Brick What?

No not the lyrics she's a Brick House. Brick workout...not 36 - 24- 36, but 75 - 15 - 15. It is basically what is on the agenda for Sunday Morning, a Brick Workout. 75 minutes on the bike followed by a 15 minute run then about 15 minutes of stretching. Normally I would do this on Saturday, but I have 24 hour in house OB call tomorrow. Some stairs and lots of lounging are on my agenda. Hopefully some sleep so I will be strong Sunday Morning.

Overall my Base Training is going well. I feel strong running and feel good on the bike. Swimming NOT SO MUCH. Man do I need work, although I knew this already. I met with my swimming coach today who is a Masters Swimmer in her age group, a mother of 2, and a Pediatric Surgeon. She is awesome and was impressed with my progession since we last met, but we need to work on form. I have strong legs, but I need to relax my ankles and bend my knees less. We did some kicking exercises which really helped me isolate the proper kicking motion. I cross over on my stroke just a bit and need to do less of that, in addition I drop my arms, especially on the right...so I need to keep my elbows bent and use my arms more as my paddle. My coach gave me more advanced exercises to do...so I have a clearer plan when I'm in the pool.

My overall training plan is going great. I really like having Monday's off after a Brick workout. It feels weird to do two other sports in addition to running, but it breaks up the week and offers plenty of variety. My butt hurts less on the bike now....I guess more time on the saddle does help.

The down side to working out more, is less time to do the other things I like to do. For instance, less time to blog, less time on FB....which BTW is so addicting... and less time to leisurely read. A few good things are by the end of the day I'm exhausted. When I can I take an afternoon nap, I hit REM sleep in minutes. Not sure if this one is good or bad???? I'm always hungry despite drinking a ton of water and eating 6 small meals during the day. Maybe I should write down what I'm eating to make sure that I am getting in enough calories? We will see about that one??

It's going well and I'm enjoying it! Thats a good thing. I'm outta here, gotta get some sleep for work in the AM. I liked this quote by Lou Holtz so I wanted to include it....

Ability is what you're capable of doing.
Motivation determines what you do.
Attitude determines how well you do it.