Swimming Day 1 and Muesli
After a really mediocre run last night (my knee is acting weird) I decided it was time to get in the pool. Luckily Scottie and I were on the same page so we got our lazy butts out of bed at 6:30 to go to the pool. 6:30 may not be early for some people, but I HATE getting up in the morning, absolutely hate it and I wait until the very last minute to get up. Luckily it was pretty warm already and the water was not as cold as I expected it to be!
Now I will preface this by saying, I am not much of a swimmer. Apparently when my Grandparents took me to swim class when I was a wee tyke I screamed bloody murder. So I didn’t get the swimming gene, that was passed onto my sister. I kinda taught myself to swim when I was about 12 and Steph says I look like a drowning dog. Oh well, I keep myself from drowning for the most part. Last summer Scottie and I tried to swim a few times and I was ok, but since I didn’t really have a goal I didn’t really stick to it. Now that we have decided to sign up for this tri I now have a goal!
I realized pretty soon that my form was not going to be perfected before this race, I just needed to get my endurance up to be able to do 750 meters, which we calculated to mean 30 laps in our community pool. Ugh, I almost died after the first lap! But I did 4 laps at a time, 3 times and felt pretty good about that. I alternated between my modified, head out of water freestyle stroke and breaststroke. My hearts has never beat that fast! I forgot how tiring swimming was! We both got out of the water and drove home and I think we both could have gone back to bed, it really took it out of us. So we have our work cut out for us. I think instead of 2 swims a week we will increase it to 3 or 4 just because we really need to get stronger and I can make that sleep sacrifice so as to not end up drowning in Harris lake. I also think I will nix the weight lifting until after the tri, I just think it will be too much and swimming will give me enough of a workout for my stick arms.
Luckily I was thinking ahead last night and prepared my breakfast before bed. Meghann posted about a muesli she made yesterday morning and since the spinach and egg white omelets are nearing the end of their appeal I figured this would be a great, filling breakfast after a workout.
Last night I combined :
1/2 cup rolled oats
1 T. oat bran
1 T. ground flax seeds
2 T. golden raisins
2 T. sliced almonds
a drizzle of honey
1/2 cup non fat plain yogurt
sprinkle of cinnamon sugar on top
I covered the bowl with plastic wrap and put it in the fridge overnight.
This morning I topped the bowl with a tablespoon of almond butter and a sliced banana.
This bowl was FILLING! As in I couldn’t even finish it! It was also a bit drier then I would have liked, so next time I will thin the yogurt with some milk. I loved how everything softened up though and the easy prep allowed me to take my time and eat at the table with Scottie, felt like a leisurely Saturday morning, except for the whole dragging my butt to work thing. I will certainly be making this again, especially on mornings we have a hard workout!
May 28th, 2009 at 8:38 am
Yay for Muesli!!! I like my ceral a bit drier which is why the 1/2 cup of yogurt was fine, but a little bit of milk will make it probably more mushy to your liking