Training Log Jan 22- Feb 4

So I've been MIA lately, and here's why...

I have become one of the lucky few to be audited by the IRS.  And while I, generally speaking, keep good records, the organization of those records for 2010 left a little to be desired.  You see, in 2010, I owned and ran a small business, had a baby, and refused to put him in day care.  There were obvious levels of organization depending on the time of year.  The first few months (pre-baby), everything was sorted and put in the appropriate folder.  The first few months of Liam's life, things were sorted but not filed.  After he started crawling, the last few months of 2010, the paperwork was all just put into a box without being sorted or filed.

What I'm getting to with all that is, organize your stuff when you first get it.  It is SO much easier than trying to locate and organize everything two years later!

Needless to say, this project has been taking up most of my time lately.  That, combined with not feeling so great on some of my workouts has led to a lack of workouts in the past couple weeks.  I actually walked in the door from a run one day and told my husband that I needed to back to the doctor.  (I'll talk more about that later.)

So here goes with the training log:
Sun: unplanned day off
Mon: 3 miles on treadmill, 30 minutes, followed by 10 minute spin on bike trainer for cooldown (2.7 miles)
Tues: 4 miles on treadmill, 39:21
Weds: 7 x 400 on the treadmill at 2 minutes each, total of 4 miles, 39:07
Thurs: Rest day
Fri: unplanned day off- "glutened" myself on purpose today to confirm that I am intolerant.  Felt like crap for the next few days.
Sat: unplanned day off
Sun: unplanned day off
Mon: 4 miles outside- was supposed to be 7 but got dizzy just a couple miles in, not resolved by the turnoff to home so I cut my mileage short, time was 46:??
Tues: Day off (worked on tax stuff a.l.l. d.a.y.)
Weds: 3 miles outside with stroller, 35:41
Thurs. & Fri:  last push to get all my stuff done for my audit appointment
Sat: spent pretty much the whole day either at the grocery store or in the kitchen.  Plans tonight with friends, church potluck tomorrow, and people coming tomorrow for Superbowl means a lot of creative gluten- and lactose-free dishes.

The supposed-to-be-a-7-miler on Monday was the day I came in the house and proclaimed that I needed to go back to the doctor.  I had hoped my dizziness while exercising would resolve after fixing my food intolerance issues, but that doesn't seem to be the case.  I have continued to have dizziness throughout my food trial, even momentarily blacking out once while on the treadmill.  Usually, it would only happen during long workouts, starting between 40 and 60 minutes into the workout.  It's actually been getting worse, starting as early as 20 minutes into some workouts.  The time I blacked out, I wasn't even dizzy first.  I felt fine before and after, the world just went dark for a second.  Thank goodness feeling my foot move with the treadmill belt snapped me out of it and I managed to not fall off!

In much more fun news, I start a Masters Swimming class tonight!  My swimming is by FAR my worst sport in triathlon.  And there just aren't many resources close to me to help me improve.  Heck, I drive 30 minutes just to get to a pool at a nearby YMCA.  Unfortunately, the Y no longer offers masters swimming due to past lack of interest.  Luckily, there are some triathletes 30 minutes in another direction that have been able to organize a masters swim!  I am excited and VERY nervous.  I know I'm going to be the worst swimmer there, and I'm okay with that.  I just hope I don't end up slowing the rest of the group down too much.

Random Five Friday

 1. I'm really behind this week. I still haven't posted last week's training log. I think next week will be a two-fer.
2. No matter what Kate Moss says, cheese and wine taste far better than skinny feels.
3. After "glutening" myself on purpose last weekend to confirm gluten intolerance, I felt crappy for several days. I am happy to have found something I can fix, but sad because I really like bread.
4. The weather this week has been amazingly gorgeous.  So strange to have so many nice days in January and  February in Minnesota.

We don't get many February days in Minnesota suitable for playing in mud puddles.

5. Since I have been feeling better (in large part due to my new way of eating), I have had a lot of kairos moments.   I think I always appreciated these moments, but since reading about chronos vs. kairos, I have a new way to classify them and notice them more.

Random Five Friday

 I had a post all ready to go.  I went to publish it this AM and it was gone.  WTH???  So here goes as I try to remember what random things I wanted to note this week:

1. I started using Pepperplate to do a weekly meal plan.  Actually, my favorite thing about it is that I can add items to my grocery list from my phone, iPad or computer and it syncs them all!

2. IRS audits suck.  Going through numbers from two years ago makes my head hurt.  Let this be a lesson to me and everyone I know: Organize your paperwork during the year it was created!  

3.  Liam said something that sounded just like "bitch" this week.  Pretty sure he's never heard the word, just not sure what he was trying to say.

4. This almost made me snort wine out my  nose...


5.  I really don't swear in front of my child, regardless of what those last two items may lead you to believe!

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Training Log Jan 15-21

I can't believe January is almost over already.  It's gone so fast this year with the nice weather we've had.  Usually January and February seem to drag on forever!

I'm not working out as much as I'd like.  Since we finished our holiday travel, Liam has decided to reset his nap/sleep schedule and hasn't settled into any type of pattern yet.  Some days he naps, some he doesn't, sometimes only for 20 minutes.  Getting him to go to sleep at night has become a battle as well.  Some nights I put him back to bed a gazillion times.  But, as someone reminded me, this too shall pass.  As important as my workouts are to me, in the big picture, having a few light weeks while Liam figures out his sleep schedule isn't likely to hurt me much.

