Nashvegas Half Iron Distance Triathlon Race Report

This was my second REAL half ironman. Scott had jury duty this week and was selected as the SECOND alternate for a case. That means he has to sit and listen to everything but when it comes down to the end he doesn’t get to deliberate and help decide the case at all (unless 2 jurors drop out, which the judge said he had never seen happen).  They thought they would be done by Friday so we were going to leave at 1ish. Well, they got behind and things dragged on so he had to do jury duty on Friday too L. We didn’t end up leaving until 3-3:30. I went out to try to buy Honey Stinger Chews but they didn’t have any. I decided to use fruit snacks and candy as my nutrition as well as some bars that I had.

We got down to my Cousin’s house (Zoe and Brad). Zoe had just had (1 week) a new baby and her mom, my aunt, was in town. It was SO nice of them to let us stay with them with last second notice and we didn’t get to be with them that much. We put Emi down and chatted with them for a little while, but I was fading fast and had an early day the next day so we all headed to bed. Slept as well as to be expected for me right now, ie horribly. It’s not anything to do with Emi or Scott, I just have horrible insomnia problems. It’s rough because even if I end up getting 6 hours of sleep it’s broken up into 4-6 segments so I never go through an actual sleep cycle. It’s like taking a whole bunch of short naps.

We ended up leaving the house at 5am, which I wanted to leave around 4:30. I was a little worried. Talked to my sis who I’m sure woke up early just to give me a pep talk call (THANKS). Everything went without a hitch packet pickup and setting up transition. In fact I was getting all my fruit snacks together for the run and a guy asked if I wanted a little baggie for them. I said no, this will work just fine, I actually usually use honey stinger chews, but my bike shop didn’t have them. He said what flavor do you want? So, he gave me a package of chews! SO nice! I meant to write him a note and stick it on his bike after the race, but that didn’t happen. 

 While I finished setting up transition the announcer said that the fog was too bad to start at 7:00 so they would reevaluate at 7:10 and let us know if we were going to start at 7:15. I still had to pump so it worked out perfectly for me! Instead of pumping I went off to a corner and fed Emi. Another woman came over and fed he son too. As we were feeding the announcer was talking about different rules and mentioned no public nudity! Thank goodness for breastfeeding laws! The announcer was hilarious and enjoyable to listen to as the race kept getting delayed. He mentioned that there were 666 participants so we needed someone else to sign up so it wouldn’t be bad luck. They kept delaying and ended up deciding to start the race at 8:15 and open up the water at 8:00 for warm up (if the coast guard said it was fine). Around 7:50 he announced that another participant signed up for the race! So now there were 667! Literally right after that the fog decided to lift, it was SO uncanny! The announcer said he wasn’t superstitious but that was just weird! Well, by the time we were going to start again the fog had come back, not as bad as at 7am but we literally couldn’t see the first buoy to swim to. I heard people talking about cutting the course etc.

 The women also had to start in wave 3 after all the males and Clydesdales (bigger males). I thought this was ridiculous! But we were off! Swimming into the dark mist to something we couldn’t even see! Finally it came into view and was way to far to the inside. I swam back out even though I saw some people just turn right. Then we were going down the far side of this lake. They only had 2 buoys to spot off of the entire .5 stretch down! So really it was just swim. I kept thinking what my sis has taught me about my swim technique and also this is the ONLY thing you use your arms on! Well the next turn buoy was in site and I again was WAY too far to the inside (at least 100m) So I had to swim back in and turn to go back across the lake. This time I guess I was determined not to be on the inside because I ended up 150ish meters to the OUTSIDE of the buoy! Well, It was the home stretch now. Because everything got delayed they had to start the Olympic distance right after us so we were all together the last .5ish miles. I got really bogged down. The end was in site! I kicked harder to get blood flow back down and got out. They had people helping us out of the water because the boat ramp was so slippery you fell right back down if you tried to stand on it.

