http://Lindsey.sweat365.com Aspiring to be a triathlete!!! Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:23:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Took my heart rate a few times during my run and saw that it was getting pretty high on the run intervals so I took things down a notch. Was raining out so by the time I got home I looked like I had jumped into a lake somewhere ... http://Lindsey.sweat365.com/2008/08/15/run/ Felt good to be running again. Was breathless at times but it felt great. Was happy to see that the bronchitis didn't effect my mile time too much from were I left off. Starting at 2 min run and 1 min walk intervals until my body and ... http://Lindsey.sweat365.com/2008/08/14/first-return-run/ Return to strength training, was pretty good, breathless at times, but felt great.  Very excited to get that back into my routine.  Full body weights and abdominals, 3 lbs, 2 sets, 16 reps.  Hopefully will get back up to 5 lbs again soon. Pretty busy tonight but hoping to get in ... http://Lindsey.sweat365.com/2008/08/13/strength-training/ Second swim of the week.  Did one length of freestyle without drowning!!!  Yay me!!  Usually I do the easier strokes, this has definitely given me confidence and motivation to try more next time.  Very excited about that.  Pretty sore today from yesterday's return to swimming and bowling with friends.  Made sure ... http://Lindsey.sweat365.com/2008/08/13/swim-5/ Accumulated stretching for the 12th and 13th.  Extra stretching on the 13th since I was sore from swimming and bowling on the 12th, especially in the shoulder. http://Lindsey.sweat365.com/2008/08/12/flexibility/ First swim since bronchitis. Finished the inhaler on Sunday. I was very happy about that since it was making me dizzy and giving me headaches, gotta love side effects. Anyway, felt great to be swimming again!!! Was pretty slow going and had to take alot of breaks because ... http://Lindsey.sweat365.com/2008/08/12/back-to-swimming/ Brian and I took Bandit to the dog park and we walked the perimeter while she raced around with the dogs and played.  It was more of a leisurely walk and I would say about 1.5 miles.  Was very nice.  Looking forward to another power walk on Wednesday night, if I ... http://Lindsey.sweat365.com/2008/08/05/dog-park-walk/ Yay!! I am back to working out!!! I took Bandit for a 2 mile power walk to see how my lungs would do. I did pretty well. No coughing but did feel out of breath for most of it. But thats ok!! I could ... http://Lindsey.sweat365.com/2008/08/04/1st-workout-in-several-weeks/ Since the doctor put me on the inhaler my bronchitis is finally getting better.  I have about 9 more days of the inhaler but the doc said that if my cough was better by Monday I could start working out again, weaning myself back in very slowly.  My husband will ... http://Lindsey.sweat365.com/2008/08/02/yay-my-bronchitis-is-finally-getting-better/ I saw the doctor for the third time on Monday for my bronchitis as this is the 6 week. :(  Thus far I have gone thru two cycles of different antibiotics, the second being pretty hard core.  During this 6 weeks, by doctors orders, I have been unable to do ... http://Lindsey.sweat365.com/2008/07/30/status-update-on-my-bronchitis/