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Bite on shin slowly settling down. Right hip strained a bit from run.
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 -- Monday | Rest  
 -- Tuesday | Office | Peloton + Lifting 
 -- Wednesday | Office | Rest
-- Thursday | OTF 5:45 PM
 -- Friday | Rest
 or  -- Saturday | Bike ride or OTF, depending weather.   
 -- Sunday | OTF 9:45 AM 
I am absolutely crippled. I need to rest. LOL. Last week went like Wednesday Lift + Peloton, Thursday OTF, REST, Saturday and Sunday and poor Laura is a heap on the floor. Maybe I could walk a little bit? 

I have been lifting heavier, and man, I can feel it. Also, I have been running a bit more. More than just the ALL-OUTS, I have also been running the "pushes" at 4.4 or 4.5, which is slow, but I am trying to keep the HR under control and build up some endurance. 
Maybe today I will do a little spinny on the trainer, or maybe go get my nails done. They are overdue. 3 weeks today and they look like trash. 

Featured Photo, 4/29/2016, Nashville TN with the[...]
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8:37am: Monday! A pretty ho-hum weekend, which I appreciated. 
The Peleton bike challenge that I'm in is a little spicy this time. Far more z4/5 work than the first challenge of the year, which was supposed to ease us back into training after the holidays. Hard to get myself motivated to hit a tough workout on the Monday, but it's gotta happen since I have a doc appointment tomorrow.
 
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Made it to the office. This week is going to go by fast! Logan came in at 3:30 this morning saying his ear hurt - he probably got some water stuck in it between swimming and his bath so i got some oil for it and put him back to bed. I really didn't want to wake up to swim but it was good to get it done. Logan was a bit low mood when i got home. I think the letdown from all the birthday fun now being over - he was saying he was sad he slept in because he 'missed all the fun' - there was no fun happening. Darren and Felicity were awake and I was out swimming. What a funny little guy. 
Anyway, feeling good about my consistency in April - it is a good amount of volume for me. Especially considering the other parts of life that take over. Thinking about May and how to periodize/chunk my workouts over the next few months to prep for a sprint-ish triathlon. 
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This is a week of celebrations! Going to plan a dinner with Tracy and Patrick and other friends to properly celebrate all the things: Gregory's birthday Patrick's birthday Tracy's promotion (she got Carl's role!) Carl's new job that we never celebrated My 10-year anniversary at my company My cancerversary
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Phase 29
Week 1
A set
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Started Finished watching Baby Reindeer. Weird. Weird. Weird. Yet impactful. But still weird. 
Featured Photo! Key West 2022

 
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Aero practice on the Stealth then a slloooowww long run with Kell.  Legs were just toast so glad a recovery week is coming.
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THIS WEEK'S RECAP
Swim - I met my swim goals exactly at 100%
Run - I only did 65% of my planned urn time leaving a 45minute deficit.
Strength - I met my strength training goals.
This was a funny week.  Nothing was standard in my schedule.  What I ended up doing for a few missed workouts, a swim and a run, was to spread out that missed time or yardage to other planned workouts later in the week.  This amounted to two Brick workouts (run then swim).  I wasn't able to fully make up for the missed run workout.
Today's swim my breathing felt back-to-normal.  Which means the overtraining I did 3-4 weeks ago (going from 1500 to 3000 yard swims - almost doubling my volume) and getting my runs from 40 to 55 minutes has been pretty much absorbed.  I'm going to try to remember to NOT do that again.  
Following a training plan will keep me out of trouble.  Having at least the next 1-3 weeks planned should keep me from overtraining.  Thi[...]
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3 RDS
KB swing #30/20
Sit 20

2 rds
B ext sit 7
Shoulder work waiters tray #5

2 sets
Donkey kicks 7
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Busy day so took another rest day.
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Concerned about the apparent bite on inside of left shin.
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RIP to Wallace the Hedgehog. Poor little guy. He was moving around and drinking every night this past week, so I thought he might improve, but then I noticed he didn't move on Thursday and Friday nights, and when I was picking him up he wasn't moving much. I made Owen rub his belly and say goodbye yesterday, and this morning he didn't wake up when I went in to check on him. I'm surprisingly sad considering what a weird little grumpy pet he was - I always got a kick out of him and he's lived in my studio for 3 years! Nate kind of laughed at me for crying - he has never even touched the hedgehog, and thinks it's like a hamster or goldfish dying. Poor little dude. Owen's going to be sad when he wakes up and hears. :(
Drove more cars yesterday. Another GX 460 which I really liked, again, and a slightly older Landcruiser, which I liked (I feel at home in a Landcruiser after driving one for years and years), but which still felt like a lot more car than I need (plus, used Landcruise[...]
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Good Saturday morning training...started with a short swim that included 1K @ sprint race pace, then hit the gym for some major muscle group upper body work.  Drove home, quickly changed into my bike gear and hopped on the trainer for a warm-up and then about a 35+ minute race.  Executed the race perfectly by not going out too fast and hanging with a back-end group, then of course just got out-kicked at the end.  Way better racing than last week.  Still BOP in 'C', but a good workout.  Long run in 85* weather tomorrow. 

upper body work at the Y post-swim
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