Today's workout:
Swim-90 minutes
I was asleep by 8:30 last night and the alarm had to wake me up at 6:30 this morning. I woke up only a couple times for a trip to the restroom, but other than that I slept as sound as a pound. I was surprised to wake up to the alarm-I figured I'd be up early since I went to be early. My theory is that if I have to wake up with an alarm than I haven't gotten enough sleep that night. So that means that I could have slept even longer this morning! More than 10 hours! Boy did this past week wipe me out! At least we're going into a back week.
I was pretty awake for most of the day-started to get tired again mid-afternoon. But by then it was time for the swim. The swim was good-pretty relaxed and even slower than normal if that's possible! My legs were a little sore, but not too bad.
I'm taking tomorrow off for Cheyenne's photo shoot! We're so excited! So at least I can sleep in as long as I need to. Looking forward to that!
8:30 now, past my ITB. (Ironman Training Bedtime)
G'night!
M :)
Monday, January 31, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
3M Half Marathon Day!
Today's workout:
Run-3M Half Marathon (13.1)
Weights-2 x 15
4:45am. alarm goes off. Make smoothie, toast bagel, feed pups.
5:15am. get dressed-drop some friends off at the pool
5:45am-leave house, drop-off chauffeur service courtesy of Christopher Beer
6:00am-arrive at Embassy Suites where Kristi and Wayne slept last night. The hotel is right at the start line.
6:15am-meet Bonnie in the lobby and take a light jog to her hotel so she could get her watch
6:30am-pit stop in the woods by start line.
6:40am-line up with the 1:45 pace group and make plan of attack. Kristi and Bonnie plan to run with
the 1:45 pace group. I plan to run with them for about 50 yards and then drop back. Wayne plans
on going for a PR-sets the cyber running buddy on his watch for a 9:30 pace. I don't have a time goal yet.
6:44am-They announce that it's 73.3 degrees. It's 6:45 in the morning on January 30th. Gotta love Austin. That wasn't quite the accurate temp though. News reports the following, "Start time weather conditions for the race were cloudy with a temperature of 64 degrees with south winds of about three miles per hour; humidity was 87%"
8:02 minutes into the race-I hit mile one. Ooops, went out way to fast. I usually run 9:30s or so while I warm up. I paid the price for the next couple miles. I was able to stay in front of the 1:50 finish time pace group for a while, so I set a little goal to finish in under 1:50. They caught up to me around mile six and passed me around mile seven. I pulled off to the side, walked, had a little pout, filled up my water bottle, and then told myself to keep running. So I did. Chris had told me on the way to the race start that if I didn't walk, I would probably get my best time. So I thought of him and kept running the whole time.
Just before mile eleven, the race goes right past Jenni's house, and that's so awesome-every year I get some high fives from them and a little fresh energy for the last two miles.
With two miles left, I'm on pace for a PR, but because of my 1:50 disappointment, I didn't even really care, I didn't speed up, I just told myself to stay at the comfortable pace I was at, and whatever happened happened. I ended up with a PR of 1:53:36. I was pretty happy with that, considering I didn't really push myself except from mile six-seven when the 1:50 group was closing the gap. I think I went out too fast. I should have started with the 1:55 group and then worked my up a little faster. Oh well. There's always next year. It's one of my favorite races. Even after all this Ironman craziness if over, I hope to keep doing half marathons.
Here are the results from today:
Kristi-1:48:15-totally rocked it out for a major PR! Her last few miles were at a 7:30 pace! So awesome! Way to represent the Jiggly Middles!
Wayne-2:11:28-not the PR he was hoping for, but he still had an awesome run and a lot of fun. He said that running races is one of his favorite things to do.
Todd-1:27:23-finished in 142nd place overall and there were over 5500 runners!
Bonnie-1:51-ran as a bandit-and even got a medal!
The race was fun overall-a little rain, a little mist, lots of clouds, lots of spectators, well organized, not much to complain about! Considering we biked a hilly 55 miles and ran two miles after the bike yesterday, and we had no taper, I think we all rocked!
As soon as B and T finished they took the shuttle back to the hotel to start their drive back to Chicago.
