Tired Dar

I just sent an email to my coach with that same subject line.  It should actually read “Tired and Happy Dar”.   I previously wrote about my warm, snuggly bed and not wanting to leave it to brave the pool in the AM.  I am very proud to say I did it not once, but TWICE this week.  I also did strength training and core 2 of the past 4 days.  Add the strength training I did on Sunday and you have one tired and sore Dar.  If you know me from the training/triathlon world… then you probably know that I don’t really like strength training, so I don’t really do much of it.  But, the time has come.  Bring it on.

My rest days are usually on Friday.  I am so very much looking forward to tomorrow’s rest day.  Ahhhhh.  Here’s what I did:

Monday
- Swim (2500m – a great workout from my coach, Stacey Richardson – check out her website if you need a great coach!)

Tuesday
- Spin class w/ DeShon at LTF (More specifically anaerobic threshold intervals – let me tell you how much fun those are on sore, fatigued legs)
- Core work (Tim joined me for these planks!!!  Love that he did it, hate that he is in such great shape without trying.)

Wednesday
- Xtrain w/ Howard at the Durham YMCA – ATC location (holy crap, this kicked my butt the most – a bit of cardio and a hell of a lot of strength training workouts… doing this once a week will definitely help get me into shape)

Thursday
- Swim
- Yoga at the Durham YMCA

6 hours over the past 4 days.  It feels like a lot because I’m not used to the strength training.  Am I insane that I look at this and don’t think that it seems like a lot?  I guess that’s good – because this is nothing compared to what’s coming down the pipeline.

I’ve already said it, but will say it again.  I’m tired.  But, I’m very happy that I got it done.  Proud of myself.  Saying that makes me think of a tweet that @neo_endurance (a tri coach in CO that I follow) posted this very am:

Happy Thursday! Let’s get our day started with a quote from Pre. “You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.”

Very fitting for this post.  Great job, me.  But, let’s keep it up, as this is only the very beginning.