Swam 3100 yards at the pool yesterday!

LA Marathon support

Yesterday was an inspiring day! I knew a couple of people running the LA Marathon and went out to support. This is the first full marathon that I have ever been to. I've seen them on TV and plan to run one some day soon, but never actually been there in person. It was so great. You'd think after cheering for random strangers after a half hour you'd get bored, but to me I don't. Most of the runners had their name on their number bib. I think it's so great to be running a hard race like that, be exhausted, and then hear your name called. I tried to call out every name that I saw. I stood out by mile 15 with a few friends from a triathlon club I'm in and cheered for all the runners for about 3 hours. We were looking for three fellow club members, Victor, Ralph, and Rolo. Luckily we saw all of them! Victor is a beast and finished the marathon in about 3 hours 20 minutes. Rolo and Ralph came by together and both finished. I'm so proud of them! Makes me really want to do one.

Last year I achieved my goal of running a half marathon and I was planning to attempt a full one this year. I think it may have to wait until next year. Races are expensive and I've really been trying to save up my money now that I'm out of school and deciding what to do next. Aw man I'm so inspired. My workouts have been lagging lately. I ended up getting sick last week and when that happens I get taken out for like a week. Tomorrow though I will get back at it with a swim! Congrats to all the marathon runners! You guys are so inspiring!

bad me

Started feeling a cold yesterday. Expected I would skip my swim today but I actually went. I swam 1350...now I really need to take it easy.

Investing would be a good thing

I went on a nice bike ride today. Just 10 miles to this bridge and back. The sun was out but the wind was nice and cold. I really tried to push myself this time by riding as fast as I could for a minute at a time. Unfortunately my peddles are just regular bike peddles, not clip-ins. I have some fatty clip-ins that someone gave me but I do not have the cycling shoes to go along with it. lol I should invest in some soon if I'm serious about racing, I'm just super frugal. I hate spending money. Everyone says my speed will improve with clip-ins. Anyway, this week is going so far so good with my workout and training routine. I actually did some core exercises today after my ride. Tomorrow the plan is to swim!

Run

Went on a nice easy run today. It was only two miles. Want to go more but I have been so bad at running lately that I need to build my base back up.

New friends who bike

Went for a bike ride today! It was about 45 miles to Huntington Beach and back. I’m so sore…but it is worth it! Proud of myself for getting out of this laziness pattern I have been stuck in for the past couple weeks. I rode with some cyclists I haven't met before. They were all really nice and supportive. Man I just want to get faster! I know if I work on riding consistently, I will get faster.

Back at it

The last couple weeks have not been too great in terms of training. My mind was not in it. I hate when that happens! lol It's like I know I love training, I know it will make me feel better, I know I need to and want to do it so that I can get faster...but I just don't want to. My effort loses it's spark. Well today I actually swam!! Very proud. I was only able to swim for an hour this morning because I had a class to get to. I managed to get in 2200 yards of sprints and pulls. I feel great. The class I went to is a child visitation monitor training class. Now that I have graduated, I need to figure out what I want to do. I am very interested in law and social work. Trying to learn about careers in that field. The class was interesting and the teacher was entertaining, two key ingredients to make a good class. I am looking forward to the next one. Workout plan for tomorrow is a bike ride!