I weighed in this morning and finally the scales are starting to budge a little.
Weight 64.9kg
Body Fat 22.1%
It seems when my weight comes down the body fat goes up and vice verse...go figure!!!!!
Anyway this week sees a few slight changes to the past 4 weeks. Today i swam as per usual (2.7k). The pool's temperature has been all over the place these past few weeks and today we were on the warm side. After a km you almost felt like you were in a spa!!! Anyway the pool closes next week for about 3 weeks to fix the problem so at least they're onto it.
I would normally have the afternoon off but today was a 15km run. What a disaster!! My right calf was niggling away. I have never had problems with it before. By the time I got home I could barely walk. I iced it and put on some compression socks so hoping it will feel better tomorrow
Tuesday... supposed to get up and do what i expect will be a pretty tough session on the bike. Only one session today so decided to sleep in and do it this afternoon. It was wet, which is good because we desperately need this rain, so dragged the wind trainer out. The calf was still a little sore but it seems to only bother me while running not on the bike. Anyway you know how I thought this would be a tough session.... Oh My God!!!! No wonder there was only one session today. The session was 60km ... the first 10k just warm up and the last 50k to be ridden between the 2 hardest gears. Was not to shift out no matter how slow I was going... and I was going slow!!. Can't believe I got thru that one.
Wednesday.... Am going to head out today and buy myself a shotgun!!!!!! From about 3am this morning the magpies were making such a racket. I have never heard them that early in the morning. Will thinks he read somewhere that they do that to keep warm when its cold. Who knows but whatever the reason they kept me AWAKE and I wasn't too happy. I mean I didn't have to wake till 5am and that's a sleep in for me.
So wide awake I head off to .... today a cold pool!! Can't wait till they sort the boiler out. However 2.8k soon warms you up. The thing was when you work outdoors and that wind is blowing its so hard to get warm and that seemed to be my problem today.
After another wind trainer session this afternoon ( 1hr 34mins) I was ready for bed.... but no rest for the wicked . Hopefully an early night tonight..
I CAN'T FEEL MY FACE... yes its Thursday morning , 4.30am , and it's freezing. Even though I was working hard on the bike especially with my 6 hill repeats and max effort!!! I couldn't get warm. This calls for a coffee and I know just where to get one from!! Cappuccino , double shot with a sugar....very nice.
Well this afternoon was going to test my right calf. I hadn't run since Monday so was curious to see how it would go on a 20k run. It went well!!!! The last couple of K's could just feel it a touch but it never amounted to anything and was nowhere near how bad it was on Monday however the problem I had tonight was motivation. I was just so tired in the legs. The last couple days had seen some pretty tough sessions on the bike and my legs were feeling heavy. Lucky I had Will run with me and that truly did help. Around the 14k mark I just wanted to stop but he kept me on track...thanks love..your the best.
Friday morning saw me hitting the swim lanes again. I have now been put up into the next lane and just hung on the back. I managed to keep up (just) and it wasn't a super hard session so lets hope I can stay with them on the tougher ones.
I was supposed to go to yoga tonight but I just need a night off. Too much to do around the house and little jobs that need chasing up that just weren't getting done. I am thinking I am going to have to change my core sessions. Don't get me wrong i just love the yoga but 20mins to get there, a 90min session then 20mins to get home and it just seems like time I don't have. I have a very dear friend who is a personal trainer . I think I might have a word with her and see if she can put together a short effective core session for me that I can do say 30mins long , 4 times a week from home. Will keep you posted on how that goes.
These ironman riders are crazy. The Saturday ride now starts at 5am in the morning. There were about 8 of us this morning and heading out towards Yanchep it was just DARK. I mean...country road DARK. No street lights, pitch black. No chit chats on the bike for me..mega concentration. This kind of riding makes me a little nervous. Even though we have good lights it only takes one small thing on the road to come up on you all of a sudden. Anyway, made it thru unscathed and with the sun finally coming up my nervous levels dropped!!! For some reason this morning feeling a few waves of nausea around the 30-35k mark and then later around 60k. This seemed to stay with me for the rest of the day coming in waves. Hope I'm not coming down with anything. Anyway managed to finish the 80k then a 5k run off the bike.
The afternoon was great. My sister from Geraldton was down without her 2 beautiful children so decided to spend a girly day together. Lunch in Subiaco, some shopping , coffee stop, then into the city to see the Pompeii Exhibition at the Museum (fantastic...very interesting), more coffee then home with some Thai take a way for dinner....VERY NIIIIICE!!!
Today is Father's Day. I have Mum, Dad and my sister over for lunch then onto Will's parents for dinner. Unfortunately Will has to work till about 3 today but it will be nice to spend the evening with him and the boys.
So while he was at work I headed off to do the Marathon Club run at Lake Gwelup (10k). I was still having some nausea problems and was a little unsure as to whether I would be able to even finish it. But surpisingly once I started running it wasn't too bad and even managed a decent time for me (50.40).
This weeks Stats
Yoga...sadly none
Swim...3hrs....8kms
Running...4hrs 27mins....50kms
Cycling.....8hrs 34mins....222kms
Total 16hrs and a (precious) 1 min
It's been a tough week this week and I know its not going to get any easier. I had read somewhere that our bodies function better on 7hours sleep and that by sleeping more we wake while our body is still going thru one of its cycles , so I've been giving this a go and I must say I don't seem to be waking up feeling tired before I even start my day.
My goal next week is to try and stay as positive as possible ...wish me luck
Ability
is what you're capable of doing.
Motivation
determines what you do.
Attitude
determines how well you do it.
Lou Holtz 1937
American college football coach
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