With tomorrow being a rest day, I thought I would take look at some stats from the past few months. Now, one of the reasons why I wanted to attempt
Octapolluza was to get back into some sort of schedule and be consistent. With work, I have "settled-in". I have been able to leave work around 4ish instead of 5 or 6 and spending less weekend hours getting organized or caught up, which in return has been a huge help in getting into a regular schedule with the gym. Even though I went above my alotted "1 rest day" per week with Octapolluza (
taking a whoppin' 10 rest days out of 31!), I felt this month was quite successful.
AUGUST - Running = 17.39 miles
- Cycling/Spinning = 79.31 miles
- Swimming = 2150M
SEPTEMBER - Running = 20.22 miles
- Cycling/Spinning = 118.78 miles
- Swimming = 0
OCTOBER - Running = 30.44 miles
- Cycling/Spinning = 129.03
- Swimming = 1500M
Now there was definite increase in all areas... except for swimming. The pool was closed for almost 3 weeks in late August and September. Then, it took me a while to get my scared-self to get back in the water. I was dreading the fact that I had to reteach myself how to breath and do the american crawl the appropriate way. But, I got back in there. And... I HEART it. I HEART running...swimming...and cycling... being able to do all three on a regular basis keeps the gym from getting boring... I look forward to the next 14.5 weeks of tri-training! I will still continue to focus on running for the next few weeks to be ready for the big
Turkey Trot on Turkey Day... mmm.. I can taste the stuffing, rice, and pumpkin pie already...
Have a great Halloween y'all! And those of you who are parents of littles ones... think of their teachers and having to deal with kids coming off a sugar highs from tomorrow's halloween parties and trick-or-treating candy in the evening. Lucky me, I will have a sub Thursday as us special ed teachers have a day-long meeting to partake in! Yippee!
Today's Workout:4.06 mile run
strength training
16 comments:
Wow, I think you made some great improvements! You're right, it was a successful October for you even with your 10 rest days... those are necessary too!
Kelsalynn
I love the warning of the sugar high and what hell it is for teachers!!.....
Nice job on the great workouts.
Welcome to the challenge. I know how hard it is to say the numbers. Trust me. Everyone freaks out when I say my weight, I think because I have the muscle mass thing going on.
Glad you're in. We are going to kick ass this holiday!
That's a very nice increase! You will be such an awesome triathlete! I'm loading my kids up on sugar all day :-) I {heart} my kid's teachers ;-)
Those are great numbers. And I agree.. November is my fav month of the year!
You did awesome chica!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D What a great month!
Happy Halloween!! :o)
Very nice...!!! I hope to "get settled" with work...someday. I don't think I will be joining the fam at the turkey trot. I love the race, but this whole 2 hours of commute time/studying/working over time is just not helping the workout situation. You're doing awesome though! see you in two days!
Awesome job in October!!!
Dang girl! Way to go!
It's always awesome to see improvement! Great job!
Oooh, lucky you with a professional day tomorrow! I'm dreading having to face the sugared up, sleep deprived, extra zany students in the morning. I think I may need some candy myself just to make it through!
Ahhhh, yes the sugar high. I think I'm under the influence of a bit of chocolate right now!
Awesome improvements! You did great!
Good job!
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