wow long time no write

i can't believe how long its been since i've written!!!  how horrible.  you guys have probably given up on me.  ok, well let's start out with the excuses.....was on vacation, was dealing with abby's allergy issues the week we came back, then this past week i wasn't feeling too well so i was going to bed pretty early every night.  it really has been a crazy couple of weeks.  i hope i haven't lost all my followers, cuz i had so many :)  


well let's start out with vaca.  cayman was amazing as usual.  i did workout about 5 of the days there, did the treadmill and/or bike.  i only ended up swimming 2 of the days we were there.  honestly, i didn't like it at all.  it was extremely hard and i swallowed a lot of salt water which burns your throat.  the only good thing that came out of it was i changed my breathing pattern so every other stroke i take a breath ( i was doing this to avoid picking my head up on the ocean side, cuz when i did i swallowed water from the waves).  its different from the way i was taught, but since i've been home i've been swimming this way and i am seriously doing SO much better in the pool.  the length of my tri is between 26 & 27 laps, and i did 28 laps in 25 minutes.  that is the best i have ever done, and under the time that will disqualify me.  yay!!  so now i am so much less worried about the swim.  just took one little tweak.  


i have also gone on a couple of long bike rides, which was hard for me because i'm terrified of riding the bike on busy roads!  so far i am still alive.   


ok, so now the issues.  the last two weeks have not been stellar as far as my training is concerned.  i have not lost any more weight, and my running is worse.  waaaahhhhh.  my fault, indeed.  i definitely have had a lot going on, and i have been working out, but i feel like some of the workouts have been rushed, and somewhat inconsistent.  like i've probably only run like 4 times in the last two weeks, and i have a 5k sunday.  i ran a little over 2 miles this morning, and i honestly don't know how much further i could've gone without needing to take a walk break.  pathetic!!  i'm going to do worse this time than i did in march :(  this week was tough because i wasn't feeling very well, was all congested so when i exercised it was hard to breathe, plus i was so tired.  i actually went to bed a couple of times at around 10 this week and slept until after 8, which is a lot of sleep for me.  so i definitely wasn't feeling well.  but regardless, the tri isn't going to feel sorry for me.  i have the race on sunday, and then i need to step it the fuck up.  seriously, i have about 2 1/2 months left to train, and i don't want the day to be a struggle.  not looking to win obviously, but i don't want to feel like i'm dying the whole time.  so, no more fucking around, no matter what is going on, i need to make working out a top priority.  and be more accountable with my eating.  i always have trouble after i go on vacation, hard to go back to eating normal, healthy portions again!  this week has been better, but again, not stellar.  time to be stellar!!  


so, this race will start me off to stepping up the intensity on my training.  eating better, and writing this blog so i stay accountable.  NO MORE EXCUSES!!