Little Liz’s Training Blog

There are so many changes around here!
Well… it’s that time of year again. No, not the holidays. The cold… the dark… the down and out.
My husband went to the Y yesterday and re-activated my membership for… get this… FREE. Yeah, apparently Active duty soldiers and their spouses can use the YMCA for free now. I [...]

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Workout:

Type: Swim
Date: 03/04/2008
Time: 05:45:00
Total Time: 00:15:00.00
Distance: 500 yd
Average Pace: 2:59.43/100yd

I went to the Y this morning and simply swam what the beginning training plan called for for this day on the plan (500m). It also calls for a 2M run tonight. I am not sure if I will be able to fit that in, but [...]

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I went to a spinning class this AM. I had to get up and out, do something. I can’t believe how far off the training-track I have fallen. Time is ticking! Almost less than two months before the triathlon!
I found myself saying “Ah, well, MTV trained a kid in six weeks to finish a tri… [...]

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Sarah showed me how to use the indoor spinning machines today. I have no idea how far I went or how fast I was going, as that information is no where to be found on the machine. But I cycled for 30 solid minutes. It was pretty easy… of course I had it on a [...]

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Actually I was telling him how disappointed I was in myself this week. This first week of official tri training season. The first week and I didn’t complete the entire training plan. I suck. I mean… that is how I felt. So he offered to run with  me today. Really the running has become the [...]

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Workout:

Type: Swim
Date: 01/10/2008
Time: 06:30:00
Total Time: 00:25:00.00
Distance: 400 yd
Average Pace: 6:11.9/100yd

I went swimming with my roomie this morning. She likes to just be moving and active so she spent her time treading water while I swam a few laps. We hopped in and I timed my very first 50. I didn’t sprint but I went at [...]

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Christy and I met at the park with the intention of riding our bikes on one of the trails. It was a beautiful day and a great opportunity to get some trail riding in.
However, once we got the bikes off of their racks I remembered I needed to pump my tires. (I keep hearing from [...]

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Workout:

Type: Swim
Date: 12/12/2007
Time: 18:30:00
Total Time: 00:20:00.00
Distance: 500 yd
Average Pace: 4:00.64/100yd

I went swimming with Tommy last night. I helped him work on his form and I impressed him by swimming more than 50 yards at a time. He swam 50 yards and said “whew, this is hard! I’m tired!” he he.
It was a quick swim, not [...]

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Workout:

Type: Run
Date: 12/03/2007
Time: 19:50:00
Total Time: 00:15:00.00
Distance: 1.5 miles
Average Pace: 10:00/mile

I ran with my friend Megan tonight. She needs a running buddy, but like I said before, she’s not really training for anything in particular. She just runs to stay in shape.
Anyway, since I had been to the YMCA this morning, I suggested we run the [...]

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Workout:

Type: Strength Training
Date: 11/28/2007
Time: 18:30:00
Total Time: 00:25:00.00

This was hard! I read up a little about strength training yesterday and went to the gym with three things on my mind:
12-20 reps per set
2-3 sets per exercise
8-12 exercises
I had to lower the weight a few times on a few different machines. I wanted to ask for help [...]

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