Averages and all that kind of stuff..

Every week I track how many miles I ran, miles biked and minutes swam. 

Any given week I run any where from 44 miles down to 27 miles per week.. all depending on if I go on a vacation or am sick.. 

Biking and swimming aren't as consistent.. and all over the place for miles and minutes... I'm thinking it's time to start setting some weekly mileage goals for my cross training (bike/swim) 

 The tri sprint is at least 15 miles of biking.. and 1/4 a mile swim. I have no way of measuring the  swim now that I don't workout in a 25 meter pool so I'm just guessing the distance but figure 15 minutes is a good judge of time required for the swim portion in any pool. 

I've been working out on the average 1.5 hours a day and doing at least 15 minutes of yoga per day on top of that.. I need to increase my workout time.. and I need to add on an afternoon/evening workout. Summer is short and is half over.. Time to get moving!

What ever you do is good enough.

Thought I'd start off with my healthy breakfast.. Love that fruit is finally a lot less expensive and I can eat gobs of it once again. 

I started my day checking my phone and reading a short update on some (running/working out kind of bloggers I follow).. This probably isn't a great idea since it makes my running 8 miles seem like nothing. I read stories of women pushing babies in strollers and running with their dogs too. They do all that and run at warp speeds. 

I usually just start my day running with letting me decide how fast and far I feel like going. I have no real plan in mind and choose my route just before I run out the door. This morning my mind was on if I should do some speed work or if I should run farther to push myself to do a long run. I only have so much time and really only feel like doing so much for the morning/day. 

This fudge has nothing to do with running but I thought I'd share the 6 flavors of fudge I sampled.. and keep sampling. I haven't figured out which is my favorite... Maybe when It's all gone I will have one or two?

Back to running.. Instead of feeling blah.. and not going for a run.. This morning I took the hilly 4 miles.. ran it  in 39 minutes and 15 seconds.. Then ran it the other direction.. in 40 minutes and 25 seconds. I felt so great it would have been nice to have long run day. My legs felt like I could have ran a half marathon and if I had enough time.. Nothing else going on.. I would have ran it! 

I have exactly 8 days before my trail race 3 miles. I am not doing it to race. I just want to run a trail and have fun not worrying about my time. This race will be done 2x's this summer and I will wait until I know what to expect before I try to better my running time. I'm glad part of my running route (1/2) I'm running on a dirt road. It's pretty similar terrain to a trail run minus the turns.. and small path to run. 

I am having serious doubts about wanting to do a tri.. The cost is a lot and I don't want to do a lake swim. Pool yes.. lake NO. Might just wait and do an indoor tri. I'd enjoy this 100% better I have a feeling. 

This was my weekend workout!

It was a great weekend in Brainard. We visited from friends that moved to Texas.. and stayed in their MN Cabin for the weekend. 

The sunsets were amazing.... I couldn't take enough photos!!!

 The guys cooked some excellent food.. Steak, shrimp, potatoes, roasted tomatoes, mushrooms/onions.. 

 I have to get this lemon pepper sauce for shrimp.. We added extra lemon and I could not stop eating it!! Which reminds me.. I didn't run and tomorrow I will have to make up for that!! 

 Here's the cabin.. sounds like it might be a every year thing.. We can only hope!

 Jet skiing and tubing was pretty much all the exercise I got! Steve was taking Scott on a wicked ride!

 A nice long weekend...

 We did a lot of this.. eating..sitting.. waiting for the next fun thing to do.. 

Lunch.. burgers on the grill with left over shrimp!

Gull Lake.... 

We stayed up late every night and slept in.... I only allow myself to sleep in while on vacation.. I missed running but R&R is important too! 

Brainard... I am on a break

I keep telling myself its good to take a break. No running the last 2 days....

Looking forward to running but for now more fun

I wanted to say.. I tried.. I did get out at 9am in the lake... put my whole face in and swam. Not far but I did swim a bit. I hated seeing the minnows...rocks with zebra muscles and other misc stuff in the lake. Most of all I do not like lake water getting in my mouth. There is no avoiding this when full on swimming. Can I just do the breast stroke with my face out of the water? 

Just so you know!!

My birthday is coming up... and I would like something  like this..

It's a Garmin GPS watch.. I'm not sure which one I'd like.. but it has to tell me my running distance, be able to upload the info to the computer and monitor my heart rate. All these things are extremely important and #1 it must be simple to use. 

I do have a watch with a heart rate monitor, but have yet to figure out my split times... probably because I have no way to know how far I've ran.. (no GPS!) 

Thought I'd update on my Poison Ivy.. yes I'm convinced that this is what I have instead of itch weed.. 

It's on my leg and I"m going on day.. 5, still itches.. and is really red.. but that could be from all the scratching I do.. I goggled how long does this rash last? 1 to 3 weeks.. Ugh!!!!! The oils from the plant can also stay on your clothing so everything must be washed. I don't think any clothing came in contact with my leg at the time and that's why I ended up with this..I'm still washing EVERYTHING!!!

I believe that when choosing a route to run.. pick the hills! All my running routes contain killer hills.. it's just a matter of which one to I want to do and how far do I want to run? 

Today I picked run the the gym.. 7 easy miles.. a lot cooler this morning 60+F.. the first 3.5 miles I ran in 33 minutes.. the next 3.5 in 32 minutes! Feels good to be done with my run..