Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Gosh, when I see it written down like that...

October's totals:

Bike: 15 Mi Can you tell I got pretty sick of the bike? This past Saturday was actually the first time I got into a saddle since AUGUST. I had several back bike experiences that really kind of freaked me out. First, there was my tire blowing up at Barb's race. Then there was several times that I fell over while trying to clip in going up a hill. Then there was the couple times I got ditched on rides with other people. I'm going to do indoor cycling for a while. I predict a better season next time.

Run: 52 Mi - My injury is slowly getting better - in fact it felt better this past Sunday than it's felt in weeks. I'm planning to start bringing this up soon, to get ready for my first 50-miler in February at Rocky Racoon.

Swim: 4700 M - I'm in a master's swim class now. We do a minimum of a couple thousand, so look for this number to increase pretty fast.

Wrapping up the 2008 Triathlon season. What did I accomplish?
I did a 25K midnight run in Texas.
I did a 25-mile trail run in Colorado.
I did four marathons, in Mississippi, Texas, New Mexico, and Utah.
I did a 50k ultra marathon in Alabama and one in Texas.
I did five sprint triathlons in New Mexico
I did the 1.2 mile swim and the half marathon run at Barb's race.
I did one ironman triathlon in Idaho.
I lost ten pounds, and gained thirteen back. (170 lbs right now)
I lost a dress size, and then gained that back, too. (size 12)
I can do 8 pushups in a row now. (I've been slacking on this. I'll have to get back on the ball if I want to meet my year goal of 10 in a row)
I've just about got my last kid graduated and gone.
I got four black toenails.
I got my first over-use injuries!

Here's my 2008 totals, so far:
Bike: 1644 Miles (2740 km)
Run: 669 Miles (1115 km)
Swim: 32 miles (51,541 M)

Apologies to my international friends. I'll put up KM and KG up soon.

Not bad for a big girl who hates to exercise!

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8 comments:

  1. you know, pretty soon you might have to admit that you're not a big girl and you don't hate exercise....

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  2. That is an awesome year!

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  3. Serious 2008 numbers!

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  4. What lbetepa said.

    For trainer work I am going to try High Intensity training where, instead of sweating and panting and hating on the trainer for an hour or 2 you do hurl-zone 4 intervals for 30 minutes. Allegedly it ups your V02 max and mean time to exhaustion and makes you a better rider.

    http://trifuel.com/training/triathlon-training/hit-me

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  5. I am so inspired by you! I am so excited to have found your blog!

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  6. Anonymous2:21 PM

    Very impressive....

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  7. wow, how do you motivate yourself then if you hate to exercise. I kind of like to exercise but not enough to do it on a regular basis :-/

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  8. IMPRESSIVE...you are my inspiration ;)

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