Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
boot camp week 3
here's a LINK to Inperspire's week 3 of boot camp. i'm thinking i'll spread it out during the week so i can finally be caught up to all the cool kids. these are the totals:
200 jumping jacks
300 jump ropes
50 high knees
50 side-to-side lateral jumps*
50 hop scotch**
100 squats
100 push ups
100 crunches
50 rope climbers*
50 heel touches*
that breaks down to this for tues and wed
100 jumping jacks (100)
150 jump ropes (150)30
25 high knees (25)
25 lateral jumps (30)
25 hopscotch (25)
50 squats (50)50
50 push ups (50)50
50 crunches (50)50
25 rope climbers (25)25
25 heel touches (25)25
all the starred exercises have explanations of links on the original post.
in other news i ran a couple miles yesterday! yay!
Sunday, June 6, 2010
boot camp week 2 & running
so i didn't end up doing the boot camp exercises during the week. it was very... blah. and kinda busy. i had a final presentation due on tuesday and a final paper due on thursday. i managed to do a little jogging earlier in the week, though. ya know, before the sleep deprivation kicked in. i also went on a 3 mile run this afternoon! woo hoo! i probably did about a mile and a half on the first run (25 min total and about 15ish jogging). i actually ran most of the time today. i definitely had to ice but it was a small price to pay. i'm praying to all the running gods that i'll be able to complete all my legs of the Oregon Relay in a few weeks without incident. i have some of the easiest which i was disappointed about originally but now i'm so grateful.
so now that it's 1:30 on sunday morning i figured i'd start with my boot camp stuff. perfect time, right? i thought about doing it while we watched a movie (The Road, creepy stuff) but it was too stressful and i needed to snuggle with alvin and close my eyes for a fair amount of time. my balance isn't good enough to do all those exercises with my eyes closed.
so, once again, here are the week 2 exercises:
so now that it's 1:30 on sunday morning i figured i'd start with my boot camp stuff. perfect time, right? i thought about doing it while we watched a movie (The Road, creepy stuff) but it was too stressful and i needed to snuggle with alvin and close my eyes for a fair amount of time. my balance isn't good enough to do all those exercises with my eyes closed.
so, once again, here are the week 2 exercises:
200 Jumping Jacks CHECK (220 whoops)
300 Jump Ropes CHECK
100 Push ups CHECK
300 Squats CHECK
10 – 20 count Wall Squats* CHECK
10 – 10 count Planks** CHECK (12 count)
100 Sit ups - CHECK
i have 10:24 hours to finish...
UPDATED: finished with 9 minutes to spare. maybe if i actually started on friday things wouldn't be so difficult...
UPDATED: finished with 9 minutes to spare. maybe if i actually started on friday things wouldn't be so difficult...
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Boot Camp Challenge
one of my buddies who runs (as opposed to a running buddy which implies that i can keep up with her), Laurie, over at The (Mis)Adventures of a Jogging Stroller Mom blogged about the Inperspire Virtual Boot Camp Challenge. the idea is to challenge yourself a little more everyday. i love that. that, in my opinion, is where big changes come from, the little tweaks to your life.
i stumbled on laurie's post mid-week and decided instead of trying to play catch up (the numbers seem very daunting) i'm a week behind everyone else taking the challenge. i think tonight or tomorrow i'll go ahead and do the second week because, honestly, the first really wasn't so bad. and i promise i'm quite fleshy and weak; don't be fooled by my sveltivity (that last comment was uber-sarcastic just so you know). i did all of them in about half an hour (the last half hour of sunday) while we watched the colbert report. time well spent, i'd say. i did wuss out and do modified push-ups. funny story time!! alvin and i had some school friends over and we were playing some game. somehow alvin and one of his friends competed in push-ups. alvin's been working on the 100 push up challenge so he kicked butt. i think he made it to 70- or 80-something. the other guy made it to the 30s. always wanting to play with the big boys i decided to try to show-off. i did 40-something push-ups in a row, just enough to show this guy up. real mature, eh? maybe i'll try those next time.
intrigued yet? here's how it works, you have from friday to sunday at midnight to do all the exercises... yeah, that's about it.