Wayne, Kristi, and I walked back to their place where we met our celebrity guest for the day! Christopher Strong Man Beer! Chris decided to do the weight workout with us today. It was so fun to have him at Club Macca with us! Well, did Chris ever show us up! We've all been doing anywhere from 5-25 pounds of free weights and up to about 40-50 on the machines. Chris comes in there and cranks out huge numbers! 100-plus on the machines and he bench pressed 35-pound free weights in each hand!
I have to brag on my main squeeze here-we were all pretty impressed! In fact, we were so impressed, we voted unanimously to give him a spot in the gun show!
Run-3M Half Marathon (13.1)
Weights-2 x 15
4:45am. alarm goes off. Make smoothie, toast bagel, feed pups.
5:15am. get dressed-drop some friends off at the pool
5:45am-leave house, drop-off chauffeur service courtesy of Christopher Beer
6:00am-arrive at Embassy Suites where Kristi and Wayne slept last night. The hotel is right at the start line.
6:15am-meet Bonnie in the lobby and take a light jog to her hotel so she could get her watch
6:30am-pit stop in the woods by start line.
6:40am-line up with the 1:45 pace group and make plan of attack. Kristi and Bonnie plan to run with
the 1:45 pace group. I plan to run with them for about 50 yards and then drop back. Wayne plans
on going for a PR-sets the cyber running buddy on his watch for a 9:30 pace. I don't have a time goal yet.
6:44am-They announce that it's 73.3 degrees. It's 6:45 in the morning on January 30th. Gotta love Austin. That wasn't quite the accurate temp though. News reports the following, "Start time weather conditions for the race were cloudy with a temperature of 64 degrees with south winds of about three miles per hour; humidity was 87%"
8:02 minutes into the race-I hit mile one. Ooops, went out way to fast. I usually run 9:30s or so while I warm up. I paid the price for the next couple miles. I was able to stay in front of the 1:50 finish time pace group for a while, so I set a little goal to finish in under 1:50. They caught up to me around mile six and passed me around mile seven. I pulled off to the side, walked, had a little pout, filled up my water bottle, and then told myself to keep running. So I did. Chris had told me on the way to the race start that if I didn't walk, I would probably get my best time. So I thought of him and kept running the whole time.
Just before mile eleven, the race goes right past Jenni's house, and that's so awesome-every year I get some high fives from them and a little fresh energy for the last two miles.
With two miles left, I'm on pace for a PR, but because of my 1:50 disappointment, I didn't even really care, I didn't speed up, I just told myself to stay at the comfortable pace I was at, and whatever happened happened. I ended up with a PR of 1:53:36. I was pretty happy with that, considering I didn't really push myself except from mile six-seven when the 1:50 group was closing the gap. I think I went out too fast. I should have started with the 1:55 group and then worked my up a little faster. Oh well. There's always next year. It's one of my favorite races. Even after all this Ironman craziness if over, I hope to keep doing half marathons.
Here are the results from today:
Kristi-1:48:15-totally rocked it out for a major PR! Her last few miles were at a 7:30 pace! So awesome! Way to represent the Jiggly Middles!
Wayne-2:11:28-not the PR he was hoping for, but he still had an awesome run and a lot of fun. He said that running races is one of his favorite things to do.
Todd-1:27:23-finished in 142nd place overall and there were over 5500 runners!
Bonnie-1:51-ran as a bandit-and even got a medal!
The race was fun overall-a little rain, a little mist, lots of clouds, lots of spectators, well organized, not much to complain about! Considering we biked a hilly 55 miles and ran two miles after the bike yesterday, and we had no taper, I think we all rocked!
As soon as B and T finished they took the shuttle back to the hotel to start their drive back to Chicago.
Wayne, Kristi, and I walked back to their place where we met our celebrity guest for the day! Christopher Strong Man Beer! Chris decided to do the weight workout with us today. It was so fun to have him at Club Macca with us! Well, did Chris ever show us up! We've all been doing anywhere from 5-25 pounds of free weights and up to about 40-50 on the machines. Chris comes in there and cranks out huge numbers! 100-plus on the machines and he bench pressed 35-pound free weights in each hand!
I have to brag on my main squeeze here-we were all pretty impressed! In fact, we were so impressed, we voted unanimously to give him a spot in the gun show!
Such a hunk!
I hope he keeps coming to Club Macca with us!