 Transition! The last half mile of the swim I kept repeating in my head: jersey, glasses, helmet, shoes, salt, nutrition (ie candy), water. I ended up getting everything done except I forgot my candy! This crazy race only had ONE aid station on the bike and it only had water! I was off on my bike. The first bit was hilly but doable. I finished a water and switched things around and think I lost my salt pills then. I also though I lost my candy because it wasn’t in my jersey. I had three water bottles on my back and one on my bike. I ordered a rear double cage for bottles, which will conveniently get here on Monday. I hit the water stop and got two more bottles. Yes, I drink THAT much water. I’m a breast-feeding mom and it was HOT. Scott told me I was 15^th out of the water for women; I thought that that was impossible unless people really cut the course! I knew I would catch them on the bike and then if not I would on the run. I kept going back and forth with this girl who I though was doing the half until we talked with 15 miles to go and she said she was just doing the aqua bike. After the water stop things got CRAZY on the bike. It was SO SO hilly. I saw Scott and Emi right before the first big hill. That helped a lot with what was coming. My chain slipped 6-7 times for some reason to. And as I was going up a hill it locked up on me. I almost fell over because I was clipped into my bike but got off right in time. It took me a little bit to figure out what was happening and to get started up this huge hill again. I’ve never had to stop and it did frazzle me a little bit.

 Scott was able to drive the course, park and cheer for me. The roads were all open to traffic, which did cause problems now and then! I was able to see Scott SO many times, which really did help on the bike SO much. I didn’t have my salt pills, my back was killing from having all this water I had to carry, and I didn’t have ANY gummy nutrition so I was having to talk ALL solid nutrition. Scott said I looked mad at the world a couple of times, I really might have been. The biggest hill out there he actually was on and cheered for me up. THAT was SO helpful. I was literally in granny gear grinding out 3.5mph. 5 miles left I knew it was mostly down hill! YAY! I didn’t end up having as much nutrition on the bike as I did in Muncie, probably because I had 8-900 calories for breakfast this time around. I had 2 bonk breaker bars and another nutrition bar to total 700 calories on the bike.

 Into transition! I saw that there was a girl close behind me! I racked my bike and sat down to put my shoes on. My stomach wasn’t too happy with me because I only had solids and I saw my candy sitting there on my towel so I snacked on some melted candy (93 degree heat) as I got everything ready for the run. I really had no sense of time or how fast I was going. I left transition and ran into the port-a-potty that was already past the transition mats. I didn’t like that because I knew it would be part of my transition time. My watch that could do instant splits broke, the band did anyway so I just had a stop watch. I though about restarting it every mile so I would know but thought better of it because I wanted to know my total time more. I came up to mile one water stop where two ladies were sitting in their chairs. I called up two water two waters! They ended up getting them out to me but they were literally BOILING HOT! I thought great, this is how the WHOLE race is going to be?!?! Hot water and people not paying attention! The next water stop was better but I had to call for water 3-4 times each stop. From mile 1.5 to 11.5 it was on a rail to trail. It was mostly shaded which I think saved me! The water stops didn’t have any ice and only semi-cold water. Because we were on a trail, I didn’t think I would see Scott at all. I was mistaken. I came out of the trail at mile 5 and saw Emi and him! That made my day! Then the trail turned into a gravel trail. At the turn around I looked at my watch so I would know how far ahead I was of the next girl. I kept waiting and waiting and finally she showed up after 5 minutes! That meant I was 10 minutes ahead! I knew I easily had the win in the bag, which might not have been the best thing! I saw Scott and Emi again and gave her a high 5 on her foot. Scott said “you’re having WAY too much fun with this!” I really was. I felt like I was running easy and smooth and didn’t feel tired at all. An official drove by and asked if I wanted some ice. He gave me a handful, which I stuffed into my bra and was gone less than .5miles later. One mile to go I got another water from the horrible aid station. I looked at my watch at 2 miles to go and knew that I would be just over 5 hours! I was a little bummed because I wanted to break 5 hours again. It was hard to push it in because I knew I would win and knew that I wouldn’t be under 5 hours. Scott was standing right on the other side of the finish line taking pictures.
 

