Decision Day Has Come

Remember back in March when I made a Semi Race Annoucement?  I was struggling to regain my prior beastly prowlness (what??!!!) after having a long vacation and being sick for an extended period of time.  In my struggle it had dawned on me that I do best in my exercise when I am working towards something that has a deadline.  It's kind of a kick in the butt that I have to make it happen or else.  Remember that?

The deadline was going to manifest as a great leap in the form of the Callaway Gardens Duathlon and I had seven weeks to whip myself into some semblance of shape.   Being a little bit more than nervous, for multiple reasons, I reserved signing up until the sixth week of training to review my progress.  Well, I am entering the seventh week of training right after I finish writing this post.  What do you think I've decided to do?

I kind of gave it away, but I guess you guessed anyway.  I decided last night to register for the race. I am officially running and riding in the Callaway Gardens Duathlon. Yayyy me!  I'm very excited and not as nervous as I thought I would be.  Training has been trying, but good.  Things are still not where I would like them to be but hey, I'm in.

I read a post last week that talked about being fearless and it asked what have I done lately in which I challenged my fears.  My response was, this race!

Weekly Workout Recap / Week 5 Duathlon Training April 20 - 26th, 2015

Monday

15 min Run / 30 min Ride / 15 min Run

BGR Run

Honestly,  I wasn't able to train on Sunday because it rained all day so Monday I opted to do Sunday's training. I only ran one of the run components because I was trying to make it to meditative yoga at Solstice Atl, An Urban Retreat for Moms.  It is brand new in the ATL and you can read my review of it here.  I totally enjoyed the studio, the class and my fit social with my girlfriend.  

I missed the BGR Run we had unexpected guests that we haven't seen for years.  

Tuesday

Rest & Stretch

Since I did yoga the day before I decided to skip it today.

Wednesday

Run 30 / Bike 30

BGR Run

Run and bike went well.  Not sure why I didn't get to the run.

Thursday

Run 30

Rained out and starting to experience some, "I don't wanna".  

Friday

Bike 75 min

I struggled for three miles and my help showed up.  I went further than I have ever been,12 miles, and tried some new trails. Biking is starting to give running a run for its money.

Saturday

Rest

Sunday

Run 10 / Bike 60 / Run 10

Training was brutal today.  No help came and I struggled the entire way. I barely ran the last leg of training.  My legs hurt most of the day, which never happens, and I was completely exhausted.  I haven't been doing any super crazy eating, but I haven't been supporting myself nutritionally either. 

Good news, I got it done.  

On to next week!!

Do you ever feel like you don't want to or am I the only one?