Rest of the week ending Oct 31st

The rest of the week was busy with work, entertaning some friends on Friday night and home maintenance in Charlottetown and New Glasgow on the weekend. In between, I got some exercise. I swam about 1800 m on Thursday morning which has been the usual lately. I ran after work on thursday about 9 k. Friday I ran at lunch time about 8 k and on Saturday morning I did a spin class and some weights. I also went cycling with a bunch of triathletes in the afternoon for about 40 k and it was very windy and a bit difficult. As I mentioned before on here, my spin classes are more intense this year which is great. I seem to have more enthusiasm for giving a hard class. I am debating with myself about trying the occasional new fitness activity this winter (ie hot yoga at Dynamic fitness)?

I am also thinking about next summer's triathlons. I am going to register for Mooseman which is in early June. I am also going to book the same accomodations. I am not sure about doing the Rhode Island half ironman that the rest of the gang is doing. I am not that excited about doing another weekend away mid summer. For the past couple of years I have missed my annual trip to Provincetown the end of August due to traithlons and I am defintely doing that trip in 2010. So, there is a limit to the trips I can take.

On the non-fitness front, I have a tentative deal to buy the other half of my duplex in charlottetown and it require quite a bit of care and maintenance. That will make next year additionally busy.

Weight

I don't know if i have ever mentioned on here that I was a chubby kid and that has left me with permanent issue regarding my weight. Now matter how fit I am I never see myself in the mirror as looking fit. It is still at least part of the reason I am a bit driven regarding fitness. (the other reasons being that I like it and like a structured life) I haven't started my post ironman gradual weight gain which is a bit unusual. I have been weighing myself at the gym the last few weeks and i am still around 152 which is pretty close to my low weight. (my more natural weight would be 160)

I am not sure why that is other than I am still oddly motivated to work out even though I have no upcoming races or goals for the near future. My body seems to be enjoying more intense, shorter workouts after a summer of doing everything over long distances. I have been doing short swims, runs and intense spinning classes. So far this week, I ran after work on Monday; (swam monday morning); swam tuesday morning and did a tough spinning class tuesday evening. ) I did 50 pushups and a bit of abdominal workout after spinning. I am a bit disappointed I have no time for working out on wednesday because I am teaching Summerside right after work and scheduled a haircut for lunch time. Tomorrow I will swim and run

Back to work for another week

Work has been extra busy and a bit stressful lately. This is partly because I have been away alot. I have been quite regular with my fitness regime. I have been swimming and running 3 to 4 times a week. On Friday of last week I went for quite a fast 9 k run after work. I was with a friend and pushed a bit harder than I would have by myself. I did spinning on saturday morning and also had quite an intense workout. I took the rest of the weekend off. I regret not going for a bike ride yesterday as it was warm and it may have been one of the last really nice days before winter. Maybe we will get some nice days in November. Anytime you can go riding this time of year is a bonus. I swam about 1800 metres this morning. It was quiet at the pool from 7am to 8am so I was not as motivated as I could have been. I didn't come to the pool with a planned workout which is always a mistake.

I have been doing some weights and situps and pushups on the days that I am at the gym for spinning. I am enjoying that for a change. I am up to 50 pushups in a row without stopping.

I have not quit blogging.

I have just been busy with work and travelling. I was in Boston and Conn. on the weekend. I did go a couple of runs; once was along the Charles River in Boston which was fun because it is busy. I saw a lot of rowers in the river and there was some sort of running team that flew by me. On the Saturday I went for a nice 45 min run in the backroads of Connecticut. It was snowing there on Sunday which prevented another run. Otherwise, I am trying to get caught up at work; teaching a night course for UPEI and getting ready for winter. I am doing my spin class twice a week and running when I can. I swam about 1800 metres this morning with the main set being 3 sets of 4 -100's getting faster each set. I was thinking if its not raining on the weekend, I may dress warm and go for a road bike ride or a mountain bike ride (on a trail not an obstacle course)
I bought this month's triathlon magazine on the way home yesterday and got a bit motivated just by reading some articles on training in the winter. It mentioned for example with indoor cycling that the key is to set up a pleasant environment- ie a place with a tv, fan or whatever else you want. I have that but i need a dvd player for my old tv that I use. I am going to put that on my list.

Blogging from Ogunquit

I am in Ogunquit, Maine for Thanksgiving weekend with my mom. This past week was busy getting ready to go and busy with work. To update the blog re my workouts: on Tuesday, the 6th, I swam in the morning and taught spinning in the afternoon. My swims have been scaled back to around 1800m which i am enjoying instead of having to swim 3000m. On Wednesday, I ran at lunch with Robert Jenkins who has started running in the past year and is enthusiastic. My running is feeling pretty good. I may actually be a bit faster these days. I left Thursday for this vacation. Today, Saturday, I went for a 40 minute run, part of which was along the ocean and the scenery was spectacular. I was just reading Tdisc's blog where Pye was announcing some of his goals for next year. I haven't had a chance to think about what my fitness goals are. I plan to do the Mooseman Triathlon again in 2010 and maybe do better because I will be able to focus on it. I would like to do a few more multi-sport relays like the Red Island Relay and the Souris relay; I would like to do more 10 k runs to get faster; I would like to go on a cycling vacation this winter instead of going to lie on a beach.

Posting is becoming infrequent

Now that I am not training for an ironman, I don't have as much info to post on here. Last week was a bit hectic with work, teaching and social stuff. I picked up the workouts a bit by the weekend. I swam Friday morning and then ran after work on Friday. I taught spinning Saturday morning and then went for a good 16 k run with tdisc which was fun. Sunday morning I ran about 8 k and then, this morning, Monday, I swam. I am planning on doing a weights workout after work today. I am teaching a course for UPEI in summerside on Wednesday nights until Christmas so that cuts out one night a week for training. I feel like I am eating alot and not training enough but that is probably normal after training for an ironman triathlon. I have been thinking I would like to go somewhere warm this winter for a biking holiday. It is just a thought but it would be fun if you could get some other people to go. That would be the problem.

Back to the grind

Work is busy again and I am getting back to a routine. I swam monday morning and felt pretty good. I did about 1750 metres with some 200s, 100s and drills. I ran after work about 10 k and felt good again. Tuesday morning I swam again about 1700 m and did some drills and backstroke. Today after work I start teaching my spin class. I am not overly enthusiastic about ti because it is still nice outside but it will be a change and is always a good workout. I am thinking of getting back to swimming 4 times per week by adding maybe a swim on Saturday or Sunday. I would like to run 4 times per week with one of those being a long run on the weekend. With a couple of spinning classes and maybe some weights, that would be 10-12 hours a week which I think would be just right for me and my schedule.