Week 8

Crazy week.....lots of "PR's" this week I guess you can say. I was adding up my biking mileage and was like wait, really? I did that much this week?  Only was 1 mile off what I will have to do in one sitting...for a week. I can finally say I've almost done an Ironman in one week (few miles off of running). hahahahaha. that's pathetic, kind of. good thing i am only 1/3 of the way there....happy 1/3!!!! 16 more weeks to go.

mon 6/18: OFF. I could barely walk, honestly. That NH ride + Ruckus did me in pretty well.  Instead I sat around at work and did nothing at BMC (sometimes patients decide never to come), then drank beer. 

tues 6/19: 70 min bike (17 miles), 3 mile run (26 min).  Nothing that exciting. Trainer workout + run. yahoo.

Wed 6/20: 60 min bike (15 miles), TRX. Again, nothing exciting. HOT as hell outside...90s...yuck. I stayed in.

Thurs 6/21:  6 mile run (53 min) I had no patient so changed my schedule around to run in the AM to try to avoid the heat.  It was still hot at 5 15 am.

Fri 6/22: So, I really was going to swim today.  But I decided last min that I wasn't going to work since there wasn't anything to do! My supervisor pretty much told me to go to the beach, so I did.  I got really burnt. Was a fun day though.  I'm still burnt. 

Sat 6/23: 11 mile run (1 hour 40 min), TRX, 70 min bike (17 miles). Longest run yet! Well, in 2 years at least.  Weather was a lot more bearable.  I ran around all the ponds around me.  I pretty much spent all day working out, then went out in Cambridge for a Citysports reunion (well, goodbye party).  I stayed out till after 1 am........wow haven't done that in ages! I'm sucha grandma...I go out on the nights no one else does usually. Anyways, was a good time...good to see CS people as usual. 

Sun 6/24: 62 mile bike (4 hours 5 min), 2 mile run (16 min). I woke up tired...but not hungover at least.  I kept it safe the night before ha. I did sleep in later than I thought, so got a later start.  It was warm out (82) and I am currently sitting here with red arms.... and I can see my watch basically without it being there.  I made the mistake of trying a new electrolyte drink ...it tasted like shit...so I hardly drank it.  I even stopped to buy a bottle of water at walgreens. I still think i was pretty dehydrated plus starving. That 2nd mile of the run was rough. I ordered some more power food and got some non-disgusting electrolyte drink. I'm beat. I did do a new route! south shore (but not the coast)...was a good one...minus mattapan and milton...those are truly gems of Massachusetts (NOT).  

Weekly TOTAL: 

111 mile bike (highest yet! 7 hours 25 min), 22 mile run (3 hours 15 min), TRX x2 Ok, so I didn't swim this week.  I plan on joining cambridge masters July 1st.....

Here's some minions. 

Week 7

I like mud.  I like running, jumping, climbing things.  This was kind of a weird week in the sense I feel like I didn't do as much as I should have.  I did actually do a race this week.  That I did not bail out of!

Mon 6/11: TRX. That's all I did. I bet it was because I was sore from the weekend workouts. but honestly I can't remember bc i am writing this late and didn't write as I was going.

Tues 6/12:60 min bike (16 miles), 2.2 mile run (20 min). trainer interval workout/easy run. nothing exciting. EXCEPT....I split my day between BMC and BWH. I had to go into BWH because I was behind in reports and would have been way behind if I hadn't gone in.  Anyways, found out I am FULL TIME at brigham! Put the two weeks in at BMC...start date July 2nd.  So pumped.

Wed 6/13: 2700 yard swim.  I finally swam. Paid 5 bucks. Watch swim lessons go on near me.  Remembered how I did that all the time....I miss it in a way. but i don't miss getting sick all the time

Thurs 6/14: 8.1 mile run (1 hour 6 min).  8 20 something pace! This was actually a speed play workout...and one of my better runs ever! It felt awesome....I ran by the Charles then back around to Brigham. Confidence booster right there.  Went drinking for Lora's last day afterwards.  I went smelly. solid.

Friday 6/15: off for traveling so I can race Ruckus Boston Saturday!

