6 Weeks Left

I'm back! Its been awhile since I've posted. The reason for this is the fact that I have fallen off the straight and narrow. I did not go to the gym these last few weeks and I might have ran three times. We have been really busy here on campus and for about a week I was the only Dean on duty, or having to travel because of some event, as a result my fitness took the back burner... There is no longer room for excuses. Its crunch time and I need to be absolutely focused. Today I spent some quality time at Starbucks typing out a detailed workout plan for myself, I went to the gym did pilates, ran, and the most exciting thing about this day was I finally bought a bike! Whenever it gets here I will post a in depth review of my awesome new bike.  It is a Vilano Aluminum Road Bike 21 Speed Shimano after weeks of searching and debating I decided that I didn't want to spend anything over $500 for a bike. I am an absolute beginner when it comes to cycling and I didn't want to spend a ton of money on a bike. I almost bought a Walmart bike... than I searched a little more, reads some articles, read reviews on amazon and finally settled on this one. The best part is the bike I bought had a suggested retail value of $500 it had been marked down twice and I ended up paying only $199 plus shipping. What a blessing! I know that I still have to wait and see what I got in the mail but I'm confident that it will be fine. If not amazon has a good return policy.  In the next coming days I will go into detail about the schedule I have for myself until than here is the table that I have for week one of my 6 week training schedule. Hopefully all will go well and I will be ready November 10! Week 1 Training plan
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Sabbath	Sunday
-Run 2 miles (3min run, 1 minute walk) -Bike 7 miles Strengh a	Swim (8) Pilates Strength b	Run 2 miles Bike 7 miles Strength a	Swim (4) Bike 7 miles Strength b	Swim (2) Run 2 miles Strength a	REST!	Run 3 miles Bike 10 miles If possible focused free swim

  

Week 6 day 2

I've been going off track a little bit with my running training, however I think its good for me to take it a little bit slower than my couch to 5k program is directing me, because I noticed if I do the same two weeks in a row I tend to be stronger when its time to move up a level. Also I feel like since I'm doing running, biking, and swimming I have to limit myself so I won't get injured. 

I like to workout at the civic center during the middle of the day there are less people there. Today I got there around 3:30 and when I went to do some weight training these huge guys were coming in and out and making those super annoy grunting sounds as they lifted there 60-70 pound weights. I felt really awkward with my little 8lb dumbbells. 

I didn't go swimming today... I wanted to but I just didn't have time... well I went to Pilates instead. I

find that doing Pilates really helps me with my flexibility and I hate leaving it out of my workout schedule. I could go tomorrow morning before work but I know tomorrow is going to be extremely long and busy. Maybe I can practice for a couple of hours on Thursday. :) 

Today I ran. I ran further than I ever have. The most amazing thing is the fact that I'm pretty sure I could have ran longer. I'm doing this! I'm running, I'm biking, I'm learning how to swim. I'm so thankful for the people in my life who have encouraged me and helped me believe in myself. Thank you.

Oh my word tomorrow I'm going to wake up early and go do Yoga,the class starts at 7am that may not sound to early to many but its been so long since I've actually woken up that early.

Right now my goal is to keep going