Getting ready for a big weekend

This last weekend before Christmas is going to be crazy with something going on the next 3 nights and a party on the afternoon on Sunday. I hope to get in a bit of exercise. This past week was pretty good for this time of year. I ran on Sunday outside for 45 mins.; monday swam for 45 mins and did hot yoga for 1 hour 15 mins.; Tuesday swam 45 mins and did spin for 45 mins and a half hour of stetching; wednesday swam for an hour and ran 35 mins and about 20 mins of stretching; thursday ran for a half hour and 20 mins of stretching; friday swam for an hour. tomorrow- saturday i have a 45 min spin class and i will do weights and stretching for about 30-45 mins. That's about 10 hours of exercise this week. More swimming than anything else but i like swimming and find it easy in the winter time as opposed to getting geared up to run outside. I weighed myself yesterday. I weigh 154 which is up a couple of pounds from a couple of weeks ago. The past few years, I haven't seen that much of a fluctuation with a range of 150-160; 150 being right before an ironman and 160 being in the dead of winter. Somewhere in the middle would be normal I think.

weekly wrap up

If I forget to post often enough I have a hard time remembering what I did for workouts and that was the original purpose of this blog- to keep track of what I am doing re training. After the last post on Wednesday of last week, I took Thursday off. On Friday morning I did the triathlon swim class again. I recall that we did some speed drills and I was not all that fast. I have very good endurance but there are some weaker swimmers that are faster over short distances. I have been swimming about 4 times a week so my total swim time last week was about 4 hours. I ran on the treadmill on Friday evening for about a half hour. I believe I ran 4 times last week on the treadmill for between 30-40 minutes each time so my total running time may have been 2.5 hours. I did yoga for 1.15 hours and one spinning class for an hour; That is more than 8 hours of exercise which is not bad for the winter.

On Sunday, I ran outside for about 45 mins and then and went to the gym for about a half hour and did some stretching and exercises. I have been stretching alot to try to deal with my tight hamstrings and related issues. My right foot is still bothering me a bit and seems to bother me more when I run outside as opposed to running on a treadmill. I swam this morning (Monday) for 45 minutes. I feel like I have been eating alot as the Christmas season settles in and it is habit forming.