RUN 4 miles in :36 mins
BIKE COMMUTE 7 miles to jury duty
Felt really great and motivated in the morning, the run was energetic and perfect. The energy and motivation tanked as soon as I got to jury duty. Just sitting there is such a buzz kill. Such a kill in fact that when lunchtime rolled around and they gave us 90 mins, I stayed in the building! I didn't feel like getting cold in the 35F weather like I did yesterday, then coming back to sit in a cold room again. So I amused myself by watching people go to the vending machines.
Much better evening than yesterday though. Yesterday I came home tired cold and hungry. Today I had an action plan, stuck to it, and managed things better. See It, Bee It.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Monday, February 9, 2015
Lazy Day at Jury Duty
BIKE COMMUTE 7 miles to downtown
Oh what a lazy day. I walked 2 miles at lunch, walked the dog about 3.7 miles, took the short 3-flights of stairs 3 times...but in the end I had to sit/stand for most of the day. So why am I so tired?!
Oh what a lazy day. I walked 2 miles at lunch, walked the dog about 3.7 miles, took the short 3-flights of stairs 3 times...but in the end I had to sit/stand for most of the day. So why am I so tired?!
Sunday, February 8, 2015
Weekend at home
Thursday RUN 7 miles in 1:03
Saturday RUN 8 miles in 1:16
Sunday RUN 3 miles in ??, 1.5 with Sugar!!
LC said she was a "wimp" and stayed home, well at least she was a warm "wimp". The -3F wind chill should have kept us all at home, but I went and so did some others! IT, JA, CS, and DT joined for a damned cold loop. My hands got cold and never warmed up. I kept telling myself, I'll be so happy that I did this later today...
And I was happy, although the first and last part of Thursday felt like two entirely different days. I worked a few hours then drove home with Sugar that afternoon.
Friday was a rest day, visited with DK, Gramma, and JG.
Saturday's run had me anxious. I meant to get an early start, but kept pushing it back to work on recipes. I was getting a bit obsessed with the recipes? Why? I felt so much better once I started running. The run felt good, a bit bored though.
Sunday was more anxiety?! And another late start. Seems I hate late starts, but I like to max out my visits. Which means I should plan better and get out the door on time. I combined the first part of my run with Sugar's walk, which turned into a run! She made it most of 1.5 miles, her longest ever!
Amazing weekend, I finally let go of so much and reconnected with family and friends. Great recovery week! I feel refreshed!
NUMERICS 4:42 hours in recovery week
SWIM nope
BIKE nope
RUN 30.3 miles
BIKE COMMUTE 6.4
WALKIES 6.65 (plus 1.5 of a walk run logged as my run)
and all 7 days had stretching or rolling, I need to add some strength!
Saturday RUN 8 miles in 1:16
Sunday RUN 3 miles in ??, 1.5 with Sugar!!
LC said she was a "wimp" and stayed home, well at least she was a warm "wimp". The -3F wind chill should have kept us all at home, but I went and so did some others! IT, JA, CS, and DT joined for a damned cold loop. My hands got cold and never warmed up. I kept telling myself, I'll be so happy that I did this later today...
And I was happy, although the first and last part of Thursday felt like two entirely different days. I worked a few hours then drove home with Sugar that afternoon.
Friday was a rest day, visited with DK, Gramma, and JG.
Saturday's run had me anxious. I meant to get an early start, but kept pushing it back to work on recipes. I was getting a bit obsessed with the recipes? Why? I felt so much better once I started running. The run felt good, a bit bored though.
Sunday was more anxiety?! And another late start. Seems I hate late starts, but I like to max out my visits. Which means I should plan better and get out the door on time. I combined the first part of my run with Sugar's walk, which turned into a run! She made it most of 1.5 miles, her longest ever!
Amazing weekend, I finally let go of so much and reconnected with family and friends. Great recovery week! I feel refreshed!
NUMERICS 4:42 hours in recovery week
SWIM nope
BIKE nope
RUN 30.3 miles
BIKE COMMUTE 6.4
WALKIES 6.65 (plus 1.5 of a walk run logged as my run)
and all 7 days had stretching or rolling, I need to add some strength!
