Did a brick and I'm drowning slowly

Alma has been working on an "indoor triathlon" at her gym - 2 miles running, 10 miles biking, and 12 laps in the pool. I did the first two parts - known for whatever reason as a "brick," or so she tells me - today, as a measure of solidarity. I felt pretty good afterwards and my pulse never topped 150 or so, which is good news; when I first started trying to run again, I would soar up around 180, which is more than a bit fast, so it appears I'm managing to regain (or just gain) some fitness.

For the record, I did the two miles in 31:05 - it was one mile walking and one mile running (broken up, not straight-up consecutive like that) - and the bike in 27:48, for a total time of 58:53. Considering I had conservatively estimated my time up around 70 minutes beforehand, I think that's pretty good - even more so considering I felt fine afterwards (and even did 20 reps of chest press with 17.5-lb dumbbells). We'll see how I feel in the morning, of course, but I think I stretched pretty well this time.

(As far as the title of this entry, that's what I hope won't happen when I try working the swimming in, perhaps in the next week or two.)

4/9/07 Gym Report

Today I did two miles on the treadmill - half a mile walking, half a mile running, another half mile walking, and a final half mile running. I felt surprisingly good afterwards - running indoors (and on a treadmill) is not quite the same as running outdoors, of course, but I thought it was pretty good distance not to feel totally winded. Of course, I tried to run on the track a week and a half back and wore down pretty quickly. The difference may be that when I'm running on my own, I might go faster than I should because I'm not really aware of my speed. I did about 5.5 mph on the treadmill and it worked pretty well.

I did a handful of weight machines on the floor below after the run, as well.

Weight on the gym scale after I got out of the shower: 193. Lower than it's been for a while, it seems to me. I've been eating generally lighter - not much snacking, smaller meals - so I'm sure that's been helping too, but that plus the gym can hopefully push the number ever lower. I haven't been under 180 in five years, so that's a goal on the horizon.