It's hot now. The studio's Open House is over. Work is still work, but perhaps is going to be manageable in the next couple of weeks. Ultimate Frisbee is starting this week. I rode my bike to work today for the second time ever. It's not going to rain much if at all this week. And it's almost June. All of these things make me feel like there is a new page to turn in training/exercise and reason to be excited and motivated.
I'm happy I got to ride to work today. I was yelled at though, which was a bummer. I knew it would happen some day, and that if I continued to ride more, especially on the road, that experience was bound to happen. It made me feel crappy. My ride home was uneventful, except for managing stop and go traffic on a hill.
So, I'm not sure what is next for training. I'd like to pick a race to try to see how fast I can go. A short race, 5K. In the meantime, I'm looking forward to more good track days and Ultimate helping to whip me into shape and lead to some fun times.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Track Tuesday
Warmed up 1 mile.
Then did 14 x 100. I've never done that many 100s. I don't know what got into me.
Plus, I looked up my 100 times from last April...and they were all about 22 - 23 seconds each while my times today were 19 - 20. Sooooo....either my GPS was screwed up or the track is wrong or I am stopping my time funny? It just seems really hard to believe that my times were faster today, because I was in way better shape last year. Perplexing...
Anyway, here are my times. So I have them as a benchmark. My favorite was my last one. Because I told myself to push, listened, and pushed. It got a 'fuck yeah' when I was done.
19:30
19:45
19:62
20:27
19:80
19:25
19:02
19:00
19:55
19:00
19:48
20:03
19:35
18:75
Then did 14 x 100. I've never done that many 100s. I don't know what got into me.
Plus, I looked up my 100 times from last April...and they were all about 22 - 23 seconds each while my times today were 19 - 20. Sooooo....either my GPS was screwed up or the track is wrong or I am stopping my time funny? It just seems really hard to believe that my times were faster today, because I was in way better shape last year. Perplexing...
Anyway, here are my times. So I have them as a benchmark. My favorite was my last one. Because I told myself to push, listened, and pushed. It got a 'fuck yeah' when I was done.
19:30
19:45
19:62
20:27
19:80
19:25
19:02
19:00
19:55
19:00
19:48
20:03
19:35
18:75
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Busy Work Week
Christen and I are getting ready for our Open House at the office and the workload is just nuts. But, I'm determined to not let it get in the way of working out.
So far this week:
Sunday - I kind of lifted and did some leg exercises.
Monday - I ran 3.3 miles at lunch. It was a pretty awful run. I had to stop and walk a few times. I'm really not sure what is going on with my legs. The ache is bad and is the entire leg. Eventually it can go away. But it's so painful...and a recent development in things. I just don't know.
Tuesday (tonight) - I ran 8 x 200 at the track. I don't know if that was enough, a good amount, or what. It was hard. By the time I came to the end of each 200, I could barely breathe. The weather got super humid all of the sudden, so I'm sure that is part of it - the other part of it being I haven't been doing this.
I'm trying to get some consistency back into my workouts. I feel like I've been trying to do this for quite some time though.
Plans for the rest of the week... I can't ride my bike tomorrow because I have a bunch of errands to do. But perhaps I'll lift and run. Thursday and Friday I could ride... I just don't know when to do my runs. My schedule is all out of whack still and I'm not sure how to fix it.
So far this week:
Sunday - I kind of lifted and did some leg exercises.
Monday - I ran 3.3 miles at lunch. It was a pretty awful run. I had to stop and walk a few times. I'm really not sure what is going on with my legs. The ache is bad and is the entire leg. Eventually it can go away. But it's so painful...and a recent development in things. I just don't know.
Tuesday (tonight) - I ran 8 x 200 at the track. I don't know if that was enough, a good amount, or what. It was hard. By the time I came to the end of each 200, I could barely breathe. The weather got super humid all of the sudden, so I'm sure that is part of it - the other part of it being I haven't been doing this.
I'm trying to get some consistency back into my workouts. I feel like I've been trying to do this for quite some time though.
Plans for the rest of the week... I can't ride my bike tomorrow because I have a bunch of errands to do. But perhaps I'll lift and run. Thursday and Friday I could ride... I just don't know when to do my runs. My schedule is all out of whack still and I'm not sure how to fix it.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Day 2 after running 13.1 miles, and I'm not as sore as I was yesterday - woohoo! I can get up now without having to stabilize myself for a few seconds.
A quick recap of the Pig Half:
• 2:33:something. Which is a slow pace. I didn't want to go that slow. It was a slower pace than I ran my marathon! That says a lot, lol.
• Felt great in the beginning. Got a bad side stitch mile 4 but I ran through it by grabbing my side and making what had to have been a pretty hilarious face.
• Fell apart on the hills; they wiped me out. But I'm not surprised, as I wasn't very well trained. I need a hill plan. Hills and me aren't friends right now. They bully me! I need to learn how to fight back ;)
• Races are a lot more fun when you are properly trained for them. While I was willing to have a suffer-fest, I just couldn't move any faster than a shuffle at times.
• I am very very very happy that my joints never hurt during this race or afterwords. My hips hurt afterwords, but that pain went away the next day. I am so thankful for this - it's a good sign. My IT band didn't hurt either, though it was sore to rub after the race. But it didn't make my knee hurt. All good stuff.
• I looked at this race as a really good workout, kicking off a new phase of training for some fun times ahead!
I put some race ideas/options in a tab up top, mostly 5Ks. Just have to see what people want to do! I love running with friends! And I have some goals for myself this summer.
A quick recap of the Pig Half:
• 2:33:something. Which is a slow pace. I didn't want to go that slow. It was a slower pace than I ran my marathon! That says a lot, lol.
• Felt great in the beginning. Got a bad side stitch mile 4 but I ran through it by grabbing my side and making what had to have been a pretty hilarious face.
• Fell apart on the hills; they wiped me out. But I'm not surprised, as I wasn't very well trained. I need a hill plan. Hills and me aren't friends right now. They bully me! I need to learn how to fight back ;)
• Races are a lot more fun when you are properly trained for them. While I was willing to have a suffer-fest, I just couldn't move any faster than a shuffle at times.
• I am very very very happy that my joints never hurt during this race or afterwords. My hips hurt afterwords, but that pain went away the next day. I am so thankful for this - it's a good sign. My IT band didn't hurt either, though it was sore to rub after the race. But it didn't make my knee hurt. All good stuff.
• I looked at this race as a really good workout, kicking off a new phase of training for some fun times ahead!
I put some race ideas/options in a tab up top, mostly 5Ks. Just have to see what people want to do! I love running with friends! And I have some goals for myself this summer.
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