Last year my only goal was to finish the tri; I did not focus on time or techniques as much, I just wanted to cross that finish line. This year's goals are many:
1. Improve my overall time
2. Work on the swim!!!!!!
3. Increase strength/core body training
Saturday: 1st day back! Went to the gym and walked and tried to run on the treadmill for 30 minutes using the manual speed setting, so no inclines. Not my finest moment.....a lot more walking then running and only did 1.2 miles. Oh well, you have to start somewhere.
Monday: Kids and hubby were home, so I was able to get back to the gym on the last day of vacation. Hit the treadmill again with renewed determination. Set the treadmill to Cardio Level 2 for 30 minutes. Those inclines were tough, but I did 1.83 miles today.
Tuesday: One of the (many) areas that I did not focus on last year was overall strength/core training. So this year I am adding it into the routine. Today I did 15 minutes of ab and upper body resistance and weight exercises in the comfort of my own home thanks to Exercise TV On Demand.
Wednesday: Office day today, so I should have had no excuse to find time to go workout today. WRONG! Too cold to get motivated to go to the gym and workout. Not a good day.
Thursday: Was my scheduled "off" day
Friday: back to Yoga. I haven't been since October 7th, yikes!!!! Had an amazing practice today and the whole time kept wondering why I stopped making the time for yoga. It does an amazing job of working those muscles you didn't even know you had, plus the peacefulness and centering it brings is a great way to start the weekend.
So, aside from the mid-week hiccup, was a pretty good start to the training. Let's see what next week brings!