i stumbled on laurie's post mid-week and decided instead of trying to play catch up (the numbers seem very daunting) i'm a week behind everyone else taking the challenge. i think tonight or tomorrow i'll go ahead and do the second week because, honestly, the first really wasn't so bad. and i promise i'm quite fleshy and weak; don't be fooled by my sveltivity (that last comment was uber-sarcastic just so you know). i did all of them in about half an hour (the last half hour of sunday) while we watched the colbert report. time well spent, i'd say. i did wuss out and do modified push-ups. funny story time!! alvin and i had some school friends over and we were playing some game. somehow alvin and one of his friends competed in push-ups. alvin's been working on the 100 push up challenge so he kicked butt. i think he made it to 70- or 80-something. the other guy made it to the 30s. always wanting to play with the big boys i decided to try to show-off. i did 40-something push-ups in a row, just enough to show this guy up. real mature, eh? maybe i'll try those next time.
intrigued yet? here's how it works, you have from friday to sunday at midnight to do all the exercises... yeah, that's about it.
week one
300 jumping jacks
300 jumping jacks
300 jump ropes (with or without a rope)
100 push-ups
200 sit-ups
week two
if you click on the week two link there are explanations for the starred exercises. and if you finish you get a cute little button!
week two
200 Jumping Jacks
300 Jump Ropes
100 Push ups
300 Squats
10 – 20 count Wall Squats*
10 – 10 count Planks**
100 Sit upsif you click on the week two link there are explanations for the starred exercises. and if you finish you get a cute little button!
Monday, May 24, 2010
another (someone else's) giveaway
this time it's beth over at Shut Up and Run. she's got an extra “Choose You Get Healthy Gift Bag” from the American Cancer Society to give away. i know exactly who it'd go to if i won.
Friday, May 21, 2010
what lies ahead
i'm sorry to those of you who commented on my posts and i didn't notice. i'm pretty sure no one ever really reads this so if you have thank you! and if you comment DOUBLE thank you's!
i'm still resting my foot. alvin and i noticed about a week after the marathon that the little pointy bone in the side of the foot (i know there's a really cool name for it but i don't remember what it is) was sticking out farther than usual and more than the other side. the weird thing is that it's on my left foot (it was my right that gave me so much trouble during the marathon, but the pain evened out afterwords. not that the pain got better, mind you). my ankle's also been giving me issues so i've been icing that about once a day. after icing the other night, just lying in bed, reading, i had the worse charlie horse known to man. well, probably not that bad. but it hurt so much i cried out. and it seemed to last a good 45 seconds. that's years in charlie horse time.
so i went for another visit to the PT's and this one gave me some stretches and other advice to treat it. she also advised me to baby it and stay off it as much as possible. if anyone's got an extra bike lying around she also told me to use that instead of even walking around campus. i've been cross-training with 30 day shred and spinning. i even braved the eliptical for 15 minutes. it wasn't even awful, though i did start to feel a little pain toward the end. we got EA Active today and i tried that. besides the obnoxious trainer... well, at least there's a lot of different workout options so we'll see how it goes.
i'm thinking about the Crater Lake Rim Run in august. it looks awesome! the altitude is above 7000 feet, though, which i wasn't intimidated by (flagstaff is about 6700) until i told alvin and his eyes almost bugged out of his head. i forget we're only around 400 feet. if i do decide to run it we'll camp out a couple nights before to get used to the air. the whole race (10k-ish, half and full marathons) is capped at 500 participants. that could get lonely at the end. i LURVE crater lake, though. alvin and i went camping there the summer we dated and jumped in the freezing lake. i puked most of the way home not knowing chloe was on her way. then my first term back to school i took a geology of the NW class and did a report on mt. mazama and crater lake. pretty nutsy stuff! not to mention it's absolutely gorgeous! the water is so clear you can almost see the bottom.