 The food was great even though half of it was gone because the sprint and Olympic distances had already finished a while ago. I had to ask for my award early because we had the BYU game to get to. I asked for it and the guy put my number in and he said 3^rd overall! I said umm I don’t think so. Scott said there still hasn’t been another woman to cross the finish line (happened about 27 minutes after I did). It ended up being because Two women got penalties and so their time was coming up as 2:00minutes. He fixed it (eventually) and gave me my award, which I greatly thanked him for doing.

All in all it was a decent race. I didn’t really tapper for it because I want to do one more this season and that one be my last hurrah for the year! My swim ended up being a 37:27 (with a lot of extra swimming) bike: 2:52:24 (19.49 mph, 3,500 elevation change), run 1:26:50 (6:37/mile pace, I think around 500 elevation change). I was a little bummed that I only had the second fastest run. The guy who won did a 1:25:27 on the run.

Thank you to all who were/are involved with this insanity! Thanks to Zoe and Brad for a place to stay and to Aunt Gloria for letting us kick you out of your room on the last night you were there! Also, thanks for the breakfast for Scott in the morning! It helped him have enough energy to cheer loud for me! Thanks to my parents who were cheering for me the whole time and tracking me and texting with Scott.

Thank you to my sis who woke up early in order to help me with my race plan and pep talk! I thought Scott told me once that I ate hills for breakfast and it kept me going knowing you were there cheering/tracking me! I wish we lived closer together so we could train/hang out more often! We are PERFECT workout partners because we can push each other in the others weak suits! Hopefully some day (soon)!!

And thank you to my most AMAZING husband who was out there cheering the whole time! I know how tiring cheering can be for one of these things and appreciate all the time he helps me out, taking care of our little girl and many other things so I can train and race. I wouldn’t be able to do it with out him and his enormous amounts of patience! LOVE YOU!

Black Bean Chicken Chili on Cornbread Waffles

Fall is coming! With these cold mornings here's a recipe to welcome it!

So, I'm sure that many of you have seen the chili on cornbread waffles on Pintrest. I wanted to make my own rendition of them and didn't have any chili, so I made some delicious chili thick black bean soup.

The waffles were easy enough. This recipe makes 4 waffle squares and is around 400 calories total, so 100 calories per waffle square.
1/4 cup Pamela's
1/4 cup cornmeal
2 tbs. brown sugar
1/2 tsp salt

1 egg white

1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk

Can you tell I'm on a buttermilk kick lately? And also trying to cycle through some of our canned foods!
So, just mix the dry then add the wet to it, mix. Let it sit for a few minutes than slap it in a waffle iron!

The soup is splended. I did this from things I had in my cupboard/fridge. I really wanted to add some red bell pepper and fresh cilantro, but we are going out of town soon, so I didn't want to hit up the grocery store. I recommend it if you have it or are going to the store anyway!

Ingredients
2 cans black beans
1 can chicken stock
1 can diced tomatoes with jalapano
2 cups cooked diced chicken (I cooked this with a little montreal seasoning I get at Costco)
1 tbs corn starch or more if you want it a little thicker
1/2 onion
2 garlic cloves diced
1/2 tsp cumin
1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp dried cilantro (if you have fresh add it at the end on top of your serving)
1 tbs apple cider vinegar
(1 bell pepper diced)
(cilantro)

Cook 1/2 diced onion and 2 diced garlic cloves in a large stock pot for 4ish minutes (also put the bell pepper in here if you have one). If you have a non-stick pan then you can do this with just a spray of pam.

Put one drained and rinsed can of black beans in blender with 1 can chicken stock. Blend till smooth.

Drain and rinse the other can of black beans and add blender contents and canned beans to the pot.

Add tomatoes, chicken, cumin, chili powder, salt, dried cilantro, and vinegar to pot.

Scoop some liquid our from the pot with a cup. add 1 tbs. corn starch and mix till smooth. Add this slurry back into the soup and bring to a simmer. Let it simmer for 1 hourish.

Add the cilantro right before you serve on top so it doesn't wilt.

Sorry no pictures of the soup! I guess I ate it too fast to post! next time I make it I'll add pictures in!





This recipe not suit your fancy? look forward to these others....

gluten free graham's!

gluten free calzones!

Have to feed these two too!

