September

I worked out 40% of the days in September.  100% of those workouts consisted of trail running.  I don't know that I'll ever ride my current bike again.  I just don't appreciate like I did.  It's a human feat to create a piece of equipment with intricate parts working in coordination with each other, but I'm still displeased.  I'm not sure that's a healthy mindset.  My displeasure stems from knowing what could be but isn't.  And maybe that's an issue we all have in some form or another.  So at this moment, I'm not sure Ill do a full triathlon.  I've done two international tris and I enjoyed them.  I liked training for them.  I probably need to think about this some more.  I have decided to continue to trail run.  Eventually, I'd like to run a 50k ultra on a trail.  In fact, I've daydreamed about hosting one myself.  Races are becoming more popular, so losing money on the deal doesn't seem like such an issue.

I've heard this before, but thought it was interesting enough to post.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/dietandfitness/10161854/Exercise-can-alter-your-DNA-study-claims.html

Vegetarian?

http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1691919#DISCUSSION

Just got back from Spin.  I tried to keep it one gear above the instructor throughout the class and succeeded.  My little app told me I burned 1200 calories again...I'm not so sure.  Although I did eat like a horse when I got home if horses eat a lot.  Speaking of horses...

Yesterday when I was running, there were so many flies.  I had to continuously wave my hands in front of my face to keep them from going in my mouth.  No less than thirty flew in.  I started thinking how badly it would be if I didn't have arms and hands.  Horses must hate life or they don't have a lot of nerve endings around their faces, so its not such an annoyance. Maybe they have more around their butts and that's why they're always swishing their tails.  Maybe we evolved to grow appendages simply because we were annoyed by other organisms.  Funny stuff.  It would be cool to see a horse grow some arms.  Something to hold on to while we're riding.  I look forward to an age when we can grow things like that instead of waiting for the painstakingly slow process of evolution.  Of course, I guess it would still be evolution, but on hyperdrive.

I got lazy there for a sec about posting.  So I've been doing a lot of Spin classes.  According to my heart rate, age, weight, and time lapsed, it's burning between 1100 and 1300 calories per session.  I can't believe that's accurate, so I'm going to go with the low estimate.

Today I ran 6.8 miles.  It was 102 outside at noon while I was running, which increased my heart rate substantially.  I think that might be the hottest it's been while I was running and the sun at its peak made the climbs particularly hard.  But, it just kept focusing on form, relaxing all other muscles, and telling myself it was a beautiful day for a run.  I think it helped.  Haha.  

It took me about an hour and half to complete the run.  My total elevation gain was just under 2000 ft.  My average pace was 14 min.  Pretty slow.  :)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/9309637/

Started yesterday.  It didn't start off with a bang.  I thought I had been eating sugar-free chips, but they had evaporated cane juice in them.  I ate them anyway.  I held out today though and tomorrow should be good too.

I did a short stretching session yesterday up in Pinetop.  I'm going to go to Spin tomorrow and then I'm going to use that yoga Groupon on Thursday.  As I get more into a routine I'll post my schedule and grocery list out in advance just in case Brooklynn decides to jump in on this thing.  :)

I miss my grandma.

Well, today I'm thankful for my job, which allows me the flexibility of working from home.  Without that flexibility, I wouldn't be able to do this.  Doing this triathlon is important to me because I feel like those in healthy positions are fundamentally more in control of their own lives.  Is the inference there that I feel out of control?  Not necessarily...just a little like I'm riding the wind.

Two more things

I've been gearing up for the first month.  Went shopping today for wheat/sugarless foods.  Got a Bikram yoga Groupon.  Nerd.

Wore my toe shoes all day.  Took the kids to the laundromat, carwash, AZ Mills, park, and the grocery store.  They were hilarious/sweet as usual.  Of course, they aren't perfect, but they're pretty close.  Especially when Ande does her butt dance and Bastian kisses his sister.  Not in a gross way.

Ok.  Here are the things I forgot:  Keep your gear very very very accessible.  Like middle of the room accessible.  You have to trip over that stuff to keep you going after the initial kick has worn.

Put a towel in your car.  Your seats will hug you for it later.

I can't remember the rest and I know it's all obvious, but it took me time to figure it out nonetheless.  I'm passing it on either way.