Again with the sore and the pain...

and the completely exhausted!

Did Alissa's Dawn patrol class again this morning, and I'm realizing that this new training regimine is REALLY going to kick my butt. Want the scoop?

Sunday - Biking/running brick workout - Bike 7-10 miles, run 1-3miles.
Monday - 5:45am: swimming for 40 minutes, Noon: *Boot Camp (1 hour)
Tuesday - 6:15am: **Dawn Patrol (45 minutes)
Wednesday - 5:45am: swimming for 40 minutes, Noon: *Boot Camp (1 hour)
Thursday - 6:15am: **Dawn Patrol (45 minutes)
Friday - 5:45am: swimming for 40 minutes, Noon: *Boot Camp (1 hour)
Saturday - FULL REST

*Boot Camp is a self paced strength training class - with VERY VERY VERY challenging very targeted workouts
**Dawn Patrol is an intervals based cardio and strength class that is very high energy... each week the workout cycle changes... this week was strength + cardio, next week is pure cardio, the week after... who knows?

Now, granted I've already missed one workout this week... Boot Camp on monday did not happen because I was queasy... but I think this is probably the most intense workout schedule I've ever had.

I was talking to another woman in the dawn patrol class today who said that if she was going to do a sprint distance tri she wouldn't really train for it, she'd just do it... and it kinda pissed me off, but the truth is, she's young, she's very obviously always been in great shape, was a sprinter in highschool, etc... so she probably wouldn't have to train for somthing like a sprint tri... and as annoying as that is to me (Jealousy rears its ugly head) I keep trying to remind myself that this is MY body and its the only one I've got, and if it needs to train for a tri, then I'm gonna damned well train it.

Not comparing myself to the other women in the gym is hard as hell.

Not constantly picking myself apart bit by bit is also hard as hell.

Being happy with the body I've got? Being satisfied with the things its capable of doing now and in the future? Hmmmmm... still a lot of growth potential in these areas for me it seems.

ok... time to brush the toofes (again!) and go see a man about a body-fat percentage... (yeah... Dave Ryan is here again... with his little ultrasound machine... to tell me I'm STILL 25% body fat... joy!)

Posted by Lexy at April 22, 2004 07:45 AM