1-26-09 Bad Start

Poor start to the week:

I was supposed to go swim this morning, but I've also got a lot on the plate today. I didn't get in bed as early as I'd planned, and decided to nix the swim in favor of being well rested for the workday and the evening events with the men's group. I may try to pull a double tomorrow - Swim about 1K then hit the treadmill for about 4 miles ( if it's nice, I might even venture OUTSIDE).

1-24-09 weights

Good, hard weight workout. I did a mile warmup on the tready @ 9:30 pace then hit the weights, pushups and situps pretty hard. Good and tired by the time I was done.

1-22-09 broken workout

I went to the gym on a tight schedule tonight.

The plan: 1-mile warmup run, then hit the weights. At some point I had to work in a 20 minute conference call. Then cleanup and go back to a job by 5

The reality: 1-mile warmup run, then 6 exercises, then an hour+ conference call that ended my workout, then cleanup and back to the jobsite around 5:30.

Not the best workout of the year, but at least I got some of it done. Tomorrow morning is pool time.

Leaving the gym after about 1400 meters in the pool-off to work.

1-18-09 swim

Just went to the Sportsplex with Steph. She ran, I swam.

I did one 20 minute session (didn't count laps - but estimate 35 laps), and one 10 minute session (20 laps). I hate counting laps. I need to find a better way to do it. The good thing is that my mind is starting to wander during the swims again - luckily it's wandering to race day, and how the swim will feel. I'll start using this time to visualize how I want the races to go this year.

1-15-09 - Didn't feel right

I got back in town later than I wanted, and headed directly to the gym. When I walked by the exercise room to go change, all the treadmills were occupied. By the time I changed, they were still all occupied, but after I weighed myself, all but one of them was abandoned - weird.

I did about 3.5 miles ( I accidentally reset the treadmill after the 1st half mile while diddling with the buttons - }:P) and then did some sit ups. After listening to the 'Age Groupers' podcast - I think I need to start looking at my workouts a little differently for the next couple of months. I think I may try to focus more on weight training and try to slow my running down a bit - maybe only do10 minute miles for about 30 minutes a night, and quit trying to up the speed as I go.

I had a mushroom wrap for lunch and thought that would be good 'fuel', but it didn't feel like it. I also had an ice-coffee about 45 minutes before the workout, and my stomach just didn't feel quite right during the whole workout.

Driving to Atlanta, but MUCH later than I wanted to.

This is going to be a less than great trip for a multitude of reasons. Late leaving, meet-ups not coordinated, materials are lacking. Probably going to be a 'grudge-workout'. I'm sure I'll pay for it.