SWIM: 2550 in 70 mins, lots of butterfly and fly drills
BIKE: about 16 miles in 55 mins, all small ring
Ah, the first Weds Masters...Fly Day. My least favorite but in retrospect the best workout? DD joined today, what an opener to Masters.
CHG suggested (after the session!) that I put in the 2nd fly kick. I was doing 1 kick, there should be two! Maybe that's why I stop moving forward partway through the stroke...
Then a bike ride before I had to hurry off for a lab seminar. Focused on keeping the upper body still, throwing my knees over the handlebars, and using the full circle of the stroke.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
First snow of the year
RUN: 6.6 miles in 56.5 mins, for about a 8:33.38 pace. (All 3 & 8! and 5&6!)
OK so it really wasn't snowing, more of a random flake every now and them. But still, the first snow of the season fell yesterday and today! Ran with JM and DC, discussing Chicago.
OK so it really wasn't snowing, more of a random flake every now and them. But still, the first snow of the season fell yesterday and today! Ran with JM and DC, discussing Chicago.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Missed Monday Masters!!
SWIM: ZERO
BIKE: about 22 miles in 1:10, gearing pyramids
While I'd like to blame our new electric blanket, I can't and all blame falls on me. I could have swum (swam?) but didn't. I don't really remember hitting the alarm to quiet it but I did. I got up too late to make it to Monday Master's but I did get the bike ride in.
And with every intention of hitting a pool later in the day, I headed to work.
Upon leaving work, my will to swim dissipated as I walked to the truck. Step by step, it just wilted. Excuses popped up. Good ones too, as they convinced me that I don't need to swim! First off, I was tired (and I was! It wasn't a good for the tummy weekend). There are many 530pm classes at pools. And it was cold. And my evening swims are most always a waste of time--the focus and desire just isnt there.
So I went home. Which was just as well because as I got out of the truck in the garage I saw my swim gear in a pile. Turns out I couldn't have swum (swam?) anyway!!!
BIKE: about 22 miles in 1:10, gearing pyramids
While I'd like to blame our new electric blanket, I can't and all blame falls on me. I could have swum (swam?) but didn't. I don't really remember hitting the alarm to quiet it but I did. I got up too late to make it to Monday Master's but I did get the bike ride in.
And with every intention of hitting a pool later in the day, I headed to work.
Upon leaving work, my will to swim dissipated as I walked to the truck. Step by step, it just wilted. Excuses popped up. Good ones too, as they convinced me that I don't need to swim! First off, I was tired (and I was! It wasn't a good for the tummy weekend). There are many 530pm classes at pools. And it was cold. And my evening swims are most always a waste of time--the focus and desire just isnt there.
So I went home. Which was just as well because as I got out of the truck in the garage I saw my swim gear in a pile. Turns out I couldn't have swum (swam?) anyway!!!
Sunday, December 4, 2011
IB run in the rain
RUN: 7.7 miles in 1:10, including 3 climbs of Art Hill.
AC and I were going to run L&C, my favorite trail system, but overnight rains had us worried about mud. So we met up with the IB group at FP, my first run with them. This probably worked out better in the end, saved me a LOT of driving time!
The group broke of into packs right away, with me and AC in our own group. At about 3-4 miles she commented that I was moving fast today. I countered that she was moving fast! Turns out we were pacing off each other and setting a great just-over-8 pace. We dialed it back a bit after that :)
Hooked up with JaBr who was also in FoPa, climbed 3 hills, and headed for home when it started raining. The last mile was getting miserable cold and wet, I just wanted to head home for a hot shower!
AC and I were going to run L&C, my favorite trail system, but overnight rains had us worried about mud. So we met up with the IB group at FP, my first run with them. This probably worked out better in the end, saved me a LOT of driving time!
The group broke of into packs right away, with me and AC in our own group. At about 3-4 miles she commented that I was moving fast today. I countered that she was moving fast! Turns out we were pacing off each other and setting a great just-over-8 pace. We dialed it back a bit after that :)
Hooked up with JaBr who was also in FoPa, climbed 3 hills, and headed for home when it started raining. The last mile was getting miserable cold and wet, I just wanted to head home for a hot shower!
Saturday, December 3, 2011
It's a METER pool!
SWIM: 3301 METERS! in 90 mins
BIKE: Did I bike? Didn't have to...don't remember it...Bah!
For the past 3 weeks, a lane mate has been aiming for his "2 miles" in the Saturday swim. I figured he was happy with 3200yards as 2 miles, or there was something I didn't know about his WU or CD. Then at the end of practice today I learn it's a METER pool!
Of course, I came home and updated the training logs :)
Awesome swim, I'm so relaxed in this pool. Unlike Monday and Weds in which I'm anxious about going too slow.
Since I'm typing this the Weds after the fact, I cant remember if I bike or not. I thought I did....
BIKE: Did I bike? Didn't have to...don't remember it...Bah!
For the past 3 weeks, a lane mate has been aiming for his "2 miles" in the Saturday swim. I figured he was happy with 3200yards as 2 miles, or there was something I didn't know about his WU or CD. Then at the end of practice today I learn it's a METER pool!
Of course, I came home and updated the training logs :)
Awesome swim, I'm so relaxed in this pool. Unlike Monday and Weds in which I'm anxious about going too slow.
Since I'm typing this the Weds after the fact, I cant remember if I bike or not. I thought I did....
Friday, December 2, 2011
I ate what?
Grabbed these off the shelf without even thinking to read the label. A single serving at $4 seemed a half decent idea at the time..I'd been craving and eyeballing it at stores..but was I thinking at all?!
Jack Links beef jerky, labeled as a Smart Snack, but WHY?? Ingredients are beef, water, sugar, less than 2% salt, corn syrup solids, dried soy sauce, hydrolyzed corn and soy protein, MSG, flavorings, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite.
I didn't eat it all.
And it wasn't good. At all.
Jack Links beef jerky, labeled as a Smart Snack, but WHY?? Ingredients are beef, water, sugar, less than 2% salt, corn syrup solids, dried soy sauce, hydrolyzed corn and soy protein, MSG, flavorings, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite.
I didn't eat it all.
And it wasn't good. At all.
1st of December, is this the start of Two Thousand Tater-Twelve?
RUN: 10 miles in 1:28 for an 8:48 m/m pace
Surprisingly this was my first run since last Thursday?! This was a great run, nice and comfy.
I'm taking a very careful approach to my stress levels right now. They are high. I'm up. I'm down. Then up again. Trying to stay even keel. I've identified a few areas of chronic stress in my life, if I can get them out of the way and under control I think life will improve.
The sick feeling I've had lately--I think in part it's due to stress.
Surprisingly this was my first run since last Thursday?! This was a great run, nice and comfy.
I'm taking a very careful approach to my stress levels right now. They are high. I'm up. I'm down. Then up again. Trying to stay even keel. I've identified a few areas of chronic stress in my life, if I can get them out of the way and under control I think life will improve.
The sick feeling I've had lately--I think in part it's due to stress.
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