CEP socks, I love you :)

So today was my long run day! But it wasn't very long :( I was much too sore to run 10k like I planned to, but much too not sore to not run... so I settled at 4 miles! I ran it fast, good splits, but it hurt. so. bad. It was SO HOT out, and this is just a taste of the summer! Plus my calves and ankles were bothering me a lot more than usual...

But guess what! Because of my awesome CEP recovery socks......

I'm not even sore. At all! My legs feel great! I was honestly a little skeptical before I got them... but like I've said before.... they work amazingly well! :D I was even jumping on the trampoline after I ran ;)

Well I'll probably just stay chill and rest tomorrow from training... but it looks like another pretty good week weather wise, which = lotsa good training!

I have a couple more additions to this years races! :D I'll work on getting them posted soon!

Thank you so much for reading! :) I'll be back!

One beautiful brick!

Today's training:  A bike/run brick! (simulating race day) I rode 13 miles, and ran 5k. So it was nothing big or long, but it was brick so it was obviously hard! I am definitely pleased with my bike splits, but the run wasn't my best... it was good! But not my best :( During the bike portion my left quad, hip and lower back were all like numb/stinging! It was so weird... but then when I got to the run they were fine! The last 1.5 miles of the run was pretty rough though. I started getting dizzy/feeling lightheaded and whatnot. But that may just be my body getting readjusted to the hot weather! But overall it went great! Nothing I couldn't handle!

I actually did a short run yesterday too... so although I wasn't sore at all, going in to today's brick I was a little nervous about what would happen. But it didn't affect me at all! It was so awesome! ;)

Depending on how my legs are feeling Saturday, I'm hoping to do a longish run... like probably a 10k. I may even take it to trail running again! We'll see how everything goes...

Thanks for reading! Train even harder!

A ooey gooey birthday!

Yes yes yesterday was my birthday hold your applause.. please, enough applause! Haha jk :P But what else would I do to celebrate the day of my birth other than ride my bike??? Nothing! So, I rode my bike!

I got to enjoy a pleasantly brutal, hot and cold, UP and down ride with a few friends yesterday! (notice the "UP") Okay actually... The ride was RIDICULOUSLY HARD. There you have it. But I guess that's what happens when your friends are triathlete FREAKS ;) It was fun though don't get me wrong! We rode 26-27 miles total but it felt like 300 while we were riding! My legs hurt. so. bad. Running around all this afternoon probably wasn't wise :P

So why was my birthday ooey and gooey? Well, because of these:

I heart Clif shot bloks... they are amazing. They pretty much taste like huge gummy bears... and anything gummy=deliciousness! Plus they work fantastically! It's not like actually ooey and gooey... but kinda... it's a yummy kind of gooey!



Well I took the day off today... But that's okay, this weeks weather is like picture PERFECT, so I know I will get a lot of training in! And OUTside at that ;)

Have a great week, train hard! and..
Don't drown.

Don't crash.

Don't walk.

Allow me to explain

Yes I know my blog header has been pretty sloppy recently... I'm working on it! You've probably seen the black and white picture that I'm trying to add with my blog title... which has also changed ;)  I just wasn't entirely pleased with how it was looking or with the title. So I went from "Onward!" to "Looking at the World Through Rose Colored Goggles", which I thought was suiting for me and for the focal purpose of this blog by changing "glasses" to "goggles". Does that make any sense? Basically I'm just mixing things up a bit right now. ;) That is if I can figure out how to do it! I'm not 100% blogger fluent yet :/ One day it will look good!

Now. Back to training. My workouts have been small/short this week... but hard. Yesterday I went to KDMC like normal, got in the pool and proceeded to do that days swim workout, when about 1/8 mile into it my right quad starting STINGING. Nothing like a normal muscle cramp... this was like, bad. I have no idea where it came from! And while swimming of all things! So I thought I'd stop, take a breather, massage it and keep going. But that didn't work... it kept burning until I just got out after 1/2 mile. So weird. I was also planning to run, and I really wanted to go through with that... sooo I did! Despite burning quads! You wanna know what's even weirder? It was totally fine while running! This really puzzles me...

As for today though, I was very limited on time. But I still managed to squeeze in a short, fast run! It felt great... I only did a mile and a half but at a very fast pace. Gotta be fast as well as have endurance! ;)

Bike name update: I'm still contemplating! But it's coming, so stay tuned!

Ride #1

I got my bike!! Yesterday morning! :D And I looooove it!

It's seriously beautiful... the colors and just everything! I also got to get a good feel for it today riding out on the Long Leaf Trace with some friends! We rode about 25 miles, and it hurt. ;) But that's okay... it was a good and fun ride. I'm excited to ride it again!

I will try and post some more, and better pictures of it soon! But there it is! :D

P.S any name suggestions? ;)

Ice ice baby

So I'm not much of a runner when it's 36 degrees outside, sadly. Anywhere <40 is way too painful to even try! But, I can still swim :D
Both Monday and yesterday I swam, and each day it went very very very well! Monday I did just under a mile and three quarters, and yesterday I did just over a mile. Fast. Like my splits were probably the fastest they have ever been... woop woop! Now as for today, I'm not sure :/ I'll either do normal strength stuff or I may end up at the pool again! Annnd same for tomorrow with it's 32 degree high, ice, and freezing rain. But Saturday and Sunday look like pretty nice days to get out!

Well that's what's up. Hoping to get to Jackson on Saturday morning to get fitted to and bring home my new bike! Sure is a nice, big birthday present ;)

Have a great Wednesday! :)