Week 1!

 This week was a little screwed up because of the holiday weekend, but it'll settle down in to a more regular pattern soon (I hope).

Monday: Rest Day

Tuesday: 6 hours of sleep

-  Pre workout snack: Banana and 3 Clif ShotBloks

-   5:30 – 60 min swim (300 yd warm up, 8 x 50 drills, 12 x 100 w/ 20 s rest in between, 200 cool down – 2100 yards total).  First half of workout felt good, it was nice having a set workout rather than trying to come up with my own plan.  About half-way through I started feeling really dizzy, nauseous and disoriented, which has never happened before.  I managed to finish without panicking in the middle of the pool though.

-  Breakfast: Loaded oatmeal and tea. 

-  Class (hopefully didn’t fail a test…)

-  10:00 – 30 min run on track at Field House, HR Z2 (146-165), circuit weights (2 x 12 reps).  The hardest part of running on the track was getting lapped and not being able to run faster because it would’ve made my heart rate too high.  It’s going to be hard to keep my ego in check, although I just figured out that I was calculating my Z2 incorrectly, so I actually could’ve ran a little faster.

-  The rest of the day: Didn’t want to kill anyone after Biophysical Chemistry, which is rare, and only had one cookie out of an entire box someone left in the lab kitchen, which is even more rare. 

Wednesday: 7 hours of sleep

-  6:00 – 30 min ride on trainer, HR Z2 (139- 157), quick transition to 15 min run at Z2.  I forgot to turn down my thermostat before starting, so I got really hot, which at least made running outside in the cold more appealing.

-  Breakfast: Loaded oatmeal

-  Class, homework, class

-  Headed to the airport to fly to Spokane for Thanksgiving!

Thursday: 8 hours sleep

-  Pre run snack: Small bowl of Trader Joe’s Golden Flax Flakes (I love TJ’s, wish there were one in SLC)

-  Turkey Trot at Manito Park with 500+ other Flying Irish members.  It was a 5k, but ran a little extra to get 30 minutes in.  It was nice running at 2000 feet again 

·                   -    Breakfast: Oatmeal and coffee

·                   -      Headed out to my dad and step-mom’s for Thanksgiving dinner with Nate.  Enjoyed my          favorite beer (Bitterroot Brewery’s Nut Brown Ale) and some board games with my step-siblings (and biological sister, I guess she’s important too).

·                          Dinner! Everything Thanksgivingish, included three kinds of pie, all of which I sampled.  There were also two cheesecakes, but since they were store-bought and I was full, I didn’t bother.  Somehow I managed to enjoy everything without feeling like I overate.

Friday: 8 hours of sleep

·         Pre run snack: One of Marcie’s (my stepmom’s) delicious leftover rolls

·         45 min run Z1-Z2 (126-165).  Nice run through the forest on a logging road and down the driveway to the main road.  Didn’t get attacked by any dogs or cougars, or shot by someone hunting.  None of which were likely, but all running through my head as I went.

·         Breakfast: My dad’s pancakes, which I hated when I was a kid, but love now.  I actually ate more of them than he did, and without any maple syrup (this is unheard of, the only way I could be convinced to eat pancakes when I was little was if they were drenched in maple syrup). Oh, and cherry pie for dessert.  Yes, breakfast gets dessert when I’m at home.

Saturday:  8 hours sleep

·                   -   Pre workout snack: 2 more leftover rolls

·                   -      9 AM: 60 min swim (300 wu, 4 x 125 m, 4 x 175 m, 4 x 125 m, 300 cd: 2300 total).  Swam at   fitness center in Plummer.  The workout felt great, my strokes felt strong and automatic.  No disorientation or nausea this time, which was good because the pregnant lifeguard was too busy fighting with her boyfriend to take much notice of me.  Also rode a stationary bike for 30 minutes and did some strength training (2 x 12 reps).

·                 -   Breakfast: More pancakes! 

Sunday:

·                       Was supposed to ride my bike for 1 hour, but between being out late the night before with friends (and drinking not 4% Utah beer) and catching an early flight, it didn’t happen.  This was unfortunate because it was a beautiful day and I could have ridden outside.  I’m trying not to dwell on this, even though I’m a little upset with myself.  As long as it doesn’t happen again...   

            

Motivation:

                I don’t have a picture or video this week, just something I noticed and appreciated for the first time over the week.  There were lots of elderly people at the Wellness Center in Plummer doing aerobic or strength training work.  I feel like I have something to look forward to even when I can’t run marathons or train for Ironmen anymore.