OK guys I know it's been a while since I updated you on my progress. Sorry about that, life has been pretty busy lately. Whether it's been working out twice a day; swimming and running, or biking and lifting, or getting to the team brick workouts on Saturdays, or just working the ol' 9-5(definitely more hrs. than 40 though). I do have good news though- I now weigh just over 178 lbs.! That's 32 lbs. lighter than my heaviest in 2008(210lbs.) and 18 lbs. lighter than when I started training in December. I don't think I've been this fit since my freshman spring semester at VA Tech! Maybe never even this fit!
I've really been focusing on my diet- some say it's THE most important part of training for
an endurance event. So, for the past few weeks, I've been eating natural and organic produce for my lunches at work, and certainly giving a concerted effort around the house and when eating out. The great part though is that I can have a day or two here where I really just cave in to temptation. :P My body's metabolism is working in overdrive I think and the fact that I'm actually burning probably close to 1000 or more calories on heavy workout days really helps out.
Because I have so many aerobic training workouts, I make sure that on my non-swim/run days that I get in some time at the gym to build muscle in my upper and lower body. No cannons yet, but I'm workin' on it!
And one of my bigger accomplishments, I think, just happened this week. I can now finally breath on my weak side when swimming! A couple weeks ago when the concept was introduced to me, I definitely was doing it wrong. The next couple days my neck & back were so sore I had to get an adjustment from the chiropracter. I bet he loves it when his patients are athletes. They probably come in a lot more often.
So on top of the weak-side breathing, I was also "graduated" from the slow lane, Lane 1, to Lane 2. AND out of the 4 other in the lane, I ended up being the 2nd best/fastest swimmer!
We're 10 weeks into training already, but still have another 9 left before the St. A's Triathlon down in St. Petersburg! I am interested to see what other kinds of breakthroughs I will be having!
You can contribute too! Visit my TNT page http://pages.teamintraining.org/nca/anttry09/shoar
I've really been focusing on my diet- some say it's THE most important part of training for
an endurance event. So, for the past few weeks, I've been eating natural and organic produce for my lunches at work, and certainly giving a concerted effort around the house and when eating out. The great part though is that I can have a day or two here where I really just cave in to temptation. :P My body's metabolism is working in overdrive I think and the fact that I'm actually burning probably close to 1000 or more calories on heavy workout days really helps out.Because I have so many aerobic training workouts, I make sure that on my non-swim/run days that I get in some time at the gym to build muscle in my upper and lower body. No cannons yet, but I'm workin' on it!
And one of my bigger accomplishments, I think, just happened this week. I can now finally breath on my weak side when swimming! A couple weeks ago when the concept was introduced to me, I definitely was doing it wrong. The next couple days my neck & back were so sore I had to get an adjustment from the chiropracter. I bet he loves it when his patients are athletes. They probably come in a lot more often.
So on top of the weak-side breathing, I was also "graduated" from the slow lane, Lane 1, to Lane 2. AND out of the 4 other in the lane, I ended up being the 2nd best/fastest swimmer!
We're 10 weeks into training already, but still have another 9 left before the St. A's Triathlon down in St. Petersburg! I am interested to see what other kinds of breakthroughs I will be having!
You can contribute too! Visit my TNT page http://pages.teamintraining.org/nca/anttry09/shoar