i'm still resting my foot. alvin and i noticed about a week after the marathon that the little pointy bone in the side of the foot (i know there's a really cool name for it but i don't remember what it is) was sticking out farther than usual and more than the other side. the weird thing is that it's on my left foot (it was my right that gave me so much trouble during the marathon, but the pain evened out afterwords. not that the pain got better, mind you). my ankle's also been giving me issues so i've been icing that about once a day. after icing the other night, just lying in bed, reading, i had the worse charlie horse known to man. well, probably not that bad. but it hurt so much i cried out. and it seemed to last a good 45 seconds. that's years in charlie horse time.
so i went for another visit to the PT's and this one gave me some stretches and other advice to treat it. she also advised me to baby it and stay off it as much as possible. if anyone's got an extra bike lying around she also told me to use that instead of even walking around campus. i've been cross-training with 30 day shred and spinning. i even braved the eliptical for 15 minutes. it wasn't even awful, though i did start to feel a little pain toward the end. we got EA Active today and i tried that. besides the obnoxious trainer... well, at least there's a lot of different workout options so we'll see how it goes.
i'm thinking about the Crater Lake Rim Run in august. it looks awesome! the altitude is above 7000 feet, though, which i wasn't intimidated by (flagstaff is about 6700) until i told alvin and his eyes almost bugged out of his head. i forget we're only around 400 feet. if i do decide to run it we'll camp out a couple nights before to get used to the air. the whole race (10k-ish, half and full marathons) is capped at 500 participants. that could get lonely at the end. i LURVE crater lake, though. alvin and i went camping there the summer we dated and jumped in the freezing lake. i puked most of the way home not knowing chloe was on her way. then my first term back to school i took a geology of the NW class and did a report on mt. mazama and crater lake. pretty nutsy stuff! not to mention it's absolutely gorgeous! the water is so clear you can almost see the bottom.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Saturday, May 8, 2010
so that's it then, huh? maybe it'll go better next time.
i told my cousin that line. it's out of context here but i thought i was pretty funny in context.
i've been avoiding this post and talking about my marathon in general. even now it's taking me longer than expected to get this all out here. i didn't really understand the whys, i just chalked it up to general laziness on my part and post-marathon depression, which is real, by the way. while those were also factors i figured it all out today.
i did my long runs with a training group. we all did the marathon together. our coach spent the first 15 minutes or so of our meeting this morning recognizing different people for how they did. there were people who PRed (improved their last marathon time), those who were able to be consistent in their paces from training, people with negative splits (ran the second half faster than the first), there were quite a few who qualified to run Boston, as well. we had our own personal photographer throughout training and the race. he likes taking pictures of that kind of thing (you know, people torturing themselves by running ridiculous distances). after each training cycle and race he makes a video of all the pictures from race day. well, all of that was definitely depressing. let me explain.
i got the flu the saturday before d-day. it was just one day but i missed my last group run. i also wanted to make sure i was over it completely before i went out for one last hurrah. i got two days of healthy and then got hit with an awful cold. hoping it would go away if i rested as diligently as i could i didn't end up running at all. in fact, i hadn't run for almost two weeks before the big day. i still have that cold, by the way. that's one excuse down.
chloe's been having some really horrendous nighttime habits like demanding we stay with her until she falls asleep and sleeping with us, general separation anxiety stuff. not such a big deal in and of itself but she's not a peaceful sleeper. none of us are doing well in the sleep department these day. silly me thought the stars might align and JUST for ONE night she'd be good. nope. i stayed up much later than i wanted to and didn't sleep well for various reasons. second excuse.
the morning of the race came and i was so excited! despite not having slept well i was wide awake. i had my little baggies stuffed with supplies and clearly labeled for myself. i was dressed nice and cozy warm and my family was fast asleep. i slipped out the door to catch the shuttle. luckily, it left from the end of our block so i could just walk there.
at the race site there were SO MANY PEOPLE there. over 2,300 ran the marathon and the half had over 4,000. all of us were packed behind the start line. it was beautiful. (here are some pictures) i crossed the starting line five minutes after the clock started because of where i began. the first few miles were slow just because people don't really get the whole self-sorting thing. and then i had to use the bathroom around mile 3. that put me back 5 minutes; the lines were nuts! actually i used the bathroom several times in the course of the race so just keep that in mind when looking at my time ;)
i got to see several friends on the course that came out to wave. i'm so glad they saw me early on; i was in a great mood the first half. the second half was, of course, more challenging but i was plugging along at a pretty good pace. i was on schedule to finish before 5 hours. maybe even 4:45.
