no shore this weekend :(

biked for 20 min (lame) while watching my president's dvds (v. cool) then went out for a 22 min jaunt to the first hill of the art museum and then back. still feeling like crap, but feeling a bit less so. progress!

stuck in the rain 2 days in a row!

yesterday i met danielle to go swimming and i made it about a quarter mile before i threw in the towel (but not literally, i only had one and i needed it to dry off). so today i needed to make a better effort and did. about a mile run to jefferson for warm up, then did 3 miles on the tread starting at 8:30 min miles, pyramid'd to 7:30 min miles, then finished the last half mile at 7:50ish for a total of 23:30. then hit the bike for 15 minutes and was a gross sweaty mess. i then laid outside for a few hours and enjoyed the sun and humidity (or not). then it started to rain on when i was heading back, so i sprinted the mile back...it was so fun to run in the rain but at the same time, i was already beat! i swear i was ready to whip this triathlon about 2 wks ago, but i feel like i've lost so much ground since then and i'm not sure why. frustrations. but tomorrow i'm going to the beach to cheer on cara and also get a solid beach run in. i'm excited for that and i hope the weather keeps!

back at it

went for a run, forgot my watch so no idea how long, but went out to the first bridge. felt really slow. i've only taken a week off from working out, but i think it's been longer with running...and i could tell. well, just have to re-motivate myself to workout most days otherwise the triathlon is going to be painful with a capital P. amazing how fast you lose it...i am assuming that i will regain it just as fast though!

my running plans with darin today were foiled due to inclimate weather and my refusal to run in it. therefore i biked for half hour to tire myself out to make swimming worth it. so then i swam a mile in sets of quarter miles with my drag suit of course. my arms are feeling it now. glad i figured out how to do that!
ugh, behavioral science all day tomorrow. not looking forward to that. but then again, i'm not looking forward to much of anything, especially not the exam. i got my first set of heart palpitations/panic last night while trying to go to sleep thinking about it. this test affects what i am able to do with the rest of my life and that is so scary. and i want to do well so badly. i want open doors and options, no limitations dammit!

prologue

honestly, i'm not sure i understand what the point of them are. it's only 2.5 miles today (the start of the dauphine libere, one of the last tune-ups before the Tour starts). seconds only separate all of the riders and it really doesn't intimidate anyone or really mean anything if you kill it (see palvodeli in this just finished giro). i don't get it. and i'm also disapointed b/c it's sunday, the one day racing is shown on tv and while i'm excited to watch time trials, prologues just aren't that thrilling.
anyway, took a half day today instead of a whole day...in reality, it's more like a quarter of a day. oh well. i ran for an hour today, not sure of the distance, probably 6 and some change. felt heavy and slow, but we all have those days. i really don't understand why we feel great some days and others we don't, but oh well. then i met up with danielle to swim - did sets of 100's among other things, finished a bit more than 3/4 mile. i think that's the first time i ever did a double workout for a triathlon. it definitely tires you out, but it was still awesome.
i really need to incorporate abs into my workouts. i don't know why i'm so adverse to them. i'd rather do pushups. and i know that makes no sense.

i heart rain

biked for maybe 40 min, not sure. felt great today. i really don't know why somedays i feel awesome and other days it's almost torture. not only torture, but not nearly as productive. i don't get it. but i'll definitely take days like today!

hot town

i would have to guesstimate that i did around 5 today. just the 2 art museum hills and walked very slowly up the walnut street steps. man i was slow today, but it was so f-ing hot. probably not the smartest idea to run. but like becky said, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. no wait, i don't think she said that, i think she said something along the lines of no pain no gain. either works for me though.
2 wks and 1 day until the boards! eek!