I definitely felt some tiredness in my legs, but a good run!

Tuesday: REST

Wednesday: SWIM/15 min/14 laps/Good swim, I was very surprised with how many laps I was able to get in.
RUN/4.2 mi/34:56/Easy run where I took my time and ran a very comfortable pace.

Thursday: 5.3 mi/45:28/Great run where I took my time and tried to pick it up coming in. Whew! It was extremely humid as I was soaking wet when I finished.

Friday: REST

Saturday: REST(not really, did a lot of yard/house work)

Sunday: SWIM/44 laps/30 min
BIKE/45 min/11.5 mi

Weekly Miles: 13.5 miles(run)/23 miles(bike)

** My GPS went to the shop to be fixed on Wednesday, so no cool pictures for this week of my runs/bike routes.**

**Please visit the MotionBased link to see more information about each of my runs this week!**

This week was really a week of recovery. After my exciting mock on Monday, I basically took it easy the rest of the week. This week I will get back at it and do a good bit of training. I am totally happy with my training and feel pretty confident that if the triathlon was tomorrow that I could do it! I will just keep plugging away and try to spend most of my efforts on the swimming. On a sad note, this week has been tough as my lovely Aunt Eloise has been struggling and it seems like she is about to go home and be with the Lord. She is so ready and it was so good to be by her side today and just hold her hand and rub her shoulder for a couple of hours. What a blessing she has been to me and my family over the years. She is 85 and soon to be 86 if she makes it a few more days. I LOVE YOU Aunt Eloise and know that you are one special lady! Hope everyone has had a nice week of training!
LJ

May 18-May 24

Can you say, summer time? Yeah!! I am officially out of school for the summer. I could not be happier. Out of 14 years of teaching school, I have never been so ready for a school year to come to an end. I am not completely done just yet. I have two teacher work days on Tuesday and Wednesday and then I will be free. All of this being said, I have had another productive week of training. I had a really good swim session on Thursday and I was able to swim 20 laps in less than 30 minutes.

Here are this week's results:

Monday: 4.1 mi/33:20/Easy morning run with some speed coming in. A cold front came in so it was pretty chilly!





Tuesday: 6.2 mi/51:25/Great run with some speed coming in. I was a bit tired at the start, but ended up running further and more hills!





Wednesday: REST

Thursday: SWIM (30 minutes) a.m./20 laps
4 mi/33:14/Nice run where I struggled the first mile and then picked
it up the last 3 miles!

Friday: REST

Saturday: 24 mi(bike)/1:31:04/Nice ride with Bob O. in Buckhead with lots and lots of hills.

Sunday: REST

Weekly Miles: 14.3 miles(run)/24 miles(bike)

** My GPS went to the shop to be fixed on Wednesday, so no cool pictures for this week of my runs/bike routes.**
**Please visit the MotionBased link to see more information about each of my runs this week!**

It feels good be getting back in shape again! Not only that, it is exciting to be able to train for something again. I love competition and I actually enjoy training for something. It gives you something to work towards. It is also exciting to be able to push yourself to heights you have never been. I use to always think that I would run marathons and thats it. Since getting hurt, I have had to find inspiration elsewhere and I think I have find it. Hope everyone is enjoying the 3 day weekend. Happy Memorial Day!
LJ

May 11-May 17

Another productive week for me as I approach the final weeks of training for my first triathlon. I started the week off pretty rough, but finished smoothly. I think I may have taken a few steps backwards as far as my swimming is going. I felt very good a couple of weeks ago about the progress that I was making, but then it seems like I missed a couple of swims. Wow, what a difference that must have made because I struggled greatly in my Monday and Friday swim sessions. I am going to probably spend a bit more time in the water this week to try to become a bit more comfortable. As far as the running and biking, I could do the triathlon tomorrow, but the swimming, I don't think so!

Here are this week's results:

Monday: REST

Tuesday: 4.2 mi/35:17/Easy run with no speed, just tried to take it easy after a 4-day break from running!





Wednesday: 4.3 mi/34:47/Nice late run in the evening! Felt great and just took a nice easy stroll!





Thursday: 4.3 mi/36:59/I had a rough start and did not really feel like running, but finished really well.





Friday: REST

Saturday: 21.4 mi(bike ride)/1:38:29/Nice ride in Buckhead for the first time. Lot's of hills with some big down hills as well! On one hill I got up to 40 mph!





Sunday: SWIM (30 minutes)

Weekly Miles: 12.8 miles(run)/21.4 miles(bike)

**Please visit the MotionBased link to see more information about each of my runs this week!**

So, the week was actually not bad. I finished my week on Sunday with a very productive swim. The plan was to swim for 30 minutes, then ride my bike for 30 minutes and finish with a 30 minute run. My swim could not have gone better. Man, I was pretty worried about my swim for the race, but after today, I am excited again. I actually swam the entire 30 minutes with very few stops. Most of the stops were to get the water out of my goggles.

I am hoping for another good week of training as my 2008-2009 school year come to an end. I am so excited that it is summer time! Hope everyone has had a great week. Next weekend will be a 3 day weekend, yippee! Have a great week.
LJ

May 4-May 10

This week was a pretty good week of training. I finished my week off with a very good, long, bike ride! I actually felt really good and could have gone further. I was also very happy with my running as I noticed that I am definitely getting some of my speed back. Speed is a good thing, but I also need to try not to go out and run fast every run.

Here are this week's results:

Monday: REST

Tuesday: 4.2 mi/33:55/Whew! I struggled as I got started, but I warmed up rather quickly and had some speed coming in! It was a very humid morning.





Wednesday: 4.1 mi/33:47/Whew! A bit of a struggle the first mile or so and then I got pretty comfortable and finished pretty strong with some speed.





Thursday: 4.2 mi/33:11/The start was a bit of a struggle, but the majority of the run was pretty fast. Good run! I had a good a.m. swim as well!




Friday: REST

Saturday: 30.5 mi/1:57:17/Nice ride with Dan with several hills. After riding with Dan for an hour, I rode another hour to get home solo!




Sunday: REST/Happy Mother's Day MOM!

Weekly Miles: 12.5 miles(run)/30.5 miles(bike)

**Please visit the MotionBased link to see more information about each of my runs this week!**

Hope everyone has a GREAT week of training! Happy Mother's Day to all mom's!

LJ