She was reporting in on two recent races. Well, I've run (and swam and biked) two more since then and I am now done for the summer.
Short reports:
July 8: Did a sprint tri (750m swim, 20K bike, 5K run) and won my category (that I like to call "Fat Chicks Over 40", or Clydesdale F40+). I also had a personal best at the distance, which made it all that much more sweet. My time was 1hr, 27 minutes.
August 5: Did a long course tri (2K swim, 56K bike, 15K run) and finished 12th of 12 in my category (W40-44), but took 6 minutes off my previous PB on that course from 2005 and took 3 whole minutes off my swim time (37 minutes), which I am totally stoked about. My finishing time was 4hrs, 20 minutes.
My racing season is now done, so my focus will be on:
1) Healing these stupid injuries (hamstring, glute, plantar fasciitis)
2) Losing some weight (Goal: 160 by my birthday in December)
3) Painting and decorating my condo
4) Going on dates
The weight part will be hard because I seem to have this 166-168 set point that I am fighting. If I can break through that and get to 160 and stay there for a while I will be super happy. I am not going back to the dietician because it was the most useless way to spend $450. The only thing she told me was to reduce my proportion of carbs down to 55% (from 65%) and take in fewer calories. Ya think!?? I'm not sure what my strategy is going to be, except I am going to experiment with exercising less. Yes, that's quite the concept, isn't it! My theory is that all the hard training messes with my appetite and my metabolism, so it just wants to hang onto fat. I'm going to keep all my workouts to less than 60 minutes (mostly 30-45 minutes) and also incorporate some weight training twice a week. I'm also going to try really hard to eat about 1600 calories per day. That will be really tough for me as I tend to get squirelly on anything less than 1800. I'm hoping that the reduction in exercise will help me do that.
Painting and decorating will be fun. I already have my colours picked out (two shades of medium/dark beige, plus a brick-red accent wall), so it's just a matter of buying the paint and getting started. And I think I found a solution to my window covering/hardware dilemma (thanks 1kea!).
Dating, well I'm not sure if that's going to be more or less difficult than dieting! So far it's been a big old pain that hasn't yielded anything. My relationship with the non-BF is getting in the way a bit (it's working well for him, just not so well for me), so I'm trying to figure out the right balance there.
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Thanks for commenting on my blog about my sore knee. Definitely could be pushing on the pedals too hard. I have trouble spinning as I tend to go slower and I'm already kinda slow on my highest gear (21). I go like 12 mph and up to 16. I would like to get clip in pedals but I'll wait a while and need a road bike instead of my old moutain bike (though I did put on road tires for this danskin race coming up).
Nice times on your races! I hope to do like 2hrs 20 minutes for my sprint and it I beat it, it will be good. It's my first race so I don't expect much as I've still got a lot of wt to lose.
Interested what you say about cutting down on the exercise and try to lose more. It seems when I have upped my exercise I don't lose fast either. And that's like exercising 2 hrs most days of the week. Then I just think maybe it's that I don't journal my food which I need to do.
I'll check back and see how you are doing. I haven't checked your blog in a while and like to read about races and inpiration how you lost the weight! I can't wait till I break into the 160 which will be next year I hope.
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