Got up this morning and did a swim before heading into school (last day!). I only did 1/2 mile and didn't time it. I was just trying to get a swim in before leaving for California. I don't know how much swimming I will get in this week before the race so I thought it was important at least get in the pool this morning.

Got up and ran this morning! I LOVE not having to be at school!!! I have not done an early ... first thing in the morning run in a long time. About 1.5 miles into it I started thinking I should have eaten something. I did get over it at about 2 miles. I started to feel really pretty good but then my knee started to really hurt. It is starting to hurt earlier and earlier into my run. This is the worst it has been in a run. I stopped and walked and even that hurt. Lucky I was pretty close to home. After walking a bit I was able to job the rest of the way. It killed my time. I just made an appointment with a sports medicine doctor for when I get home from California.

I ended up going 3.10 miles in 33 min. (walked about the last 1/8 mile ... so bugged!)

PM -- Decided it was probably a good idea to try and actually swim 1.5 miles before heading to California for the Alcatraz race. Went to the Orem Rec so I could swim in the 50 m pool instead of the 25 yard pool. 23 laps is much easier than 50 ish laps. It took me 54 minutes with all my rest. I will admit that at the end my arms were getting tired. It was not super easy. At least now I know I can swim the distance. :)

FINALLY did a lake swim! I met up with some of the girls form the SBR Tri Team to do an open water swim before the Alcatraz race. I figured I should try out my wetsuit (got a new one last year and am worried it is too small) and should practice spotting and all that goes into swimming open water. Wetsuit feels ok. I think it would help if I dropped a few lbs. I was a few pounds less when I got it last year so that would makes sense. I actually felt really good swimming. It only took a minute to relax and get into a nice rhythm. I think we went about 1200 m. I am glad I did this swim ... feeling a little better about doing this race ... a LITTLE!

Woman of Steel Triathlon!

Swim got canceled because it was so cold this morning ... and raining. Yes it is the end of May and there was snow half way down the mountain.

I had so much fun and learned a lot. Lots of room for improvement. We ended up doing a run/bike/run. For someone that struggles with running this was not ideal.

Run 1 (they said one mile ... my garmin said it was little over a mile) 10:22 [my mile pace was 9:44 ... fast for me!]
T1 2:35
Bike 47:10
T2 2:20
Run 2 (2.9 mile) 29:59

Overall time 1:32:29
tied for 284/597

My knee was killing on that second run. I even stopped and stretched [got some good looks for that]. Overall I feel good about things. It was so much fun and I am super excited to do another one ... a real one. This was a great "test run" for me.

7 mile bike ride and then straight into a little run. I didn't wear my watch, but I think it was about a 1.5 mile. Just to get my legs use to that transition.

2 of the 3! .... Laura and I went and did the bike and run course of our triathlon that is next weekend. The bike took me about 49 min. and I think the run took me about 32 min. (my watch was on a crazy setting and got all messed up). I felt really pretty good. My knee did start to hurt 3/4 of the way through the run so I stopped and stretched and tried running on the sidewalk and grass for a while. I think that did help. The bike is kinda tough with that hill that we have to do twice and then we have to run it too. I walked it. I am feeling much better about next week after having done that today. Now I just have to add the swim to make it a tri!

12 mile bike ride. Laura and I went and rode the course for the tri we are doing next weekend. I am pretty dang nervous. There is a nasty hill that we have to do twice. Then we have to run it! I am not feeling very prepared for this race.

The ride itself was not bad as far as a work out went.

Swim -- 1 mile 34 min. I am sorta stuck at 34 min. I also need to get past one mile seeing as Alcatraz is 1.5 miles. I am going to head over to the rec. center and do a swim in the 50 m pool next week to mix things up and see what that does to my time.

3 miles TM. I am struggling. My poor knees. First 2 miles 9:49 pace ... last mile was walk/run because of my knees. I am trying not to push it.

Had a blah workout today. It was mostly mental. I just couldn't get my head into it. I swam about 20 laps. The were kinda random. I timed 6 to try and get an idea of how fast my 300 m is going to be. I am not even sure how many laps 300 m is in a 25 yard pool (that would take some math and I don't do math). Then I just did some random swimming. I don't know why I stopped at 20 laps but I did.

I went out and got on the TM. I was shooting for 3 miles but I just couldn't do it. No reason really. My knee did start to get a little sore so I stopped. I made it two miles. I did do a hill at the end to justify stopping. I did run most of my run under 10:00 so that part was good (all two miles ha!)

Better than nothing but a pretty lame workout.

Friday -- Ran 6 miles -- ish. Peter, Laura and I ran Provo Canyon. My watch died about five minutes into the run. I know where the 2.5 mile mark is to turn around to make it 5 miles and I went past that a little way. Then when I got back to the parking lot I was feeling pretty good so I kept going. I am not sure if I hit 6 miles or not but I think I came pretty close. (Peter and Laura did 7 miles ... they run faster than me so they were a head of me). I have no idea what my pace was. I felt pretty heavy going up for about the first two miles but after that felt really good. My knee started to hurt at about mile 4. It really started to hurt. Saturday it was the most sore it has been in a long time. I had a friend look at it and he says IT band syndrome. GREAT! He gave me some good suggestions. Ragnar is going to be interesting!

Migraine! ugh! Missed another day of running this week. Not good. But I just couldn't get myself to run with this headache. Tomorrow ... I hope.

I took my bike BACK in to get my 3rd flat fixed and get the brakes adjusted again. My poor bike! By the time I got home and changed a BIG black cloud had rolled in along with GAIL force winds. I headed out and attempted a bike ride anyway. I ended up turning around about 2.25 miles out. It is scary riding in wind like that. I almost blew over a couple of time ... literally!

Swim -- I went and swam. I did a 16:30 1/2 mile. Then I did a bunch of drills. Then I did another 1/2 mile but didn't time it.

Monday -- Swim 1 mile. 34 min. Changed my clothes (went to the bathroom) and headed out to run. Ran 3.10 miles. 32:something min. (TM)

I felt good. The swim is a little slower than I would like it to be. I am just stopping to much. It is hard not to in a pool. I was pretty tired after. When I started my run I thought there was no way I was going to make it 3 miles. But after a few minutes, once my legs warmed up I felt good.

Now I just need to be able to add the bike in there! :)

Thursday -- TM (I wussed out and went to the gym. It was windy and cold outside) 4 miles. I walked the first 3 min as a warm up. This kinda wrecks your time. But my average was about 10:00. I even ran some of it at 9:40 (which is really good for me). My knee got very sore at about mile 3.

Friday -- Swimming. I did a little over a mile. I lost track after a mile. Pool got crowded so I got out. I little slower today. Mile was about 34 min.

Saturday -- 5 mile run. Peter and I ran up Provo Canyon trail. I turned around at 2.5. He kept going to do an 8 miler. My total time was about 52 or 53 min. My splits on my watch don't seem very accurate. I lost satellite connection in the trees and it didn't seem very accurate sometimes. This is my first 5 mile run since the Moab race. Felt pretty good. Knee felt better today. Still a little sore but not until mile 4.