So, training is also all about nutrition that you put into your body! I have to eat gluten free and it's hard to find delicious affordable food many times especially things that are bready/carby. So, when I developed this delicious gluten free chicken pot pie I was SO excited to try it! Because it was SO good and only 307 calories per "serving." I say "serving" because it's a serving that most people would be plenty fine with (1/4 a 9" by 9" pan), but as I am training and nursing I need half the pan!

As this is the first food blog post I've ever done, I didn't take enough pictures! I also wasn't planning on posting this until my sister asked me for the recipe! She also has an awesome working out/foodie blog here.

So onto the actual recipe! When I did eat gluten I made a version with a biscuit-type topping. It's not the typical pie with pie crust and what not. It's much easier and faster than that!

So, again I didn't plan on blogging this, the only reason I took the picture was because I was sending this to my sister!

4 servings

Ingredients

1/2 tbs olive oil
1 medium onion chopped
3 tbs cornstarch
2 cups chicken broth
2-14oz cans mixed vegetables
1 cup cooked chopped chicken
1 tsp seasoned salt
1/2 cup milk (skim)

Topping
3/4 cup pamela's baking mix (you can use a different baking mix, but this is the best gluten free one I've found), I will attempt to make this with just flours, no mix soon!
1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk
1 egg white
2 tbs. melted margarine

1. Heat oven to 400F. In a saucepan heat olive oil. Add chopped onion and cook until tender. Add 3 tbs cornstartch. With a whisk, slowly whisk in chicken broth. If you do this too quick you will end up with cornstarch chunks in your mix. If you'd rather, you can always add the cornstarch to a little bit of the broth and make a slurry and then add the slurry into the pan with the other broth. Make sure you bring this mixture to a boil so it will thicken up! Add in veggies, chicken, salt and milk. If you want a little home "soup" flavor you can also add in a little thyme.

2. Pour all the contents of the pan into a square casserole dish. You can stop here and refrigerate it so all you have to do is pull it out and make the topping and stick it in the oven. I usually do this now that I have a daughter!

3. In a small bowl all all the topping ingredients and mix just until blended. "Pour" the mixture over the casserole. Spread it out over the top. It's fine if you don't get it to go to the edges of the pan. Alternatively you can just make little biscuit "plops" on top.

4. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until topping is browned and cooked all the way through.


Hope you enjoy! Let me know if you have any questions!

Here are the nutrition facts for 1 serving. This recipe has 4 servings.
You can always make your own chicken stock to decrease the sodium content.

Muncie 70.3 and pictures!

Muncie 70.3 race report

This was by far the most fun race I’ve ever done! Probably because of many factors: expectation-free because of 12 weeks post-baby and my first half-iron, Muncie is a great place to race, not far away from home, perfect weather, and MOST of all my sister came and did it with me!

So, I’ll put in too much detail for everyone to read but I want it so feel free to just skim the rest or go to the bottom with pictures and race results.

Scott was on a high-adventure all week and didn’t think he would be home till I had already left for the race on Friday. Well, I got a call Thursday from him saying he would be home Friday morning! I was SO happy! Emi didn’t sleep well for me the last couple days and I was ready for more than 4 hours of sleep in a night. I guess I was so happy that night that I didn’t sleep either (3 hours broken up in 3 segments). Emi on the other hand slept AWESOME! 11 weeks old and she ate at 8, down at 9pm and slept till 8am! AMAZING, just wish I could capitalize on it!

Well, Scott came home and I took a nap and then left so we really didn’t get to see each other for more than a few minutesL. I picked my sister up from the Indianapolis airport and we drove to the race check-in/expo. In the bathroom of the expo I discovered that my battery pack for my pump didn’t work! So, I found a secluded place with a pump and did my business. Oh the trials of a mom! J

Packet pickup was quick and we stayed and talked to some vendors. Shameless plug… there was one vendor that was a new goo-type product. They espouse that their product will not cause stomach problems. I tried both kinds and it was DELICIOUS! I plan on buying some online and trying it on my longer days. I have never been able to take goos. I talked to them for a while since the guys there were the owners. The one who started it was a collegiate runner and then joined the military. He said he used to mix chia seeds and water in Afghanistan and it got him through so he then developed this 100% natural goo when he got home. I also ate a whole bunch of bonk breaker taste tests because they are AMAZING! My sis says that I should write them in the fall to try to get them to give me free product, we’ll see how that goes, better get faster!

