That pretty much sums up my week. My mom came into town for Mother's Day weekend (to visit her grandson) so I've been busy getting ready for her visit, touring her around when she was visiting, and now decompressing after her visit. My mom is an avid swimmer and participates in many open water swims. She swims in San Francisco Bay (60ish?) degrees with no wetsuit. She did the Escape from Alcatraz swim (it is possible to swim from Alcatraz to shore!), and most recently just swam 2 or 3 miles along the San Francisco city front. Needless to say, she was pretty excited about the fact that I signed up for a sprint triathlon since that meant I would be getting in some pool workouts.
The best possible Mother's Day gift I could give her was to take her to the public pool and swim. On Sunday we did just that. We had to take turns swimming so someone could watch the little guy. Proud grandma was just happy to walk him around the pool and talk to anyone that would listen about her swimming. After swimming, we took a little road trip east to a Bavarian themed town in WA, and spent the night out there. It was beautiful weather and very relaxing.
Monday we spent the day walking around the Bavarian town, ducking into shops, and then drove back to Seattle. The weather was unreal as far as how perfect it was, and my mom was blown away by the beautiful drive back through the mountains to sea level. I always try to show her something new since she visits pretty frequently. Baby boy was a champ the whole trip. He didn't mind the 2 hour car ride, he slept fine in the hotel, and he only fussed a little at dinner one night until I gave him a roasted baby carrot to chew on.
My mom's flight was in the afternoon on Tuesday, it was another incredible day (we really take notice of the sunny days in the PNW), and the hubby and I decided to take advantage of the free baby-sitting to go for a bike ride before he had to go to work. I pulled my bike and helmet out of storage, and holy dead spiders in my helmet. Gross. Once I got that all cleaned out, hubby pumped up my tires and off we went. My first bike ride in over a year! I figured I better start building up my butt callouses- I don't know why they make bike seats so damn uncomfortable. We rode around the neighborhood, there are tons of hills, so it was a pretty decent workout. I was just happy to get the cobwebs out and get back on my bike. I think most of my training rides will be on the flat bike path pulling a bike trailer.
Yesterday it was back to work, back to reality. Wednesday is gym day, and they had a killer met-con (metabolic conditioning workout) in store for us. But first, we had a warm up of running 1 mile. But the route is actually 1.2 miles. I really pushed myself and felt completely spent BEFORE we even started our 20 minute workout. I just kept telling myself that the triathlon would be just like this. Our 20 minute workout included KB snatches, sprints, and jump rope. DYING. Wednesday is also pool day. I got home, played with the kiddo for a bit, and then got ready to swim. Now that I have been in the pool a few times, I decided to work on some technique. First I swam the 1/3 mile (20 laps) uninterrupted (13 minutes), and then practiced breathing every 4 strokes instead of 2. I really think that will improve my speed, however, it is harder (duh).
Scale is still holding firm, 9lbs to go till I meet my first goal. There is room for improvement in my eating. And I have NOT been drinking enough water. Water intake will be my focus for a bit.
I've been super busy at work lately, so apologies for the choppy facts only post. To make up for it, here is a pic from our stay in Leavenworth, WA.
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