Good Week...HUGE WIN!!!

Well I completed my first week under my new coach and overall I have to say...pretty good start. I am pleased..but also tired. Thank goodness I have a day off tomorrow. I did the scheduled workouts 7 out of 8 days. Actual workout ratio was even better ...12 for 13 workouts over the 8 day period:) I missed only a 40 minute bike ride on Thursday night.

Friday November 7 -

Swam a 300 meter warm-up with drills and then did 10 x 100m at Threshold pace +5 to 10 seconds. The a 200 m cool down. Overall not too bad if you could ignore the swim team that was practicing in the lanes next to me. It is a little embarrassing to have a 13 year old girl pass you doing the breast-stroke while you are freestyling.

Spin bike at Lifetime fitness. Did a 10 minute warm-up and then 10 x 2' min Muscular Endurance intervals. I was freaking dying by the end. Then 20 minutes at heart rate of ~145-150.

Saturday was an 1:30 minute run and Sundays bike was 3:15 minutes at low heart rate between 140-150. I actually did better keeping my heart rate down today (if you don't count the 2 times I was chased by dogs) but I was still pretty wiped by the time I pedaled in.

And of course most importantly was Bama's Overtime win against LSU on Saturday night clinching our first trip to the SEC Championship Game since 1999. The only bad part about that...game is December 6th and I'll be on a plane to Hawaii so I won't be able to watch the game!!! Oh well...I'll be in Hawaii so I can't complain too much:)

Can I Please Quit?????!!!!!!!!!

Holy Crap!! Its only been 5 days of training and I'm freaking Dying!!! Who's stupid idea was this again?...I somehow don't remember it being this hard before. You would think I would be in better shape the second time around...wow...false impression that's for sure. The real scary part is that according to Carole for the most part its been pretty low key/low intensity training...what's gonna happen when things start to pick-up?

Since Saturday I have swam a total of 7000 yards! That is a freaking lot! I don't think I swam 7000 yards the entire time I trained for Arizona. Today was a threshold pace test...After about 700 meters for warm-up I swam 4x300 as fast as could while trying to maintain a constant pace. I won't embarrass myself by throwing out numbers, but lets just say I didn't leave the pool area feeling overly good about myself.

I also did an aerobic pace test for the run. Goal was to keep my heart rate low ~150 which I did but wow...I ran 4 miles and again I won't embarrass myself by listing my time, but lets just suffice it to say that I actually felt worse about myself than I did after the swim! I'm hoping I am just a little worn out.

On Tuesday I rode 1hr on the stationary bike followed by a 25 minute run on the treadmill. Not too bad, again low intensity.

Monday consisted of some good long swim sets...shocking I know...along with some pretty intense core work. My stomach is still sore by the way:(

"Official" Training Begins...really...I mean it this time

This weekend saw my first "official" training plan sprung into action. I got my first 10 day training plan from Carole a few days ago and it started on Saturday, November 1. First day had 2 workouts amounting to a swim and run. At first glance they seemed pretty low key, but I have to admit...the swim totally kicked my ass...all told it was 3,000 meters of swimming... and I was wiped. The hour run afterward wasn't too terrible, but I was still pretty tired...thank god she told me to not let my heart rate go above 155.

Sunday's plan amounted to a 40 mile bike ride again keeping my heart rate below 150...very difficult for me to do...every time I hit a hill and checked I was well above 160..oh well...I'll keep trying. Despite all of the above, to me the most important thing right now is that at least for the next week...ALABAMA IS RANKED #1!!!!!!!!! ROLL TIDE!!!!