Thursday BIKE COMMUTE 9.4 miles
Friday BIKE COMMUTE ~2.5 miles
PT with JH
Keto flu from my carni keto experiment? Recovery from back-to-back running Tues and Weds? Laziness? Whatever I call it in the end, it's done. I had ever good intention of swimming this week, haven't seen the pool except on Tuesday when it was closed for maintenance. Tomorrow, right? I can swim tomorrow.
My carbs are down to pretty much incidental -- less than 20g total carbs and maybe a wee bit more were I to count the kombucha tea. Today (Friday) is much better than yesterday in terms of cognitive clarity and motivation. I've been chatting with Dr Ravi -- a T1 ultrarunner doing a vegetarian LC test for a year (super cool with biometrics and tests and more!) -- and this keeps me thinking about what I'm doing and expecting.
I'm only a few days into the experiment, still eating a little avocado and some greens but not everyday. I've been mentally craving something like yogurt or cream cheese -- soft and cold and fatty -- but I don't let myself buy it so that's easy! It's a weekend purchase only. Also Thursday was 600 days NSNG, I'm 210 days keto, 60 days no M (that's totally the best), and will maybe start a carni keto clock, but more likely I'll just roll into it.
Met with JH today, jokes about problems at work (I now know why my assay wasn't working, turns out it was in fact working I was just given bad starting information). Some new exercises still working on core and upper body. Then I asked permission (is that the best word?) to "run" the Firecracker 10K or 5K next Weds. Answer is YES if I know I can stick to a walk/run and walk-the-hills strategy. YAY!!
I ran this 10K in 2014 in 43:13, I think it's my 10K PR. TH was there, and will be this year too. I joked with JH about signing up under a false name, haha. He suggested something like Jeff Lytle in honor of the two voices on my shoulder while I'm running. HEE!!
Friday, June 29, 2018
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Not over-trained, rather under-rested.
RUN 2.3 miles out of 3.1, ez track 400s
BIKE COMMUTE 14 miles
With JH in my head saying "I'd be disappointed if you didn't take my advice" (see yesterday's post) I left on Puppy to meet BE at the track. I was tired before I woke up, dragging, and barely motivated. The keto thing playing a role here too, I'm sure. But I couldn't resist running even just a teeny bit!
BE ran 800s as per his plan (ave'd 3:35-3:40 on them) while I did about 500 in the same time. 5 intervals and done, and kept this workout as a goal to repeat in the future for comparison.
I also need to crow (eh....maybe not too much) about this being the first back-to-back run I've done! Bee version 2 has a new record and benchmark.
BE mentioned a book by Deena Kastor, about the mental aspects of racing. By coincidence, yesterday I downloaded a Marathon Training Academy pod with her in it and I play that during my bike ride to work. The title of this post along with a few other gems stuck in my head. Another for when negativity seeps in during a run -- find a thought that serves me better.
I'm almost done with Scott Jurek's North book (wonder how it will end....ha!) and I have 3 to pick up at the library next. One on running form, two on science topics.
Yeah, I'm tired and need to rest. Hard to separate the physical fatigue from the diet-physical fatigue. Thought I was more fat adapted?!
BIKE COMMUTE 14 miles
With JH in my head saying "I'd be disappointed if you didn't take my advice" (see yesterday's post) I left on Puppy to meet BE at the track. I was tired before I woke up, dragging, and barely motivated. The keto thing playing a role here too, I'm sure. But I couldn't resist running even just a teeny bit!
BE ran 800s as per his plan (ave'd 3:35-3:40 on them) while I did about 500 in the same time. 5 intervals and done, and kept this workout as a goal to repeat in the future for comparison.
I also need to crow (eh....maybe not too much) about this being the first back-to-back run I've done! Bee version 2 has a new record and benchmark.
BE mentioned a book by Deena Kastor, about the mental aspects of racing. By coincidence, yesterday I downloaded a Marathon Training Academy pod with her in it and I play that during my bike ride to work. The title of this post along with a few other gems stuck in my head. Another for when negativity seeps in during a run -- find a thought that serves me better.
I'm almost done with Scott Jurek's North book (wonder how it will end....ha!) and I have 3 to pick up at the library next. One on running form, two on science topics.