then i hit 20.8 miles (i know because there was an aid station right there). i got the most horrible sharp pain in my foot. it felt like something just below my ankle, right in my foot, was broken. if i put any weight on it at all it just stabbed me and took my breath away. i've never had a stress fracture but i imagine it felt like that. this all came out of nowhere. i hadn't even hit a wall, yet. sure i was tired and was extending my walking breaks but it was nothing like i'd experienced in training (the last few long runs were pretty miserable). at that point i was convinced i'd have to walk, ahem, limp, the last 5.4 miles. that thought was absolutely devastating. have you ever prepared for something for months, almost a year, only to have it fall apart in the last hour? i was crying and limping and hobbling and crying. there was a group of boys, probably around 10-11 at Owosso bridge as i came up on it. i was trying to hide my tears specifically from them. first, how embarrassing is that to cry in front of adolescent boys? they're not known for their compassion, in my experience. second, i didn't want to be the one to discourage them from doing a marathon someday. they cheered me on, called my name and my bib number. the whole time i limped by them they were encouraging me to keep going. one of them gave me a high five as i passed. they were probably the highlight of that part of the course.
i was able to figure out what eased the pain in my foot. i bit the bullet and just tried to run. sometimes it worked and i could jog for several minutes and sometimes i failed miserably. a mile and a half from the finish line was the last aid station. i decided i had to finish this race running. there was no way i was going to be able to make my time goal but i could at least finish with as much dignity as possible. i passed a girl who was limping and looked like she'd been crying half a mile from the end. i wanted to hug her. at this point, actually, well before this point i just wanted to be done with it all. i felt like i'd put in my time and i was done. that feeling pushed me on. the thought of alvin waiting for me at the end helped me to keep going. i knew he'd help me. he'd carry me if he had to. in fact, he did end up carrying me for a little while. there was food at the end of the tunnel! i was so done with goos and gatorade.
i had so many mixed feeling the last 250 meters. i wanted to wring the necks of the people i ran by that just ignored me. didn't they realize what i'd been going through? of course, they'd just gone through their own marathon. i'm sure they were concentrating on just putting one foot in front of the other like i was. i was so disappointed in my body. i felt betrayed for what it had done the last 6 miles. but it kind of made it up to me. i hit the 100 meter line and ran as fast i could. i know there are runners who hate when people do that. i do that. i swear i give everything i can in the race but seeing the end in sight does something to me. and it weirds me out that everyone is looking at me. running faster cuts down on the weirdness time.
i cried at the end of my half-marathon. i was surprised i didn't cry at the end of my marathon but realized that the emotional peak for me came much earlier. i'm leaving out a lot of the great things like the quirky people i met and the awesome grandpa-type guys at the end who really encouraged me to keep going. i just needed to get this part out there because this morning was tough. i had an epiphany, though. all the people who did so amazingly well, the ones who PRed and the ones who qualified for Boston, their experience wasn't any better than those of us who got injured or everything fell apart for. those stories of loss are just as, if not more, inspiring. i'm not saying this because my race went south - really, i plan on pretending this whole thing never happened - but because i look at those people and hope that someone listens to their story and can see their strength. i hope that someone brags about them and tells their story, too. there was a girl who is still on crutches a week after the race. i hope someone pats her on the back and tells her that she did as well as she could have and no one has the right to ask for more than that.
running a marathon is definitely valuable for life lessons, whether you want them or not :)
i've been avoiding this post and talking about my marathon in general. even now it's taking me longer than expected to get this all out here. i didn't really understand the whys, i just chalked it up to general laziness on my part and post-marathon depression, which is real, by the way. while those were also factors i figured it all out today.
