I'm a slacker.

Holy moly. I have been slacking. Not only with the blog writing but with the training too.....I will write more tomorrow after I'm done with my last final!

Finally ran more than 6 miles!!!

Monday (4/26): swam 1200m in about 45 minutes

Tuesday: biked 16.6 miles in 62 minutes

Wednesday: p90x Core Synergistics (my favorite of the p90x workouts!)

Thursday: Recovery day

Friday: Ran 7.4 miles!!!! For the first time ever, I ran more than 6 miles on Friday. I ran the first 1.3 with my dogs so it was a nice little warmup for the remainder of the run. Needless to say, it was great and I felt awesome when I was done!!! Can't wait until I hit 8!!!

Saturday: off day. I SHOULD have swam, but it was 80* and sunny, so I opted to spend some time at the beach with the roomies working on my tan instead


Now for Today's workout:

Walked up to the track

Ran 800m to warm up
20 pushups, 40 bicycles, 20 v-sits
20 walking lunges (front)
15 walking side lunges (each side)
300m jog, 100m sprint

200m jog, 100m sprint
300m jog, 100m sprint

20 inclined Santana pushups (with leg lift)
20 box jumps
20 dips

300m run
100m sprint

30 prisoner squats
20 mountain climbers (front)
20 mountain climbers (side)
20 knees to elbows (standing)

300m jog, 100m sprint
15 burpees.

walked home. :)

Hello ab muscles, I'm Earth. Have we met?

Thursday: Got to the pool later than expected so I only had about 20 minutes to swim before it closed. Therefore, I swam hard and worked on my speed in the little time that I had.

Friday: Biked 17.2 miles on the stationary (in 65 minutes), then ran a mile on the treadmill. Also did some ab stuff :)

Saturday: off day

Sunday: 6 mile run around Southie (~53 minutes)...gorgeous day! Then an ab workout.


I've started to notice that my 6-pack is coming along quite nicely! In addition to all the training I've been doing in the past couple of months, I've really been focusing on my nutrition and eating clean whenever possible. I had thought I was one of those girls who wasn't able to get a ripped stomach, but apparently I was wrong! It's really nice to see all my hard work paying off! WOOOO! :)

150 days left!

Wow, it's been almost a week since I've blogged last. Let's see if I can remember what I did...

Thursday: Swim 1100m

Friday: Off

Saturday: Volleyball Tourney at MIT (fun of course, but no victory for Swagger)


Sunday: Migraine = In bed ALL day. Ugh.

Marathon Monday: Yoga with Heather, then ran 6 miles AND a core workout. Then went to check out the finish line of the Boston Marathon. It was AWESOME and such an inspiring experience! The most amazing part for me was watching the U.S. soldiers (Marines I think) in their full uniform with FULL packs on. They were exhausted by the end, but they finished and I was amazed! It made me want to run a marathon, but we will see how this 70.3 goes first...

Tuesday: 1000m swim

Wednesday: Morning yoga. Then after breakfast/dog walk, I ran up to the track, did the following workout:
- 30 V-sits
- 10 burpees
- 400m run
- 20 pushups
- 30 crunches
- 20 situp twists
- 400m run
- 40 prisoner squats
- 15 pushups
- 400m run
- 40 lunges
- 20 dips
- 400m run
- 15 burpees

Then ran home and did some arm stuff before getting ready to head to campus for a meeting. Headed back home now to walk the dogs and get a quick bike ride in before heading up the the North End for dinner at a friend's house. I seriously love my life -- especially on GORGEOUS days like today!

Tuesday: Biked 13 miles in 45 minutes (at the gym)

Today: No yoga this morning, because I was up coughing for a large portion of the night. I did manage to run for 32 minutes, do 30 lunges and 15 Santana pushups, run 400m, 20 V-sits and 10 burpees, then run home (4 minutes) though.

Now: exhausted and ready for bed.

Making progress in the pool! Yessss

Yesterday I swam 26 laps...which is 1300m. They switched the direction of the lanes so that they go through the deep end. I like this way better because it's longer (though it feels shorter to me) and more representative of open water. Therefore, it allows me to know what it's like to not be able to touch the bottom. I also felt like my endurance has improved significantly. Previously, I had been breathing every 3 strokes, but yesterday I was up to 4 and sometimes even every 5 strokes! I've decided to try and get in the pool at least 3 times a week for a while since this is my weakest event...


Woke up and did yoga this morning, and I was feeling kind of sore from Sunday's workout (especially in the pectoral/shoulder region). The swim yesterday temporarily alleviated but eventually added to my muscle soreness, but I'm not complaining. I love the feeling of sore muscles because it means that my workouts are effective. Today is a bike day. I will probably hit the stationary at the gym this afternoon so that I can read while I'm biking.

I've also come to realize how much I LOVE cross-training and training for a mutli-sport event. I like being able to do something different everyday and I never get bored. I am slightly worried about my A.D.D. and the bike leg though because 56 miles will most likely take me about 2 hours to complete. I'm no where near 56 miles yet (my max is 20 right now), but I'm going to have to start upping my distances for each event here soon. I can't bike on the stationary for more than an hour because I'm bored by then, so I think it's time to hit the road with my Cannondale. She's in desparate need of a tune up though, and I seem to have misplaced my helmet, waterbottle and aerobar pads. They are all together somewhere, but I'm afraid they are in a box in the basement of my parents house in Rochester. I won't be able to get them until I breeze through town in May. :(

2 hours is such a loooooong time for me, but I will be okay once I find an outdoor route and a good audio book to listen to. I'm also doing a half-marathon on June 13 in Chicago, and which is less than 9 weeks away. I think I will be okay, as long as I come up with some kind of training schedule and try to stick to it as much as possible and use my swimming, biking, and volleyball for my crosstraining days.

Ok enough of this rambling, I have to get some stuff done for school. Later.

5 Mile Race in Southie

Ran the Good Sports 5 Mile Run in Southie on Sunday morning, and was pretty happy about my time. Being allergy season, I had some issues with my lungs and throat but I had a great partner to keep me going. My friend and colleague, Paul, who I thought was just going to smoke me in the race, actually ran with me the whole time and kept a nice 8 min. mile pace. I was never one to run with people because I like to get in the zone and think about anything but running, but it was a nice change up and really improved my overall performance.

Anyways, I ran the 5 miles in 40:36 and I'm pretty happy about that. After the race, I ran some errands with my roomie and was feeling pretty great. So great in fact, that her and I decided to go up to the stadium and do an interval workout. Here's what we did:

2 minutes bleachers
15 pushups
10 dips
2 minutes bleachers
30 crunches
10 burpees
2 minutes bleachers
20 single leg deadlifts (10 each side)
10 inclined pushups
400m run


So yesterday was a good day and I slept better last night than I have in a few days. This morning I had plans to wake up at 6 to walk the dogs before yoga but since I didn't go to bed until 1130, I was in no mood to get out of bed when the alarm went off. I eventually rolled out of bed at 6:45, woke up Heather, did yoga, and then took the dogs for a long walk. Today is a beautiful day! I've come to appreciate the good days more and more especially after the awful rainy, cold days we had last week.

Now that I'm fully awake and slightly exercised, I can start my day of getting work done. I think today is going to be a swim day because my joints took a beating yesterday...