One Week Left

The Philly Tri is this coming Sunday, June 28th! Ahhhhh!

Training, training, training

Thank you everyone that donated, I have raised $1000 over the minimum totally $3800! Yay!

Here's an overview of how my training has been going:

Last Week:

I biked to work!

Participated in a 5K race near the art museum, my time was 36 min 40 sec.

Road some of the bike course with teammates including Lemon Hill. I need work on biking up the hills!

This Week:

tues: swim 25 min
weds: strength class in morning at my gym, then an hour bike ride around kelly dr./west river dr.
thurs: swim 40 min at the 50m pool at UMLY, it was really nice to practice swimming without having to turn around every 25m. It was very challenging and a good workout.

It's Melinda and Greg's wedding today, so I'm taking it easy on the training front. But will right back into it with a run tomorrow and bike ride on Sunday. Maybe swimming at the 50m pool on Monday???

Morning, Noon, & Night

Okay, so not the noon part. But I have been going to gym sometimes twice a day. It's weird.

It started Monday night when the day almost went by without a workout. So I went to my gym and road a stationary bike and watched Monday night TV. Anyone see the teen wolf on "how I met your mother"? Hilarious.

Monday night/Tuesday morning, my gas was turned off, so no hot water. Thanks PGW. I couldn't go to work with the sweat from the night before still on me. So I went to my gym to take a shower, and did 10 min. on the elliptical while I was there. The two showers in the locker room were occupied when I needed it, so I missed my train to Center City for work. I took the next one and was 30 min late. When I work in the City (which is once a week) I like to go to the Center City Sweat gym which is on Broad & Arch because they have a pool. I did my 30 min swim then left.

Thursday morning, I ran to Sweat gym on Main St. then ran a mile on the treadmill. Then I worked in the North East office. I went back to the gym after work to take a much needed yoga class. Being at the gym before work and after work is a bit strange for me, but it was good. I think I need to try and start my day that way more often.

Team Practice

I practiced with the team this morning. I hope my schedule allows me to go more consistantly from now on. Swimming went well. At the end of practice instead swimming in seperate lanes, we snaked across the whole pool single file up one lane and then down the next. It felt really good to continously swim like that. I went through the whole pool twice which winds up being 400m which is only about a quarter mile. 1600m equals a mile, so I'd have to swim the entire pool 8 times to equal the swim portion of the triathlon. I partcipated in the run after swimming today. It was only my second time. I chose to go the short cut again today, running past the Barnes museum. The last time I did this run, the Barnes was covered in snow. This time I took a picture. My goal is to work up to running the longer route.

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My postcard

updated slightly for the Philadelphia Triathlon.

Pre- dawn run

This morning I went on my first pre dawn run ever. I've been procrastinating my training for the run portion of the triathlon. I cannot put it off any longer. So I decided to try something new. At 5:55 a.m.I ventured outside. It was still dark, very empty and quiet. Nice. I ran down main st. which is well lit. And ran/walk back. It wasn't that long, but it was tough. I want to stick with this new schedule to try to improve as much as I can. I need to work on it or else I won't be able to run 6 miles.

Some of my favorite Resources

Murray just gave me this book called "The Essential Triathlete". It was written by Steven Jonas M.D. a self proclaimed "back-of-the-packer". He repeatedly acknowledges his slowness which gives slow pokes like me some encouragement. As the book states: "Triathlon is a wide open sport. You don't need to be a highly trained athlete to get involved and reap the benefits." I really like the book and it makes a great reference tool.

I just came across this awesome web site called TriathaNewbie.com It's great for anyone that had any questions about Triathlon, and also for beginners wanted to start out.

Diary of an amateur triathlete is a blog that I have followed since my first inclination to participate in a triathlon. She talks about different events she is in, and day to day training.

Beginner Triathlete.com is another good one. It even has logs to keep track of training sessions.