Yes, the Mermaid Diva is Alive!

Sorry I haven't blogged for a while, but I've been training!
I have been focusing my training on running and swimming for six days a week with Wednesdays being my rest day. I have been running up to three miles and will beat myself swimming 30 minutes at a time. I only need to swim 30 minutes and get plenty workout. i feel pretty comfortable with my swimming form and just need to keep working on building my endurance. I will be increasing my miles with running as I will be running in the PF Chang's 1/2 Marathon with the Running Diva. This week I'm up to 4 miles and will be increasing a half mile up to the marathon in January. The Running Diva and I will be running together on Fridays and may even run the longer distances on weekends at Reach 11, which is an 11 mile "park" in Phoenix that goes to Scottsdale.

Bye Bye Old Suit!
So, this past week I did my usual lap swimming and when I hung up swimsuit to dry I noticed the back side of my suit was lighter colored. I looked at the suit closer and could see my fingers through the material. I had noticed this old suit was feeling stretched out, but I did not know that my backside was about to split!!! UT OH!!! So, I had a special funeral for my old suit which was a simple slam dunk to the trash and bought 2 new suits. One suit for my training and the other a lovely pink and black, (yes I said PINK) suit for race day. I'm a grown woman and will be wearing a bright pink swimsuit...all I can say is if you come watch us in December, you will be able to spot me!


Trip up North!
The Cycling Diva and I went up to Flagstaff. The Cycling Diva went off cycling, while I ran four miles. Four miles is usually not a problem for me to run, but I wanted a challenge that I don't have around my neighborhood in Phoenix--HILLS! I ran up and back a pretty steep hill. I conquered this hill while telling myself..."low and slow" as the Cycling Diva would say.


I'm Working on Endurance!

I was so proud of my swim tonight! My goal was to swim 5-25 hard swimming meters with 10 second rest periods in between. Not only did I swim 5-25 hard meters, but four my rest periods were less than 10 seconds. WhooHoo!

Running and Cycling Diva updates

Running Diva: Ran 3 miles in 38 minutes...woo hoo!!!!

Cycling Diva: Also training for El Tour de Scottsdale (10/3) and El Tour de Tucson (11/20)