Just Another Day...

LMAO!!!   Ahhhh.... This was me this morning running around like a chicken without a head... Waking up at 6:55am, having 30 minutes to get two kids,  and myself dressed; Parker to school no later then 7:30am, and me to the gym by 8am... LoL... Ok, Ok you get the picture!!!

Not to mention of all days, we had tons of trains, lights were turning red, some YAHOO driving on my bumper, then he aggressively changes lanes to find himself stuck behind some one else driving slower then I was... Mind you, I was going as fast as the person in front of me.  I was cussing up a storm ... I was just so bent out of shape.    Which brings me to the next paragraph...

1 Corinthians 16:14  Do everything in love

Now, I am not one to preach, or even share my spirituality with too many people, but for the last 7 days I have been working very, very hard on the the above bible verse.  I left my bible study last Tuesday night with this seared into my mind.  It, to me, made  perfect sense, it was kinda like a light bulb went on in my head. It was the first time a bible verse really spoke to my heart and I could also make some sense of it.  I don't have these moments too often, LoL.

  Ok, Ok, Ok, before you have an ahhh moment, LoL, I want to say, I am still human and at times of great stress and pressure, like this morning,  I do have a tendency to fly off the handle.  So, going back up to the the above paragraph, and getting to my point, after cussing out all the cars on Hwy 79, and trying to rip my steering wheel off the steering column, LoL... I knew you'd like that one... LoL... I repeated over and over and over and over and over, "Do everything in love!!!"  And, I prayed to God, Please Lord, get me to the gym before I kill one of these Nincompoops!  Seriously!!!

Swim Workout:

1900 Yards 

60 Min

I have now taken my scardy cat butt into Lane 2 to swim... I should have been swimming in Lane 2 since I started back to the Master Swim class.  Unfortunately, due to intimidation,and I don't get intimidated to easily, I kept finding myself back in Lane 1 or honestly, I would sneak in Lane 1... I just can't handle pressure of  slowing swimmers down; or having someone swim on my tail, etc... But Coach Lara, says I need to be in Lane 2, so that I can be pushed to fullest potential. Not only did Coach Lara say that but so did Coaches Andrea, and Liz. Finally, one of my swimming friends, Marty said "you know Kim, you should be in Lane 2"... So after that conversation, I put my tail between my legs and I've been swimming in Lane 2... I still like Lane 1!!! Ha ha ha...

Tri Training Bike/RMP Workout:

479 Calories/39 Min

Intense workout today...I worked my butt off in that class.

Lara is an AWESOME coach, both, swim and spin, I just want to add... Looking forward to more sunlight, so I can get back in the saddle of my bike and ride... 

 

California Stars...

My husband and his bright ideas... He suggested I put this song on my blog...And me, I typically take his ideas... well at least most of the time.  I do have a thing for this song... Hmm... I wonder why, LoL???

Tonight's Workout:

65                -Minutes on Elliptical

5.75             -Miles

744              -Calories Burned

161 Ave       -Heart Rate

181 Max

**Stuff Stuff Stuff!!!

Six days before we leave to California, and 2 weeks 1  days before the 2011 Los Angeles Marathon... I am feeling all kinds of emotions:   Excitement, Happiness, Sadness

Excitement:  the closer it gets the more excited I get...  I am really, really E-X-C-I-T-E-D!!!  I could  Screammmmmm!!! SERIOUSLY!!  I get the overwhelming sensation to jump up and down,  and do knee highs really, really fast... If you know what knee highs are, you  probably think I am just Fricken WEIRD!!!  LMAO!!!  Psst... that's because I am...

Happiness:  the closer it gets for us to leave I feel so much Happiness...  When I think of Cali, it brings me to a happy place, comforting place, familiar place, you know what I mean... This was my home for more years then any other place I have lived...  California is just the place I honestly belong, kinda like a missing puzzle piece... I miss California!

Sadness:  As much Excitement and Happiness that runs through me right now, there still an element of sadness... I will miss my friends here in Texas, and I will be saddened not to be able to share my marathon experience with all of them. 

