from embarrassment from last night. so this week is a rest week, and thank god because i fell off my bike last sunday in the middle of my brick... and then of course, even after i fell, i kept riding, then i ran 3 miles. i know, i'm smart. well, later that day, i could barely move my leg, and if i tried to lift it, i would get shooting pains in my knee. not so cool. the pain has gradually been subsiding, but now, it being friday, i still have some pain going up and down stairs. so i went to the doctor, and she said that i just have a really deep bone bruise, and that the pain and soreness would likely persist for another 2-3 MONTHS! what the hell?! yeah, i know. but whatever, i set a goal to finish a triathlon and dadgummit, i'm going to do it. i asked her if i had to stop training, and she said no, but just as a precaution, she wanted to get an x-ray of my knee.
so i went to the lab to get the x-ray, and the technician told me that she was printing my x-rays in case i needed them because when she looked at them, she thought she saw an abnormality...but she's "not a doctor." LADY, if you're not a doctor, keep your damn opinion to yourself. now i can't help but be worried. ugh. stupid-ass technician.
so anyway, back to last night and why i am reeling from embarrassment. like i said, this week is a rest week, and our swim started out normal. 4x75s with drill, easy free, then 60-70% free. then we played a little stroke golf 4x50. (this is a good time to mention that koach konrad was in the pool with us this week, and as we were doing stroke golf, i looked down, and saw koach lying on the bottom of the pool watching us. it was the weirdest thing ever.) THEN koach thought he would treat us by teaching us how to do flip- turns. of course, i've tried them with ali before and i thought it was fun back then, so i didn't really think about it. he broke it down into 2 basic steps, each of which i mastered pretty quickly. one was a somersault, then other was a sort of twisting push off the wall. then came time to put it all together. with everyone including koach watching. i tried my first flip turn, and promptly hit my head on the bottom of the pool. EXCELLENT. so i tried again, and i kind of stalled in the middle of the flip, so koach had to FLIP ME. i was mortified. but i couldn't help but laugh afterwards, because, my god, how big of an idiot can i be?? so i tried a couple more times, each time getting a tiny bit better at it. so...after a few tries, practice was almost over, and coach jamie points at me from the deck and was like, "you, yeah, you. do a flip turn", and he told donna to watch me, but by this time, there a BUNCH more people in our lane watching. and i go over, and do this completely retarded flip turn where one leg pushed off the wall, and the other was flailing in the AIR! oh my god. i can't stop laughing right now thinking of how ridiculous i looked. after the flip, coach jamie was like, "i asked you to demonstrate, and you do this funky one-legged flip turn!" and was like, "well you asked the wrong person!!" man, i think i had everybody either laughing or really embarrassed for me. AND THAT is why i am still reeling.
i ran a 5k today - that's about 3 miles - at my "race pace." although i'm guessing that i was likely going a little bit faster than my race pace since i didn't bike or swim before today's run. :) and i ran a negative split, meaning the second half of my run was faster than the first part. yay! i ran about 3 minutes faster on the way back than on the way out. i thought that was pretty good.
practices are getting to be a lot more fun now that everyone is really starting to get to know each other. i got lots of pictures today, too (courtesy of gladys who still showed up at training even though she has brochitis - now that's dedication).
also, check out some pictures from the brick last week.
a long, long time since i've posted on here, and for that i apologize. it's not like i didn't even think about it because i did. i just couldn't get myself to do it. i'll chalk it up to physical exhaustion spreading to my brain.
i dove back into training after being pretty lax during the holidays, and i've only missed one training day. albeit, i might have trained slightly less than the schedule called for, but at least i got out there, right? so here are some brief training highlights - and pictures, too!
jan 3: rode 6 miles
jan 5: swam 1100 yards
jan 6: rode 14 miles (in the gym)
jan 7: ran 3 miles
jan 8: swam 1300 yards
jan 10: ran for 1 hour including sprints & stairs
jan 11: rode 24 miles (from hb to pv and back; here's a map of the route!)
jan 12: swam 1000 yards at 7am!
jan 14: ran 3 miles
jan 15: swam 2000 yards (that's more than a mile!)
jan 17: brick - rode 8 miles, then ran 2.5 miles
jan 18: ran 3 miles
jan 19: swam 700 yards
jan 20: rode 13 miles (in the gym)
jan 21: ran 3 miles
jan 22: swam 1800 (that's also more than a mile!)
so there you are. all updated with my activites for the past couple of weeks. i'll try to be more diligent about the updates... and here are more pictures from previous swim and run training sessions. pictures from the jan 17 brick will be coming soon.
i just got back from a coached ride, and we had a transition clinic after it. i took lots of pictures and even some video.. i'll post those later this weekend. here's something that cracked me up during the ride though - i was riding with a group that happened to be all girls, and we were being led by coach jamie. one of girls with us had her hair down and was fiddling with it a little. jamie asked her if she had a squeegee for her hair. we all looked at him with quizzical looks on our faces, i laughed as it dawned on me - he was talking about a scrunchi. i laughed and said, "you mean scrunchi?" jamie and all of the girls started laughing. it was good times.
so, hope everyone had a happy celebration last night. it's always at this time that i take a moment to look back on where i've been and where i'd like to go. here's something to help you look back.