Yeah, I'm tired and need to rest. Hard to separate the physical fatigue from the diet-physical fatigue. Thought I was more fat adapted?!
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Battle of Wills. You talkin' to me?!
RUN 4.4 miles in about 42 mins, out of ....oh I dunno
BIKE COMMUTE a whole 1.3 miles
PT with JH
Messed up morning due to waves of t-storms and rain. First off, BE suggested the great idea of rescheduling our Yasso 800s to tomorrow. That left me free to swim, or ride the trainer. I biked yesterday, so figured the pool would be the next best bet. But the storms meant a pool closure. Seeing a break in the storms coming up, I decided to walk the doggie then drive to the pool to find out.
Got to the pool, and found it closed for "maintenance". ARG. Luckily I brought my running shoes and jumped on a treadmill over looking the pool. 55 mins total walk/run with 4x 10' intervals. I held pace around 9:30 and felt good with it. I don't like the treadmill, but it can serve its purpose when needed.
Off to JH, where in response to my usual "what's news" he told a story of a Battle of Wills with a college Lacrosse student home for the summer, recovering from shin splints. Long (and well told) story short, she would keep asking 'can I do this run?' 'can I play this pick-up game', why or why not, questioning, etc. Apparently between JH and Dr L, it was the same game. She wanted to go-go but the advice from both was no-go yet.
The point of the story to me, and what JH explained, was that Yes you could run but you'll just stay injured. Yes you could run but then don't come back to us upset about it. And No, I'm not mad at you for running, I'm not mad that you're re-injured, but I'm disappointed that you didn't take my advice.
As this story unfolded, I could see ME in place of her in the story, and I wondered about that. Seriously, the things she asked and wanted were just like what I wanted. But I don't think I question them as a challenge, I just want to understand the why or why not.
So as the workout progressed, I asked if after running today I could do Yasso 800s with BE tomorrow. LOL, NO. And I 'casually' mentioned the Ballwin Triathlon Double option and once I mentioned the 3.6 mile run twice I didn't even need to hear the NO. I could feel it in the look he gave me, LOL. Love it.
New exercises! Medicine ball chest throws (with the yellow and black bee ball, no less!) and these almost-handstand yoga ball things that left my upper back fatigued the rest of the day. Ooof, he said that would be my new favorite. He's probably right. Again. :)
BIKE COMMUTE a whole 1.3 miles
PT with JH
Messed up morning due to waves of t-storms and rain. First off, BE suggested the great idea of rescheduling our Yasso 800s to tomorrow. That left me free to swim, or ride the trainer. I biked yesterday, so figured the pool would be the next best bet. But the storms meant a pool closure. Seeing a break in the storms coming up, I decided to walk the doggie then drive to the pool to find out.
Got to the pool, and found it closed for "maintenance". ARG. Luckily I brought my running shoes and jumped on a treadmill over looking the pool. 55 mins total walk/run with 4x 10' intervals. I held pace around 9:30 and felt good with it. I don't like the treadmill, but it can serve its purpose when needed.
Off to JH, where in response to my usual "what's news" he told a story of a Battle of Wills with a college Lacrosse student home for the summer, recovering from shin splints. Long (and well told) story short, she would keep asking 'can I do this run?' 'can I play this pick-up game', why or why not, questioning, etc. Apparently between JH and Dr L, it was the same game. She wanted to go-go but the advice from both was no-go yet.
The point of the story to me, and what JH explained, was that Yes you could run but you'll just stay injured. Yes you could run but then don't come back to us upset about it. And No, I'm not mad at you for running, I'm not mad that you're re-injured, but I'm disappointed that you didn't take my advice.
As this story unfolded, I could see ME in place of her in the story, and I wondered about that. Seriously, the things she asked and wanted were just like what I wanted. But I don't think I question them as a challenge, I just want to understand the why or why not.
So as the workout progressed, I asked if after running today I could do Yasso 800s with BE tomorrow. LOL, NO. And I 'casually' mentioned the Ballwin Triathlon Double option and once I mentioned the 3.6 mile run twice I didn't even need to hear the NO. I could feel it in the look he gave me, LOL. Love it.
