Making it work in the heat and humidity of New Orleans! Sunday - When I called ahead, the JW Marriott in New Orleans told me they had a lap pool…Umm, no you don’t! So I’m shifting the swim sessions out and the running sessions up! So, now we're doing a 60-minute run! The fitness center was so hot the day before, I didn’t want to go back there. I ran outside all around the Quarter! (It’s not that big!) Went out about Continue Reading
Overwhelmed!
I’m on a trip in which I haven’t had a good swim option (the hotel told me they had an outdoor lap pool. Uhmmm, no you don't!) So I’ve pushed out 2 swim workouts and pulled up 2 runs. (Running in the New Orleans heat and humidity.) I have three more trips in the next 2 weeks. A business partner just asked me to attend a 3-day train-the-trainer session in California in July. And this request for 3 more days out of town Continue Reading
Week 17…Getting used to making it work and getting resourceful
Getting business done in the midst of a full week getting ready to head off to New Orleans! Sunday - I played the game of getting in my 2 hours, however possible. Got up early before it was time to pick up the kids from their cousins’ house. Got in 1:05 on the trainer downstairs. After dropping my son off at his birthday party and before showering to meet my friends in the burbs for a late lunch, I got in the other Continue Reading
I’m on the taper!
The first 20 weeks are nearly done. Funny, after often worrying about how to fit in training, I begin to feel like it's not enough; I feel a little lost without the challenge of "getting it in." This week I did a very-untaperlike thing and added in 2 strength classes because I missed strength the last 2 weeks...too many on-site days one week and a migraine the other. I won't do this in the coming weeks! I caught Continue Reading