It's on now!

Things are getting intense quickly.

I finally got my bike fit only to decide two days later that I needed to change the seat if I ever want to have children down the line. I need to go back and get it readjusted. While I was at the store getting fit, I decided to pick up a trainer, so now I have no more excuses to not ride even on rainy days.

Last week was pretty good. I ran on Tuesday -- did my old cardio workout that Nathan taught me. Also rode my bike that night. Wednesday we had a good, but hard speed workout at swim practice. I need to do more of that. I've decided to incorporate a bit of a kick now that my cardio levels are much improved.

Thursday I ran for an hour in the park. I got back to my car about 10 minutes after sunset and had a lovely parking ticket waiting for me. Apparently the cops in Griffith like to sit and watch the sun go down so they can immediately give you a ticket. So nice. Grrrr.

Friday, I swam for an obscenely long time. 1 hour, 45 minutes -- 45oo yards. Longer than my Ironman distance which is kind of exciting to know that I'm physically capable of doing it. Whether or not I can do the distance, then get on a bike for 112 miles and then run for 26.2 miles remains to be seen.

Saturday, Brian kicked my butt. We went on a loooooong ride. I can't even tell you how long I was on my bike for, but I did about 8 miles with the team during practice. Then I got in another 56 miles riding up La Tuna Canyon and then up Mount Wilson with Brian. We were so high up, there was snow on the ground. I tried to explain to Brian that it wasn't okay to be riding our bicycles as high as the snow is, but he didn't care. Haha. We got back to Griffith at least 4 - 5 hours after we left. We then ran for 30 minutes. So Saturday, I arrived at Griffith Park at 7:30am and didn't leave until 5pm. Ridiculous! But good. Thanks, Brian!

Yesterday, I was feeling a little under the weather. I think I'm fighting off the plague that everyone else seems to have right now. I took yesterday as my day off which I think was a smart move because I'm feeling a little better today. So today, I will do a very slow, aerobic run for 1 hour 35 minutes. It'll be my first aerobic paced run, so it's going to be interesting.

The races are coming up fast!