The Road To Vineman

Week 1, Day 1: The Beginning

Allow me to begin my stating that I am fully aware that my inner crazy knows no limits. I get that, I really do. As anyone who has known me in most any phase of my life I will do things half assed, but I sure as hell hate to be wrong or last. EVER! This is why I have dubbed myself "The World's Laziest Endurance Athlete". While I may not show up to my Saturday morning coached runs, the runs still are completed. While I may say "Hey, I'll be there at 5am" and manage to not get up until 5am due to a nasty cough that's been lingering for 2 weeks and set out on my own on the same route, the run still gets done. While I intend to actually take my bike out and ride all hills, I was still at Incycle buying a second stacking riser for the trainer so that the bike positioning would simulate hills and the tension on the trainer would put me at an 8-10% incline. I get it done. Between October 11, 2009 and the end of the year I had signed up for 7 races and still got out there and completed 5. In 2010 I am signed up for 10 races already, including the CA 70.3 and Vineman, and I WILL finish all of them.

I have a very, very long road ahead of me. I woke up yesterday ready to begin my 30 week program and what was on the schedule for the first workout? REST! C'MON! I finally am getting my ass in gear and it tells me to REST?!?!?!?! Well, I did manage to make it to the Lyons Center on campus and renew my spring membership for the pool, but this semester I'm going all out. I rented a locker as well. Carrying around my TYR tri backpack (it's HUGE) as well as my other backpack with my running clothes, and storing all of my swim gear in my office has gotten a bit old. I decided "GO BIG OR GO HOME" is my new motto, along with the old adage "TRAIN SMART, RACE SMART" (thanks to Coach Steve for that one). Anyway, I still managed to make it to the gym to lift weights with my trainer for an hour, then I went home and to bed. I still haven't been able to get out of bed at 4am to jump on the bike in the living room, but I have a feeling tomorrow might be that day.

Alas, I will post my workouts for the week (I need to be held accountable folks) and the actual totals of the week prior. So, here we go:

Week One:
Monday: 1 hour Strength
Tuesday: Swim 2500 m, Run 30 minutes
Wednesday: Bike (spin class) 45 min, then transition to 15-20 min Run
Thursday: Swim 2500 m, Run 30 minutes
Friday: 1 hour Strength
Saturday: Bike 60 min
Sunday: LA 13.1 Half Marathon