Purling Sprite

Workout day

{Post recycled from Chubbette}

What a fun day! I woke up early due to going to bed early for a change...I was in bed at 10pm! I rarely, if ever go to bed early, unless I am sick in which case I most likely end up falling asleep on the couch and hubby carries me up to bed. Yup, he still does that after 7 years of marriage and inspite of my 20+ pounds that I have put on since we got hitched.

Anyways, I woke up early and felt refreshed. I have wanted to have oatmeal before heading to the gym and the extra 5 minutes allowed me to do just that! As the water boiled, I was able to read some emails and catch up on some news. As the oatmeal "cooked" I put on my bathing suit and kissed hubby good morning and nugged him to get up and work on the looms. Little N was sleeping next to him...that little girl still comes to our bed every night! She just loves to cuddle next to us.

My oatmeal was extra nutritious this morning, after reading an article on Runners World, I decided to give my oatmeal an "umph" by adding some yogurt and strawberries. I enjoyed the yogurt in it, but the strawberries were a bit tart and I didn't enjoy them as much--I will stick to strawberries for my smoothie only.

Workout stats:

Swim: 50 minutes in freestyle/crawl w/ flip turns

Spin: 50 minutes. Climbing day with intervals.

Ab workout: 10 minutes--my abs are still sore from Wednesday's workout

I didn't stay for the toning class today as tomorrow I have a long run and I need an "easy" day before my 10 miler tomorrow.

Note about swimming: Today, I tried a pair  of hand paddles that one of the other swimmer's brought with her. The one lap I did with them was superb! Although it felt that I was swimming with 10 pound weights on each hand, I cruised on the lap after. I can see a huge benefit on having a pair of hand paddles--trim the fat around my arms for sure.

Speaking of fat, as you know, I haven't been able to lose weight despite all my exercise, but I have lost inches all around which definitely shows the great progress I have made. Well, today I jumped on the scale just for kicks and guess what...for the first time in the past 4 years, I am under 130!!! I weighed in at 129. I have finally lost some weight but I feel confident that the weight has been all fat as I have kept my calorie intake high (as much as I eat, I am sure it is high!). I refuse to go on a diet...heck, the whole reason why I exercise is just so that I can eat as many tacos as I want!

Hope your workouts are going okay too.

PS: Don't forget, the Boston Marathon is this weekend...exciting! Wonderboy's soccer coach is running it...his time on the Top of Utah Marathon was 3:04! We told him to be sure to catch up to Lance ;)

1500!

Today, for the first time in my swimming history, I was given the lead on the swim lane. 3 of us started on the lane and I stayed behind to be the very last one since I am a bit slow. But after the first lap, the other two lap swimmers moved to the back and told me that I was a bit faster than them and thus should lead (I passed them coming back)! This has never happened to me before! It gave me confidence and it made me feel so good about myself that it boosted my swim speed a bit.

Log for today: 1500 meters! My highest ever too. Almost a mile :). Mainly freestyle, 200 meters breastroke, 50 meters butterfly (if you close one eye and squint with the other it looks like the butterfly.

Avg time: 2:40 per 100 meters

Best time: 2:11 my first 100 meters

Turns: I'm saddened to say that I am not able to the do the flip turns, I still do open turns but it is okay, maybe one day in the future.

Now, please excuse me as I am going to go and take a nap :). See ya tomorrow when I'll show you my Hogwarts Socks :).

Flipping Turns!

I can flip a burger, I can even flip a pancake, and if I really have to I could flip an egg. But for the life of me I can't flip my big butt over my head to turn at the end of the pool. I always thought I was top heavy but I have finally understood that I am not top heavy, I am butt heavy!

My flip turn class went as expected...I sucked! Not a hard concept, place your hands behind you and do a somersault...a little more into the technique, place your hands behind you, stick your chin in and go as tight as you can and flip over and kick off the wall.

Ready set...try it. Hands back, chin in, flip....boink! Head hits the bottom of the pool, water rushes in my nose and the explosion of colors inside my head can rival the New York 4th of July Fireworks!

Teacher says...almost there, try it again. Clueless student decides to try it again, hands back, chin in, flip, water rushes in, headache close enough to migraine hits me between the eyes.

But the determined mule-headed student keeps on trying...30 minutes pass and finally she is able to kick off the wall, not straight mind you, cuz that is too much to ask of the mule just yet. An hour passes and she is able to flip at the end of every other lap....lopsided flips, but flips nonetheless.

Then today, student visits the pool where the triathlon will be held...student mouth hangs open when she sees the gigantic 50 meter pool that she has to traverse. Flipping turn of events....I guess I should have checked the size of pool before signing up for the triathlon. If you need me, I will be crossing the Pacific Ocean for my triathlon training.

Happy 4th of July everyone! Have fun and be good...and if you are going to do something bad, be sure to invite me :).