Before i started my program i weighed myself. Now its not a common thing for myself ( or many other women i am sure ) to put their body weight out there for all to see. However, i expect over the coming months I will be sharing a warts and all blog with you, the ups and downs, the tears and hopefully laughs, and weight will be the least of my personal issues. Sooo starting weight on August 2nd 2010 was ( fill in drum roll here)..65.6Kg and body fat at 25.3%. Certainly way too high for my liking but I am hoping that (meaning especially the body fat %) will come down over the coming weeks/months.
Stats for Week 1
Swim.... 7.7kms... 3 hrs
Run......27.3kms...2hrs 34 mins
Bike......185.5kms (that's 150k on the road and an ergo session of 35k)...6hrs 54 mins
Yoga.... 3 sessions... 4hrs 30mins
Total for the week..16hrs 58mins
Ok so that's all the stats... lets break the week down.
Monday wasn't too bad at all as I only had a swim (2.5kms) in the morning and Yoga in the afternoon.I suppose i could look at today and Friday as my rest days at the moment. I swim out at the old Inglewood Pool with Ross Pedlow and once I get there I quite enjoy the session.
Tuesday... 50km ride and an interval run session.
Oh if only i could ride faster!!! Had to get up at 3.45am (yes read that again AM) so i could be finished and home by 6 o'clock . Dark and lonely....sounds like the start of a scary novel!!! I spent the first 15km on my own... then out of the darkness another lone crusader. At first i didn't recognise the bike heading towards me but on the second loop we both stopped and it was Will , my gorgeous hubby come to keep me company. Not too many hubbys would jump out of a warm bed to do that. I need to add here that he's working nights not days so wouldn't have had alot of sleep that night. The afternoons run session was hard, not because the session itself was hard, but just not used to such an early start and i was a little tired. Anna and I went up to the run track behind the Arena. We followed our session that Brad had set for us which included a 1km time trial run which we had to record . I suppose this will be a measure of where we started and where we eventually end up. My time was 4mins 24!! which is pretty fast for me. I probably should have gone slower so that my next time trial looked good..:)
Wednesday morning another swim 2.7kms. In the afternoon Anna came over and the 2 of us did our Ergo (windtrainer) session set for us. At the moment these sessions are not too bad but will build gradually as the weeks go by. This sessions went for 70mins (35kms)
Thursday... Where do I start with this day. Got up again at 3.45 to do 40k on the bike and again had my hubby ride with me . Felt alot better today and although my average is still very low it was a definite improvement on Tuesdays ride (average 27.3). Now I know what follows has nothing to do with training but i just gotta share with you the rest of my day!! I had been having some ongoing problems with a water pump on my van. ( For those of you who don't know what I do I have a mobile coffee business). I was under the impression that it had been fixed for the tenth time but nooooo. Unable to work I rang all my customers and heading off to get a new pump. That done i then proceeding to reverse out of the car park and.... backed straight into a brand new 4 wheel drive. GREAT!!!! I felt terrible as the guy had only done 2000kms in it. A few little tears once i jumped in the van and then off home. By this time I had told myself that "nobody got hurt and I have insurance so stop stressing!!" Well it kinda helped a bit. Decided to make use of a non working day and had a big cook -up. Thinking I would get a leg up on the coming weeks evening meals i proceeding to cook up a storm...MasterChef here I come. 3meals down and thought a nice big pot of soup would be a great idea. Had a new recipe I wanted to try "Curried pumpkin and Red Lentil Soup" Sounded yum!! Well you won't be seeing any pictures of this particular dish on the blog. While simmering i decided to sit on the couch ...just for 5 mins.... well I was so tired I just crashed. What seemed to be minutes later ( but obviously wasn't ) I am woken by my husband going OH NO!! Soup was everywhere. It was burnt thick to the bottom of the pan and the house had a lovely wafting burnt smell running thru it...... So lost day of work, hit a parked car and burnt soup!! Great day and i still had to go for a 10km run. I was so tired and under normal circumstances I just wouldn't have gone.. but my program spoke to me and off I went. Met up with friend Sue and together we headed out along some of the most beautiful coastline in the world. From feeling so tired at the start of the run I felt surprisingly good when I finished.
Friday .. another morning swim (2.5k) and a 90min yoga session in the afternoon.
For the next couple of weeks I have had to switch my weekend sessions around as i am working on a Saturday morning so today was my run 10km.
Sunday.. another beautiful day in Perth. A bit of a late start as I was watching the Sydney City to Surf on TV,man those guys at the front were flying.. I think under 3min kms. So I finally got out on the road about 8am. I really do miss the group rides and can't wait till I can join them in a couple more weeks. Did my 60km then had a 3km run at threshold. That was tough and felt more like a 10k run. That's my first brick session since the half. Then finished my Sunday of with another very tough Yoga session.
So... I've finished week 1... and yes I found it hard in a number of areas, particularly getting up early. And yes i know that this is probably going to be the easiest week of training ever, but getting thru it felt good. I know Brad hasn't set anything in the program that he doesn't think we can't complete ... these next few weeks are the stepping stones or building blocks for what's to come . They are to help me prepare. So I thought this little Quote was quite apt!
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones
William Faulkner (novelist 1897-1962)
So baby steps at the moment.
Thanks to all those who stopped by for a visit. Hope your weeks a happy one
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