Training troubles

After a long, snowy and depressing winter...Spring/Summer has finally arrived!  

My home projects have been moving along.

First, I got myself a new couch!  

Old couch

New Couch

I love my new couch!  It is comfortable and it matches my taste way better then my old couch.  

Once the snow melted and the weather started to warm up, I began to start my training... or so I thought. This school year has left me worn out and exhausted.  I am suffering from the same symptoms as over training, without the actual training.  UGH!  The good news is I will be able to get back on track in 7 days!  School will be out for the summer and I will be less stress!  YAY!!  The other day my friend posted that my big race is 100 days away!  I better get moving in the pool, on the bike and running!  

Thank goodness for friends... 

These weekend bike rides have made a world of a difference.  This is the only part of my training that I feel is on track a bit.  

I also have started running with a group on Thursdays!  We have had soo much fun on our Thursday night runs. 

As the school year comes to a close. I have learned a lot about myself and stress!  I am learning as I get older.  I need more sleep!  Also as my job gets crazier I have to give something up to be able to survive and get more sleep, and that thing is workouts. 😞 It doesn't make me happy but it's all about survival. 

Next year, I hope to have a few more things under control, so I will have less stress and be able to keep up with my workouts because it does make me happy.  

Now that summer break is in sight. I hope my next post will be full of training stories.  Not just home projects.  

This is My latest project I did was tile my backsplash in my kitchen. 

Before

After 

I love it! This is one of my last home projects. Now my focus can hopfully switch from home projects and school to training. With the end of school next week, my plan is to train more that two days during the week and during the weekend.  

I will keep you posted...

Princeton 70.3

Training with friends is the best part of racing.

Yoga with my friend Bill

The girls on a bike ride 

Random Sunday bike rides with my team mates 

And sometimes not so run. 

I'm just glad this was the only injury with friends training. Wish we didn't have any... 

As for the race day... I felt it overall was a good race and yes I would do it again. I loved the location and having my mom there for support. 

Before the race we had lots of time for picture taking since we were all in the last 3 waves. 

I was so glad to have these girls out there on the race course with me. 

The swim 42:30

My swim went pretty well slower than I expected but not bad overall.  I got out of the water feeling good. During the swim I thought I passed Heather. We confirmed it on the bike when she caught up to me. 

The bike 3:40:48

Not the fastest bike time but for me this was a personal best by a lot!  I have improved significantly on the bike since I first started to ride.  Time I spent with friends, especially the girls has paid off.  Love them for putting up with my slowness. 

The run 3:41:48

The run was awful for me!  Starting at mile 2 I knew I was in for a long run.  I started having show issues.  My shoes were too tight due to the heat and my feet swelling.  Ugh. By mile 3-4 I had to stop on the side take off my shoes and stretching my foot out.  This happened several more times on the run.  Ugh. I had to walk a lot during the 1/2 marathon portion. The sun coming out an hour into the run didn't help.  

I haven't been so happy to see a finish line.  As I was this time around.  I couldn't wait to take off my shoes.  But the support on the race course was awesome.

Race support with fellow racer Brian 

My friend and coach helping me get my stuff out of transition.  Notice no shoes. Ouch my feet hurt. 

Best training partner @missfancypants 

I feel like once I get some of my mechanical issues ironed out.  I would like to do another one.  Not sure which one it will be.  Either way Princeton I will be back to get my target time I know I can achieve.