Sunday hot yoga

I survived hot yoga today though during class I was very aware that I was not re-hydrated and my legs were a bit fatigued after last nights run. This made yoga more difficult than usual though I think it was still very beneficial in helping me stretch out all my muscles. I also stayed a little longer and really stretched out my IT band and quads while I was warm.
I took the rest of today off and even took a bit of a nap around 5ish. lol I'll go to bed early and depending on how I feel in the morning I'll go do some easy cardio and weights in the morning :)

late night run

Today was a busy day with lots of weekend distractions - Kyle's flight was delayed, his cousin came to visit, dinner with mom - all these things kept me from running until about 8pm. Since it was so late and Kyle was not up for my goal of 8-9 miles I went to the gym for the ultimate challenge of doing a long run on the treadmill. I ran the first 2 miles at a 9 min mile pace and then since I had not fully digested my dinner and felt nauseous I walked for about 15 min at a 12 min mile pace. I felt better so I went for my original goal of 8 miles in 80 min max. I started at a 9 min mile pace for the 4th mile, and increased my speed each mile to catch back to my goal time. Every once and while I would pick up the pace even more for a min or two then go back. I was averaging an 8.5 min mile or so for the next 4 miles and 8 min mile for the last mile. So I did 8 miles in 80:05 min by this time they had turned all the lights on and were getting ready to close up the gym at 10. I stretched for 10 min and headed home to stretch out more. Other than having to much food before I felt pretty good. My knee felt good esp once I got in a good rhythm. Thankfully for my ipod I watched a movie to keep me from going insane - well until the battery went out and I kept catching my hand on the earphone cord and throwing it to the floor. lol nothing was damaged luckily.. but the last 20 min were all about finishing. :)

empty pool

I got to the pool around 5:45am and it was completely empty. :) I felt sleepy this morning but generally good. Started with 300yrds of warm up. Then catch up drill with exaggerated rotation 100yrds - one arm drills 50yrds each arm - the end of stroke drill 50yrds. For my main sets I did 50yrds w/ pull buoy, 2 x 50yrds. 100yrds w/ buoy, 2 x 100yrds. 150yrds w/ buoy. 200yrds w/ buoy. 150yrds. 200yrds breast stroke. Cool down 200yrds. I swam for about 50 min or so, I really tried to minimise my rest times and keep good form though out. My knee feels great and I spent some time stretching out my legs and IT band since I was warmed up..

spinning

I set up my bike on the trainer and I spun for about 45 min. The front of my left knee kind of aches, I would not call it painful but it does not feel right or good. It felt weird while spinning and even now after I stopped. The muscle that is healing felt totally fine. I'm not really sure what is off or maybe I'm just being ultra sensitive/cautious right now. But to be honest I'm getting scared of riding.. Which is horrible because it is my strongest part of triathlons...

Mixing it up a bit

This morning I met my friend Cynthia at a great little yoga studio in Bellevue called SHAKTI Vinyasa Yoga for the 6:30a Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga class. It was great though I definitely still don't know all the postures and progressions so many times I felt lost. I was a little tired at first but once I warmed up and got moving I felt much better. Only once I felt strain on my quad muscle and I just slowed down and moved past it and it felt fine after.
I used my YOGITOES SKIDLESS yoga towel again and it was great - this time bumpy side down :)