We went to the course to do a little shake out bike ride. I had already run a little that morning and just wanted to do 15 minutes on the bike. We both had to go to the bike mechanic people. My bike seriously rides SO much better because of them. It was a huge difference! I guess that’s what happens when you haven’t lubed your bike for a year!

We stayed 25 minutes away since all the hotels were taken when I started to look. I had made some brown rice pasta, sauce, and chicken for us to have for dinner. We went to Wal-Mart and picked up some water bottles to be able to throw on the ride.

I must have pre-race insomnia because I got about 4 hours that night too. I woke up at 12 and just couldn’t go back to sleep till much later. Well, we woke up and ate (pamela’s pancakes, banana, peanut butter) and went to the course. We somehow got to park RIGHT next to transition, SO blessed! I was a little worried about how this whole pumping situation would work out. I posted on the Facebook page to ask if there was a place I would be able to have a plug to pump. Someone with a house across the street said I could pump there.

After setting up transition I went to their house to pump, found the plug on the porch and couldn’t put my plug in because the plug had a plastic cover over that wouldn’t move out of the way enough! I was worried and started walking around their house to find a different plug. Their garage door was open and so I went and pumped in their garage. The wife came out as I had a couple more minutes left and I explained my self. Thankfully her husband had told her about me! She was very kind and let me finish up even though she wanted to go down to the start. I left my bag right out side her house and went over to the start. By this time it was after 7 as I headed to the start. My wave was second to go in the water. Meredith was going to do my hair but we just didn’t feel like we had time.

We were on the outside corner and I was going to try to stick on her feet for a few minutes, after the start I think I saw her hit the water, maybe not even that. I never saw her feet. I got a little rallied in the water the whole way. I kept hitting a good stride and then would get pulled, hit, water in my face, etc. I couldn’t see much because my goggles kept fogging and the sun was in the way too. I stopped something like 5 times to clear my goggles. I didn’t do that last year and was very glad I did this year. I also kicked harder at the end right before getting out, which gets blood to your legs so you don’t feel as unsteady getting out of the water.

I was able to get out at 38:05 which was great for being in the pool a total of 10 times before the race. My transitions are always slow. My sister asked me “what do you DO in transition?” At least the transition was faster than last year (not by much though). I was off on my bike. I was cruising averaging above 22 when I looked at it and thought “uhoh.” I’ve only been training on my trainer and went on one ride outside before the race. That one ride was only 2 hours and was in the POORING rain. So, I couldn’t even tell how fast I would be able to go on that ride. I scared myself and slowed it down a little. In hind site I shouldn’t have, but I guess that’s what race experience is for. My sister and I didn’t go to the athlete meeting so we were both surprised that there was a 3/4mile no pass zone. After that zone I saw Scott and Emi!!! It was just what I needed there and I even teared up a little seeing them. I didn’t have any idea when I would because Scott was planning on being up there for the start but hadn’t gotten much sleep and slept through 4 alarms on his phone. He left the house a little before the race started. Well, a little after I saw them my attitude went down the drain. The road condition was AWEFUL! Last year we didn’t have to go on this part of the road. I couldn’t wait for the turnaround! I also was so excited to be able to see Scott and Emi. It kept me going knowing that I would be able to see them again at the end of the awful road!

Oh I forgot, a little over an hour into the bike I was calculating my nutrition. I was planning on taking around 200cals/hour. I was STARVING after a little over an hour and couldn’t figure out why this nutrition plan wasn’t working for me. I then realized, I’m a nursing mom! Of course I need more nutrition than normal! So, I was craving bars not just goos and chews and liquid. I was a little worried because solid food can make your stomach a little upset. I ended up doing about 400cal/hour! I then did about 150/hour on the run.

My goal for the bike was to not let any women pass me and I had 2 pass me. They weren’t in my age group though! I kept going back and forth with this 20-year-old guy.

