30 Weeks continued...

Thursdsay
40:00 FlyWheel (had to sneak out a few minutes early to get to chiro - heaven!)
45:00 Bar Method

Wednesday
60:00 gym (30:00 elliptical with intervals, 30 minute upper body strength circuit)

30 weeks

Tuesday Dec. 16th

3:5 mile "run" - run is a very generous word for what happened this am. Definitely starting to feel uncomfortable with this big belly. The fact that I had to head out the door at 5am to get this done before work also probably didn't help:-)

Monday Dec. 15th

45:00 Flywheel

60:00 yoga at Core Power

Sunday Dec. 14th

30 min. run (3.25 miles)

45:00 Bar Method

Saturday Dec. 13th

45:00 Bar Method

Friday Dec. 12th

45:00 Bar Method

45:00 Bootcamp at Riley Athletics (45 seconds on/ 15 seconds off - 4 rounds, 8 exercises per round)

45:00 Yoga at Core Power

I can't remember further back in the week but hit at least 60:00 everyday!

29 weeks and travel

Nothing like 4 days on the road to "disrupt" the normal training schedule but the hotel gym had a treadmill and dumbbells so I was able to get the job done (or at least check the box!)

Monday Dec. 8th
30 minute intervals on the elliptical
15 minute strength circuit (4 rounds I think)
45# bb press x 10
30 # bb upright row x 10
2 x strict pull-ups (volume is getting pretty light with pull-ups but I am determined to do them until the end! I would imagine body weight will feel much easier post baby:-)
10# DB x 10 lateral raises
5# plates each hand x 10 bent over flys


Sunday Dec. 7th
45:00 Flywheel
45:00 Bar Method

Saturday Dec. 6th
Feeling wrecked after my travel and late night - easy 4.5 mile "run"

Friday Dec. 5th
30 minute hotel gym workout

Thursday Dec. 4th
60:00 hotel gym workout - 4 mile run, 15 minute intervals on bike, lower body circuit
8 hours on the tradeshow floor

Wed. Dec. 3rd
70:00 hotel gym workout - 5 mile run, upper body db circuit
Set-up tradeshow booth, 6:00 at the show

Tuesday Dec. 4th
45:00 Flywheel class before heading to the airport

Monday
45:00 Flywheel
45:00 Bar Method

26 weeks

Only 3 months since my last post....But, going to try again because I really like looking back on my pregnancy workout log to remind myself what it was really like:-)

until this week I have been feeling great running. Mostly just 5 miles or so but i have done an occasional 8 miler and felt pretty good. Unfortunately, I am starting to get the pubic bone pain now that I had with both of the other boys so I will likely have to cut back on run frequency. That said, spinning has been feeling good as as strength work so staying active for sure!

Monday Nov. 18th
5 mile run with Shelley
40 minute Bar Method

Sunday Nov. 17th
45 min spin class at Flywheel

Saturday Nov. 16th
5 mile "family fun run"
20 minute strength circuit in the basement

Friday Nov. 15th
60:00 Run with Meghan
45:00 Bar Method

Thursday Nov. 14th
50:00 workout at the gym - intervals on the elliptical, strength circuit (barbell and pull-ups)

Wednesday Nov. 13th
40:00 Pilates at Inspire
45:00 Flywheel

Tuesday Nov. 12th
50:00 run before work

Monday Nov. 12th
45:00 Flywheel
45:00 Bar Method

Hooray- feeling MUCH better a month later

August 28th

After a number of BRUTAL week (I think 9-13 ish) I am finally feeling much more normal with my workouts. And I have somehow planted a long course triathlon seed in my head for next summer so I am as motivated as ever to stay fit:-)

Monday
Early am run after getting home from the Cape at midnight but somehow still felt great. Happy to be back in Seattle!
5 mile run
quick barbell circuit in the garage

Tuesday
7 mile run
3 rounds
10 rows with 50# followed by 10 TRX rows
10 push-ups followed by 10 TRX presses

Wednesday
7 mile run in the am
5 x 5 strength in the afternoon (30 min) - presses with 55#, pull-ups, rows 65#, squats (10) with 65#
quick dumbbell circuit

Last week we were on Cape Cod. I got in a run everyday (5-7 miles) and 1 day of SUP but that was about it.

July 26th

Granted I have been on my feet ALL day these last two days (thanks to my activity tracker I now know that I walk 7+ miles at a trade show) but I still can't believe how tired I am feeling on my runs. 3 miles was all I could muster this am, not sure I have ever said that!

Saturday July 26th
3 mile run
50 Bar Method
8 hours at the SF Marathon expo

Friday
5 mile run
60 minute Dailey Method
7 hours at the SF Marathon Expo

Thursday
50 minute elliptical interval session
5x5 (Presses 55#, pull-ups, rows 55#, squats 55#)

Wednesday
No nanny
3.5 mile run with Bowen, 5x5 pull-ups

Tuesday
3.5 mile run
40 minute SPX

France and training

France was amazing despite being a greatly reduced version of the cycling trip we had planned (thanks to airline mishaps and feeling a bit crappy). Now it's back to reality!

