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June 17

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June 16

No biking today - Cady Way trail will have to wait. This cold I've been fighting has gotten the better of me. Gotta rest and fight it off before Sunday. So I'm "tapering" at this point.

BTW - it looks like I've lost 7 pounds overnight - haha! I have lost some weight but I was using the scale at Weight Watchers and that weight was done on Wed afternoons. But I'm not doing it anymore (it was something at work and I'm off for the summer) and so now I've weighed myself on my own scale in the morning. BUT it is a loss of about 4 lbs according to my scale since I last weighed myself.

Health data: Hours slept: 7

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June 15

Run

33m
2.25 miles
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Intervals on track:
WU: 400 slow jog
MS: 800 - 4.5 min
(rest by walking 1 lap)
600 - 3:18
(rest by walking 1 lap)
400 - 2:15
(rest by walking 1 lap)
slow jog to cool down

Bike

1h 46m
20.10 miles
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HOT, HOT, HOT!!

Not too smart to start a bike ride at 10:00 in the morning in Florida! But my husband is NOT an early riser and he wanted to come. He about died!! Tomorrow he'll get up earlier .... haha!

Started our "Tour de Central Florida" where we're going to ride every trail here in the area. Today we did the Blanchard Park trail with a loop from our house to get to the trail and looped back - 20 miles. That is the shortest trail.

We've got the following to do: Cady Way mixed with the Cross Seminole Trail (tomorrow) - probably 30+ out and back
                                                   Wekiva Trail - about 30 out and back
                                                   West Orange Trail with the Lake County trail - maybe 50 out and back
                                                   (some trail in Polk County - can't remember the name )- about 70 out and back
                                                   Withlacoochee Trail - about 100 out and back

Big plans for the summer!!!

Health data: Hours slept: 7

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June 14

Swim

32m
1600.00 yards
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OWS - Distance was a bit of an estimate.

Health data: Hours slept: 7

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June 13

Run

20m
1.00 miles
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Sprinted 400 yds and walked (with my granddaughter in tow) between sprints.

Swim

20m
500.00 yards
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OWS - at the beach. We practiced running through the waves and then swam a while x 2. The tri next Sunday is at the beach and the start will be running from the beach, through the waves. It's exhausting!

Strength

1h 00m

Various: Arms: biceps, triceps, dips, shoulders, row; legs: squats, hamstrings, calves, side leg lifts; abs

Health data: Hours slept: 7

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June 12

Bike

44m
10.00 miles
13.64 Mi/hr

Hubby wanted to go for a ride after he got home from work at 7:30 (on his new bike) -- so I couldn't resist. I tried to take the day off -- and in fact, I did get a decent rest today. Slow ride.

(a.m.) Taking the day off. Been fighting a cold for a week now and seriously need some rest. Will be up and running again tomorrow.

(p.m.) So much for the day off. I got new shoes and clipless pedals -- all this time I've been riding on plain pedals with my running shoes. What a difference the shoes/pedals make!! I've been afraid that I'd fall so I got some Look Keo easy and I did great!! So excited over the potential for speed!