I got off the bike for T2 and my legs felt so so weird! I’ve done several bricks (bike then run) and I never have felt that weird coming off the bike. T2 was slow, like always. I changed my jersey into one I made that said 12 weeks postpartum. Also went to the porta-potty. My goal for the run was to not let anyone, guy or girl, pass me. The first mile you always have to tell yourself to go slower because you think that. My first mile was 6:37, 7:05, 6:50, 6:50, 6:52, 6:49, 6:49. 7:05, 7:01, 6:59, 7:11, 7:09, 7:13 (1.1). At about 10 miles to go on the bike I started realizing that I had the possibility to go under 5 hours. I kept calculating out what I was going to have to run to be able to break 5 hours.

I actually felt really, really good the whole run and thought to pick it up, but didn’t want to crash and burn. One guy barely passed me around 4 miles and I went with him, just behind him. I didn’t want to let him go but he slowly drifted from me. I kept him in my eye site the whole race. He probably finished 20-30 seconds in front of me. I felt good until the last two miles. I think I got a little heat exhaustion. I also never feel anything that hurts usually but my foot hurt the last couple miles. With two miles I was sure that I could make it under 5 hours! I got to see Scott and Emi one more time at the finish line! When I saw the race clock I kind of freaked out because I thought I had 5 seconds to cross the finish line to break 5. I sprinted it in the last couple feet and came in when the seconds said 59. I was confused because I thought our wave went off at 7:17 but it went off at 7:19 so I did break 5! 4:58.59! My first half ironman!

Right after, I went to try to find Scott and Emi and got to hang out with them and we went to go pump. We found Meredith as well and we had a little freak-out-hug-party.

I was an awesome, fun, amazing experience! Thanks to all who helped support me and cheer me on! Thanks for the text messages from everyone! I’m so blessed to have people who love me so much! Thanks to my husband for coming and brining our little one to cheer. It helped me so much and I wouldn’t have been able to accomplish my goals if they hadn’t come! I know it took a lot of time and effort on his part to make that happen! Thanks to my sister and BGFF. I hope that someday this will become a more common occurrence and we will be able to live closer together to be able to train, race, cook/bake, and hang out together! I wouldn’t have been able to break 5 hours without her here and seeing her on the course cheering me on! She always knew I could break 5 hours even though I said no way! That’s what family is for right, believing more in the person than they do themselves. The only thing I wish was different this weekend is that it was longer, lots, lots, longer…

Edit: I had to add that my sister did AMAZING too! She didn't taper at all for the race and used the day as an awesome training day. She didn't wear a wet suit and still had the fastest swim time in our division and also had the fastest bike in our division! I can;t wait to see her bust it out in Louisville and do amazing in Kona and Arizona!

And for the photo bomb!

I'm two months old!

This is what I like to do while mommy works out!

Bath time is the happiest time of the day!

 Guess who did this picture:)

Got my haircut for my race!

 This picture is a complete joke!

 Meredith and I and our awards after Muncie 70.3!

Two days before race day!

So, I’m not too good at this blogging thing! In terms of workouts, they are going pretty well. My crazy long workout before the race was a week or two ago. It was a 3 hour bike and 1 hour run. The bike was great, it’s hard to tell since I’m on a trainer and don’t have my speed computer hooked up. My run was amazing though! I got back and thought “I really don’t want to calculate what my pace was.” I did it any way since my sis told me to… 6:45ish pace!!! WHAAA??? That was my reaction anyway! So, that workout went really well, or I went real slow on my bike.

I ran 13-14 miles a couple times and went around 7:10 pace so I was happy about that too. All my other runs have been between 7-7:30 pace. I don’t feel fully back running wise but I’m getting there!

I started swimming! I joined the Y for cheap during the summer and they have a 50m outdoor pool. Deanna (a friend from church) started coming with me so I even have someone to push me, which I really need with swimming. My 3^rd or 4^th time swimming I decided to swim a straight mile and time it… DISASTOR! It took me 32 minutes! I was so down after that! Ac ouple times later I did a timed 1,000m and did it in 17:10! (much faster pace). So, I’m not expecting much out of the swim, but I’ll finish it and won’t be last. I’m hoping to do the 1.2 miles around 38-40 minutes.