New exercises! Medicine ball chest throws (with the yellow and black bee ball, no less!) and these almost-handstand yoga ball things that left my upper back fatigued the rest of the day. Ooof, he said that would be my new favorite. He's probably right. Again. :)
Monday, June 25, 2018
Should I black out BE from race t-shirt?
BIKE 20.4 miles in 1:23, 3x TGP intervals
BIKE COMMUTE 9.4 miles
BE found the bit of steel wire that had deflated his tube the past two Mondays, so he was back for today's ride. Among our many topics, we laughed over the idea of blacking out his name from the 2013 RT 66 Half Iron t-shirt because he didn't finish. And what would an IM t-shirt look like if all DNFers were blacked-out? T-shirt rules! Other topics -- the Club picnic that I missed, Ballwin Triathlon's new double tri option, a Judy Garland cover performance BE saw, and more. Always more. Good intervals -- 17:20, 16:48, and 16:45. Third one alone as BE had to scoot to work.
So not as hard as last week! But I'm still tired. I'm testing carni keto, just started and while I'm not 100% it's still quite the drop in energy. I'm awake and functioning, but low E.
BIKE COMMUTE 9.4 miles
BE found the bit of steel wire that had deflated his tube the past two Mondays, so he was back for today's ride. Among our many topics, we laughed over the idea of blacking out his name from the 2013 RT 66 Half Iron t-shirt because he didn't finish. And what would an IM t-shirt look like if all DNFers were blacked-out? T-shirt rules! Other topics -- the Club picnic that I missed, Ballwin Triathlon's new double tri option, a Judy Garland cover performance BE saw, and more. Always more. Good intervals -- 17:20, 16:48, and 16:45. Third one alone as BE had to scoot to work.
So not as hard as last week! But I'm still tired. I'm testing carni keto, just started and while I'm not 100% it's still quite the drop in energy. I'm awake and functioning, but low E.
Sunday, June 24, 2018
Hive-Five! I got in a swim this week!
SWIM 16 mins and 700 yards, late in evening
I rested today, waaaayyy too tired and with Dr L and JH like little voices in my head I knew I needed to rest after yesterday's long run. And I really didn't have the motivation to ride anyway. Which is too bad, it was a relatively cool morning in the high 70's. Certainly, there won't be many of those to enjoy now that summer is here.
But I did get an opportunity to swim with SO, happily took it, having skipped all 3 swims I'd already planned this past week. These short swims are so easy and GOOD to do, so I'm re-evaluating my schedule to see how I can do evening swims at the Y. Once you get there, 15 mins easily turns into 30. And then I get to check the Swim box.
Major dialing back of hours and miles this week, I over did it Monday and Tuesday, rested Weds and Thurs, and Friday. Love how it feels to be so tired. Again I ask, what am I training for?!
Oh and 6 years ago was IM CDA.
NUMERICS 4.5 hours this week, not counting the commute
SWIM 700y
BIKE 36 miles
RUN 13.1 miles longest yet!
BIKE COMMUTE 35.2 miles
I rested today, waaaayyy too tired and with Dr L and JH like little voices in my head I knew I needed to rest after yesterday's long run. And I really didn't have the motivation to ride anyway. Which is too bad, it was a relatively cool morning in the high 70's. Certainly, there won't be many of those to enjoy now that summer is here.
But I did get an opportunity to swim with SO, happily took it, having skipped all 3 swims I'd already planned this past week. These short swims are so easy and GOOD to do, so I'm re-evaluating my schedule to see how I can do evening swims at the Y. Once you get there, 15 mins easily turns into 30. And then I get to check the Swim box.
Major dialing back of hours and miles this week, I over did it Monday and Tuesday, rested Weds and Thurs, and Friday. Love how it feels to be so tired. Again I ask, what am I training for?!
Oh and 6 years ago was IM CDA.
NUMERICS 4.5 hours this week, not counting the commute
SWIM 700y
BIKE 36 miles
RUN 13.1 miles longest yet!
BIKE COMMUTE 35.2 miles
Saturday, June 23, 2018
First run commute!
RUN 3.6 miles in 36 mins, total of 50 mins and 4.4 miles to work
RUN 4.1 miles in ~40 mins, 50 mins and 4.6 miles to home
Totals were 7.7 miles in about 80 minutes, my longest run to date! And the longest interval yet of 13 minutes. Yahoo! So I'm not ready to start Weds run commutes, or am I?
