First Week Almost DONE!

Well, I have almost finished my first week of training! I started out the week with swim workshop on Sunday, we did repeat 200's and I was doing them in about 4 minutes with 30 seconds rest. I am so happy with my swim....6 months ago I couldn't even put my face in the water and this week I am swimming 1000 yards! Thanks to Shannon! On Monday we were scheduled to do a swim/run, but I over swam on Sunday, so I just did the run. That felt really good. Then Tuesday was cross training or rest day....I took the rest! Then Wednesday was our first "real" group workout. We did 30 minutes of spin and then 20 minutes of swim mixed with getting out on deck and doing strength training. This was pretty crazy. There were about 20 people in the indoor approx 4 lane pool (the best part was the 80 degree temp) with no lane markers (which is good practice for open water). Every 2 laps we got out of the pool and did a strength exercise, like push ups, lunges, squats, sit ups, etc. It was a lot of fun actually, and the time went by really fast! Then Thursday was a 65 min bike/10 min run. That was a little bit of a mental challenge for me on the indoor trainer. It was soooo boring and my butt hurt so bad since I have not ridden my bike in months. I had to wear 2 pair of padded shorts and put a pillow on my seat!!!! I made it though...and then I had to run on the treadmill since it was so dark outside. Oh I am so happy for a rest day today! Then Saturday group training is a bike/run....oh my poor ischial tuberosities!!!!!