I’ve been inside on my trainer since I got prego so it’s been 11 months! This last weekend I told Scott I needed to go outside a least once before the race. So, we planned for Saturday. Well, anyone in Cincy knows that we had a CRAZY rainstorm and had flash flood warnings! I was undeterred since this was my ONLY chance to go outside! I was soaked the minute I got out of the car and I really am not exaggerating! You know you haven’t been outside in too long when you are 5 minutes out and realize that you don’t have a helmet on! I turned around and got it! Grateful I didn’t crash at all especially while I didn’t have a helmet on!

So here’s a list of what I’ve done as workouts to prepare for Muncie. Just two days away! I can’t sleep so why not blog right?

week of the 9^{th 13 hours}

cMonday- 30 minute run, 1 hour ride

cTuesday- 30 minute ride, 30 minute  ride

Wednesday- 1:30 run, 1:30 hour ride

Thursday- 2 hour 10 minute ride

Friday- 1 hour run, 1.5 hour ride, 1 hour ride

cSaturday- 30 minute run, 1 hour ride

week of the 16^{th  14 hours}

Monday- 1 hour 40 minute run, 1 hour bike

Tuesday- 1:30 bike, 30 minute swim

Wednesday- 30 minute run , 1:10 hour bike, 30 minute swim

Thursday- 3 hour ride, 1 hour run

Friday- 1:05 bike,

Saturday- 1 hour bike, 45 minute run, 30 minute swim

week of the 23^rd 12 hours

Monday- 1:40 run, 30 minute bike

Tuesday- 1:30 bike, 30 minute swim

Wednesday- 1 hour run, 1 hour bike

Thursday-1:15 bike, 45 minute swim

Friday- 30 minute run, 1 hour swim

Saturday- 2:30 ride, 1 hour run

week of the 30^{th 7-8 hours}

Monday- 10 mile run, 30 minute swim

Tuesday- 1:30 ride

Wednesday- warm up then 1,000 fast (17:10 minutes)swim, 30-40 minute run Thursday- 1.5 hour ride

Friday- 20 minute run, 1 hour swim

Saturday- 1:45 ride, 45 minute swim

week of the 7^th (race week!) 4.5 hours?

Monday- 30 minute run, 40 minute swim

Tuesday- 45 minute bike

Wednesday- 42 minute run, 30 minute swim

Thursday- 1 hour bike

Friday- 15, 15 ,15- don’t fret if I can’t get it all in

Saturday- RACE DAY! 

I still haven't decided on a race day time goal, I started training for this thinking I wouldn't have one at all, but really, how fun is that right? I'm still trying to workout how I'm going to pump right before and right after the race. I was thinking of pumping during T2 as well, but I don't think I'll want to take the time to do that. 

And now for the photo bomb! I need to load my picture onto our computer because I have all the recent ones since Scott's phone became too full of picture to take more and he couldn't decide which ones to delete. 

Weeks 3-6!

I can't believe that she is already 6 weeks old! 1 1/2 months ago she came to us! Well, since I have't posted what I did in those last few weeks here goes:

