A Memorial Day

Monday was a great day off for our family. We took the troops to swinging bridges and did the hike with our usual canal walking and tunnel exploring. We lost some slippers, found some slippers and made some blisters. (Couldn't resist the rhyme!) Zack had a ball as usual and even made some new dog buddies. When we made it up to the swimming hole, Troy was holding Sophie and she so wanted to come in the water. But this is the coldest water in Hawaii and hard to get in even for the big kids and I. Well I finely started putting her toes in and then her legs and she was kicking her legs and smiling and leaning for the water, so we went in a little bit more and little bit more until she was all the way in and loving it. I was so surprised. She didn't even seem to mind the cold and just smiled, kicked, wiggled and splashed. It was cute. When her lips turned blue I decided she needed to get out, but that was after 10 minutes of complete joy and satisfaction on her part. As for the training. Malia and I did the pool today and I got in a 20 minute swim with fins and it was a great workout. Rode the inside recumbent bike tonight 10 miles, 34 minutes...very sweaty :) Had an absolute awesome run on Saturday evening. Endorphin high was great and I didn't want to stop although Troy and Sophie were out in the street waiting for me!

Week off

I had to take last week off. For some reason my left foot was having issues, (not me but my foot). The Big toe was sore...ingrown nail? and my heel cracked open. I increased my fish oil intake so hopefully that will help! It was actually so nice to take the week off. I am usually not too hip on being stuck into a schedule although I know it is very helpful to reach my goals. My body is not recovering from the weight lifting very quickly and that may just be because I am out of shape, nursing a baby and not replacing enough protein? This week I was able to swim twice. Tonight we dashed out the door as a family and only had 30 minutes until the pool closed so Troy and I were going to do 15 minutes each but my friend Kazuko was there and took Sophie for me so Troy and I swam together. He was a good coach and just goes to show me how much improving I can do with a little direction. I ran this week as well and it was a good run, but I think I need to run 2 times a week so it gets easier and my distance can get longer. Sophie calls....

Today is the start of week four. So far so good. This saturday I left Sophie with Troy and surfed for just over on hour. It was a fun day, not too crowed and nice clean waves. Today I mopped the floors, did 1/2 of my upper body workout. Did a science experiment with Ember and Ethan (he stayed home today). Sophie took a good nap which helped. My body if feeling stronger, not so chubby with baby fat and I have good energy. I drink Dr. Schultz superfood every am with an emergencyC and I feel good with that. I need more protein. Tomorrow I am looking forward to my run without sore legs. I have run after my lower body workout the last two times and that is sore! Better plannng this week!

Okay, so I am off to a slow start on the blog, but here goes. I am going to attempt to motivate myself to get into shape to do another (my second) triathlon this coming September. I have a 7 month old baby girl, Sophie, and she is my forth child. Kids: Sydney is 9, Ethan is 7, Ember is 3. I did my first triathlon when Ember was 1 in 2005. So triathlon training with kids is challenging, but all the more rewarding.
Schedule: Monday-weight train lower body; Tuesday-run, bike or swim; Wednesday-weight train upper body; Thursday-run, bike or swim; Friday-weight train arms and abs; Saturday-run, bike or swim. The flexibility comes in what kind of cardio fits best into the day. I get a swim in by trading kids with another mom that also likes to swim. We don't have a set day to go we just try to go once a week. I run in the morning before my husband has to leave so that he can watch the baby and feed the older kids breakfast. I have been biking on Friday and pulling the youngest two in the bike trailer to Embers preschool class.
This is my third week of following this schedule. Today I put workout clothes on when I got up and finely finished my workout at about 2:30pm...so much for getting up early and getting it done. It took three attempts, but I got it done!