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10 Weeks To Go

Posted by Active Belle on Feb 22, 2008 1:40:24 PM

I revved up a little slower this week than I would have liked but the good news is I did my first swim to run workout and felt good. I ran on the treadmill because my shins and knees still hurt. It took my legs a few minutes to warm up but I felt good after that.

This weekend will be tricky. I am supposed to swim and run on Saturday and then bike on Sunday but I will be driving a moving truck for

8-hours on Saturday and then unloading and unpacking up in the mountains on Sunday. I am confident that I'll be able to fit in the run on the local trails but I won't have access to a bike or a pool.

Gale-- what do you do when you can't get to a pool or on a bike?

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Feb 25, 2008 3:59 PM

Gale Bernhardt says:

Hey Belle ~

Sorry I didn't see this until today (Monday). I'm going to assume you did a fair share of "loaded" squats and upper body work - carrying boxes and moving. In this case, don't worry about trying to get in a bike or a swim.

In other cases, like traveling somewhere with no pool access and no activity - you can do some swimming with swim cords. I'll have to look for a good example of how to use swimming cords - but 15 to 20 minutes with the cords is plenty.

When there is no access to a bike, then hiking or staircliming are good options.

Hope the move went well.

Feb 25, 2008 4:33 PM

Active Belle says in response to Gale Bernhardt:

Thanks Gale--this is really helpful for the rainy weekends I spend up in the Santa Cruz Mountains. I realize today that all the truck loading on Friday and all the unloading on Saturday were actually pretty good workouts!

I know there are some good stretch cord workouts in the swimming section so I will check those out.

Belle is a little active but she wants to get more active. Follow her through videos and blogs as she works with help from Active Expert Gale Bernhardt to prepare for the wildflower triathlon next May.

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