Tuesday two-a-day

Dragged my lazy ass to lift this morning.

I had planned to swim tonight but it was just too nice outside. So I rode: almost 18 miles, slow 13 mph average. However, I did break the 25 mph speed limit on Lamar going 27 at one point. I would really like to ride faster. I could blame it on the bike. Or maybe I'm just not fit enough right now. I did one of my standard JoCo routes: over to Belinder, down to Somerset to Lamar, looped around John Diemer Elementary and back.

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Running - probably 28 minutes on my short course

Yoga

Swimming, take two

The rain made us change our minds about the baseball game today. Just as well, as they lost 13-4 and it probably rained through the whole game.

So we saw 'The Namesake' which was excellent. And then went to the pool where coach Sarah gave me a few helpful hints about swimming. And it didn't suck nearly as much this time. I was alot less out of breath. I didn't count laps as I am just trying to work on getting comfortable and trying to improve my form at this point, but we swam for 40 - 45 minutes, until the pool closed.

Quickie ...

Somehow the housecleaning took FOREVER and I still didn't get it all done.
But I have my priorities in order so I finally just had to stop so I could get to the gym.

30 minutes - Elliptical - Hill program Level 9
Abbreviated core and stretching

Rain ...

38:15 on the Loose Park route. In the rain. Well sort of a heavy mist. Nearly perfect running conditions, though my shorts were pretty wet by the end.

And, in honor of burger week AND beans out of a can week, I am having a Spicy Black Bean burger for dinner, with cheddar cheese and some red onion. And some "oven fries" -- baked Ore-Idas. Yum.

However, I will NOT be watching the Republican candidate debate. The thought of paying attention to all that for the next 18 months is mind-numbing.

I have two DVR'ed episodes of Workout to watch. Truly what more could a girl want than two hours with Jackie? (or 100 minutes ...)

I heart brown rice

with Cuban black beans. I had to improvise some because the recipe had real (not canned) beans. But it was still tasty. Despite a noticeable lack of meat.

Spinning today.

And my calf is sore a little still from my cramp yesterday. But I think it's diminishing.

"swimming"

And I use the word loosely. 30 - 35 minutes, I think. I didn't count laps. I just wanted to swim for awhile.

I got some Hydrospecs like my brother recommended and they seemed to do the trick for keeping the water out. I had to dork around with the straps but I think I finally got them adjusted OK.

That was the good news. Well, and I didn't drown nor require lifeguard effort.

Let's see ... the flutter kick aggravates my knee a little. And there's no way I will even attempt to swim any other stroke. In fact, right now, my knee is pretty sore and I'm going to go ice it down.

I routinely get water in my nose or mouth, which makes me cough like a smoker at the end of the lane. Oh and I get out of breath. I think I need help on breathing. I mean, honestly, I can run 30 - 40 minutes at a good clip so there's no reason that I can't swim for 30 minutes without stopping. I guess it will just take time.

Oh, there is more good news. I can only improve. I have nowhere to go but up. I guess that is worth something.

I would have gone another 5 minutes but I got a nice charley horse using the kickboard. Fortunately, I was at the end of the lane so I was able to scoot around to the ladder. But my calf was all knotted up for a few minutes. That was weird. I don't cramp much. Occasionally in yoga. But never doing anything else.