I just wrapped up month 2 of my 5-month training plan. Something that I am learning is that following a training plan is becoming very difficult for me! I've been incorporating a lot of Orangetheory into my routine -- about 3-4 sessions a week, at the expense of my running training, but what has been … Continue reading Training Recap: Week 6+7+8+9 Escape from Alcatraz
I'm into my second week of this modified training plan and I have to say...I'm liking it so much more. The hours are so much more manageable compared to my last plan. I find that my motivation still waxes and wanes during the week, but I am able to rearrange them without much struggle. This … Continue reading Week 2 Desert’s Edge Tri Training Recap: Making Time For Your Goals
I reached a point of terminal velocity with my schedule where I had somehow managed to wriggle out of all physical activity. (How did it ever come to that?!) Obviously my schedule had run amok and it was time to whip it back into shape. A 40-50-60-70-80 hour work week be damned -- if I … Continue reading Week 0+1 Seafair Sprint Tri Training: Making Time for Priorities
The thing with injuries is that it allows me ample time to reflect. An injury pretty much grinds all of my training plans to a screeching halt. The Whidbey Island Marathon in April (which was downgraded to a half marathon, which was then downgraded to a 10K) is definitely out of the picture. I think … Continue reading Resetting Expectations
It is not everyday that you can say that you had a perfect race...but I had the most perfect race that anyone could have dreamed of! Mind you, a part of this journey included: a (minor) black eye, a painfully popped blister on my pinky toe, 30MPH gusts of headwind and crosswind, and a potential … Continue reading Race Recap: 2013 HITS 70.3 Championship Palm Springs
Starts off at 13:30 a week. Tops out at 16:30 a week. The goal is to leave room for two consecutive rest days on the weekend, so that I may actually get a chance to enjoy my weekends doing non-training related stuff. Wednesdays by far are the hardest day since I stack all of my … Continue reading My 7-Week Training Forecast
As I'm sitting here enjoying a warm bowl of oatmeal and a mug of white tea, I'm reflecting on one of my best open water swims I've ever had. I have a hot compress to my feet, my heater is on full blast. And my cats are nodding off. It's warm, cozy. Snuggly even. About … Continue reading I Wish You Could See What I See
So, let me tell you about a time when I finished last place. You read that right, last place. I headed out to Lake Stevens with my training group. There was a handful of us who had trained since the Seafair Triathlon for this event. I didn't doubt that my teammates could go from non-swimmers … Continue reading Race Recap: 2013 Lake Stevens Olympic Triathlon
Oh boy. I got one good training week in and then BAM -- I was hit with another twist to the ankle on my morning run. I was down by half my training time this week (week #2), and I've reloaded it on week 3 hoping that it doesn't overload my week 4 which, coincidentally, … Continue reading Week 2+3 HITS Palm Springs Training: A Twisted Ankle, and Then Some
My heart was pounding in my jaw. I spent more time being apprehensive about jumping into the water than actually being in the water. I had a fear that somehow, without my wetsuit, I would just sink to the bottom of the lake. Like some giant pair of hands would just come up from the … Continue reading Open Water Swimming Without a Wetsuit
Amara in Training 