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Last Monday and Wednesday I went running, for 3.1 miles each; Tuesday I went swimming.  Yesterday I went running, for 4 miles–I was pushing my pace a little so I had to walk part ways.

I’ve been reading the manual for my Garmin Forerunner 305.  This watch is ridiculous!  It has a compass and a map feature.  It can tell you how long it will be before you get to a “map point” such as a water stop.

I downloaded a free GPS map of North Carolina from CloudMade, a community-driven GIS mapping project.  This allows me to use … Continue Reading

I went swimming at the Gateway YWCA today, for about 30 minutes.  I got there at around 10 AM, and it looked like a swim meet had just ended.  I’m glad I missed it–I wish I knew how to tell when the pool’s going to be in use, so I can consciously avoid meets.

It’s been a while since I went swimming–I could tell my heart rate went way up although I wasn’t doing much exercise.  It’s going to take a while to build up again to consistent swimming without breaks.

The YWCA is going to be closed … Continue Reading

I haven’t been exercising for a little while.  Like, for a couple of months.  I was going to run a half-marathon in early December, but after I ran my first 10 miler I got sick for a couple of days and pretty much just quit running.

Today I was walking around work all day in my running outfit (today was “PG PJ day” at work, which I fear will be a once-in-a-lifetime event) and driving home early from work, with it being in the mid-60s, I realized today would be a great day to start running again.

So, I ran 3.1 miles … Continue Reading

Total Immersion swimming is amazing. I did lesson #2 today for the first time–I was totally underwater (like my head and body were totally submerged) as I did some of the drills.

I have been swimming for about two months now but I had not been improving much–I got to where I could swim three laps (in a 25m pool, aka 150m total), but I was way out of breath by the end. I’d read a beginning triathlete article recommending that you just swim without focusing on technique for the first six weeks because frankly you just have … Continue Reading