changing up

I decided that I will do the couch to 10k because the ultimate goal is to get to the 10k in a triathlon. So the couch to 10k starts slower. 30 second run and 4.5 min walk over 40 mins. Then it increases each week. That where I need to be going. Get the time running up to 50 minutes a session and increase the running once I can go longer.

It sounds as though I'm guessing my way through this triathlon training, and guess what, I am. I have beginnertriathlete.com and lots of books,read some of them, but trying to get the training schedule, work schedule, pool and spin schedule to mash together is hard. What's so hard, just block out a hour of time a day to do one session, no because after work I'm exhausted so I know I'm not going to do a workout that tired. So I have to do two workouts a day some days, but that's okay it's what you want to do. I'm worth it.

Just got home from work, I don't work tonight so I will sleep then so a run on the treadmill, because it's Sunday and the y won't be opened till later then it closes earlier. I thought of joining planet fitness, but I have everything, but time, at the y. So that's all there is too it.

ouch

my thighs hurt from the 20 lunges I did yesterday! Guess I need to do them more often. Did 3 miles today on treadmill and now I'm going to take a nap.

Another great workout

basically the name says it all. No need to continue with the blog today.

I ran/walked then swam.

Great workout

excellent workouts today. Did swimming for 1/2 hour 20 laps, then walked on the treadmill for 1.5 miles then spin class. Was able to keep up most of the class. Slept good last night, and no back aches, yeah! Although I did have a twinge in right hamstring while spinning. Need to do more stretches and work on that more.

I was hungry today, probable from the workouts. I didn't eat before the workouts. And have been hungry all day.

Tomorrow's workouts will be swimming, running and weights. The pool is opened at 5 everyday now so that is every helpful in getting in the pool.

Well that's all for today's blog, I need to do some more reading. I know I could do a sprint tomorrow if I had too. But I want to be good, at least not slow. Train and be.

One day off

Well more than one day off. I should say one more day off. I just got home from NC. 9 hour drive and the most I am going to do is sit on the chair take a flexiril and heat up my back. Tomorrow is spin class I will go to that, and swimming. I need to look at the schedule to see what time the pool is opened. Okay it looks like open swim from 5-10. So I can either go before spinning or after. I have to watch when it is less busy to swim so I can have a lane to myself. But I don't like it when I am the only one swimming, then I feel like I'm wasting the lifeguards time, even if that's their job.

So much for today's journaling, I will start back on weight watchers tomorrow along with my training. I can do this!

Harder than it looks

Weight today 190. What the heck? But my clothes are fitting a little different so something is working. I didn't do any training the last few days, who was I kidding anyway when I packed all that stuff? Me, myself and I that's all. It was raining all day and I didn't want to do anything cause my back hurt. If I would have done something maybe my back wouldn't have hurted.

New to this

Just created the site. I'm going to record my trials and tribulations on building my way to a HIM (half ironman). I've started training 2 weeks ago. Problems to overcome are back pain and finding time to train.

Last year, summertime, I hurt my back, sciatica on left side. This year I think I hurt it resulting in a bulging disc, with pain on right side of back that radiates to the right hip and down the right anterior thigh.  no official diagnosis yet. But a medrol dose pack and flexiril helped. Good for a month then did it again, and it's not doing anything abnormal, just bending over wrong. So I decided I need to get in shape again, or once in for all, and rejoined beginnertriathlete.com, developed a training plan and started training again.

I have been doing good with the training. Tired and sore, but feeling rewarded with the knowledge that I am doing something to better my health. Until last night at work, trying to help move a patient and reaching across the bed, felt a pull again, on the right side again. Took a flexiril this morning and when to bed, woke up and yeah, the pain is still there.

The challenges of getting in shape is hard enough without the addition of injury. I have to get it together. Work on more strengthen for core. I am going to drive to NC tomorrow spend a couple days at Natalie's so I will take one or two of my tri training books and see what plans I can make to achieve this.

For today, I've been awake almost 4 hours now and haven't moved from my heating pad. I did start this blog site and one day when I'm famous, for the oldest triathlete probably, I will publish. I am still trying to figure out what to do on this site. I want to put some of the links to the tri's I want to complete on here, but don't know how yet. Little by little, I'll get it.