On a lighter note, yesterday, I felt the urge to go out and get some much needed shopping done... I shopped for  "workout" stuff... Running shorts, Running shoes, Resistance bands, swimming watch, foam roller, new ear plugs for my ipod etc.  I had good time shopping... I typical am not a shopping kinda girl... LoL... I actually find clothing shopping to be somewhat "STRESSFUL."  But this time around, since I was shopping for things to use when I swim, run, cycle, or workout, I  enjoyed myself.   I know, it's the weirdest thing... 

I will say this I am very excited about my soon to be new running shoes.  On Sunday, I will be purchasing the male version of  Brooks Adrenaline GTS 11 running shoes... You ask, why Sunday?  Brooks is having some kind of promotion at Dicks.  If you purchase Brooks running shoes, you  get $10.00 of the cost,  I also filled out an online survey for Dicks which gave me an additional $10.00 off the cost as well.  So I'll end up saving $20.00 on Sunday, what a  Sweet Deal!! 

Today's Workout for our Tri training consisted of 1200 yards, I honestly can't keep track if it's not written on the board like in my Master Swim class, hence the swimming lap watch I was shopping for, LoL... We mainly practiced drills today... Stream Line, Catch Up, and Freestyle Swim... 

3 Mile Run/ Ellpitcal Evening Workout

OMG!!! I am quite Sad....  My run started out good, my pace was maybe a little faster then what it should be, but it was a good pace... I felt good up until 1.50 miles them my knee started to give me problems... WTH???  I tried to run on it, probably wasn't the smartest thing to do... I tried running on the pads of my feet that felt fine for a while except for me probably looking like a goober... Oh well, I guess I'm just gonna have to get off my butt, go buy a foam roller and start rolling out my  IT Band... From what I've been told, and from what I have read that might me my problem...

7:30 PM Workout

I  started working out with Brian on Sunday nights, even though we may not talk, or we may be doing two entirely different workouts, we have our together workout time.  It's actually very nice. My initial plan was to do weights on Sunday nights, but since I hadn't burned the necessary amount of calories for the day, I was compelled to burn those first then do weights, but I really got into my elliptical workout and scratched weights out tonight! 

Burned:    664 calories
Miles:       6.50
Time:        1:03:09

                

Feb 23, 2011 *** Running Drills and Circuit Training for Dansking Triathalon

Feb 18, 2011 ***Swim and Spin

Today's workout was good of course... 

Swim Workout

• 1 mile
• 00:55 time
• 537 calories

 RPM/SPIN

•  12 miles
• 00:45 time
• 507 calories
• 185 max hr
• 159 avg hr

There is something to be said about getting up early working out, and getting it done... People  often ask me how I  get up so early to workout... Well, it's not just a one answer, answer...

My answers are:  It works for me... I am at my best in the morning... It's easier for me just to get up and go by myself... I really want to be Healthy... I really want to be Fit...I really want to be Strong... It's important to me... I value exercise... I need this for me... I need this to be a better mother...I need to release stress...I want to know how far I can push myself... I like it... I feel great after my workout... I am selfish when it comes to my workouts...I could go on and on and on...  These are just some of the reasons I get up at the crack ass of dawn to workout...

Anyone can get up early, or 30 minutes earlier then their normal wake up time to  workout, it's just writing it down or  telling yourself you're gonna do it. You can come up with all the excuses in the world, you can blame everyone and everything out there, but ultimately you're the only one that can change it... People can motivate, inspire, and help you, whatever, but your the one that's gotta get your ass off the couch and get down to the gym or go outside for a Walk, Run, Jog, or Wog, whatever... You can do anything you put your mind to...  It's entirely up to you... Now, you may not be very good at it first, you may not like it, it may cause you stress and pain, but if you put your mind to it, YOU CAN DOOOOO IT!!!  If I sound too harsh in the above paragraph, You've got the point!!! :o)

Feb. 16, 2011

Swim was good today... I felt really good in the water...Swam 1600 yards.

Workout:

300 swim

200 pull

100 kick

200 pull

4 (4 X50's) with a 20 sec, 15 sec, 10 sec, 5 second rest in between each 50 yd lane completion then we started on the next set, with a 15 sec, 10 sec, 5 sec, and no seconds, then we started it all over...

My Favorite Triathlon Logo!

 Tri season is about to start up and I am actually excited... I went to the Danskin Training Information Meet and Greet tonight, and that excited me even more... It's going to be 16 weeks of various workouts,  I am definitely signing up...