Little Liz’s Training Blog

Logbook Activity

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 […]

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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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Logbook Activity

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 […]

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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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Logbook Activity

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 […]

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Logbook Activity

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 […]

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Logbook Activity

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 […]

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Logbook Activity

Type: Run
Date: 11/28/2007
Time: 18:15:00
Total Time: 00:12:02.00
Distance: 0.91 miles
Average Pace: 13:12.95/mile

Twice now, I have gone into the Y and hopped on the treadmill. I start with a 2 min warm up at about 3.8. then I up it to 5.0 to jog a […]

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