Right On Track

I did the bike workout yesterday-- amazing-- I might not like biking & at 6 minutes, I NEVER thought I'd be able to do 45-- but I just did it. Again, the specific directions (and watching CNN) got me through. Very cool that the exercise bike could read my heart monitor. Doesn't take much to impress me. Interestingly, it was much harder to get my HR up for biking than it was for walking. I think maybe I don't have any bike muscles, so it was harder to get up to that level?

I am getting the hitch on the car, buying a bike rack, and getting my bike back from the bike shop tomorrow. We are debating taking bikes up to Rye for the weekend-- not sure how much time we will have to ride though.

Today was swimming-- somehow it was harder today than Tuesday-- but it felt good.

I'm just taking it day by day at this point-- every day, if I make it to the workout, I feel like the TNT people know what they're doing, and I am on track. I am anxious to go to a group training & meet the people on this team.

Day 2

I trained with Daryl this morning & then went to the gym to do the Day 1 swim workout. Tomorrow is supposed to be a rest day-- I figure I'll do the Day 2 bike workout and will be all caught up.

The thing is, I'm not the type of person who will really push myself. Like if I want to do something, I'll do it over and over with marginally greater effort each time-- and eventually it will get easier and I'll be able to do it-- but I'm not one of those "all-out" types of people, in athletics or anything else.

It worries me a little-- we don't start group bikes & runs until mid-June-- so most of the early training has to be self-motivated. I will push myself to get up, or go to the gym, or follow the schedule, but like if I'm running and I start to get tired, I'll just walk. I am quite sure I could run an entire 5K if I needed to-- but I haven't. I don't have that kind of drive. I did push more than usual in the swim workout today. The directions were very specific, which helped.

I have to figure out when I can get to the gym to bike tomorrow. My bike is ready at the bike store (yay!) but the workout is written for a bike trainer. I ordered a hitch for the car today, so I can put a bike rack on it-- hopefully this will be done in time to take bikes up to Rye this weekend.

Day 1!

And... I didn't train. Long story. I hope I can do this.

Beautiful Day!

Even though we haven't officially started yet, I couldn't resist the beautiful (hot!) day. Jonathan took both kids to a birthday party, and I headed to the canal path for a "run" workout. To stay within the target HR, I was walking instead of running-- and even then, I was above where I should have been. I walked an hour, HR averaging 135-140. I can't believe I'm doing this.

T Minus 2 Days

Yesterday, I swam with renewed enthusiasm. I swam 1600 meters (yards?)-- 600 more than my usual self-workout.

Today, I worked, survived a miserable playdate that didn't quite go according to my 5-year-old's plans, and survived the rest of the evening with a miserable 5-year-old. I did not exercise. I probably could & should now... eh.

"Official" training starts Monday.