It's been a long time

Yes, for the past two and half weeks I have neglected you all. My deepest apologies, I have just been so busy with training and well life, it's taken up until now to dedicate some long over due updates.  So where to really begin.

Well the last time I wrote I was competing in the Warrior dash (the smaller, yet as entertaining at the Tough Mudder). Well as many of you know, that run landed me with a double injury to my hamstrings.  The doctor gave me some great news though, nothing permanent, just had to take a break from running. Swimming had the okay, and biking could only last as long as I wasn't in pain. I exclaimed that I will take that over quitting this trek I have been on. So for week 3 I spent it doing transitions from biking to swimming and back.

Not only to add to my struggles with an injury, but I was still having issues to get into a pool, since the one I was currently using was still getting a facelift. Luckily, the Hempfield Rec Center hooked me up with a deal.  Back to the grind, but the first workout back in the pool was a real doozy.  I couldn't get my breathing down,  exhausted way to early, and felt very defeated. My word of advice is if you are training for something, never take a week off, it's a pain in the butt to get back in the grind.

But overall, swimming and biking with a little core exercised wrapped a good and still productive week 3.

Week 4 officially allowed to run again!! The time off and heat wraps with stretching sessions, made my hamstrings feel as good as new. I completed the whole week with pretty much not missing any workouts!!! The only thing I will have to say is the track workout might have been a little less than 60 minutes, but I made it up with completing a speed running competition at my gym. I currently am in 2nd place in the girls. I have till tomorrow to try to shave off 4 seconds off my time to beat the leader. Not sure if I can, but 2nd place ain't to shabby.

A month is under the belt and well I am in the middle if not wrapping up week 5. I have started working on getting donation letters and ramping up my fundraising site, so stayed tuned for that, my thoughts are maybe hosting another yard/bake sale to raise money, but that is still in the works.

Week  5 seems to have a little more pressure than the previous weeks. The swimming workouts are longer and so will be the brick workout come Saturday. I had been hitting a swimming road block for the past two weeks, but I decided to actually pick up a workout sheet and do different swimming strokes, just versus freestyle. It honestly makes the time fly by faster, and I am working out more different muscles. I am just wondering if it would look to odd or be unclassy to swim any of the ironman in either back or breast stroke. Am I to stick to the convention freestyle, or for my own sanity, be able to switch it up if I need to? Taking some suggestions on this topic.

As always I want to say I am getting a little more pumped up about this race. I finally looked at the maps,  and figured sometime in month 2 or 3 I should take a couple of my brick workouts to Pinchot Park... just to get the feel of the course. Wondering if anyone would like to bike 30 or 40 miles with me?? Let me know, and if you are feeling super pumped, join me for the run afterwards. Trust me... I won't go very fast.

Think about it, or the at the very least think about participating in some type of physical event in the near future. There are a couple half marathons with your name on them!!!!