i did my long runs with a training group. we all did the marathon together. our coach spent the first 15 minutes or so of our meeting this morning recognizing different people for how they did. there were people who PRed (improved their last marathon time), those who were able to be consistent in their paces from training, people with negative splits (ran the second half faster than the first), there were quite a few who qualified to run Boston, as well. we had our own personal photographer throughout training and the race. he likes taking pictures of that kind of thing (you know, people torturing themselves by running ridiculous distances). after each training cycle and race he makes a video of all the pictures from race day. well, all of that was definitely depressing. let me explain.
i got the flu the saturday before d-day. it was just one day but i missed my last group run. i also wanted to make sure i was over it completely before i went out for one last hurrah. i got two days of healthy and then got hit with an awful cold. hoping it would go away if i rested as diligently as i could i didn't end up running at all. in fact, i hadn't run for almost two weeks before the big day. i still have that cold, by the way. that's one excuse down.
chloe's been having some really horrendous nighttime habits like demanding we stay with her until she falls asleep and sleeping with us, general separation anxiety stuff. not such a big deal in and of itself but she's not a peaceful sleeper. none of us are doing well in the sleep department these day. silly me thought the stars might align and JUST for ONE night she'd be good. nope. i stayed up much later than i wanted to and didn't sleep well for various reasons. second excuse.
the morning of the race came and i was so excited! despite not having slept well i was wide awake. i had my little baggies stuffed with supplies and clearly labeled for myself. i was dressed nice and cozy warm and my family was fast asleep. i slipped out the door to catch the shuttle. luckily, it left from the end of our block so i could just walk there.
at the race site there were SO MANY PEOPLE there. over 2,300 ran the marathon and the half had over 4,000. all of us were packed behind the start line. it was beautiful. (here are some pictures) i crossed the starting line five minutes after the clock started because of where i began. the first few miles were slow just because people don't really get the whole self-sorting thing. and then i had to use the bathroom around mile 3. that put me back 5 minutes; the lines were nuts! actually i used the bathroom several times in the course of the race so just keep that in mind when looking at my time ;)
i got to see several friends on the course that came out to wave. i'm so glad they saw me early on; i was in a great mood the first half. the second half was, of course, more challenging but i was plugging along at a pretty good pace. i was on schedule to finish before 5 hours. maybe even 4:45.
then i hit 20.8 miles (i know because there was an aid station right there). i got the most horrible sharp pain in my foot. it felt like something just below my ankle, right in my foot, was broken. if i put any weight on it at all it just stabbed me and took my breath away. i've never had a stress fracture but i imagine it felt like that. this all came out of nowhere. i hadn't even hit a wall, yet. sure i was tired and was extending my walking breaks but it was nothing like i'd experienced in training (the last few long runs were pretty miserable). at that point i was convinced i'd have to walk, ahem, limp, the last 5.4 miles. that thought was absolutely devastating. have you ever prepared for something for months, almost a year, only to have it fall apart in the last hour? i was crying and limping and hobbling and crying. there was a group of boys, probably around 10-11 at Owosso bridge as i came up on it. i was trying to hide my tears specifically from them. first, how embarrassing is that to cry in front of adolescent boys? they're not known for their compassion, in my experience. second, i didn't want to be the one to discourage them from doing a marathon someday. they cheered me on, called my name and my bib number. the whole time i limped by them they were encouraging me to keep going. one of them gave me a high five as i passed. they were probably the highlight of that part of the course.
i was able to figure out what eased the pain in my foot. i bit the bullet and just tried to run. sometimes it worked and i could jog for several minutes and sometimes i failed miserably. a mile and a half from the finish line was the last aid station. i decided i had to finish this race running. there was no way i was going to be able to make my time goal but i could at least finish with as much dignity as possible. i passed a girl who was limping and looked like she'd been crying half a mile from the end. i wanted to hug her. at this point, actually, well before this point i just wanted to be done with it all. i felt like i'd put in my time and i was done. that feeling pushed me on. the thought of alvin waiting for me at the end helped me to keep going. i knew he'd help me. he'd carry me if he had to. in fact, he did end up carrying me for a little while. there was food at the end of the tunnel! i was so done with goos and gatorade.