Sat 6/15: 4 mile obstacle course/mud run (about 1 hour). SO much fun! Some bwh peeps ran together and had a blast.  This totally makes me want to do tough mudder.  I got through all the obstacles well except slipping off the monkey bars.  need gloves or something.  Throwing in many of those races next year for sure!

sun 6/16: 66 mile bike (4 hours 5 min), TRX. A group of us went up to NH to bike the Timberman course!  Tough, hilly, but fun ride.  I led the back of the pack (aka i rode in the back the whole time because everyone was kicking my ass). Averaged around 17mph, which isn't too shabby for those hills i was going around 6 mph up.  Not to mention, i hit 40 down one hill....what a scary yet thrilling ride. would hate to fall when doing that.  We were almost done and all the sudden my pedals stopped...and wouldn't move.  I nearly flew from my bike but somehow got myself off without falling.  Turns out a piece of metal got stuck IN MY CHAIN. wtf??? i had to yank that shit out....then re-set my chain. im not really sure how that happened but it was a good sized piece.  I forgot my running shoes because i did a little commute to get to my ride (at 5am)....so i went to the beach instead of running after all that. well, darn.  Ate a whole pizza then headed home.  Gonna be sore.

Weekly TOTAL:

2700 swim, 74 mile bike (5 hours 5 min), 14.3 mile run (2 hours 28 min), TRX x2 So i made the mistake of looking ahead of my "training plan".............into weeks 12-13. What the hell am i doing to myself? so far, it's all been do-able. but looking ahead i'm slightly terrified.

Week 6

Crazy to think I am on week 6 already. After this week I enter a "new phase".  I ended up not really doing much of a recovery week this week bc I sort of did that last week (im not sure why I thought i was ahead than i was).  Work was really busy this week.....and my jaw seemed to get worse. But all is well now.  Solid increase in mileage this week.  Can't believe how smoothly this is going....at the end of the summer I will be 1 year of being injury free.  This is HUGE for me.  I am always injured. I never can run much.  Sweet.

Mon 6/4:  70 min ride on the trainer (about 17 miles).  Weather sucked. In fact the weather supposed to be crappy all week.

Tues 6/5:  3.5 mile run (30 min). ya I didn’t do a lot.  One of my patient’s almost passed out on me (she was obese).  Lucky I had the wall on my side and she was safely moved to the bed.  Yahoo hypotension.  Then on the bus from BMC a drunk crazy homeless person called me a bitch and that she hated me.  Her and some other homeless guy stumbled across the street in front of all the cars shortly after.  BMC you are never dull. 

Wed 6/6: off.  Wasn’t planning on this, but decided last night to join part 1 of goodbye Lora at the mission.

 

Thurs 6/7: 5.1 mile interval run (43 min), 60 min bike on the trainer (about 15 miles), TRX. So, since my bike accident I noticed that my jaw started to really both me (especially when eating sandwiches…anything tough).  So, tues I put myself on a soft foods/liquids diet thing.  It’s pitiful to have to cut up all your food into small bites just to eat it…like a child. Haha. I called my dentist and I have to do this for 3 weeks.  I’ve already dropped 3 pounds.  Hope I eat enough, actually….it’s kind of limiting. I guess it makes sense considering I landed face first into the dirt. Haha.

Friday 6/8:  So, I really was going to swim this day.  I came home from a really busy day at work and suddenly that jaw discomfort ive been having got ridiculously worse and moved to more wide spread pain.  It was lovely. I hit up my doc friend, decided it couldn’t be anything worse than a bad sprain. SO I took 4 aleve, had two beers, iced, and it became a lot more tolerable haha.  Hooray drugs and alcohol?

                            This is what I did instead of working out all night. Love me some Gansett!!!!

Saturday 6/9:  TRX, 3 mile run (28 min), and 61 mile bike (3 hours 40 min). I didn’t go for my ride till early afternoon (ABW had to round), so I filled my morning with random other exercise type things.  I was surprised that this felt pretty good.  It was gorgeous outside.  We went to new areas (well for me) in Walpole, Westwood, then down to Norfolk where we turned around.  Another 15 miles down I would be in Rhode Island! My goal is to ride down there and back….eventually.  After the ride I went to L-O-R-A’s partay (part 2) where I got buzzed quickly off one beer. 

Sunday 6/10:  10 mile run (1 hour 29 min).  To my surprise, my 61 mile ride had not fully taken effect to my legs.  My last few miles of this run were faster bc I had to really go to the bathroom.  Longest run in years.  Longest bike in years. SOLID week! Jaw feeling somewhat better….learned to not take so much aleve because it messes with the stomach. 