I swapped days this weekend, planned to do the long run before the long ride. That way I'm fresher for the run, which makes more sense and I don't know why I have to mention this plan like it's a smart or novel idea.
Gorgeous day, and I had the cool temps and sun the whole way. I even wore the Camelbak sans bladder and loved loved loved the feel of putting it on and clipping in. So familiar a feeling.
I took both runs very easy, in the end was at 10 m/m pace running, a bit slower than expected, but my HR stayed in good range doing so. I had my usual stiff re-start after lab work was done but knew from experience that it would shake out. And it did, so familiar a feeling.
Afterwards, shower and FR, then I didn't eat most of the rest of the day! I had a few eggs and a hunk of steak pre-run, then wasn't hungry. Thank you carnivore keto! SO took me to a park with a beach, we hung out watching the water and floaters. Exactly the kind of relaxation Dr L and JH have in mind probably. Recovery, but not on the couch sleeping type of recovery. I need more of this, it's not a familiar feeling!
RUN 4.1 miles in ~40 mins, 50 mins and 4.6 miles to home
Totals were 7.7 miles in about 80 minutes, my longest run to date! And the longest interval yet of 13 minutes. Yahoo! So I'm not ready to start Weds run commutes, or am I?
I swapped days this weekend, planned to do the long run before the long ride. That way I'm fresher for the run, which makes more sense and I don't know why I have to mention this plan like it's a smart or novel idea.
Gorgeous day, and I had the cool temps and sun the whole way. I even wore the Camelbak sans bladder and loved loved loved the feel of putting it on and clipping in. So familiar a feeling.
I took both runs very easy, in the end was at 10 m/m pace running, a bit slower than expected, but my HR stayed in good range doing so. I had my usual stiff re-start after lab work was done but knew from experience that it would shake out. And it did, so familiar a feeling.
Afterwards, shower and FR, then I didn't eat most of the rest of the day! I had a few eggs and a hunk of steak pre-run, then wasn't hungry. Thank you carnivore keto! SO took me to a park with a beach, we hung out watching the water and floaters. Exactly the kind of relaxation Dr L and JH have in mind probably. Recovery, but not on the couch sleeping type of recovery. I need more of this, it's not a familiar feeling!
Friday, June 22, 2018
Over Trained? Needed to days off.
Weds BIKE COMMUTE 9.4 miles
Thurs BIKE COMMUTE 1.3 miles and PT with JH
Friday BIKE indoors 1 hour and about 16 miles
BIKE COMMUTE 9.4 miles
Well of course I'm probably over trained. I love the feeling, I feel like a kid in the candy store unable to stop myself from grabbing every endurance hour I can get. But whooooooo boy was I tired these three days.
Woke up Weds and didn't even have the motivation to walk the dog. The bike commute was on dead legs. Thursday more of the same, OH WAIT, I did an indoor ride Thursday or Friday!! AH! Must edit! I'll go back to edit Sunday's numerics post. I did a 1 hr indoor ride on Friday it turns out. Hive-Five!
PT with JH on Thursday -- new exercises! More back and abs, to help with running and posture. Love the new stuff, don't feel it as much as I feared I would being so out of shape. More please.
Whooo, there's no drug to make me feel so good as being wiped out. More please.
Thurs BIKE COMMUTE 1.3 miles and PT with JH
Friday BIKE indoors 1 hour and about 16 miles
BIKE COMMUTE 9.4 miles
Well of course I'm probably over trained. I love the feeling, I feel like a kid in the candy store unable to stop myself from grabbing every endurance hour I can get. But whooooooo boy was I tired these three days.
Woke up Weds and didn't even have the motivation to walk the dog. The bike commute was on dead legs. Thursday more of the same, OH WAIT, I did an indoor ride Thursday or Friday!! AH! Must edit! I'll go back to edit Sunday's numerics post. I did a 1 hr indoor ride on Friday it turns out. Hive-Five!
PT with JH on Thursday -- new exercises! More back and abs, to help with running and posture. Love the new stuff, don't feel it as much as I feared I would being so out of shape. More please.
Whooo, there's no drug to make me feel so good as being wiped out. More please.
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