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Commute day
RUN 3 miles in ??
RUN 6 miles (dunno, but the 9 miles at this point was 1:23)
RUN 3 miles
Total of 12 miles in about 1:55
Another commute day, the training plan calls for 2+4+6 over Tues-Wed-Thurs, then 10+8 over the weekend. Since I'm going home and would rather visit, I'm shuffling things a bit. I skipped yesterday's 2 miler, then rolled a chuck of the weekend 18 into today. If I do 6-7 tomorrow, I'll hit the weekend goal, then only need a total of 11 or so during the visit.
Hehe, "need". Like how I use that. Want. Need. MustDo.
Woke up today feeling OK and worn out from yesterday, but with a tummy that never felt...emptied...without getting too TMI here. I started to feel mentally dismal then, started getting down and not great. I told myself that once I started running I'd feel better. Sure enough!
Felt even better once I ate a real meal, that carbacious brekkie prolly set me up for a crash that I got because I waited longer than expected to start my run.
All is well, my back is feeling good (not perfect, but no spasms and pain is minor) and my Saturday run fall injuries are down to nothing but the elbow. I don't need my elbow to run! Unless you count it like TV did -- that I need my elbows for my "chicken wings". LOL!
RUN 6 miles (dunno, but the 9 miles at this point was 1:23)
RUN 3 miles
Total of 12 miles in about 1:55
Another commute day, the training plan calls for 2+4+6 over Tues-Wed-Thurs, then 10+8 over the weekend. Since I'm going home and would rather visit, I'm shuffling things a bit. I skipped yesterday's 2 miler, then rolled a chuck of the weekend 18 into today. If I do 6-7 tomorrow, I'll hit the weekend goal, then only need a total of 11 or so during the visit.
Hehe, "need". Like how I use that. Want. Need. MustDo.
Woke up today feeling OK and worn out from yesterday, but with a tummy that never felt...emptied...without getting too TMI here. I started to feel mentally dismal then, started getting down and not great. I told myself that once I started running I'd feel better. Sure enough!
Felt even better once I ate a real meal, that carbacious brekkie prolly set me up for a crash that I got because I waited longer than expected to start my run.
All is well, my back is feeling good (not perfect, but no spasms and pain is minor) and my Saturday run fall injuries are down to nothing but the elbow. I don't need my elbow to run! Unless you count it like TV did -- that I need my elbows for my "chicken wings". LOL!
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
February Full Moon
Loooong day at work. It stressed me because I was worried about the dog! I did what I could to get home quick, but mouse stuff only goes so fast! She ended up waiting nearly 10 hours! She got a nice calm walk for it, and we got a great picture of the February full moon with Jupiter just off to its left!
So it was another rest day, but I didn't really get to rest. Came home worn out. The training plan called for a 2 mile run, prolly better to rest at that rate.
Monday, February 2, 2015
Full recovery day
NOTHING!
Yup, nothing besides walking the dog and walking to the truck. It was snowy, potentially ice, and damned cold so I didn't bike in. My mind and body needed a break.
Same for the swim, I just needed a break. And I needed to be at work a little earlier. Although I Blerched around and that didn't happen!
Yup, nothing besides walking the dog and walking to the truck. It was snowy, potentially ice, and damned cold so I didn't bike in. My mind and body needed a break.
Same for the swim, I just needed a break. And I needed to be at work a little earlier. Although I Blerched around and that didn't happen!
Sunday, February 1, 2015
Chubb run
RUN 15.25 miles I think in 3:15, Chubb
It's February! Already! I keep thinking back to 2013 when TH and I were prepping for Poto, and have to remind myself that I'm on the right schedule, that Poto was 2 months earlier than Kettle.
We met LC, JF, and DT at the WT end. I was running late due to a rain delay with the dog not wanting to do poopie in the rain. I have her all the time I could, she took the time but not the poop! So I'm rushing, but organized. And testing a new nutrition -- rice balls with PB. I think next time I'll try baking them instead of boiling. Anyway.