Weekly TOTAL: 21.1 mile run (3 hours 10 min),  93 miles bike (5 hours 50 min), TRX x2

UPDATE! My bruises are almost gone. Check me out, yo.

Week 5

For some reason this week I was following a lot of week 6 workouts. So, I'm dumb. But oh well...this is actually week 5 NOT 6.  Well, this week was filled with random things.  Falling, bruising, drinking, etc. Figures.

Mon 5/28: happy memorial day! Woke up and did some TRX. Then hit the trails for about 11 miles (1 hour 15 min) of mountain biking!  Part of that was getting to where I was being picked up.  This was a lot more legit mountain biking, not just the kiddie trails I hit the last time.  The actual trail riding part was about 4.5 miles.  I had some good coaching and started getting more comfortable, but by no means am I an expert.  There were logs, tons of roots, and rocks everywhere.  One random downhill for some reason I braked too much, lost my momentum, hit a rock,  and my front wheel turned throwing me halfway over my handlebars and face into the dirt haha. I was downhill, so my bike kind of followed me.  Chain marks on my arms, legs…bruises ALL OVER.  Legit battle wounds.  I was ok…finished out the ride and hit up the sushi place.  Mountain biking is no joke…but so much fun!!! The fells really gives you some tough riding that’s for sure.  I will be sore. And there was blood too, yes. Get ready for some pictures of my legs. You kind of like it...

                                                   Right when I got home....tire marks up the leg

                                                   Few days post fall. Nice coloring!

                          Current look. It's getting uglier. Right leg looks like its healing quicker

Tues 5/29:  I woke up feeling ridiculously sore…kind of similar to being hit by a car. Haha. Everything looked worse than the day before.  I awkwardly went to work, then I was going to run.  Then I was going to bike instead.  What did I really end up doing?  I went to Boston Beer Works.  Story end.

Wed 5/30: 70 min interval bike (about 17 miles), 2.5 mile run (20 min).  Recovery time is over. Needed to get the stiff body back into gear.  The trainer wasn’t bad.  The run was weird.  Everytime I came down I felt every bruise, but I guess that’s what I get when I have one the size of my face.  Oddly enough, I ended up running faster than normal. And my HR wasn’t very high. Win kind of?

Thursday 5/24: Felt a lot better today…just don’t poke or punch me anywhere my bruises are. Did a 6 mile interval run (51 minutes) followed by some TRX. I am really surprised how great my runs feel after my accident. What the hell? Maybe I put something into place….or falling is good for me? Im not sure but it’s working for me. Oh, it was hot out….hello summer.

Friday 5/25:  Weather forecast for the weekend looks pretty bad and today was really nice.  So I hit up my friend Sean and we headed out for a ride to Walden (through newton, Weston, then into concord).  Ended up being 39 miles (2 hours 35 min)…but nice and chill. I hadn’t been to Walden since my road bike accident, so it was nice to be back there.  Can’t wait till I jump in for a swim there in between rides.   I had some slight PTSD of a combo of doors flying open on me then (recently) falling on my face, especially when riding between parked cars and moving ones.  I eventually got over it, but just muttered to myself don’t open the damn door please.  All was good…great ride.

                          One of my favorite post workout meals...burrito bowl and beer! yeah that's gansett :)

Saturday 5/26:  6.4 mile run (55 min), TRX. The weather wasn’t joking. It was a DOWNPOUR! I was supposed to do my first tri in about a year (sprint).  Turns out I lost my ride and renting a zip car would cost more than the race.  Plus the weather….I decided to bail it out.  I’d rather spend the money elsewhere.  So, I went running in the pouring rain.  It was a blast….i was drenched. I cut the run a little shorter bc I thought my phone might get too wet in my jacket pocket.  It looked like I dove in the water pretty much.    

Sunday 5/27: had a tad too much fun catching up with friends the day before, so woke up hungover. Felt crappy for a bit, then snapped out of it for a 65 min bike (about 15 miles), 3.1 mile run (25 min) and TRX.  It didn’t feel bad at all actually.  The run was weird because my first mile was about 9 min, then my last was 7:30.  I got into it a little plus I was listening to crazy music.  Solid week…considering my fall and all.

Weekly TOTALS:  no swimming,  82 mile bike (6 hours 5 min), 18 mile run (2 hours 31 min), TRX x4

And here's a funny picture for shits....this is what happens on a friday night when you discover google + hangout.