I have not been very good about keeping up on my blog but am doing a bit better filling in my spreadsheet...just a bit.

I haven't been feeling super excited about the marathon on Sunday. Haven't even signed up yet! Been training, but not been as focused on this race as I have on other marathons. Didn't make it through 10 x 800 on the 3:50 and knowing that will carry me through mentally. Also have put back on the weight I lost plus a few extra pounds so that doesn't help. I stopped WW a couple of months ago after not seeing results for weeks and recently decided to track everything I ate for 100 days. I am on week 3 of that and I am trending upwards on the scale. But I at least have much more information about my eating than I have ever had before so that is good. Making some adjustments to the tracking program helps too.

Anyway, I had a good workout day today starting with swimming. Because my lane was crowded, I swam down a lane and led it so I got more rest but it took a bit more effort than being a caboose. One of the guys in the lane said after "It is good when you swim in our lane. It hurt, but it was still good."

2500 Swim Practice @ 01:00:00

I was then trying to figure out to do a taper run but yet get in a decent workout so I came up with the brilliant (the brilliance has been questioned by Ruth) idea to do the spin class at work followed with a 3 mile treadmill run at an 8:35 pace. I worked super hard in the spin class and then hit the run with everything I had left, including the last .25 at a 7:30 pace :)

Spin Class @ 00:50:00 bricked with a 3.25 Mile Run @ 00:30:00

I was super tired during swim practice this morning :(

3450 Swim Practice @ 01:20:00

Got in my short long run today during lunch. Brrrr! Ended up going a
mile over and doing it at a tempo pace - 8:40. So odd that I could
not even hit that pace during my scheduled 5 mile tempo run on Monday.

11 Mile Run @ 01:35:45

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I went to Swim Practice this morning because I am doing the Stair Climb with Seattle Fitness tonight and wanted to take it easy on my legs. Today was backstroke day and, oh boy - I really have no natural talent for the backstroke whatsoever...

2200 Swim Practice @ 01:00:00

The stair climb was a lot of waiting around, but the climb itself was FUN. Next year, I will train to hit it under 10 minutes :)

56 Floor Stair Climb @ 00:11:45

Swim practice was good today - I managed to stay with my lane during the 1000 free!

2800 Swim Practice @ 01:00:00

Then I checked out the spin class at the work gym. I ended up getting in a really good workout despite my initial skepticism about the extra bouncy instructor who seemed to be auditioning for the next trainer spot in "The Biggest Loser..."

Spin Class @ 00:45:00

Rest Day!!!

Yoga @ 01:15:00