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Pool Workout

4/21/2014

Time: 6:30am
Location: Indoor Pool
Total: 2000m
Workout:
WM: 3x 200
10x100 (Alternate between sets of A: Kicking and B: Arms
A:25 Left Side Kick/ 25 Right Side Kick/ 25 Kick on Back/ 25 Freestyle
B: 100 only Arms
400 Relaxed Working on form

Thought:
There is something freeing about swimming and at the same time suffocating. As I was doing the kicking on my back, I had my eyes open and I could see the water coming over my face. It was beautiful and scary at the same time. To keep my head out of the water, I extended my body, squeezed my head (right behind my ears) between my outstretched arms.

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Bike Ride- Change of Plans

4/20/2014

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Time: 6:45am
Location: South Miami to KB
Total: 1hr 15min

Thoughts:
The plan was to do a BIKE/SWIM/BIKE workout, but there was a change of plans. When I got to KB to do my swim, there were some Portuguese man o' war on TRI-BEACH. I wasn't sure if the water was going to be full of them or not, but I didn't want to run the risk on Easter Sunday, so I kept riding.

My ride then came to a hault a couple miles later with a FLAT...but it's okay. It was a beautiful morning, and no number of changes in plans could wipe that silly smirk off my face...#happyplace.

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Time for all 3

4/19/2014

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Time: 8am
Location: South Miami
Workout:
Part 1: 2000m
5 x 200 swims. 1 min rest interval.
10x 100. Alternating kicking and arms only. 30 second rest interval.
Part 2:
1 Hour Cycling (indoors)
Part 3: ~10km
6.6 mile Run

Thoughts:
A little rain never hurt nobody....but tornadoes, and crazy wind and lighting can! When I woke up Saturday morning, already in my tri-suit (which I fell asleep in, cause I was so excited about the workout), it looked like a club out on my balcony. Lighting was beautifully warning of the crazy weather that was about to arrive. For a second I thought I would still get to ride, and that's when the downpour began with slanted rain that was almost deafening as it hit the balcony glass.

After waiting it out until about 7:30, I decided that i'd have to take to training indoors if I was going to get any type of workout in...my bed was calling me back in, so I made a run for the gym....2 1/2 hours later I was happy that my bed hadn't won this battle.

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The Course Isn't Always Marked

4/14/2014

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"The course isn’t always well marked; cones are moved, volunteers are unsure of instructions, markers may be too spaced apart or obscure, and moments of discouragement or lack of inspiration to create, achieve, and even run, are realities we all encounter but not ones we are doomed to live with.

So I had been in a training slump. I had been having trouble getting into a rhythm and even writing; Most of my article ideas seem to surface through my pores along with the run induced sweat. I was a couple days from deadline for RUN SOUTH FLORIDA Magazine, when it occurred to me. I NEED to find my inspiration!

"Theword INSPIRATION (IN-SPIRARE) literally means the ‘act of breathing in or inhaling’. Without Inspiration, divine guidance that enables us to look for the path we were on or a new path that has the potential to lead us to a better place, we feel lost. "

Where had my inspiration gone?

As I started writing, I realized that I needed to follow my own advise: " Dive into a NEW discipline, complimentary sport, or challenge yourself to tackle a longer distance."I have decided to do my first IronMan70.3 . We always think that another time will be a better time to train, but reality proves otherwise. The grass isn't always greener. We have to make NOW be a good time to train. With all there is to do, I will try and track my journey from Mom to IRONMOM here. I am tracking my training more for me, than for anyone else. I need to keep myself accountable, I need to trick myself to staying on COURSE =).

Apparently i wasn't able to figure out where exactly my inspiration had gone, but I'm glad to say that I didn't wait for it to come back, I set out to find it.... and was surprised at how quickly our paths realigned. It's almost as if he was just playing hard to get. Deep down inside, he never wanted to leave my side to begin with.

Here's to new goals!

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From Mom to IRONMOM

Pool Workout

Bike Ride- Change of Plans

Time for all 3

The Course Isn't Always Marked

Where had my inspiration gone?

Here's to new goals!

A journey of 70.3 Begins with a decision to TRI.

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