i had so many mixed feeling the last 250 meters. i wanted to wring the necks of the people i ran by that just ignored me. didn't they realize what i'd been going through? of course, they'd just gone through their own marathon. i'm sure they were concentrating on just putting one foot in front of the other like i was. i was so disappointed in my body. i felt betrayed for what it had done the last 6 miles. but it kind of made it up to me. i hit the 100 meter line and ran as fast i could. i know there are runners who hate when people do that. i do that. i swear i give everything i can in the race but seeing the end in sight does something to me. and it weirds me out that everyone is looking at me. running faster cuts down on the weirdness time.
i cried at the end of my half-marathon. i was surprised i didn't cry at the end of my marathon but realized that the emotional peak for me came much earlier. i'm leaving out a lot of the great things like the quirky people i met and the awesome grandpa-type guys at the end who really encouraged me to keep going. i just needed to get this part out there because this morning was tough. i had an epiphany, though. all the people who did so amazingly well, the ones who PRed and the ones who qualified for Boston, their experience wasn't any better than those of us who got injured or everything fell apart for. those stories of loss are just as, if not more, inspiring. i'm not saying this because my race went south - really, i plan on pretending this whole thing never happened - but because i look at those people and hope that someone listens to their story and can see their strength. i hope that someone brags about them and tells their story, too. there was a girl who is still on crutches a week after the race. i hope someone pats her on the back and tells her that she did as well as she could have and no one has the right to ask for more than that.
running a marathon is definitely valuable for life lessons, whether you want them or not :)
Sunday, May 2, 2010
april 4 - may 2
4/10 - 21mi@3:59:12 ~ 11:23s
4/17 - 9.25mi@1:29:40 ~ 9:41s
4/20 - 2mi@20:05 ~ 10:03s
4/24 - sick sick sick
5/2 - 26.2mi@5:18:24 ~ 12:10s
total miles:
-
this post: 58.45
year: 271.77
all-time: 537.97
4/17 - 9.25mi@1:29:40 ~ 9:41s
4/20 - 2mi@20:05 ~ 10:03s
4/24 - sick sick sick
5/2 - 26.2mi@5:18:24 ~ 12:10s
total miles:
-
this post: 58.45
year: 271.77
all-time: 537.97
Friday, April 2, 2010
march 15 - april 3
monday: 3.25mi@31:52 ~ 9:49s
friday: 2.44mi@22:00 ~ 9:01s interval run
saturday: 8.9mi@1:23:05 ~ 9:21s
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tuesday: 2.25mi interval run
friday: 5mi@46:41 ~ 9:21s tempo run
saturday: 19.8mi@3:35:31 ~ 10:53s
-
-
wednesday: 2.97mi@
saturday: 10mi@1:38:15 ~ 9:49s
total miles:
-
this post: 54.61
year: 213.32
all-time: 474.52
friday: 2.44mi@22:00 ~ 9:01s interval run
saturday: 8.9mi@1:23:05 ~ 9:21s
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-
tuesday: 2.25mi interval run
friday: 5mi@46:41 ~ 9:21s tempo run
saturday: 19.8mi@3:35:31 ~ 10:53s
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wednesday: 2.97mi@
saturday: 10mi@1:38:15 ~ 9:49s
total miles:
-
this post: 54.61
year: 213.32
all-time: 474.52
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
it's true
running really is mental. i ran 17 something miles on saturday. it's taken me 3 days to talk about it because it was killer. my body was pretty much done by mile 14 and ready to shut down by mile 15.5. i was even pretty chatty with a guy that runs the same pace throughout. but once we got to mile 16 i didn't want to use any energy that wasn't going towards putting one foot in front of the other in a running-type fashion. i really hit a wall. there's a reason it's called a "wall". it feels like you have to climb over it using only your brute strength. and then keep running.
in a related note in my search for a picture of someone climbing over a wall (which is surprisingly difficult) i came across a discussion about illegal immigrants that reminded me how stupid people are and a website for a women's only boot camp that would make me look super sexy if only i had $100 plus travel expenses to and from CA. we did just get our tax return...
in a related note in my search for a picture of someone climbing over a wall (which is surprisingly difficult) i came across a discussion about illegal immigrants that reminded me how stupid people are and a website for a women's only boot camp that would make me look super sexy if only i had $100 plus travel expenses to and from CA. we did just get our tax return...
