Took some time to recover this past week.

I did my markerset/TT run on Tuesday and my Markerset/TT on the trainer on Wednesday.  Thursday, I was having a really bad day, so I ended up just going for a walk with the dog.  Friday and Saturday I rested and recovered and then Sunday I joined up with Team Alameda to see what it was like to do a group ride with them.  Boy was I in for a pleasant surprise.  Fantastic group of people, and a great ride through areas I hadn't been before and where I probably wouldn't have gone by myself.  I think we ended up riding about three hours.  Hit a few challenging (for me) hills and overall just had a fantastic day.  The only bad parts were 1) my bike 'ghost shifting' in my low (climbing) gears and thus making the climbs 10 times harder then they had to be, and 2) getting caught in my clips and majorly biting the back of one of my legs with the opposite petal.  

BUT, there was one positive to all of that.  When one of the other riders took my bike for a spin to see if he had fixed my ghost shifting problem... HE nearly wrecked because he couldn't unclip.  All this time I thought I was just dorky and uncoordinated and part of the problem was that my clips were too tight!  He adjusted them for me and I have to say, I'm 100% more confident when coming to a stop that I can get out of my clips and not fall over!

The goals for this week are:

1) get in some quality weight training

2) spend some time doing yoga (trying to solve a tightness issue in my back)

3) clean up the nutrition!

4) Train

The training plan is:

Monday - Rest

Tuesday - Tempo run

Wednesday - Tempo swim/Tempo Bike

Thursday - Speed work (run)

Friday - Rest

Saturday - Bike/Run Race Sim Brick

Sunday - Open water swim

I'm finally starting to feel a little fire in my belly again - it's good to be back!

Lose It! Weekly Summary for Week of Mon, May 31st

Weekly Summary for Week of Mon, May 31st

for Shawn Mueller-Boddy

Daily Summary
	Budget	Food	Exercise	Net	+/-	Weight (lbs)
6/2/10	1,333	0	0	0	-1,333	207.4
6/4/10	1,333	0	0	0	-1,333	207.4
6/5/10	1,357	3,343	1,810	1,533	176	211.1
6/6/10	1,357	1,334	0	1,334	-23	211.1
153 calories over budget for the week
Gained 3.7 pounds this week

Nutrient Summary		% Calories
Fat	203g	40.3%
Saturated Fat	62g
Protein	259g	22.8%
Carbohydrates	420g	37%
Sugars	129g
Fiber	29g

Exercise Summary		Calories
Running	45 Min	528
Bicycling	1 Hour 5 Min	980
Swimming	20 Min	302
Total	1810

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Well,  this has been a tumultuous year.

I've gained weight I didn't want to gain.  I've not trained the way I wanted to train.  I've had to change plans dozen of times (it seems).  And yet, yesterday, I finally got out and did a Triathlon.  It was a sprint, but, I did it.  And despite all the set backs of the year, I didn't do as bad as I had thought I would.  Hey, I didn't come in last! In fact, I think I might have even seen a slight improvement on my bike.

Overall, I have a lot of work to do to get back to the shape I was in last year, but I'm willing and ready to do it!

Next weeks a recovery week, with short runs and rides to recalibrate my baseline, then it's back to serious training to see how much I can improve before doing the same race on July 10th.

I'll have some fitness goals soon - weight goal - I'm going to drop 16 lbs.