9 Months to Tri

I actually weighed in on time this week, but unfortunately, I weighed in at 266 lbs. I’m not sure what that signifies exactly. In fact, after today’s workout, I jumped on the scale just to be sure, and I was down to 264 lbs.  So arbitrary sometimes.

I ran 5K on Friday last week, thought it seemed harder this week than last. Took me 42 minutes to run that 3.5 mile course. That’s only 12 minutes miles. Hopefully in a few more weeks I’ll be back up to 10 minute miles.  The problem with 10 minutes miles is that they were NOT cardio miles. I couldn’t maintain that pace without going anaerobic, and that’s not a good idea for distance racing, since its simply not sustainable.

Saturday was not something I enjoy doing, but basically I worked on my computer from 10am to 2am Sunday. This was because I had work to get done but I wanted to spend Sunday with my girl and not have any work-related distractions. So, Sunday was more play. The park, baseball, grandpa’s, etc. Fun and run.

Today it was so beautiful that I decided to do my 5 minute warm-up outside running. Spent the rest of the workout in the gym on the weights. I’m feeling back to the weights I was doing before everything fell apart a month ago, and I did 3 full sets.

Strength days are longer now, especially with the stretches at the end. I’ve only got 2 of them per week now, so I’m going to start treating them as 2 and a half hour lunches and plan the rest of the day accordingly.  Runs, swims, etc. are still under an hour of workout, plus showers, changing, etc.

Tomorrow I’m not actually working out. My girl is out of school, so we’re going mini-golfing with some folks from work at lunch time. Its a spring-time treat for all of us. Could I make time elsewhere to workout? Perhaps, but in reality, its already 1:45 AM on Tuesday, so not likely.

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