Moms TRI

The Dog Jog is coming up on Saturday, April 26 at 8:00am.  You can register at any time, but for the discounted fee, you must register by April 1st.  See the link at the right for more info and registration form.

I will probably be doing a workout tomorrow (Thursday) evening at 5:30pm.  Haven’t decided yet if I will swim or run.  If you want to join me and have a preference, comment and let me know.  I’m flexible.  Afterwards, don’t forget to come to girls’ night at Elise’s for ice cream.    I’ll have to get in a good workout so I don’t feel guilty for indulging.  hee hee

We had a good run on Saturday and a good swim workout on Tuesday – so I’m feeling good. So good, that I’ll be at the pool tonight from 5:30-6:30pm – would love to have company, if you can make it.
No scheduled workout this Saturday due to Easter festivities, but if you want to get out, post a comment here with what time works for you and I’m sure some of us can get out. I’ll edit this post later if I can schedule a time (probably early) to go for a run.

Next scheduled workout will be a swim on Tuesday, March 25 at 5:30pm. No workout next Saturday or the following Tuesday as we’re taking our kids to the Grand Canyon for the first part of Spring Break. After that I should be able to get back to regular Tuesday/Saturday workouts with the group. Also hoping by then to be able to add in some bike workouts, maybe alternating Saturday runs with rides.

Keep up the good work everyone!

I’m sure my first swim workout was fine, but could definitely be improved upon if I want to get better and be able to do this. So, I found a pretty good site swimplan.com that will give you personalized workouts (FREE) based on your current swim level/ability. If you don’t know what your current ability level is, do a time trial. Here are the instructions from swimplan.com:

Beginner swimmers should swim as many lengths as they can for about 5 minutes without stopping. Intermediate and advanced swimmers should swim continuously at an even pace (75% effort) for about 5 minutes. Accurately record your distance and your time using the pool clock or a waterproof stopwatch. Please don’t guess your time because your Swimplan programs are customized just for you. The more accurate the time trial, the more suitable your programs will be for you.

In addition to your time we also need to know how tired you felt at the end of the time trial. Try to appraise your feeling of exertion as honestly as possible.
Not Tired:You could easily swim further
Quite Tired:You could swim a little further but you would have to slow down
Very Tired:You could not swim any further

After warming up, this will be the first thing I’m doing at next Tuesday’s swim workout. Then I will follow a basic plan that they provided based on me being a total beginner.

I haven’t been in the pool in quite some time, so tonight was kinda tough. I’ll be able to do it, but I’m pretty sure the swim will be my hardest part of the tri. It was good to have Nicole there to swim with, but we’re hoping that more moms come next week.

*Remember, even if you don’t want to do the triathlon, you can always come and workout with us for any/all of the events you want. Get in shape without the pressure.

Kudos to Amy in Utah for training along with us!

I can’t say I blame anyone for not showing up to run this morning. It’s *freezing* out there! I don’t normally run outside when it’s this cold, but I did drag myself over to the AC in case anyone else decided to come. I ran over from my house and walked a few laps around the parking lot waiting to see if anyone else would come. I didn’t wait too long, then ran home. Hopefully next Saturday will be warmer, and others will make it out so we can get a good run in together.

In the meantime, if you want to run around town and want to know just how far you’ve gone, check out this nifty map on the USATF website.

See you at the pool on Tuesday!

I am not a triathlete. There, I said it. I don’t even own a bike … YET! But, I am going to complete the Los Alamos Triathlon in August. I hope other moms will join me to get in shape and have fun along the way. I am a runner. I’m not fast, but I CAN do it. I’ve run in several 5K races and ran the San Francisco half marathon in July 2006. I have since had baby #5 and am working on a new goal to get in shape.

If you are not a runner, but would like to be – check out the couch to 5K program on Cool Running.

Your first training challenge is to run in the Los Alamos Dog Jog. It is on April 26, 2008 in White Rock. I’ll be there, and I hope you’ll be with me!