January 1st 2015

It's here! 2015 is here! Let's do it! I don't know if 2014 has been a good or a bad year. Certainly a lot has happenned good and bad but I'll just treasure the good moments and let go of the hard situations. I don't know if I'm complicated or if life is but I am taking the bull by the horns and giving it all I've got. Easy? No but worth a try! Working, studying, mother of 3, taking kids to competitions but... as they say where there's a will there's a way and I'm willing to find it! Nice easy walk today. Looking forward to tomorrow! Oh! I am starting the year with patellar tendonitis on both knees and on my right shoulder but hey... wouldn't it be boring if everything was perfect? My goal for the year... My first Half Ironman in July! Happy miling!

January 13th

Day 13 and back at it... tried and so far, so good... no pain, no discomfort... 15km bike ride (mountain bike) with hills like hell (to me, as this was my first time at such a thing) About an hour, like 45 minutes up and 15 down, LOL! And then we did a walk around the running circuit of the duathlon. Forgot to say this was to practice an upcoming duathlon although we were NOT able to do it as the group was going way to fast. We were the only girls and the boys had no intention of waiting for us... ho-hum... Gee-weez... those were some hills, man oh man... so we just walked although up to km 1 and then after km 3-4 (of 6.5) it can be ran. Great workout and injury free (fingers crossed). Thinking about signing up for the duathlon as the bike is quite technical and hard but hey... I think it can be done :p It's 6.5k/21.5k/2k... nice workout that fits in nicely with the training for my upcoming marathon :D

January 12th

Day 12. Feeling slightly better but still can feel the pull on my quads... some more core work. I don't want to stop!

January 11th

Day 11. Not giving up. Injured on both quads so... strength training it is!

January 10th

And so we go for Day 10... core work due to my injured quad. Oh well... could be worse and I haven't stopped moving! I will run that Marathon on March 17th, oh yes I will!

January 9th

It is Day 9 already... oh my... where does time go??? It's been a good day today! Did the ST circuit twice and ran 10kms :D The not so bright side is that I've injured (not as bad as the other one though, at least so I think) my other quad, the right one... torn/ruptured fibers again. Not as painful or big as a week ago on the left but definitely a tear :( There's no stopping now. Swimming comes, once again, in the picture... there's always a bright side to things :D

January 8th

Janathon Day 8... and I still keep moving! Yay! Loving it! I had my effort test today. Heart doc says my heart is perfect and I can train for my marathon no problem. All arteries, all veins, the heart, all parts, everything is perfect. So happy about it! I then did ST as follows: 25 mountain climbers 15x3 squats 15x3 tricep dips 15x3 hamstring "rises" 15x3 push ups 15x3 toe rises 15x3 lunges 30x3 crunches 15x3 back extension 10 burpees Moving indeed! And tomorrow... Janathon Day 9... bring it on!