Who knows where the time goes.....

Well this weekend it went on cleaning and recovering from a big night out and no time /energy for training. Did turn up in hope of a session  on sat morning but the rest of the ballet mums and shouty man thought better of the rotten wet slushy weather. Just about managed a swim drill this evening. Not long but had been advised by swim madam on bubble swimming (breath control??) and breathing left and ringtone between 4strokes. Just can't do the right hand breath through. Look a bit of twit trying and having to stop every  few meters to splutter and catch a breath again.  At least I did get some practice in and this next week will be important to catch up on the running and maybe a spin class. We will see.  Hope y'all have good things planned for Easter. Quite looking forward to it as lots on including some fun in the alps. :)

Little fishes.... How come they arn't knackered half the time ?

I sneaked in a quick 20 mins swim today as needed a break from work. Good session but blow moi, as I tried to alternate strokes from breast and front crawl, I was totally puffed after the front crawl so how on earth do I get over that ? The swimming coach was there and we had a chat after. She gave me some tips to do with breathing exercises so keen to try that next week. In the end, got a ski trip coming up so need to get a bit of practice at  the local slope on Sunday and still no bloody bike. I guess  that's my  April focus ! Bring on that birthday....... And he bike as my present.....

Running as part of a hard but good sessh village hall hell.......

Reckon these village hall circuits are doing me some good - I certainly have to work hard, loads of running yesterday and steps and lunges so legs are a bit tight tonight. Should be doing it tomorrow but might be tricky so will prob do my full swim and drill tomorrow instead. Trying not to eat too much as ave a bit of a night out on sat and a slip of a dress to squeeze into. Bit of a shocker actually , this dress, very jazzy as the bairn likes to say. LLL was unsure, says its not really my style. Bizarrely, it was my mother who loved it, fashion forward as it is and bought it for my up and coming birthday.  Best run on Sat as any form of exercise will be out on Sunday following my big night out.......

A run that felt like the end of it all.........

Having done a tri over 2 days I foolishly opted to do a 7k the following day and found it hard going on quite a few levels. :(. Out of breath on most steps and it didn't ease up really. Mind you, needed to get it under my belt and worked through some stuff in the mind so should have slept easy but cos it was a late run and I was tired, I made the mistake of trying some red bull for the first time ever and not being able to sleep later that night. Won't be doing that again. The plan is to try a 10k early morning later this week to boost my confidence but we will see if it actually happens.  I think I a, realising that a tri, even a mini one is a long time to be on your own, pushing yourself on your own.

A snowy Hockney run and half tri

Lovely little run but a necessary one as the tri is looming... Did a short bike session on spin (still not in the roads yet .. And then tried a 7k but reckon it was only 5 . Easy, as have to keep the knees for tomorrow circuits. Just lovely country side , beautiful colours like a Hockney ...... Purples and vibrevt yellows and oranges and a sprinkling of snow .....lovely ....

Disrupted swim training but at least I got wet

So not the training session I had hoped -had wanted to do 45mins in the pool before I was met by LLL and the bairn but they turned up early so I trained a bit with them there so a little disjointed . Mainly breast stroke about 10 laps only (150m) and maybe 6 or 7laps at front crawl  and 4with the kick float so say 300m in total and I need to do 500  m in the race...and then bike....and then run.... So all in all, I didn't even scratch the surface and still no bike. I was hoping to get an early birthday present but it didn't work out. Never mind. I have time...... Ish. KTF please.........

A great little supermarket run .. Or nearly

It was the ballet mums run today and we split up according to ability and I ran in one group where it was slow and steady and it really suited me today. I think cos I ran early, did not drink the night before and felt good, I did ok, then broke off and picked up the pace , made a run for home and floated n air every step.... How? ...why? What was happening... . No idea! Might have been an early , alcohol free run but then I don't always have a night on the booze before I run. Maybe a morning run is the thing? Maybe it was the slow warm up.... Anyway, it really suited me and I could have run a bit further at full pace but really happy with today. Only 4.6-sh k but a beautiful morning and lovely run. Later went to look at a bike but didn't get one, will swim tomorrow....  I will need you to keep the faith and wish me well......... I think I will need it :). P.s. supermarket run cos we ran close to the house of a big supermarket magnet... The  pink  palace.