Saturday was rainy so I was delaying on getting my exercise in, but I ended up going to the gym and running 5 miles and swimming 1600 yards. Sunday was gorgeous out and DH and I went for a 25 mile bike ride with a couple that we met at swim lessons. We ended up going to the end of the bike path and then riding around Concord past some cows and up and down some big hills. I was definitely struggling on the hills, both going up, and being confident going fast down the hills. I had a great time on our ride and then we went out for drinks and brunch so by the time we got back from hanging out with them it was about 4:30pm I was so exhausted, but we went out to dinner because it was our 1st wedding anniversary. Needless to say I fell asleep on the couch around 9:30pm.
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Monday, April 25, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
Marathon Monday
I have 4 months left before my race and I am at a point where I need to be more serious about my commitment to achieving my goal. I struggle to get in the workouts that I know I should be doing, for example this weekend I ended up doing a bunch of work on the house, but didn’t mentally prepare myself for the fact that I also needed to get in the workouts and I didn’t do my long-swim and long-bike ride. Preparing for the race is such a long-term goal and now it is getting down to crunch time. I think it would help to break down the goal to monthly, weekly and daily goals so I don’t push off my long-rides/long-runs. This weekend I am committing to a 25 mile bike and swim a 1600.
Last weekend I had a good run because I did the Groton Road Race. I walked/jogged the 5k with my mother-in-law and ran the 10k in 55 minutes. Today is the Boston Marathon so I’m inspired to run 10 miles, 4.5 miles at lunch and 5.5 miles home.
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