Journey to the Tri

Bee. 19. Long history of swimming for fun, and short history of running. Follow my journey as I prepare for my first triathlon. First 5K: May 2012, 39.45. First Tri May 2013

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Fri 15 mins 1.01 mi Sun 20.30 min 1.38 mi Tues17 mins 1.18 mi Sat 16.30 min 1.16 mi Mon 20 min 1.57 mi 10/1 3/cool Mon 20 mins 1.54 mi8/1 Weds 30 min 2.03 mi 5.5 mph 8/2/3/cool 8/24 45 min 2.25 mi 8/30 45 min 1.75 mi 12/16 2/4/2/3 1.5 mi 20.30 min

1/6 2/8/2 30 min 2.21 mi 2/7 30 min 2.02 mi 2/10 21 mi 1.48 mi 2/24 21 min 1.58 mi 5/1.5/2/1.5 3/10 27 min 2 mi 8/1/(1.5/1) x2/3/1.5 6 mph 4/26 2.15 mi track ran .5 mi 4/27 20 min 3/9/2/1 1.51 5/1 30 min 2.25 mi2/4/2/1 5.5 mph 5/5 30 min 2.31 mi 2/6/1/1.5 5/11 3.22 mi 46 min 2/3/1/1 5/12 3 mi 2/3/1/1 41 min 5/13 2.5 mi 32 min 2/4/(2/1)x3/1/1 1 mi 11.45 min 2/4/2 5/16 3 mi 28 min 5/20 1.59 20 min 6/14 2.5 mi 40 min track 7/7 2.5 mi 45 min track 

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6 Exercises for Leaner Inner Thighs…VIDEO

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Oh, hey. I ran a mile today without stopping. Yeah. It was awesome. Oh yeah. And I lifted. You know. Other than that things have been good. I started a new training plan today which has been really exciting (:

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Friday I ran 50 mins, 3.5 miles or so. Pretty slow. 4, 3/1, 8/5, 8/3, 4/5 or something like that. .5 incline. Average running pace of 5.3, average walking pace around 3.2. Saturday, biked 20 miles in 45 ish mins. 4 short standing climbs, mostly all low resistance, high rpm. Then walked 20 mins with random incline. 1.5 miles total.

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Today I confirmed 3 things while doing a brick at the local ymca. 1. Watching Rudy while running will give you at least a 45 sec/per mile boost. 2. Watching Top gun generally gives me 35 sec per mile boost. 3. Watching the news on the contrary not only makes me slower it makes me want to punch the person on the treadmill next to me.

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Haha, this is so true.

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Swam 800 yrds, 20/30 mins or so. 50 freestyle warmup, 100 stroke with pull buoy, 2 x 100 freestyle, 100 12 kick switch drill, 300 freestyle, 50 breaststroke cool down. Little tired now.

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Monday: Swam 600 yrds. 50 freestyle warmup, 500 (9.45) freestyle, then 50 breaststroke cool down. It felt really slow, but good other than that. Then I ran 20 mins, 9, 8/1, 4/1. 1.75 total if I remember. Average running pace of 5.4, average walking pace of 3.5. 0.5 Incline. Later that afternoon I walked another mile+.

Today biked 15miles, 38 mins. ~3 standing climbs. Average rpm of 90ish. I think that was everything. Swimming tomorrow I think.

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My memory is not so good, but here goes nothing... Yesterday I biked 20 miles in 40 mins, 5 standing climbs, intervals of high and low resistance. Then walked 30 mins average incline 1.5, 1.75 miles total, average walking pace of 3.4.

Friday I ran 50 mins, 3.5 miles total. 5k time was 40 mins so you can tell I slowed down a lot at the end... 9, 4/1, 7/1 x 3ish then more or less walked the rest. Average walking pace of 3.5, average running pace of 5.4. Still felt good. I might Swim&run later today, it depends on how I'm feeling later.

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Herm. Yesterday I swam. 40 mins, 1,150 total. 50 freestyle warmup, 250 (10 x 25) 12 kick switch drill, 100 freestyle, 250 freestyle stroke with pull buoy. 100 kick dolphin, 3 x 100 freestyle, 100 breaststroke cool down.

Today, brick. Bike 30 mins, 12.5 or so miles total. 3 standing climbs, intervals of high and low resistance. 92 average rpm. Run: 2, 3/1 x 2, 20 min walk. Average running pace of 5.3, average walking pace of 3.4. Average incline of 1.5.

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Had such a good run today! With the pain I've been having in my arches (particularly the left) I asked a trainer friend of mine for advice. He suggested running with the treadmill at a .5 incline - something I hadn't heard of and wouldn't have thought of. With no experience running it's nice to have friends to rely on to help out, because this really did the trick. 30 mins, 2.3 miles total. 4, 3/1 (warmup), 8/.75 at .5 incline. Average running pace of 5.2, average walking pace of 3.5. It felt great to really be running again after having problems.

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Swam today after far too long. 45 mins, 1,200 yrds total. 50 freestyle warm-up, 250 kick (10x25 12 kick switch, which can be seen here), 300 stroke with pull buoy (some 25s, some 50s) 4 x 500 freestyle, 100 breast stroke cool down. Felt good, I just need to not skip my swim days. Ha. I also did a ton of walking today between going back to school and shopping. Fun stuff.

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Biked 12 miles, 36 mins. 4 or 5 short standing climbs, mostly low resistance, high rpm. Average rpm of 92. I was tired and felt out of shape. Missing workouts over the past month and eating tons of junk over the past week has been beating me up. Then walked 32 mins random incline, 1.7 mi in all. Average pace of 3.2 mph, average incline of 1.0.

Also did some light lifting arms and core. Super tired now (also because it's sleepytime). Annd I need to up my intake. I'm hungry now but I don't want to eat before bed...

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Ran 45 mins, about 3 miles in all. 10 mins on the treadmill and then the rest on the track. I don't know, I'm just not feeling it right now. I'm going back to school next week so that may help with my schedule.

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Brick! Biked 30 mins, 11.5 mi, consistent high resistance, 6 standing climbs. Ran 1.8 mi, 2, 3/1 x 2, 20 min walk at a 2.0 incline. Average running pace of 5.1, Average walking pace of 3.3. So tired right now.

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Ran about 25 mins today. I need to break in my new shoes, but I do like them. I did 10 mins on the treadmill and the rest on the track. About 2.5 miles in all. I'm pretty tired now.

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Ended up water running. 2 min swim freestyle, 5 min water run x 4.

Felt pretty good, I'm a little tired. Looking forward to going hard next week.

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I bought new shoes today, pictures soonish maybe. Also, swimming tomorrow, but probably nothing big. Next week I'm getting back on track.