Saturday, June 28, 2008

My personal trainer put in his three week notice :(

It finally happened. Jeff got so fed up with my pissing and moaning about working out that he said after the Danskin tri on July 13th he can no longer be my P.T.. he would rather be my husband and he can't be both without a marriage counselor. Thank you, Jeff, for helping me despite my bad attitude.

The last couple of weeks I've been trying to spend more time on the bike before the tri. I took a long ride with Jeff with brutal hills. And another short one (about 20 miles). Also 30-45min here and there on the trainer. I'm also feeling a little better about my running. doing some longer slow runs and some interval work. I was able to run 4.5 miles one night. Aerobically I felt fine. My knees and ankles were getting sore though. I'm feeling pretty confident with swimming. I've been to the pool a couple times, also. It's much easier to swim lap in a 50 yard pool. Not as many turns. Now if I can just do all three in a row at a reasonable speed I think I'll have it licked!

But the BIG news is Jeff has sold his bike and is now getting an Orbea ORA. I don't know much about it but he has that excited 12 year old grin on his face is it must be good. I'll post pics when he brings it home. At my request, this time he sold his bike FIRST then purchased another bike. So while he has been bikeless he's been getting more runs in. I think he's trying to get his mileage back up. He needs to do a little more swimming I guess. last time we did lap swim he looked like he was struggling. I'm sure he will bounce back soon. He hasn't been able to work out as much as he wants to because of my training. Hopefully he can get more time in after my tri is done.