TandemHearts

This year I thought I would follow a training plan for preparing for a Half Ironman Triathlon.  I downloaded the weekly workouts, put them all into a nice pretty notebook… (more…)

I get asked a lot what I do to have  such great arms.  Thom came to an upper body training session and a picture is worth a 1,000 words – more or less. (more…)

Thom came to my trainer session Wednesday morning and took photos. It amazes what he can do with that camera. He took probably 40 or 50 photos, and we have whittled that down to these six.

Stupid quotation.  It’s on the front of my training log, along with this picture.

February was another month with iffy weather.  But I still managed to get in some good runs and a few good rides.   I did need to back off a bit on the running early in the month as the Tarantula Run injury resurfaced on my very first run in February.  I am learning how to manage it.  The trick is to run with good form, keeping my ankles and hips in alignment,  give myself some time to warm up and to ice after EVERY run or ride.  I’ve also done a lot of  yoga this month as the stretching really seems to help.  Only one swim, not the four I had planned.  Oh well.

My training with Shawna continues to be a lot of fun.  She measured me again at the beginning of the month.  I had only lost two pounds, but my clothes were starting to hang off me again.  Turns out I had lost nearly 2% body fat and I’m down to 18.9%.  Woohoo!   I also did my first totally unassisted pull up.  Very cool.  During the last week of February I started going to my training sessions at 5:15 AM instead of at 5 PM.  I really like the switch since even if I need to stay at work later then I like, I can still get in a ride or a run before Thom gets home.  Plus the time change is coming.  I’m really looking forward to the longer daylight hours.

I’ve got Parent/Teacher conferences next week and those are always a bit draining.   I need to remember my mantra – Discipline is remembering what you want.