Tri Stats

Just a quick update on the event I put on for work and participated in yesterday...

The Indoor Tri went beautifully!  It had a few glitches like any event does, but we were able to troubleshoot those glitches pretty easily!  Not only was this my first time putting on this event or any event like this, this was my first time ever participating in a triathlon! Granted it was not a true triathlon, it was a good way for me to get my feet wet and get my first taste of what triathlons are like.  My feelings... I love the idea of doing triathlons!  My only problem is I SUCK at swimming!  I have never really excelled at the front stroke (not a good one to miss out on)  because when I was a kid I used to get ear infections from swimming and so I did not like putting my ears and face in the water.  On my first length I was keeping up with everyone (PS also my first time swimming competitively with others), but on the way back I was sucking air already!!  Now I should tell you I did not do an ounce of training for the swimming portion, so maybe if I trained for that leg I would have felt a little better.  But I'm not going to lie the swim portion was the longest 10 minutes of my life.  So to sum it up if I really want to do triathlons I either need to suck it up and figure out a way to get through the swim portion OR do triathlons that have an event other than swimming (ie. kayaking).  Here are my stats from the Indoor Tri...

Overall Female: 16th out of 56
Female 20-29 Age Division: 9th out of 31
Female Event Leaders: SWIM- 47th out of 55 (I wasn't kidding you!)
                                    BIKE- 12th out of 59
                                    RUN- 11th out of 57

(The number of people that participated in each event was different because some people DQ'd for some events)

Total Mileage Traveled in the 45 minutes of activity: 11.51 miles (29th out of 85 male and female)

I didn't take any pictures on my own personal camera, but there were pictures taken on the camera at work, I'll try to get some of those as soon as I can :)

So Close...

Today I was SO CLOSE to receiving my new running shoes!  I purchased a pair two days ago and apparently the UPS guy came by but no one was home :(  No one home = no shoes!  They are going to try again tomorrow, but I won't be home then either!  I think I am going to leave a note for the UPS guy to leave it at the door... I think I can swing coming home for lunch tomorrow to pick them up so no one steals them.  I think they will be okay, but when I am going to be gone from 8am to 8pm tomorrow I would rather not have them sit outside my apartment door ALL day long.  A lunch break away from my desk will be a nice treat!

We are getting SO CLOSE to having everything ready for the Indoor Tri on Saturday!  For those of you who do not know I am the Special Events GA at UW-L and I put on events for the campus and for the community with the help of three great SE Sups that I supervise.  This years Indoor Tri has 103 people, a little down from last year, but what are you going to do when the University is hosting a Relay for Life the night before.  I will be sure to get some pictures to share with you guys from the event.

Workout
Since I played basketball last night and have a 6 mile run on my plate tomorrow I took it fairly easy with a 50 minute bike (moderate pace) today.  It felt sooo good to loosen up my legs from the night before.  I'm sure my legs will be thanking me for not doing my usual spin class (a little more intense then my bike ride this morning) when I get out on the road tomorrow.

Eats
Today wasn't my greatest day of eating, however, I had no time to snack so no extra calories in between my meals... which is no good for me because I LOVE my snacks.  I am one of those eat every 3-4 hours kind of girl.  How about you?  How often do you eat each day?

Breakfast- Smoothie (strawberry yogurt, blueberries, walnuts over Multi-Grain Cheerios).
I have never tried having my smoothie over cereals, but it wasn't too bad.  I think I would've liked it better without the walnuts in the smoothie mix though.

Lunch- 3 pieces of sausage pizza
I know terrible!  I LOVE pizza, it is probably one of my favorite foods!  Even though it is one of my favorites I do not eat it that often, however, when I do I cannot control myself!  Normally I do not eat out or order in at work during the week, but it was one of my co-workers birthdays and his girlfriend ordered him pizza from out of town and told him to share it with the rest of us!  Wahoo for birthdays and great girlfriends!

