Long Weekend Training...

So this weekend was a tough weekend to train. It was May long which means lots of time out at the lake and lots of visiting with friends.

On Friday Dave and I went for a bike ride together. He took me to the actual bike course we will be racing and showed me the loop we will be doing. It's not bad.... no hills and the roads are pretty good. But I was so tired! I have no idea how this is all going to come together..... could be interesting. Anyway.... we figured that if I was biking at the pace we went on Friday I would finish the bike in under 40 minutes which seems really long..... I am going to have to work on getting that time down.

Saturday was break day! It was so nice and my body totally needed a break from all of this physical activity. I did find myself wanting feeling guilty for not doing anything though. I felt kind of like I was cheating. Dave and I even had pizza and cookies for dinner.... It was awesome! Feta and spinach pizza is the best!

On Sunday we were heading out to the lake so I woke up early to get my run in. I was tired..... really tired.... And for some reason it is still winter in Edmonton so it was absolutely freezing! I had very little motivation to run at all so I ended up doing 4km in 30 minutes which is really slow.... My goal time for the race is well under thirty minutes for the run.... thirty minutes would be my max.

Yesterday Dave and I both had the day off (Yay long weekend!) and it was my swim day so we headed down to the pool. It was supposed to be swim and bike day but it was snowing outside so instead we just put in a really long swim and I will bike and run today... unfortunately it will be inside. I started my swim workout off with a few lengths of kicking to warm up and then I went right into my 350m timed swim. I ended up finishing in 10:30 which is OK.... I really want to go faster. I figured that I was wasting too much time on my turnarounds so I kidnapped Dave from his swim workout and made him teach me flip turns! It is not easy.... But I picked up the motion really quickly. I figure that if I practice every time I swim, I should be able to do them on race day! I am hoping to knock a lit of time off by doing them.... and I might actually impress some people!

Well today is going to be busy. Work, modelling in a photo shoot for a workshop that our wedding photographers are hosting and training. I should be able to swim really well tonight. Hopefully it all goes well!

Talk to you soon!

Steph