Easing Back In

Slowly but surely I am easing back into things. Nothing too strenuous though since I'm still in recovery mode from the marathon.

Sunday was an amazing day here in Calgary. It was about 14 deg C (60 deg F) out, the sky was blue and the sun was shining. It was impossible to not want to get out for a run. I dressed up in capris, a short sleeve tech shirt and a long sleeve tech top. I was almost overdressed. I took the run pretty easy. There is still some ice and snow out so there were points where it was slippery and fairly slow going, but it felt so good to be out.

This morning it was back to my triathlon swim clinic. Since I missed most of December and the first two weeks in January I think folks almost thought I was going to bail on the clinic. I almost did bail this morning though! I had a rough sleep and opted to reset my alarm for an extra hour when it went off at 4:30 this morning. As I lay in bed I realized I was actually pretty awake so I hopped out of bed and got my behind to the pool. And I was even the first one in the water! I grabbed the far lane and got to work. There were some new people in the clinic and a lady I didn't recognize got in the lane with me. She was most likely pretty new... A few times I'd be swimming up to the wall and she'd be resting there. Just as I arrived to the wall she'd take off, except I was faster than her and kept having to pass her all the time, hoping I wouldn't get hit by one of her flippers. Then a few times I was swimming behind her as we got into the shallow section. She'd hit the shallow part and just stand up and a couple of times I just about head butted her in the back of her knees! Argh, it was frustrating... On the positive side I got to debut my new sushi suit and I got some good compliments on it!

Tonight was spin class at Bow Cycle. The more I ride the more I realize that I am desperately in need of a new seat and most likely another bike fit. I also need to tack some aerobars on as well so I'll probably try to get that all done in one go. Sometime...

I'm sorry that I'm so behind on my comments on your blogs! I still have over 400 posts on Google Reader left to read, plus Blogger has been blocked at work so I can't read and comment over lunch anymore... :( Sincere thanks to all of you that have commented to congratulate me on my race though. I appreciate all of your support!!

Taking this taper thing a bit too seriously

It looks like it is going to be a slow week workout-wise around here. My appetite has been through the roof since my 21 miler on Saturday. Yikes, how do I keep that in check? Anyhow, I had the best of intentions to hit Bow Cycle on my way home before boot camp to get some tubes for the bike. I wound up in the break room chatting tri stuff with one of the guys on my floor at the end of the day and left later than I intended to. He's a coach with the YMCA in the south and he was giving me some tips for the race this weekend. I had barely enough time to make it home, change and turn around to get to boot camp after all that. It was plyometrics night and it was hot out. And there was no shade where we were working out. The workout was a tough one and at one point my head just felt...ugh...not right, dizzy. Apparently my workout buddy was feeling somewhat similar. One girl stopped to recover for awhile, another called it a day early as the heat and the workout was just too much. We are a pretty hard core group of girls so this was kind of unusual for us. At the end of the night I know I worked hard, but I kind of wish that given the heat and lack of shade that the workout would have been modified a bit. By the time class was done there wasn't enough time to head to Bow Cycle so hence...no bike ride for me this morning. I did get up this morning to bust out a fairly crappy run through the neighborhood. I really wasn't feeling it though and it definitely showed in my pace. Anyhow, that's enough whining from me!

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Otherwise it is going to be a pretty quiet week for me. I'm hoping to swim tomorrow, but then I'm skipping boot camp to go to Cirque du Soleil's Corteo. With my race being on Sunday I'm not sure whether I should run or ride on Saturday, or just take it easy and maybe get some yoga in. Any thoughts? I definitely want to get a few miles in on the bike this week before the race, just not sure if it will happen this evening or if I'll ride to work on Friday.