Tag: swimming

Back to the workouts

by Ariana Peters, posted in Uncategorized

Howdy! Happy Tuesday!

I got my butt up this morning and went to the gym

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My tablet does not take the best pictures at night.

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I did some bike and swim then headed to work.
Work is crazy right now so the days go by quickly but they are also quite frantic feeling.

On top of that last night we found out that our landlord is going to sell the house we are renting. We don’t know if we will be staying or not or how much rent could go up. It is all up in the air, which is super stressful.

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Another lovely night comiserating with Carrie Bradshaw. If you have ever spent years dating this show is soooo relatable. Whenever I feel like I might never find someone and feel lonely and hopeless this show reminds me to be strong and independent.

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I love hanging with my puppy.

How was your Tuesday?

Any dating advice on how/where to find the right guy?

Monday Motivation**May 2, 2016

by Ariana Peters, posted in Uncategorized

OMG its May!!!!!! How did that happen?

 

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Happy Monday!!!!

Monday- AM strength training, my trainer kicked my butt! I was already shaking half way through

Tuesday-AM spin and swim

Wednesday- AM swim with trainer

Thursday- OFF

Friday-AM spin and swim

Saturday- AM spin

Sunday 10-11 mile run

 

What does your week look like? 

 

Monday Motivation**April 25, 2016

by Ariana Peters, posted in Uncategorized

Welcome to the last week in April 2016!

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Today- i am taking the day off to rest my legs a bit more. My feet are doing better but my calf muscle still feels a bit sore like i over stretched it when i twisted my ankle running on Sunday.

Tuesday-AM strength, hopfully as long as my leg is still feeling ok tonight

Wednesday-AM swim training

Thursday-Off, since i am now doing trivia Wednesday nights i don’t get home early enough to make 5:30am spin class without missing too much sleep

Friday-Spin and Swim

Saturday- run 9-9.5 miles

Sunday-Off

 

it is a lesser week for me workout wise but sometimes we just need some rest.

Ugh my stupid phone

by Ariana Peters, posted in Uncategorized

Well this was supposed to upload and post last night but my phone is on the verge of dying so i get to spend my lunch at Costco seeing what they can do for me for a phone plan and hopefully get a new one soon.

Yesterday was a good day i pickedup a pineapple at the store a few days ago and cut it up, so happy we are getting to fresh cheap fruit season!!! I am starting to have good delicious snacks.

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I met my trainer at the gym for a swim workout.

It was beautiful at lunch so i went out for a little walk before the rains hit at night. When i got back i put my legs up to try and drain some of the lactic acid that has built up

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I needed a quick dinner so i drove through subway. Then i ran out the door to my first trivia night from Meetup.com!

It was super fun!!!! I will definetly be going back.

 

How was your Wednesday?

Hardships of being a triathlete PT 1

by Ariana Peters, posted in Uncategorized

Oh so technically i haven’t completed my first triathlon yet but i am working on it and most of this works for running too hahahahaha.
oh and disclaimer, i got all these photos from pintrest, none are my own lol

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seriously. This is even worse when my workout schedule gets screwed up, “well i think i am swimming tomorrow so i dont want to wash my hair tonight”……..5 days in a row.

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Running was bad enough, the shoes, the gels the clothes, add in swimming and biking and my accounts are not only empty, they are negative.

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I crash and i crash hard when i don’t have food. Lets just say the impatient bitch comes out.

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If this isnt your lifestyle you just don’t get it.

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This is slowly becoming true………and i LOVE it!!!!

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Finding someone to either deal with your workout schedule or workout this much with you is diffincult. and yes the more in shape i get the more i want a ripped guy who still fits all my other critera……..apperently i will be alone forever hahahaha

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I swear i shaved yesterday…….oh that was 2 weeks ago…….

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I never have enough clean workout clothes.

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It’s a battle every morning.

something fun to leave you with.

 

Monday Motivation

by Ariana Peters, posted in Uncategorized

Welcome to the last Monday in March!!!!

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Well i was supposed to meet with my trainer this morning to do a strength workout at 5am. I rolled over to look at the clock this morning and it was 5:30am…….oops.