It rained earlier but had stopped by now. The prediction for snow wasn't looking too good, if anything the skies seemed to be clearing. It was low 40's, calm, and pretty!!
We started out faster than usual with the shorter-running runners setting some of the pace. I held to my own, knowing that the first 3 miles can feel too good and sap energy from the last 3 miles. The chatter was fun and new, the bluff as always steep and rocky. The rain had the leaves patted down, exposing rock and root, the mud wasn't bad, and we moved steadily.
The others turned at 4 miles, TV and I kept going passing the LE parking lot to hit the true end of the trail. I hid from the ranger to pee, then we turned around. I was eating one rice ball every 3-4 miles, not really the plan but I'd eaten more of them at brekkie and wasn't hungry or flagging for energy. Back up and over the bluff, hit the truck at 14, then hit Chingy for the final mile. Then I started to flag for energy! Started whining more about my cold hands, about how my gloves were hard to put on... you know, the usual.
We did 14 in 3 hrs flat, compared to yesterday's 2:20! The other group left a bag with two donuts in the bed of the truck. TV took one while I noshed the rest of a baked potato. He didn't like the pudding filling, gave it to the squirrels. All these little things I want to remember someday!
Amazing that this run was one of the best all through the week, the run you'd think I'd be most tired for! Same thing last weekend -- the Sunday run was the best.
Thankfully I'm coming into a rest week, my knee and hip held up for the run, but the knee is swollen. Ice Ice Baby!
NUMERICS 10 hours
SWIM 2050y in 1 hr
BIKE no, just bike commute
RUN 52.5 in 9 hours
COMMUTE 32 miles
WALKIES 22.7
and 7x15 mins stretch and foam roll
great busy week with lots of activity!
It's February! Already! I keep thinking back to 2013 when TH and I were prepping for Poto, and have to remind myself that I'm on the right schedule, that Poto was 2 months earlier than Kettle.
We met LC, JF, and DT at the WT end. I was running late due to a rain delay with the dog not wanting to do poopie in the rain. I have her all the time I could, she took the time but not the poop! So I'm rushing, but organized. And testing a new nutrition -- rice balls with PB. I think next time I'll try baking them instead of boiling. Anyway.
It rained earlier but had stopped by now. The prediction for snow wasn't looking too good, if anything the skies seemed to be clearing. It was low 40's, calm, and pretty!!
We started out faster than usual with the shorter-running runners setting some of the pace. I held to my own, knowing that the first 3 miles can feel too good and sap energy from the last 3 miles. The chatter was fun and new, the bluff as always steep and rocky. The rain had the leaves patted down, exposing rock and root, the mud wasn't bad, and we moved steadily.
The others turned at 4 miles, TV and I kept going passing the LE parking lot to hit the true end of the trail. I hid from the ranger to pee, then we turned around. I was eating one rice ball every 3-4 miles, not really the plan but I'd eaten more of them at brekkie and wasn't hungry or flagging for energy. Back up and over the bluff, hit the truck at 14, then hit Chingy for the final mile. Then I started to flag for energy! Started whining more about my cold hands, about how my gloves were hard to put on... you know, the usual.
We did 14 in 3 hrs flat, compared to yesterday's 2:20! The other group left a bag with two donuts in the bed of the truck. TV took one while I noshed the rest of a baked potato. He didn't like the pudding filling, gave it to the squirrels. All these little things I want to remember someday!
Amazing that this run was one of the best all through the week, the run you'd think I'd be most tired for! Same thing last weekend -- the Sunday run was the best.
Thankfully I'm coming into a rest week, my knee and hip held up for the run, but the knee is swollen. Ice Ice Baby!
NUMERICS 10 hours
SWIM 2050y in 1 hr
BIKE no, just bike commute
RUN 52.5 in 9 hours
COMMUTE 32 miles
WALKIES 22.7
and 7x15 mins stretch and foam roll
great busy week with lots of activity!
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