Thursday, March 11, 2010
march 8-13
tues:
5K@25:34 ~ 8:14s
zumba 45 min
thurs:
2.4mi@21:04 ~ 8:47s
zumba 45 min
sat:
17mi@2:52:15 ~10:00s
total miles:
week: 22.7 mi
year: 158.17
all-time: 419.91
5K@25:34 ~ 8:14s
zumba 45 min
thurs:
2.4mi@21:04 ~ 8:47s
zumba 45 min
sat:
17mi@2:52:15 ~10:00s
total miles:
week: 22.7 mi
year: 158.17
all-time: 419.91
Thursday, March 4, 2010
playing ketchup
this is everything i didn't record for the last month+. not too shabby. i had my 10k "race" this morning during my class and kicked my own butt. i pushed too hard, too soon and ended up having to walk a couple times (i loathe when i have to walk during a run). BUT i shaved off 6:55 from my last 10k race. nice :). all i really wanted to do was run faster than my half-marathon pace which i did by 37 seconds/mile. i'm going to reward myself with a nap.
Jan 25-30 following injury
tues: 55:00 minutes ~ 15mm run/walk. 3.67 mi
thurs: 30:00, ~ 12mm run/walk, 2.5 mi
Feb 1-6
tues: 3.2mi@31:21 ~ 9:47s
thurs: ~3mi untimed
sat: 6mi@59:50 ~ 9:59s
Feb 8-14
tues: 6.9mi@1:04:46 ~ 9:24s
thurs: 4mi@37:22 ~ 9:21s
sun: 9mi@1:30:00 ~ 10:00s
Feb 15-21
tues: 4.2mi@36:37 ~ 8:44s
thurs: -
sun: 5mi@50:00 ~10:00s
Feb 22-27
tues: 8mi@1:12:21 ~ 9:03s
thurs: 2mi@16:02 ~ 8:01s
sat: 14.9mi@2:29:48 ~ 10:04s
Mar 1-6
tues: 4.2mi@38:35 ~ 9:12s
thus: [10K race] 6.2mi@51:21 ~ 8:16s
sat: 8mi@1:15:53 ~ 9:14s
totals:
ketchup miles: 90.77
year: 135.47
total miles: 397.21
Jan 25-30 following injury
tues: 55:00 minutes ~ 15mm run/walk. 3.67 mi
thurs: 30:00, ~ 12mm run/walk, 2.5 mi
Feb 1-6
tues: 3.2mi@31:21 ~ 9:47s
thurs: ~3mi untimed
sat: 6mi@59:50 ~ 9:59s
Feb 8-14
tues: 6.9mi@1:04:46 ~ 9:24s
thurs: 4mi@37:22 ~ 9:21s
sun: 9mi@1:30:00 ~ 10:00s
Feb 15-21
tues: 4.2mi@36:37 ~ 8:44s
thurs: -
sun: 5mi@50:00 ~10:00s
Feb 22-27
tues: 8mi@1:12:21 ~ 9:03s
thurs: 2mi@16:02 ~ 8:01s
sat: 14.9mi@2:29:48 ~ 10:04s
Mar 1-6
tues: 4.2mi@38:35 ~ 9:12s
thus: [10K race] 6.2mi@51:21 ~ 8:16s
sat: 8mi@1:15:53 ~ 9:14s
totals:
ketchup miles: 90.77
year: 135.47
total miles: 397.21
so we meet again
well, this is embarrassing. a whole month went by without stopping in.
my hamstring is all (mostly) better. the only time it bugs me is when i sit on my butt in front of the computer. i think the universe is trying to tell me something, but what?? [which reminds me of Finding Nemo, as so many things do these days. "Look, you're really cute, but I can't understand what you're saying. Say the first thing again."] i'm (mostly) back to the level i was before the strain. i have a 10K "race" in my class. i ran 15 miles this last saturday which officially makes me a rockstar. (officially according to me in case you were wondering). and my marathon is in 9 weeks! i'm super excited!!
my hamstring is all (mostly) better. the only time it bugs me is when i sit on my butt in front of the computer. i think the universe is trying to tell me something, but what?? [which reminds me of Finding Nemo, as so many things do these days. "Look, you're really cute, but I can't understand what you're saying. Say the first thing again."] i'm (mostly) back to the level i was before the strain. i have a 10K "race" in my class. i ran 15 miles this last saturday which officially makes me a rockstar. (officially according to me in case you were wondering). and my marathon is in 9 weeks! i'm super excited!!
