Okay, so I'm sore but what a fab boxing session this eve. Tough session but enjoyed it alot.
Skipping - Pam gave me one of her ropes - they're the proper boxing ones that make you skip faster and faster.
Lots of pad work - all I could think was this must be helping my swimming.
Plus this eve I booked the hotel for the Weymouth half ironman weekend. Absolutely no turning back now!!! Eeeeeek. Must keep training and increase my endurance.
Hey there all my avid followers - all twelve or so of you. I've been a poor blogger recently but I have been training - honest!
Quick snap shot of where lizzie triathlete carter is in her training:-
Yesterday cycled about 23miles over 2hours 12mins - cycled to hedge end and back, did hill training with coach steve from tri club plus did a 21min little run with Pam round the common. Bit tired - need to work on endurance - the whole cycling for 5hours solid and making sure I don't just keel over from boredom!
Apart from that I've been a bit under the weather this week - the stationary bike has been great plus cycled to training course - 8miles round trip 4 times but not much else.
Feel alot better now and am hopeful that this week I'll get back in track with my training.
Attached is a snap of bike gang's ride last Sunday - very wet plus Suzanne's split tire - ended up having a fab impromptu long tea break at hilliers garden centre in romsey - it was as if the gang had planned it in honour of my bday weekend!!!!
Ooh and excellent news about my swimming - my stroke count is now 24-26! Amazing especially if you know it was stuck at 30-34. Absolutely delighted.
I nearly didnt go as working but then I realised I could easily finish what I was doing tomorrow and especially if I get into work abit early.
Hoorah! Nipped home, changed amd was at the gym by 6.25pm. So glad I went. A tough but fun hours workout. Lift home from Pam amd then I spent maybe 15mins on the stationary bike. Really pleased I've exercised today.
Didn't manage run gang this morning as early start at work. Didnt manage lordshill road runners session last night either as working which is why I'm even more glad I left work to go boxing this eveing. Tuesday was a full day - first speed amd endurance runcamp at the spirtscentre 6.30-7.30am plus loads of cycling but hardly anything yesterday.
Nothing planned for tomoorw - will take running gear to hove to Elsie's. I may go for a quick run along the promenade!!!
I'd decided that today I needed to run for an hour just to get myself back into running for longer than 30-40mins as the half will take me I reckon about 2.5 hours. Thats a long time to be running!!!!
I was out for 1:00.19 and gently ran 8km - over the itchen bridge, through woolston by the water then western shore to the pitch and putt and back.
Right knee was quite stiff so when I got back to the flat I cycled on the stationary bike for 21mins while reading deathly hallows on the kindle, listening to absolute80s radio. Stretches, shower and now time for breakfast.
Quite hungry as have only had a banana so far today.
12.15pm - I have done my training, I feel fabulous, packers 49ers wildcard game tonight at 9.40pm so I now have just over 9 hours of pottering about. How wonderful. I'm one huge smile :)
Just back from an hour of boxing down st.mary's gym. Brilliant fun - let's see how much I hurt on Saturday this time.
I'm not sure if you remember or not but last time I was all cocky this don't hurt me one bit cos I'm liz elite athlete carter grrrr. And then two days later on Saturday morning it was as if nelly the elephant and jumped off a high ledge and belly flopped on to me. Ye gods I could barely walk. I was eighty years old. What's that classic saying about pride and fall?!
Exactly!
I've had a hot shower and will aim to be in bed by eleven. Must make sure I get plenty of rest.
But I did love it. Was one huge smile at the end. Great great fun.
So far so good...
Parkrun new years day in torrential rain. Ran with Vik who was doing her first ever parkrun so we ran together. A blustery but fun 5k in 37:27
Then this morning met up with the run gang gang of Stuart, Tamsyn and Katherine and we ran jogged gossiped (tamsyn and I) our way round the common for approx 30mins. Great fun and just good to get in a morning workout.
I'm planning on going to boxing this eve. I may have finally started my winter training!
I've signed up for a half ironman - 14th September 2014.
Need to start training properly - medals are won in the winter and collected in the summer.
Run:
08:56.37 from mums to debs
06:21.23 at debs
27:22.30 from debs back to mums via craddocks, bramley way, round by greville then back into the marld.
03:03.89 stretches outside number 22.
Quite tired, right thigh abit sore.
Plenty to work on.
Brighton half marathon 16th February 2014 is my first event of the season so is my focus at the moment. My new book Be Iron Fit from my tri buddy Katherine will be my bedtime reading for the next few months.
Oh and according to mum's scales I'm 12 and a half stone - so ideally I could do with losing a couple of stone - 28lbs before the half ironman at the latest.
Liz triathlete Carter has got her focus for 2014 - let's see how she does!!!!
Snap is of me just after my run today outside mum and dad's. The other snap is from the back bedroom looking out - lovely view, made me smile as I got changed after my shower.
