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Back to the bike commute and my stats are trending up 🤸

Took the road bike this morning and my average moving speed is over 20k/h with a zone 3 heart rate! I've been holding back on actually signing up for the fall triathlon because I know I'm not the fastest cyclist and I'm self-conscious about being able to complete a sprint tri in less than 2 hours. The one I have in mind I apparently read the schedule wrong because I thought the awards started 2.5 hours after the swim start (which is done in 4 minute waves) and the thought of still running to the finish after awards had started filled me the worst kind of dread. But I'm an idiot and they're actually 3.5 hours after swim start. That I think I can do haha

I ran cross country back in elementary school and my last race I vividly remember the girls starting first and then the boys like 10 minutes after and getting passed by the boys was the sharpest feeling of embarrassment that I was in tears by the time I finished and never did it again.

Anyway, on a positive note, I've been wearing my bike jerseys to commute since it's been 100% humidity and stupid hot this week and they're fitting really well if not a little loose, which is a cool feeling. Oh! And one of the people I ran next to for a while during Sunday's 5k followed me on Strava so now we're mutuals and she keeps giving me kudos for my commute rides which feels very funny since it's basically just been for my own training record up until now.

30:11! 🤸

12 seconds off my goal but I'm jazzed that I could roll up to the start line having just spent 2 weeks on vacation, with minimal training over the past 6-8 months, and took over 2 minutes off last year's time. Oh and I came in 419/1355, and 170/765 women!

It felt just as hard as it did last year and that hill in the 3rd km is a form of physical and psychological torture that I think might contravene the Geneva convention 😂 I did record my fastest km at 5:29 though, which is super cool (yeah I started too fast lol). I still had a little gas in the tank to finish at a good run and passed a half dozen people in the final stretch - last year I struggled across the finish line. I also got to size down in the race t-shirt from M to S!

Easy taper run to get back in the game 🤸

Played some cyberpunk after work and had full intentions of doing a run, then decided I'd run tomorrow, then finished a side gig and hauled my ass onto the treadmill lol

Despite all the walking I did on vacation I never really got my heart rate up into actual cardio so the run felt really good. Might try another short one tomorrow or Saturday.

Antwerp and Amsterdam were a blast, though I caught a cold in Paris and have been feeling gross since I got home on Monday.

Going to try to get a run in tonight since I have my 5k on Sunday and haven't run in weeks. So we'll see what happens 🤷

My school semester is a mess and the course I'm taking started a week late and is so disorganized I have no idea what is due when (despite there being like 2 things due every week from now until August) including a 30% final exam and a 20-30 page paper worth 10% which is actually bullshit, so I'm trying to get into another course. Fingers crossed I can salvage this semester so it doesn't tank my overall GPA. Literally my last semester and it's all gone to hell 🫠

First week in Europe! Blowing through step goals and eating macarons the size of my face ☺️

The food in France is incredible and I've been hitting a solid 12k steps a day, maxing out at 19k. I haven't been actively exercising but I'm missing my foam roller because my legs are STIFF lol. Going to have to get a few warmup runs in the week I get back to prep for my 5k on the Sunday. I know I was pushing for a time goal but my training load has dropped to 0 and I'm just going to finish and have fun with it because I'm not going to go nuts and burn myself out or beat myself up over it if I don't run a sub 30. Does eating baguettes and macarons count as carb loading? Lmao

So now the cord is up there with my passport on my list of things to pack lol

Took the road bike to work this morning and topped out at an average moving speed of 21.5km/h!

There's a bus that does basically the same route I take to get to work (that I take in the winter) and I finally beat it today! It was right behind me when I left home, passed me down the hill then it was behind me again where the bike lane converges back with its route. I also hit a couple green lights that are almost always red so that probably helped too lol

Really vibing with Garmin's new activity overlay 🤸

Made it back out again tonight for trivia bringing my total up to 20km biked today, and clocked in at just over 10k steps which is way more than my usual.

Brought my training status back out of recovery which is nice, hoping to push it into productive tomorrow with my commute and maybe an after dinner run.

Been a super down week for training.

Family birthday this weekend (lots of eating out and cake) then last-minute company from out of town (more eating out) and I'm feeling super sluggish. The first couple days were delicious but a pretty meh meal at a restaurant yesterday didn't feel like it was worth the splurge. I've felt so bloated that I haven't dragged myself onto the treadmill.

But back to healthy meals today, I'm craving vegetables so bad and packed a lunch of salad, grilled chicken, and a Greek couscous salad that I'm actually so excited for. It wasn't raining when I left for work this morning but it sure did on the way lol but It's supposed to be nice tonight so I'm aiming to get back to trivia after skipping it last week.

My training status has dropped into low but plan to build it back up before I leave on vacation. My high aerobic is going to drop but hoping lots of walking will keep me from feeling stagnant while away.

Another sub-30 5k!

Started slow and planned to do a long run but was feeling strong and decided to pick it up and see if I could beat my last time. Almost pulled off a perfect negative split but I struggled through the last km. Also accidentally set the incline to 8% mid-run and slid to the back of the treadmill lmao I keep thinking I need to program in the race route with inclines so it'll shift automatically in practice because that hill in the third km is murder and I don't want it to feel as awful this time around.

Even pushing my high aerobic training harder garmin still has my training status in maintenance. Gotta start upping my treadmill time with some longer runs and bike rides.