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
jan 18-23
there will be no running this week. i screwed up my hamstring and now it hurts to sit and i limp sometimes. so much fun. so. much. fun.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Jan 11- 16
jan 11 - Tuesday: 5 miles@8:55s
xt: zumba 40 minutes
jan 13 - Thursday: warm up + 2 1-mile intervals@7:33s
xt: zumba 40 minutes + abs
jan 16 - Saturday: 9 miles@9:00s
mileage:
week: 17
year: 44.7
all-time: 306.44
xt: zumba 40 minutes
jan 13 - Thursday: warm up + 2 1-mile intervals@7:33s
xt: zumba 40 minutes + abs
jan 16 - Saturday: 9 miles@9:00s
mileage:
week: 17
year: 44.7
all-time: 306.44
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Jan 3-9
Monday:
xt - walked 1 mile
Tuesday: 4.6 miles - 40:44 (8:50)
xt - walked 1 mile
Wednesday:
xt - walked 1 mile
Thursday: 1 warm-up+2 miles@8:05
xt - zumba 50 minutes
walked 1 mile
Saturday: 8 miles@9:33
total miles:
week:15.6
year: 27.7
all-time: 289.44
xt - walked 1 mile
Tuesday: 4.6 miles - 40:44 (8:50)
xt - walked 1 mile
Wednesday:
xt - walked 1 mile
Thursday: 1 warm-up+2 miles@8:05
xt - zumba 50 minutes
walked 1 mile
Saturday: 8 miles@9:33
total miles:
week:15.6
year: 27.7
all-time: 289.44
Dec 27 - Jan 2
Friday: 3.1 miles (Eugene's First Run) - 27:04
Saturday: 9 miles
Totals:
week - 12.1
year - 12.1
all-time - 273.84
Saturday: 9 miles
Totals:
week - 12.1
year - 12.1
all-time - 273.84
Friday, January 1, 2010
new... stuff.
ok ok ok ok ok ok. ok. i need to get back in the saddle again. i can count the number of runs i did over the winter break on one hand. not cool.
i did the First Run race this morning on the river. it was so nice outside. i decided to do the 5K since i hadn't raced one yet. 27:04. not bad, i guess. longer races are definitely my forte, if i even have a running forte.
this year, or at least this winter, i'm taking a 10K training class to make me a little faster (hopefully) if not just keep me moving. plus i'll be doing a zumba class after the running. we'll see how that works. i found a running partner on craigslist for my long runs and alvin keeps telling me i'm going to die.
i'm determined that i'm going to love running this year. we just read Born To Run together and we're both inspired. the author made banging out 20 miles during a weekday sound like nothing.i just don't understand how you can enjoy running while you're actually running. a mystery i'm curious to solve.
i've got the Eugene Marathon lined up for May 2nd and i really want to do the women's half-marathon here labor day weekend.
happy 2010!
i did the First Run race this morning on the river. it was so nice outside. i decided to do the 5K since i hadn't raced one yet. 27:04. not bad, i guess. longer races are definitely my forte, if i even have a running forte.
this year, or at least this winter, i'm taking a 10K training class to make me a little faster (hopefully) if not just keep me moving. plus i'll be doing a zumba class after the running. we'll see how that works. i found a running partner on craigslist for my long runs and alvin keeps telling me i'm going to die.
i'm determined that i'm going to love running this year. we just read Born To Run together and we're both inspired. the author made banging out 20 miles during a weekday sound like nothing.i just don't understand how you can enjoy running while you're actually running. a mystery i'm curious to solve.
i've got the Eugene Marathon lined up for May 2nd and i really want to do the women's half-marathon here labor day weekend.
happy 2010!
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