Teacher in Training

Longest run to date today. 1 hour 40 min for 7 miles. Felt great. I needed that long recovery day yesterday. I need to start paying attention to what I’m eating again. I know I can be better and find that balance for fueling and losing.

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And 299 days to go until race day. Seems like a lot but also not a lot. Enough that I’m still feeling good about my choice. I talked to Steph (coach) this afternoon about my plan and where I’m at. She’s good with where I’m at and isn’t worried about me being fit enough. I’m

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Heart feels strong but legs are killing me. Today was a fast finish run. Made it less than halfway through the last interval. Me legs were screaming at me. Then my easy bike ride tonight was anything but. Think it’s because my FTP is now 194 rather than 165. So all my workouts are going

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Busy weekend. Looking forward to starting to get some time so I can focus and recover and train properly. I think that I mentioned that I’m going to start using a coach. Can’t remember. Well, we talk on Tuesday so I’ll have more after that. Today was an FTP test and a recovery swim. Was

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Good run. Solid bike. Update more tomorrow.

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Little bit of a different day. PLC at work so I got to sleep in a little bit and was able to get into the pool during lunch since I was right down the street from my rec center. I did pull the trigger and hire a coach. Her name is Steph and she’s based

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Rest day. Crappy day. Tomorrow is another day to get things right.

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So yesterday was interesting. Did get my workouts in though! So when I got to the pool yesterday there was only one lap lane available. That’s common late afternoon as there is swim team and swim lessons. As a result, there’s only one lap lane. I asked a woman if I could share and she

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I want to get back in the habit of updating this first thing in the morning. It helps me focus a bit. What I used to do was start tying, save it as a draft, then update it at the end of the day and hit “publish”. Was up at 5:30, showered, walked dogs, made

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I’m tired and sore and struggling with motivation and drive to get through workouts. I did get all three of mine done yesterday but I was struggling with what was supposed to be my easy run today. My mind was drifting and my legs felt incredibly heavy. I kept having to take 30 seconds to

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