Workouts and Visitors

This weekend I successfully stuck to my training plan even though we had guests in town the whole weekend. I can't believe it. Next weekend will be tougher though because my mom and sister will be in town, but I'll try again! Hubs' brother and his girlfriend were in town - we had a great town and caught a fun baseball game and chilled. Definitely a great weekend with beautiful weather.

Saturday I woke up before anyone else and used it as my chance to get in my workout. I have found that I really try to stick within an hour or so of my normal sleep routine on the weekends. It really helps keep my mind and body in a better place. Anyway - I was supposed to do a 45 minute "tempo" run. A tempo run was described as 75% of my max. Well I can't run 75% for 45 minutes - just not in good enough shape to do that. So instead I did a 45 min run at about 60% max. In other words I was jogging. I went really slow, but I did 45 min which is a longer duration than I've run since I started training. By the end of the run, my right knee (ie: my good knee) was sore. Luckily, with my right knee, which has been acting up, there has not been any residual pain. So it just hurts when I work out, and then its fine. My left knee, snuggly secured by its brace, was fine for the whole run. I think I need new sneakers and the knees might do better. Overall I was happy with the run - plus it was perfect running weather. OH! but my shorts are getting too big - which is a good thing. I use my favorite amphipod running pouch when I run, and it was pulling down my shorts the whole time because it was too heavy. Usually this is not a problem - but I guess this is what happens when you lose weight and your shorts get loose! Totally obnoxious but I'm not complaining!

Then Sunday, after the visitors left, I headed down to the lakefront with Hubs to workout. He went rowing and I took my bike. I was supposed to 60 minutes, but arrived back to my starting place in 48 min. I could have kept going but decided to be lazy and quit. I had a great ride - about 10 miles in 48 minutes - except that I was definitely cold. I was dressed ok while I was riding, but had no extra layers to put on after my ride and my hands were freezing. It was probably in the mid 50s and windy.

This morning I hit the pool. I was supposed to lift with legs in addition, but didn't have time. Not going to worry about it! Or maybe I'll do it tomorrow if I have time. Here's the workout: 10 min warm-up - freestyle and breastroke. 25 min drills with fins (this is totally boring, but still my heart rate is decent). 4 x 25 yd sprints with 30 sec rest (I do them in about 25 sec). Then 5 min cool down. Decent workout.

Still haven't figured out the pool/food thing. This morning I tried a whole clif bar. Not so great. I wasn't queasy this time, but I still didn't feel great. I'm thinking that Clif bars might be better for afternoon workouts when I've already allowed my stomach to digest other foods. They may just be a bit too complex for my stomach in the morning. I've always liked them in the past, but I guess I've never eaten them in the mornings. In the past (ie: back in my rowing days) I've always just had a plain granola bar or toast in the morning before workouts - guess that might be better. So - in the future I'll be sticking with granola bars in the morning and using Clif bars (which are my favorites amongst the protein bars) for afternoon workouts.