RUN 6 miles in 57 mins
BIKE COMMUTE 9.2 miles
I set out with little hope for the Garmin to work as expected, and sure enough it read HR numbers too high for reality. I was going down hill and the number was increasing. Resetting the HR monitor, keeping my clothing away, walking, going down hill....nothing seemed to help. After waiting and waiting and waiting for it to reset while near the brewery I turned it off for the rest of the run. F^cker.
I later looked online for a Garmin chest strap and found someone in Wentzville selling the exact same 235, color and all, on Craigslist. Dammit. I love this thing, guess I gotta contact Garmin and see if they have suggestions. I've been saying that for the past two weeks. I save today's run, all 1.3 I tracked, for evidence. Haven't sync'd it yet.
The run had such flat energy. Like I didn't even want to be doing it. So why was I doing it? I love to run, and I do feel better afterwards. I'm glad I did it. That's why, I guess.
Last day of February, I've spend my free time today planning out March goals. Have many the same and some new. I really want to kill off the Blerch. Hate that little f^cker too. Ash Wednesday tomorrow, March 1st, rain overnight, lots of little coincidences and I just love stuff like that. If it was a major moon phase I'd probably convert to some catholic-like, water worshiping, moon religion of my own creation.
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Monday, February 27, 2017
Was Gonna swim, biked instead
SWIM 0 yards
BIKE COMMUTE 14 miles
I woke up and was on schedule to swim, but after getting cold while walking the dog I chickened out. In the end, most of the day went this way. It just seemed like such a struggle all day to do anything. I thought taking Saturday off might help with this low energy. Instead of swimming, I had more breakfast and did my 5 mile TFG bonus loop on the way to work.
The flat energy left me moody, hungry, all day. Is is the fat adaptation thing I'm trying? I'm a few weeks into this, not expecting it now.
I looked at training peaks and found that today would have been my 10th swim this year. For some overly optimistic reason I thought I was coming up on 20. Ha!
BIKE COMMUTE 14 miles
I woke up and was on schedule to swim, but after getting cold while walking the dog I chickened out. In the end, most of the day went this way. It just seemed like such a struggle all day to do anything. I thought taking Saturday off might help with this low energy. Instead of swimming, I had more breakfast and did my 5 mile TFG bonus loop on the way to work.
The flat energy left me moody, hungry, all day. Is is the fat adaptation thing I'm trying? I'm a few weeks into this, not expecting it now.
I looked at training peaks and found that today would have been my 10th swim this year. For some overly optimistic reason I thought I was coming up on 20. Ha!
Sunday, February 26, 2017
Saturday off, Sunday run
Sunday RUN 10 miles in about 1:40
I took Saturday completely off, didn't even ride to work. Really helped that it got COLD and WINDY out. Yuck. After a mostly full day at work, I met with TH, her birthday is coming up (and I just realized on Tuesday that I didn't send her a text for her bday YESTERDAY). We chatted, I miss that!
Sunday I had the option of running with TV but he wasn't going out until 1pm. Probably some Mardi Gras sleep-in, haha. I instead ran to work and back, all I had to do was check mice. I got mad at the Garmin, didn't work on the way in much at all and I deleted the data. On the way home I realized the loss of 'data' and kept it. I tried resetting the HR monitor but it only worked for a little while.
The run felt great, I kept it easy, and yes my hip was still hurting a bit. I came home to new hip stretch and strength exercises that I think I should be doing before the run? See how that goes.
I took Saturday completely off, didn't even ride to work. Really helped that it got COLD and WINDY out. Yuck. After a mostly full day at work, I met with TH, her birthday is coming up (and I just realized on Tuesday that I didn't send her a text for her bday YESTERDAY). We chatted, I miss that!
Sunday I had the option of running with TV but he wasn't going out until 1pm. Probably some Mardi Gras sleep-in, haha. I instead ran to work and back, all I had to do was check mice. I got mad at the Garmin, didn't work on the way in much at all and I deleted the data. On the way home I realized the loss of 'data' and kept it. I tried resetting the HR monitor but it only worked for a little while.
The run felt great, I kept it easy, and yes my hip was still hurting a bit. I came home to new hip stretch and strength exercises that I think I should be doing before the run? See how that goes.
Friday, February 24, 2017
Got an extra swim in
SWIM not sure because TP.com is down and I'm writing this days later. But I think it was 1200y of mostly drills
BIKE COMMUTE 11 miles
I'm behind on this! I usually do this daily, but I'm out of the habit. Maybe because I haven't set clear training and racing goals yet? Or because I'm focused on the Chrysalis writing?
PG and I shared a lane, if I'm remembering things correctly. He told me about some of his injuries and potential surgeries. I like seeing people I know there, motivates me.
