Podrunner is SO cool

I walked/ran for 45 minutes in the heat at our local park yesterday, loving my new High Roads Sweatvac hat and my podrunner mixes (couch to 5k) that I downloaded from iTunes. The music kept me motivated, and instructed me when to walk and run to keep on pace with the training program. I also wasn't as winded as I normally am, because the music's BPM are set to make sure you don't overdo it.

I brought my dog Sammy with me and by the time we were done, she was more tired than I was. She jumped in the back of the van and layed on the floor panting the whole way home, which is very uncharacteristic of her. She normally jumps up and scratches the inside of the car trying to see out the window. All in all, it was a great workout for both of us.

My plan is to do this 4-5 times a week instead of the recommended 3 days, since I have a little more of a running base, and then I can decrease the 9 week cool running timeline to 4 weeks, since thats all I have before my next event.

I will also swim laps at least once a week for 45 minutes-1 hr at the local pool, and ride for 1-2hrs once a week. Since I trained harder on those sports for my last event, that should balance me out for the September race.

No more Masters?

I skipped Master's last night, opting instead for a good book and going to bed early. At 9:30pm I remembered that Mark will be leaving for Vegas Thursday night and I wont be able to go then, and the Y is closing the pool for three weeks on Monday, which means there is only one masters swim session left prior to my event (instead of the two I go to weekly). Oops.

Lucky for me, Mark said he would stick around til I get back from Masters on Thurs, so at least I will have one time to swim before my next Tri. I guess I'm going to need to go to the local Doylestown pool and pay the guest fee to swim. But I tend not to swim for as long when I am by myself, so hopefully I can find some friends to go with me and do some laps. At Masters, this is not an issue since peer pressure is a strong motivator.

Today I plan to start my running training. I am going to go for an hour, and walk for 30 seconds, run for as long as I can, then walk for a minute, etc, etc. Hopefully by the end I will have run for at least two miles and then I will build on my distance from there. I am going to wear my tri shorts, because they seem to be the only item of clothing I have that do not chafe or ride up when I am running (outside of my long WARM running pants, and those won't do in 90 degree weather!). My goal is to make it up to 4 miles before my next event, and hopefully that mile cushion will help me make it 3 miles when my legs are tired from swimming and biking. I am also going to try the music mixes found at podrunner (itunes podcasts)that go along with the Couch to 5k running program I linked to yesterday. Music is definitely another great motivator for me.

What are your motivators?