Holy cow.  This past Sunday was Ironman Louisville and boy am I tired  (hahahah). 

Let me tell ya how it went!

The Swim was interesting.  A total of 800 yrds on Thursday started off this Ironman …..

The Big Swim!

The Big Swim!

Followed by a total of 60 mins Friday on my bike while sitting on the trainer.  My average heart rate was a whopping 84 bpm!! 

Fat Bottomed....yeap!

Fat Bottomed....yeap!

 Next I was off for the final leg…a walk with the dog!  After all that swimming, biking, I had to get the walk in!  How was I going to finish 30 mins of walking the dog????Finish off IM Louisville with the big walk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In all seriousness……Who would have thought that I would be sitting out my second Ironman?  I never would have.  This was a kinda hard week…knowing that Wed I would have been leaving, Sunday I would have been racing. 

But that is how life goes isn’t it?  Instead I had a spectacular strength training workout and a lovely restorative yoga class. 

Yeap, I’m back to “training”.  Although not in the way we triathletes are use to.  My “program” looks like this

Monday: 30 min easy walk in the morning, Restorative Yoga in the pm.  Tuesday: Rest   Wednesday: 30 min easy walk in the AM, Strength Training during lunch. Thursday: 30 min swim at lunch; Friday: Rest; Saturday: Restorative Yoga; Sunday: Strength Training  and a 1 hr spin on the trainer.                                                                                                                                                                    

I must say it feels nice to be following a program again.  Oh ya, and with that…I’ve hired a new coach!!!  Her name is Cary Kinross-Wright with Endurance Performance Coaching! 

There where some things that I felt I needed and was on the hunt for a new coach that incorporated strength training and recovery into their training plans.    I also wanted a coach who has worked with athletes coming back from Adrenal Fatigue.  So when I met with Cary and she told me she was also diagnosed with Adrenal Fatigue and know a lot about it…first hand.  I knew it would be a perfect match!  I’m looking forward to a new perspective on training and getting healthy again and feel I’m in the right hands to make a great comeback for next season.

Ironmans come and go.  Hopefully this will be the last one I have to sit out.  In the mean time, I’m becoming addicted to Restorative Yoga and who knows what more I’ll learn about myself.