This morning my alarm went off at 5:00 am, as it does 6 out of 7 days a week. After hitting the snooze button a couple of times, I rolled out of bed and made my first stop at the bathroom scale. I'm currently a little over a week into focusing on some intensive weight loss to get down to a better racing weight by my Legend 70 race in September. I quickly changed into my jammers, grabbed my prepacked swim bag and packed my lunch before heading off to the Urbandale pool.
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| Headed to the swimming pool |
The pool opens at 5:45 am and I like to be there a few minutes early. After a quick stop at a locker, I headed out to the pool to complete my 1,300 yard speed training workout.
- 250 yard warm up
- 100 yard kick board
- 100 yard pull buoy
- 4 X 50 yard sprints
- 4 X 100 yard sprints
- 250 yard cool down
I completed the workout in 38 minutes which isn't great, but isn't bad either. After a quick shower, I headed off to work.
For the past month and a half, I have been planning out all of my meals and snacks ahead of time. For me it is very important to make sure that I eat several times throughout the day as well as to make sure I am taking in the proper nutrition to fuel my workouts. Of course, right now, with the emphasis on cutting weight, it has become quite a balancing act between eating enough while not over eating. For breakfast today I had a banana and a bowl of the Fareway version of Honey Bunches of Oats (my favorite cereal). My mid morning snack was 2 graham crackers and my lunch was a small serving of spaghetti, raw carrots, an apple, and a chocolate pudding cup.
After work, I headed home and was able to get in my strength training workout before getting the girls ready to head back to the swimming pool. Now my strength training program is not extremely structured or focused. At this point, I'm more worried about including some strength training then fine tuning it. For each workout, I pick 6 exercises that are a mix and match of lower body, upper body, and core lifts. I do 3 sets of each and the entire workout usually takes around 15 minutes to complete. My workout today included the following:
- Side planks
- Dumbbell lunges
- Dumbbell bicep curls
- Calf raises
- Crunches
- Triceps overhead extension
I got the girls and myself changed into our swimsuits and we headed out the door for swim lessons. This is the last year that I get to do parent/child with Bridget (which I LOVE to do), so I'm trying to enjoy every minute of it. After swim lessons we pile back into the car and head home where I give the girls a bath while Erin gets supper ready. After getting the girls down for supper, I changed into my cycling gear and headed out for a 20 mile ride.
It was a hot evening out, but the heat doesn't really bother me on the bike. As soon as I left the driveway, I noticed right away that my bottom was still sore from my long ride on Saturday, so I knew it was going to be an uncomfortable ride. In addition, my legs were quite tired from my weekend workouts so I wasn't able to attack the hills as well as I normally do. I ended up getting a little over 21 miles in at a 15 mph pace. I'm perfectly okay with that pace as this ride is aimed at hills and acts as a "recovery ride" after a hard weekend.
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| Quick selfie while waiting to cross an intersection along Hickman Rd. |
I got home a few minutes after 8 and went to work prepping my breakfast and lunch for tomorrow as well as my dinner for the night while cooling off. I also downed a bottle of Gatorade to replenish all of the sweat from the hot ride. After a quick shower, I sat down to eat supper and then write this blog. For supper, I had a lettuce and spinach salad, watermelon, grilled sandwich with cheddar, ham, turkey and spinach and a few sun chips.
Check back tomorrow to see how my Tuesday goes!
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