Now i know i set my alarm, not only did i set one alarm on my phone, i set 5!!!!! None of them went off. I know i did not roll over and hit the off button 5 times and not once wake up, at least one of them even had a little puzzle i have to solve to make it turn off. I think the universe silenced my phone and decided i needed the rest. Just saying. And that rest cost me $65 because i still had to pay for the session since i stood her up. Now as much as that sucks i totally understand it, my awesome trainer still got her butt out of bed at an ungodly hour to be at the gym to train me so she should get paid if i flake out or oversleep no matter whether it was intentional or not. I just wish it didn’t cost so much lol, but that is what i get for training through a gym. She should really go independent so i can save some money lol.

As for the rest of the week:

Tuesday: bike and swim

Wednesday: AM swim with trainer

Thursday: bike and swim

Friday: OFF!!!

Saturday/Sunday- 6.5 miles one of these days.

Date Night

by Ariana Peters, posted in Uncategorized

So the plan was to wake up early and get to the pool and swim before spin class. But 4:30am came and i so did not want to get out of bed. So i didn’t lol. I slept in and cuddled with my dog until 5:10 then jumped up and rushed to get ready and walked into spin class 5 min late.

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I left spin class 5 min early to change and hit the pool.

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My tracking messed up i think i hit 600m but oh well.

Then off to a day of work. Then i met a guy from Eharmony for dinner. I didn’t have super high hopes and i didn’t think he was that great looking in his pictures (though i am learning the older i get that personality and clicking im person is becoming more and more important), also we didn’t talk that much before meeting so i didn’t have much invested. We went to a nice little place in Oregon city, the conversation flowed well and he was nice. I didn’t feel the immediate desire to jump his bones (which is probably a good thing lol it will allow me to think clearer) but i would be happy to see him again.

And with that it is bed time for me. No AM workout tomorrow but that means if im asleep in the next 20 min i can get 9 hours!!!!!!!

Monday Motivation**March 21, 2016

by Ariana Peters, posted in Uncategorized

 
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Monday- I am taking today off to rest and relax.

Tuesday- AM spin class

Wednesday- RUn 6 min, Walk 2 min X 6

Thursday- AM swim with trainer

Friday- OFF

Saturday- Trail 10k race!!!!!!!

Sunday- OFF

It is an off week for me, starting the work on the weekends wiped me out as did the time change and i think i might have the edge of something so i am mostly taking it easy. One easy week in the hopes that nothing gets worse.

Dual workout and barkbox

by Ariana Peters, posted in Uncategorized

Woke up at 3:30 this morning!!!!! Though i laid in bed and played on my phone and cuddled with the dog until 4. Hit the gym and did 20 min the water.

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With workout 1 done i changed for workout 2

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Spin class.
I knew it was going to be a hard day when i rolled out of bed this morning  and was sore all over from training and running yesterday.
Spinning was good

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My waterbottle was at that point where it was starting to get gross so i broke down and out it in the dish washer. Bought gatorade at the gym

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My new favorite flavor, glacial frost.

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The delicious cheese i think i mentioned yesterday.
Today was ice cream sundae day at work

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I tried to be good and not go overboard. The first half was delicous then i started feeling horrible but eat these kinds of sweets so infrequently that i forced myself to finish it and felt bloated and gross for like 2 hours. Old habits die hard.

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My new vitamins arrived. I track my food in myfitnesspal and one of the things it has shown me is that i never hit my daily calcium goal so i will start taking these a few days a week to combat that a bit.

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Barkbox came today!!!!! I love opening these boxes!!!

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It is always interesting to see what Artemis is going to like toy wise and what she is going to ignore. Anything Artemis doesn’t want Jasper, my roommates dog, will eventually adopt as his own.

I am feeling a little lonely tonight. I miss having a boyfriend, i miss having my girls around for dinner dates and coffee dates. I am doing a lot better with my  breakup and getting back out there but some nights i still get really sad and lonely. Mostly when i disappointed by the state of men and dating today and get depressed that I’ll never find someone.
This too shall pass.

Well thats it on my end.

How was your day?