Weekly Workout 09/24/2017

Did not have the best week last week. I was going to get my long run in on Saturday, so i woke up at 3 am to start at 4 am. I was going to do 15 miles but as soon as I woke up, it was thunder and lightning and I wasn't going to risk it. So, my wife and I got out grocery shopping done early and then headed off to Knoxville, Tn, 5 hours away. We watched the game and then drove back to the hotel, about 40 minutes away. We didn't go to bed until 130 am. We drove home the next day in thunderstorms all the way home. Worst 5 hours ever. By the time we got home, we were done. So, Sat and Sun for me were shot.

Monday-Swam 1700 meters today. I think I'm going to get a swim coach to improve my time.

Tuesday- Praying to get 8 miles in..weather dependent

Wednesday-Swim @1700 meters

Thursday- Run 8 miles. No rain in sight.

Friday-Swim 1700 meters

Saturday-Planned rest day

Sunday-Have to make up my long run, will do at least 15 miles.

Hope everyone has a great week. Anyone have any upcoming goals/races?

Sorry for the crappy weather. Fenced another tournament this past Saturday- didn't place well, but happy with how I fenced and didn't let my temper get the best of me.

Sunday - rest day

Monday - Fencing 3 hours

Tuesday - cross fit class

Wednesday - fencing 2.5 hours

Thursday - cross fit class

Friday - Pilates and arms/chest weights

Saturday -cross fit class

Hoping to get some yoga in this week - feeling kind of tight. However, the foot and ankle are healing nicely after my injury from three weeks ago and I competed without wearing a brace this weekend. Hope everyone has a good week.

Knitter I bet you sweat to death in your outfit for fencing don't you??

Menopausal woman, multiple layers of gear. The amount of sweat is staggering. Seriously. During an average tournament I will fence 6 pool bouts and then a couple of elimination bouts. Usually over about 2.5-3 hours. I will drink 2-3 quarts of gatorade type stuff (I use Hydrate from Ucan) and not have to pee. Then i will drink another quart of fluid on the way home and about 30 minutes into the drive I'll finally have to pee. Seriously - even during practice. It's brutal, but I love it.

Testing, testing. Is this thing on?

Feels like I haven't been here in forever. I've been dealing with more IT band issues so I took a pretty long break. But it is time to get back at it. Big goals and whatnot. Slowly working my way back up north of 50 miles per week.

Monday-4 mile run

Tuesday-7 mile run

Wednesday-5 mile run

Thursday-7 mile run

Friday-4 mile run and yoga

Saturday-14 mile run

Sunday-5 mile run

As far as strength stuff goes, I've found a pretty great system at work where I drop down every hour and do some sort of body weight stuff. Seems to be really helping.

Doc you training for anything?

My next big race is Bandera 100k in January. I'll probably be doing some smaller races between now and then. I have the Deadman Peaks trail marathon in November that I'm looking forward to, but it will be a slower training run rather than a full blow race effort.

Damn some trails. I swear I trip on every root out there. I have sworn off Trail runs..you should try the Barkleys

Ha! Unfortunately I am very directionally challenged when I run. I would be lost before I even started a race like that.

I have been wondering how you have been doing. Glad to see you back on and good luck with your training