This week was a tough week for me.

I had a lot going on at work and on top of it I was deathly sick. Like so sick and coughing so hard I contemplated going to the ER a few times. I was short of breath and coughing all day, everyday and I was miserable. I didn’t want to dial back my training either because I was afraid I’d lose momentum, so I powered through. It went fine other than I knew I wasn’t in the right heart rate zones during a few workouts and I just had to chalk it up to a loss. I still got in my time and mileage, but they weren’t all super quality workouts.

The good news is that I feel like I’m on the rise back up. I’m not at full strength yet, but I felt like yesterday and today was a good, solid effort in training. I coughed a few times, but nothing compared to what it has been. I think I’ll be back to full strength by mid-week (I hope at least). I also believe having good nutrition helped me through this week. The hubs and I are on day 13 of 24 of the Advocare 24 Day Challenge and we’re still going strong! I’m down 4 lbs and he’s down 13 lbs — LOL. It’s all good though as I’m only about 8 lbs off from race weight and I know it’ll come off fairly easily with consistent training and nutrition.

Week 3
Total Time: 8 Hours
Total Mileage: 63 Miles

This week it was nice to feel my swim improve. It’s crazy what three weeks of consistent swimming and drills can do. I already feel like my swim endurance is 100% better than it was during week 1!

Second picture of me laughing is courtesy of my husband dancing to my music in the living room!

The hardest workout of the week seems like it’s the day where my plan calls for a bike session and then a swim in one day. It’s just hard to figure it out logistically. My gym with the pool has ONE spin bike, so if I go and someone is using it I’m outta luck. So I have to start my day super early at home on my trainer and then head to the gym to swim afterwards. At this point I don’t want to split up my training yet. I like doing it in the morning and being done with it for the rest of the day. I know this workout is going to get tougher too when the time and mileage increases.

Overall I’m just thankful I’m starting to feel better. A few of my treadmill runs this week were straight sufferfests. I’m not even thinking about outdoor runs or rides at this point because I don’t think my lungs could take the cold air. So I’m stuck indoors for the next few weeks. I haven’t been hit with cabin fever quite yet, so it’s all good  🙂

Here’s to week 4 and feeling more like myself again!