I did 25y drills, these seem really short but they do keep me focused. Catch up drill (realized part-way in that this encourages front quadrant swimming), fingertip drag drill, breathing drill, then a build. I keep reading that these drills are more important than swimming. Better be!
BIKE COMMUTE 11 miles
I'm behind on this! I usually do this daily, but I'm out of the habit. Maybe because I haven't set clear training and racing goals yet? Or because I'm focused on the Chrysalis writing?
PG and I shared a lane, if I'm remembering things correctly. He told me about some of his injuries and potential surgeries. I like seeing people I know there, motivates me.
I did 25y drills, these seem really short but they do keep me focused. Catch up drill (realized part-way in that this encourages front quadrant swimming), fingertip drag drill, breathing drill, then a build. I keep reading that these drills are more important than swimming. Better be!
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Thursday in which the garmin worked!
RUN 6.3 miles in about 57 mins
BIKE COMMUTE 9.5 miles
A great run, chatted with EW and made crazy plans for March. OK, not that crazy. Mostly around time saves, nutrition, etc. Just goals :)
Wonderfully warm morning, the Garmin worked great, the dog walk was calm, LC was driving through the park and caught up with us near the end of the walk, I got home on time, and got to work on schedule. :)
BIKE COMMUTE 9.5 miles
A great run, chatted with EW and made crazy plans for March. OK, not that crazy. Mostly around time saves, nutrition, etc. Just goals :)
Wonderfully warm morning, the Garmin worked great, the dog walk was calm, LC was driving through the park and caught up with us near the end of the walk, I got home on time, and got to work on schedule. :)
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Got my swimming T-pace
SWIM 900 y in just under 30 mins, T-pace test
BIKE COMMUTE 12.4 miles, to pool and some extra
The first goal of my swim plan is to get my T-pace. Three 100's with 20s rest: 1:54, 1:58, 2:01 for an average of 1:57. I can only improve from there... PG and I shared a lane today, really enjoy seeing a friend like that.
I had a goal of tacking on some extra bike time, I didn't get as much as I wanted but I did just goal for "some". It was a wonderfully foggy morning, the ride to the pool left my eyelashes wet and my helmet dripping. Had to take my sunglasses off!
Haven't gone into this much yet here, but I'm once again trying for fat adaptation. I'm now up to 55% or more calories from fat. I've almost finished a No Fruit February. But I'm not yet down to 50g carb per day. Not trying that hard, and not sure I need it.
BIKE COMMUTE 12.4 miles, to pool and some extra
The first goal of my swim plan is to get my T-pace. Three 100's with 20s rest: 1:54, 1:58, 2:01 for an average of 1:57. I can only improve from there... PG and I shared a lane today, really enjoy seeing a friend like that.
I had a goal of tacking on some extra bike time, I didn't get as much as I wanted but I did just goal for "some". It was a wonderfully foggy morning, the ride to the pool left my eyelashes wet and my helmet dripping. Had to take my sunglasses off!
Haven't gone into this much yet here, but I'm once again trying for fat adaptation. I'm now up to 55% or more calories from fat. I've almost finished a No Fruit February. But I'm not yet down to 50g carb per day. Not trying that hard, and not sure I need it.
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Hippy run
RUN 6.1 miles in 62 mins
BIKE COMMUTE 9 miles
Haha, the new Garmin says my ride is not quite 9.5 miles round trip, so I gotta start adjusting my inputs.
I'm getting better running with the Garmin HR, I'm now almost certain that I should wait for the "HR Ready" instead of thinking it will catch up as I'm running. Once again around 1 mile it started ramping up my HR readout, and by 1.5 miles I was beating away at 160+ beats per min. Yeah, Right. I was barely breathing.
Turn off HR monitor. Turn on. Didn't wait, ramped right back up. Turn off, Turn on. WAIT. That worked. Stayed under 120 for the rest of the run. I'm pretty sure that if the HR is not dialed in it will get confused with cadence. That seems a reasonable explanation.
But the real news is my left hip. Around mile 5 the pain migrated down into my femur and hit my knee. Not a good feeling. What should i do?!
BIKE COMMUTE 9 miles
Haha, the new Garmin says my ride is not quite 9.5 miles round trip, so I gotta start adjusting my inputs.
I'm getting better running with the Garmin HR, I'm now almost certain that I should wait for the "HR Ready" instead of thinking it will catch up as I'm running. Once again around 1 mile it started ramping up my HR readout, and by 1.5 miles I was beating away at 160+ beats per min. Yeah, Right. I was barely breathing.
Turn off HR monitor. Turn on. Didn't wait, ramped right back up. Turn off, Turn on. WAIT. That worked. Stayed under 120 for the rest of the run. I'm pretty sure that if the HR is not dialed in it will get confused with cadence. That seems a reasonable explanation.
But the real news is my left hip. Around mile 5 the pain migrated down into my femur and hit my knee. Not a good feeling. What should i do?!
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