Sun: 8 mile run, outside, IN SHORTS! (4th time in January this year), first 4 miles with my dad. 1:28:53
Mon: Swim 750 yds (150wu, 500 continuous, 100cd)
Tues: Rest day
Weds: Unplanned rest day
Thurs: Ran 2.7miles total, did "Run Faster with Chrissie Wellington 1" on the treadmill, 25:00
Fri: Ran 2.5 miles on treadmill.  Had a split second blackout and almost fell off.  Decided I should probably end my workout for the day.
Sat: Shoveled snow for 20 min. and opted to work on fixing my bike during my workout time.  I now have a bike that shifts properly again!

Weekly Totals:
Swim: 750yds
Run: 13.2 miles

Food Journal:
This week I continued to experiment adding some foods back in.  I am happy to say that adding dairy back in went well, as cheese is one of my favorite indulgences.  It looks like I may be gluten intolerant based on my journal observations.  While this will be a pain in the rear whenever we go somewhere (out to eat, other people's houses), it is definitely something I can manage.  I'm already trying some alternative flours and if, when I try gluten again, gluten really is the culprit, I am determined to look on it as just another cooking adventure.
Here's the link to this week's journal:
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=12H2GTBu3TRvECg-PxRMZwAfHDhlb9gn4CUg-jdavtG0

Random Five Friday

 1. We finally have snow!  

 

2. I made chickpea protein pancakes this morning based off of this recipe from Run, Eat, Repeat.  They were okay, but not quite as good as I think they could be. I'm going to tweak the recipe a little and see what I can come up with. The best part was they kept me full all morning!

3. I found this blog via fellow mom/triathlete Kara on Twitter. It's funny 'cause it's true :) Not much goes on at my house until I've had my morning coffee, either!

4. A Facebook friend's status update with questions about going vegan sparked quite a debate this week. As I am eating less and less meat, I get questioned if I am becoming vegetarian. It all makes we wonder why we feel the need to label how everyone eats.  Yes, my daily diet could be considered vegetarian, but I reserve the right to have a big juicy burger if I'm craving one someday. Therefore, I refuse to label my way of eating. 

5. 

 Have a great weekend!

Training Log & Food Journal Jan 8-14

This week went well.  I've been feeling great, thanks to my elimination diet.  I even experimented with adding a couple things back in (eggs, corn) and so far so good.  I got back in the pool for the first time since my 70.3 last July!  I have definitely lost my endurance for swimming, but am happy to report that I haven't lost any speed - not that I had any to begin with.

Here's the weeks training:
Sun: 500yds, mixed drills/ free
Mon: rest
Tues: Ran 5 with stroller, 58:53.  Walked up the one big hill with soft gravel since this was supposed to be an EASY day :)
Weds: Treadmill hills, 6x400, 3.5 total miles
Thurs: Ran 2.1, treadmill, 21:00 - supposed to be 3, but Liam woke up from nap
Fri: Rest day
Sat:: Ran 0.6 miles on treadmill, supposed to do fartlek, had sore hip flexor.  After last year's treadmill overuse injury, not taking any chances this early in year.  Decided to rest.  (Good decision- had no pain running outdoors  the next day.)

Weekly Totals:
Swim: 500yds
Run: 11.2 miles

Time to add the bike in soon.  I'm working on getting it fixed.  I have determined that I need a new chain.  I have a new chain...somewhere.  I can't figure out why it's not in the box with the rest of the parts that came with the new bike.  I've looked everywhere logical and several not-so-logical places.  I ended up just ordering a new one today.  Hopefully this will solve my shifting problem as well and I'll be all ready to go for a while.

I mentioned above that my journaling/diet is going well.  I really feel SOOO much better!  I am happy that adding eggs back in hasn't seemed to bother me as I was having trouble getting enough protein.  Here's the link to this week's journal:
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1F6b3b-xYjdnDzxc__2yWhQeUCPFbAjPsCUDYMBhPg7M

I'm excited to get back in the pool a couple more times this next week.  I know the endurance will come back quickly if I just go swim.  I also need to get a little more endurance before masters swimming starts in a couple weeks!  I'm pretty sure I'll be the slow one, but I'd like to not be the annoyingly slow one!

Random Five Friday...oops, I guess it's Saturday!

1. We got a notice from the IRS that we're going to be audited.  It came on Friday the 13th.  What are the odds?

2. I made some REALLY good soup the other day.  Chipotle and Roasted Garlic Butternut Squash Soup.  I blogged it on my other blog.  (recipe here)  It really hit the spot on a day where the temperature barely hit the teens.

3.  Masters swimming is coming to a pool near me!  The multisport club is starting a new masters swim in Sherburn, only 30 minutes away!!!  I had a sitter lined up and a check sent in the day they announced it.

4.  My iPhone is pissing me off.  I bought some training tracks from Audiofuel.  They play on my computer in iTunes just fine, but won't play on my phone.  WTF?

5. I would like to thank Bob the Builder and Play-Doh for allowing minimal toddler interruptions during the Olympic Trials Marathon.  (It's easy to play with Play-Doh and check the live updates at the same time, not so easy to play chase or read the same book 5 times.)