Week of the 5th

Wednesday- 2 mile run/walk

Thursday- 40 minute ride

Friday- 30 minute run

Saturday- 45 minute ride

Week of the 12^{th 5 hours}

Monday- 30 minute run

Tuesday- 1 hour run

Wednesday- 40 minute run

Thursday- 45 minute ride

Friday- 45 minute run

Saturday- 1 hour ride

Week of the 19^{th  8.25 hourrs}

Monday- 50 minute run, 30 minute ride

Tuesday- 45 minute ride

Wednesday- 45 minute run, 45 minute ride

Thursday- 1.5 hour ride

Friday- 30 minute run, 45 minute ride

Saturday- 2 hour ride

Week of the 26^{th  10 hours}

Monday- 1:05 run, 1 hour ride

cTuesday- 30 minute ride, 40 minute ride

cWednesday- 1 hour ride, 20 minute run

Thursday- 1.5 hour ride, (feed baby), 1 hour ride

Friday- 1 hour run, 1 hour ride

cSaturday- 20 minute run, 30 minute bike

Week of the 2^{nd  12 hours}

Monday- 1:15 run, 1:20 ride

Tuesday- 1 hour ride, 1.5 hour ride

Wednesday- 60 minute run, 60 minute bike

cThursday-30 min bike morning, 40 minute night

cFriday- 35 minute run morning, 50 minute ride

Saturday- 2.5 hour ride, 30 minute run

Obviously I haven't done Saturday yet, but that is what I'm planning on at least. I've had my ups and downs in these last few weeks. On May 26th, when I did the 1:05 hour run I charted it out and realized that I was running just under 8:30 pace. That was heart breaking to me since I felt like I was running a lot faster. I started beating myself up about it until I realized I only had been running a couple of weeks! This week was much better. I was able to do my long run at 7:30 pace and all my other runs between 7-7:30 pace. I was so exited to chart my run on Wednesday and realize that I did 7 minute pace! I still don't feel fast out there, but I am just running a comfortable speed and HR. 

Only 5 more weeks till RACE DAY! I know I'll be ready after how things have gone this last week. I started thinking about time goals for the race, but I'm trying to put that out of my head since I will only be 12 weeks PP when I race.

I bought a plain white dry fit shirt a while ago and have been planning on making a shirt to wear race day. I can't decide what to write on it. I was originally thinking something like, "I gave birth 12 weeks ago, what's your excuse?" or "my baby's 12 weeks old!" I want to do something about her, but I don't want it to be offensive. 

Any suggestions?

And now the only reason people come to a blog....

 This was during a photo shoot we did with her. There's a long story behind her and stitch. Her nursery is actually stitch themed as well.

 This is one of Scott's favorites.

 And of course daddy is always the funny one!

 I'm a sloth!

 Morning workout with mommy.

 This was the first onesie she ever owned. Scott got it for me for christmas and made me cry.

 Bath at home.

 Her little boxer bathrobe.

I love this little outift!

 Already 2 weeks!

 What are you guys looking at!

 I had clinicals on my B-day so Scott sent me this!

 Scott edited this picture for me for my birthday.

 Hanging out with mommy on the boppy!

 I conquered the video monitor robot!

Why am I naked!

 Aren't I cute!

 This was after her baby blessing. That dress is the same one my grandfather, dad, and I were blessed in. Really cool history AND a beautiful dress made by my great-grandmother. It had beautiful detailing.

 The little booties were made by my mother-in-law and were also adorable!

 She has a hawaiian themed nursery. I will have to post more pictures of it when we take them.

 So Happy!

 Sock monkey that my mother-in-law made all the grandkids! She loved it. It was SO cute!

I need to post a picture of this whole outfit, but one of my friends gave it to me. It is hands down my favorite outfit she has right now! The blanket has her name on it too. Thanks again, you know who you are (wants to remain anonymous)

Week 1 of postpartum workouts!

I'm more than 2 weeks postpartum so, yes, I have gone on a couple runs and bike rides now. At two weeks (Wednesday) I did a run 3 minutes walk 2 minutes for 2 miles. 

Thursday: I felt too good to just do 30 minutes on the bike so I did 40. 

Friday: 3 mile run (1 mile run, 1 minute walk)

Saturday: 45 minute ride

Monday: 3.5 miles no walking at 8:15 pace. Felt great but out of shape!

Tuesday: 1 hour on the bike!

It's been amazing to be a mom. It's just so amazing how much she just makes me happy. I didn't think I would be that stereotypical mom who thinks everything her baby does is adorable, but I do. 

It's hard to fit workouts in between feedings, but I do it. I've had to go at 5am to get a run in and I'm sure it's not my last early early morning run I'll do and I know I'll have some late night rides on my bike to be able to fit in a ride longer than 1.5 hours. 

I'm excited though, because even though I'm not fully healed and have a couple of annoying things especially prohibiting me from working out like I want to, I feel as though I will be able to be in good enough shape to do my half ironman.