IRONMAN UP!

we were introduced to a new phrase this week, IRONMAN UP!, basically it means "man up." we were told whenever we are having a hard time doing our workout, especially when we have to wake up at the butt crack of dawn and drive to he boonies and do a long workout in the pouring rain, that we need to IRONMAN UP! this weekend, i sure can say I IRONMAN'D UP!

yesterday, we did about a 6+ mile run, swam in the pool for about 1.5 hours, and did a total body conditioning for an hour with coach elaine...trust me that's a workout in itself, and extra challenging since it was after a very demanding workout. for the run yesterday, they mapped out a course for us around the neighborhood that we ran 3 laps around. they say it was about 6 miles long, but the pedometers that people were using said it was closer to 7 or 8 miles. either way I RAN (jogged) THE WHOLE WAY, DIDN'T WALK ONCE! we were in the pool for about an hour and a half and of course did some very hard drills and workouts.

today, we were in the pool for about 2 hours and did a bike/run brick, 3 x 30 min bike, 15 min run, 10 min core. we were all sooooooo sore from yesterday, i didn't think that i was going to be able to finish the workout today. in the pool, coach alex helped me learn how to not rest on the side of each wall. today, i didn't use the wall at all except in between sets...annnnnd it was a 50 meter pool, not your usual 25 meter. our bikes, were set up in the boy's locker room b/c it was raining the whole time. but that didn't stop us from swimming, or running and doing core in the rain. i know i'm definitely going feel this tomorrow b/c i already feel this now. =P