Training: Week Two

My weekly Saturday training was postponed. However, it was for a valid reason. I was going on a beach outing with co-workers, so I planned to work on my swim that day. I haven't mentioned, but the swim will be the most challenging part of my triathlon training. Still, I love a challenge and I love to swim...just not great at it....YET lol. So, Saturday went well and I got a great work out, while having lots of fun.





I took Sunday off, and since I didn't have work Monday, I went hiking/jogging that day instead. So up again 5.45 am and ready to roll. I was feeling some tightness in my thighs but I was going to push through. Got to the hill, hiking up and my gosh...my ass was feeling it. I kept my goal in mind;"To the top, to the top" was my mantra. Excellent work out still...the pain even felt good...I so love working out.





Ok, so Wednesday, I decided to mix it up a little...something more challenging, shall we? Today was jogging...along with the road...the aim is to be able to run 30mins straight by the end of November. So I got going, and I realised that it wasn't as easy as I thought. First run was to get warmed up...stopped by the wayside...and stretched all those muscles...and then off I went again. Body feeling good...or so I tried to convince myself. Honestly though, my legs were getting heavy, my heart was racing and I was dripping...and that was after 6 mins! So all in all, I did an 8min run, then a 6mins and another 6mins...so thats my starting point.



Training week two is now locked...and ready for week Three!

Training: Week One

August 29th marked the beginning of my quest. I woke at 5.30am. Hmm, what a beautiful quiet morning...I'm a morning person, but I struggled just a bit to get out of bed but aftter a quick pep talk, I was dressed and ready to go. The jog to the hill didn't feel like the greatest idea since my chest was already burning and my legs were ready to give way. But I stuck to it, and the idea was less conforting when I got to the hill and thought of the climb ahead. The idea is slow and steady to build up my endurance and fitness. So meet you at the top! Nice view huh?

The plan was to do the same routine the next day, but frankly my body was telling me to give it a rest...so I spoke to it, and we reached a compromise. So the plan for that day was to work out in the back yard, do some drills for strength training. So I need to work on my pull-ups...I could do ten with ease...now um, well I can only manage about 4. But its okay...I'll get to 10 by next week. Already up from 20 push-ups to 30 so we're getting there.

Last Wednesday's workout was a success. I jogged to the hill and didn't really feel like stopping once...nor did I stop on my way up the hill. Not a bad first week.