Dinner- 2 egg white & cheese sandwich, over night oats (1/2 c oatmeal, strawberry yogurt, & 1 Tbsp dry angel food cake mix)
This is the first time I have experimented with cake mix in my oatmeal.  The flavor it added was great!  Angel food isn't my favorite cake flavor, but it was all I had so I can only imagine how great my oatmeal would taste with Funfetti or Chocolate cake mix in it!  Warm oats with cake mix in it is my next adventure... probably tomorrow morning actually :)   Do you have any good oatmeal (warm or cold) concoctions?

That's about it folks!  I'm off to bed, hope you all have a wonderful night!

Cram, Cram, Cram

Today was a day of total chaos! All day I was rushing around!  Here was what it looked like:

6:50- Rise and Shine!
7:10- Out the door on my 5 mile run (this took longer than I expected since NO ONE clears their sidewalks... annoying!!)
8:05- Return from my run scoop up my things and get to the REC to meet my friend for lifting
8:40- Shower and get started at work on our event this weekend... Indoor Tri... work, work, work
10:30- Biomechanics class
12:00- Quick warm up my lunch... General Tso's chicken and rice (best left overs ever)!
12:15- Back to working on our event- logistics, graphics, t-shirt orders, volunteers and scoring... we were having a major crisis, because there were no records from the previous GA about how scoring was done and it's pretty complicated (we got it figured out now!)
4:30- Interpretation of Statistical Data class
5:30- Work on my take home test in Muscle Physiology that is due tomorrow... eek!
7:00- UW-L Women's Basketball game... they won and will be advancing onto the second round of play offs!
9:00- Grabbed a friend to help me dig my car out of the snow that I got stuck in this morning when I was parking... luckily the snow softened a bit so it was easy compared to when I tried this morning
9:10- Work more on my take home test

Fast forward to the future...
10:15- Intramural Basketball game
Who knows when- PASS OUT!

Whew!  Hope your day wasn't quite as hectic as mine!  What was the highlight of your day?  Mine was definitely the women's basketball game :)

Thanksgiving in February

Today we had our monthly all-staff meeting at work. All-staff meetings are a great time for a college student because not only do we get a free meal, but the food is always delicious! Today the meal provided was like a Thanksgiving meal.  It seemed even more so like a Thanksgiving meal because the turkey we ate was from our Turkey Trot in November that me and my crew put on.  Also on the menu were Bush's Baked Beans (originated from where my boyfriend is from!), coleslaw, potato salad, hummus and chips!  I don't know if you caught that last part, but I said hummus!  I LOVE hummus!  I have never had success making it, but I love store bought hummus as a dip for just about anything or in a sandwich.  Hummus is a treat for me because it is kind of expensive, so when I saw that hummus was on the buffet line I DUG IN!  I definitely had my fair share and then some.  Does anyone have a hummus recipe that has been successful for them?


For exercise today I did my four mile run outside!  I woke up with the best attitude ever about my run, because I knew it was going to be nice enough outside to enjoy my run.... that does not happen very often during this time of the year in Wisconsin.  Four miles flew by AND with the use of my heart rate monitor that I get to use for the semester through my Human Performance program, I was able to keep myself close to my goal pace of 9:30 the whole time!  I normally run way to fast for my running level and in turn burn out and get tired very easily.  Over the past couple workouts I have noticed that my ideal heart rate to keep me at my goal pace is between 160-180 bpm. Do you use a heart rate monitor?  What brand do you have?  On top of my run I was supposed to have an intramural basketball game, but it got cancelled due to the other team forfeiting.  When I heard this I was actually relieved because our game is at 10:15pm... WAY too late for this kid!! Last week I could not get to bed until 1:30am because my body was so alert after playing.

After finishing all my work at the office and my classes I headed to the UW-L men's basketball game, since the girls were on the road tonight.  This is one of the things that I love about doing my Masters here where I did my undergrad because I am still able to support the basketball program that I used to play for.  Both the men's and women's teams have been doing great this year!  The women have almost clenched the 2nd spot in the conference and the boys are in line to be #3 in the conference.  Woo, go Eagles!

Where did you go for undergrad/grad school?