Day 19

Day 19 was my last actual workout before the Steelman. Since I was visiting my Grandma in Hanover (near Gettysburg) I thought it would be a cool idea to go for a run on the battlefields there with my Dad. We started off in Devil's Den and wrapped our way around and ran up Little Round Top. It was a short but intense workout.

Day 18

I was at my Grandmother's house today and decided to walk to walmart and back just for something physical to do. Not a very exciting post but on a plus side the Steelman is Sunday!!!!!!!!

Day 17

Day 17 was another push-up, sit-up, mountain climber, wall sit, jumpies, 6-inches kind of day. I've been wanting to rest my legs in preparation for the race.

Nerves started to kick in today when I received and email with all of the information I would need for the race including the wave I would be going out in (near the end of the doc). It suddenly got real for me that I would be doing a triathlon on Sunday. Its always been so far off in my head that it was never an actual thing that was going to happen. It was sort of like trying to get excited for Christmas in June.

Yay for new experiences, boo for nerves.

Day 16

Day 16 was a recovery day. I have been going hard for the past couple days so I decided to take it easy and just go for a walk.

I want to make sure I go into the race on Sunday as well rested as possible. I want to give myself as many advantages as I can.

Short post today. I'm tired.

Maybe a run tomorrow.

Day 15

I felt like changing things up today. I decided to do some abs and strength exercises.

I did...

-crunches
-bicycle crunches
-planks (both sides and reverse)
-push-ups
-wall sits (1 minute each)
-leg lifts
-"thing-where-your-legs-are-up-in-the-air-and-you-reach-toward-them" crunches


It wasn't a very structured work out. Just something to do while watching Ghost Rider (there was literally nothing on tv). However, I was sweating profusely and my heart rate was up the whole time.

I'm going to try to take it easy this week with the Steelman quickly approaching. I want to be well rested for the race

Day 14

Well I was feeling MOTIVATED today. With the Steelman only a week away I decided to to a "dry-run" if you will. I Biked 13 miles and then slapped on my VFFs and ran a 5k which is the distances for the race. I was very surprised how good everything felt. I was able to pace myself well enough where I didn't need to take any breaks.

The bike took me a little over an hour and the run took me about 40 mins. Although I didn't time myself. I just kind of glanced at the clock before I left and when I was in "transition".

Next week should be a piece of cake (famous last words)

Day 13 (sorta)

Well for you die hard fans This post is coming a day late. I was in State College yesterday moving out of my old apartment and into my new apartment and I didn't have access to the internet.

I am definitely counting moving as my workout for the day. First off it took all day and it was hotttt. Second off (and more importantly) I was moving from an apartment on the third floor to an apartment on the second floor. And no it wasn't the one right below it.

Needless to say it was an awesome stair workout.