Wednesday
Definitely feeling tired. Trying to remember that this is a phase!
40 minute run
SUP clinic / race:-)

Tuesday
40 minute run
45 minute strength / SPX

Monday
45 minute run in them am
10 minute KB, pull-up, press circuit

Half Marathon recap

Despite being laid up with a cold for a few days I decided to go ahead and "race" the Sammamih Lake half marathon as planned. Training had been going well and after my 10 miler in San Diego I wanted to see what I could do. Short version - the lead pack (1 other woman, me, and a bunch of guys) ran the wrong way! Yep, we followed the lead cyclist straight instead of turning right at the very beginning of the race. It SUCKED to run 3 minutes off course so early on. And all of my hopes for a top 3 finish and PR were gone. I spent the entire race trying to keep a positive attitude with mantras such as "you are lucky to be out here, you are healthy, your husband is supportive and home with the boys etc." All were true but it was still frustrating. So, I stopped my watch at 13.1 to log MY time (1:24) but the official race clock said 1:26 something (and 6th place:-( Can't imagine how frustrating this would be in an A race!

So last week's workouts (from memory) are below. Definitely set myself back with the race and extended my cold another week. So super easy / light training week.

March 7th:
Half Marathon 1:24

Sunday March 8th
Easy trainer ride for 1 hour

Monday
Easy run to yoga (cold was back)

Tuesday
Gym

Wednesday
easy run to yoga
easy run to Lauren's with the boys

Thursday
Can't remember!

Friday:
Easy run (5 miles)
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 KB swings, goblet squats

Saturday March 15th
Run / Yoga

Sunday March 16th
1:05 on the trainer

always easier to post when you are feeling strong!

I was actually lured back to my blog to keep myself accountable for logging my training - and because I was feeling so darn strong in my workouts that I was jazzed to get back to racing. Well, pretty much the day after hitting "post" I woke up feeling a bit "off." This off feeling quickly progressed to a full on cold and general fatigue. I was able to keep moving but had to take it down a HUGE notch. As I sit here this afternoon I am feeling much better but not 100% going into this half marathon this weekend. Assuming I am feeling better tomorrow (been getting stronger every day) I am going to see what I can do. I may not be able to hit the 1:23 I am after but I do not want to get sucked into the mindset of only racing when my training is going perfectly! I won't do anything to risk my health (not worth losing another week) but I do hope to toe the line on Saturday morning. Since Bowen was born 15 months ago, I have raced numerous times covering every distance from 5K to half-marathon. But, even my half-marathon and recent 10 miler were last minute race decisions. So, this week I have been trying to lay off the legs a bit and give myself an opportunity to race "fresh."

Thursday
5.5 mile run
55 minute yoga

Wednesday
5 mile run
strength circuit - 21,15,9 (overhead presses 45#, 55#, 65#, bent over barbell rows (same weight), pull-ups, GH sit-ups, pull-ups (4-5 each round) and 50 KB swings

Tuesday
60 mile trainer ride with 40 min half-ironman effort
60 minutes yoga

Monday
?? can't remember!

Sunday
early run (5 miles) then had to work all day at the Seattle Bike show

Saturday

5 mile run
Crossfit Games workout 14.1 - AMRAP 10 minutes (30 DU, 15 55# clean and press)
I managed 173 reps which was pretty poor. But, I felt like I was HUGELY limited by skill..with a bit of practice my fitness would allow me to do much more work. The fact that I had to do clean and press rather than snatch slowed me down tremendously. As did my poor double under. As Sam said, "the other people there had probably snatched and practiced double-unders at some point in the last 2.5 year." Point taken.

Officially "in training"

Given that when I posted last Bowen was only 5 months old, and he is now almost 15 months old, it looks like I get a needs improvement in posting frequency. But, despite the lack of posts my training has been going great. I am feeling good about managing a very busy career, 2 kids plus 1 husband, and my training (10-14 hours a week right now). So I decided I'd try my hand at blogging again to make sure I can track my progress this season.

Yep, "season" means I am throwing my hat back in the ring with racing a bit. So far on tap I have a half marathon, half Ironman, cycling in France, a Crossfit competition, and I am sure a number of other "fun" events. I have had some good results jumping into races last minute (as in signing up for a 13.1 mile race and a 10 mile race the day before the events) so now I want to see what I can do with some proper training.

Endurance is definitely my first love but since I want to be strong when I am 70 I am also determined to get in some real strength work. To make this a bit more fun for a few weeks I signed up (with Sam) for the Crossfit Open. I haven't done Crossfit regularly in a few years but we have equipment in our garage so I have no real excuse.

Thursday

Overhead Press (worked up to 4 x 70# for strict press)

4 rounds (30 second spring on the rower, 10 push-presses (65#), 5 pull-ups

Wednesday

1:00 trainer ride "power singles" x 25 

5K Run

Tuesday - Gorgeous day!

9 mile run

10 minute strength session including - 65# clean and press, knees to elbows, TRX work

Monday

9 mile run in the rain at 5:30am

Sunday

2 hours on the trainer (longest trainer ride in quite a while) with 3 x 25 minutes at half-ironman watts

Saturday

7 mile run

1 hour Bar Method