I'm looking at the lyrics to "Eye of the Tiger" and really it doesn't *quite* fit for day one of a 16 week training regimen but hey, we'll go with it.
Day One. At almost ten o'clock all I can say is, owie. I felt fine earlier. Now, I'm a tad sore and seriously cursing my winter laziness. How Im going to meet up with the Mean Girl tomorrow, I have no clue. Thankfully my mean girl time tomorrow is only a blessed 12 minutes. However,I have been contemplating this all day. When it says "run: 12 minutes: does that mean twelve minutes of attempted run(wog) time or twelve minutes TOTAL. Because the Couch to 5K has a 5 minute warm up followed by 12 minutes of Wogging (well its longer than that- but I would stop it at 12) - but that means Im doing a total of 17 minutes and not 12. I don't remember what I did last time I trained. I think I am just going to do 17 since 5 is just walking to prep for running.
It seriously feels like March came out of nowhere. I still cant believe its already time to start training. I thought I had a few more weeks, therefore I am not mentally prepared at all, which is seriously hampering the old motivation. It took me at least thirty minutes this morning to psyche myself up to get out the door and go workout. Not a good way to start down a 16 week path, thats for sure.
But I'm just gonna fake it til I make it. One of these days, the motivation (hopefully) catches up with the action. Until then, well all I can do is keep on keeping on.
Just to refresh... I'm following the 16 Week Spring "balanced" plan on Beginner Triathlete.com
This was Week 1, Day 1:
12 Min Swim ( I actually did 15 because I like rounder numbers with more defined cut offs)
24 Minute Bike (I stuck with 24 minutes on this one lol)
15 Minute Swim: I managed 750m (which is the Tri distance. So, yay me for not slipping over the winter. I can only go up from here)
24 Minute Bike: I did roughly 4 1/2 miles in 24 minutes, which comes down to about 6 minutes a mile. This will have to improve big time. But, it was my first time riding in a while- so the stamina can only build from here. I seriously forgot how badly riding hurts your rear end when you aren't used to it.
Alright, this tired lass is heading off to bed.
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