Saturday...Finally!!

Wow, what a crazy and wild ride I've been on for the last month.  Ever since Thanksgiving, Jack and I have been in high gear.  First preparing for a Christmas week with 8 house guests; then Christmas week itself, with its 8 house guests;  then last weekend I went to Denver to spend the weekend with Carla.  Somewhere in there my new coach said, "I'm ready to work with you now," and I started training seriously again on December 30th.  My Big Spin classes started up on January 2nd.  It's been go, go, go!!!  My room is a mess, there are clothes everywhere, and I haven't cooked in two weeks.  I am glad to finally have a weekend with nothing to do but get organized and regroup (and exercise, of course).  Ah...deep breath.  It's all going to be OK.

I had an 85 minute workout on the treadmill last night, alternating between an easy pace and a fast pace.  My easy pace was 5mph and my fast pace was 6mph.  I started with 20 minutes slow to warm up, then 5 minutes fast, 5 minutes slow, 5 minutes fast, 4 minutes slow, 5 minutes fast, 3 minutes slow, 5 minutes fast, 2 minutes slow, 5 minutes fast, 1 minutes slow, 5 minutes fast, 20 minutes slow.  By the last 20 minutes I was very tired and I alternated a slow jog (4.5 mph) with a walk. I may have been a little ambitious on the fast pace.  I was supposed to do it at my 10k race pace and I doubt that I could keep up 6mph for 6.2 miles.  Perhaps I should have used 5.8mph or so.  It was a tough workout!

Today I swim and tomorrow I spin.  I can't help but get faster with all this training.  I need to start working in some more strength training, too.  We take the Christmas tree down today and I will have my area in the family room back for my weights.  That will help.

I have my budgeting to do, so I better run, and I want to prepare another Grain Brain post.  I'll be busy this weekend in spite of "not having anything to do."  I guess that's the way it always works out.

Have a great weekend, everyone!!

Roberta