I am now pretty comfortable with the "heavier" weights. I'm up to eight whole pounds on the freeweights. Chris said I should go heavier on the leg press. I'm at ten pounds now, and the next lightest weight is 25. That's a big jump. Maybe I'll try it on Thursday.
After our weight workout we went to Austin Java to celebrate the race. Brad and Mayling joined us too so that was extra fun!
On the way back to the car we had to stop for some photos because it was such a beautiful day. 78-80 degrees and mostly sunny!
I love Austin!
Once at home it was time to chill on the back deck with some magazines, lots of water to drink, and the sunshine. Nice afternoon. Then.....on to the ice bath! So Kritsi and Wayne are perfecting the fine art of ice bathing, and are sharing their icy wisdom with me. Kristi said the other day that she added 15-lbs of ice to her bath. I thought she was being facetious, because I thought that 15-lbs of ice was a huge amount, like an amount that would fill completely fill an empty bath tub. I didn't realize that one little bag of ice is ten pounds, I thought one bag of ice was about two pounds. Kristi says I thought that because of my big guns-10-lbs is just too easy for me to pick up, so I thought it was lighter! Hahahahahaha!
Today I added a ten pound bag of ice to the water. It wasn't bad at all. In fact, the ice completely melted within 10 minutes. Chris came in to check on me, and I was leaning on my arm, with my eyes closed. He asked if I was ok, and I said I was just taking a little nap. He said that's the first stage of hypothermia and that he was going to have to keep an eye on me! Then I told him I was just nice and relaxed. He told me I had a strange idea of "relaxing"...sitting in an ice bath!
The end of a fun day is winding down. Just a few things to do before an early bedtime.
Later gators!
M :)
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Windy day!
Today's workout:
Bike-219 minutes-55 miles
Run-15-20 minutes
The swim is optional on Saturdays so we opted out today because we have the 3M Half Marathon tomorrow morning. We headed out to do the same route as last week because we had a special request from the Chicago clan. We did it reverse this week though. Here's the map.
We went slower this week-because of the race tomorrow and also because of the wind. The weatherman was dead on today and the wind picked up almost exactly on cue. Thank goodness Brad was along today to pull us for a lot of the way! Thanks Brad! Bonnie and Todd took off to do their own pace-one of their only rides outside this winter so far-I think they loved the weather! It was in the 70s when we finished the ride. The run was fine afterwards. The pups enjoyed it!
The ice bath is one of the best things I have done since I started running years ago. I found myself actually looking forward to the ice bath during the ride. The ice bath is so incredibly restorative. I can tell a difference in my leg muscles even while I'm sitting in the water, and afterwards and the next day it only gets better. I bought a bag of ice at the store for tomorrow's ice bath after the race and the weights.
Ok, time to check exactly how much it's going to rain during the race tomorrow.
M :)
Bike-219 minutes-55 miles
Run-15-20 minutes
The swim is optional on Saturdays so we opted out today because we have the 3M Half Marathon tomorrow morning. We headed out to do the same route as last week because we had a special request from the Chicago clan. We did it reverse this week though. Here's the map.
We went slower this week-because of the race tomorrow and also because of the wind. The weatherman was dead on today and the wind picked up almost exactly on cue. Thank goodness Brad was along today to pull us for a lot of the way! Thanks Brad! Bonnie and Todd took off to do their own pace-one of their only rides outside this winter so far-I think they loved the weather! It was in the 70s when we finished the ride. The run was fine afterwards. The pups enjoyed it!
The ice bath is one of the best things I have done since I started running years ago. I found myself actually looking forward to the ice bath during the ride. The ice bath is so incredibly restorative. I can tell a difference in my leg muscles even while I'm sitting in the water, and afterwards and the next day it only gets better. I bought a bag of ice at the store for tomorrow's ice bath after the race and the weights.
Ok, time to check exactly how much it's going to rain during the race tomorrow.
M :)
Friday, January 28, 2011
I can't stop smiling!!!!
Today's workout:
Off
Walk-Nice long walk with AUSTIN'S FITTEST DOGS!!!!!!
Yup! That's right! Cheyenne won the Austin's Fittest Dog Contest that I talked about a few blogs ago!!! Yeeehawwwww!!!!! We are sooo excited! Cheyenne started doing a little dance in the living room and Caribia started barking and we had a big party!!!!! We have a photo shoot next week sometime-hopefully Tuesday. She'll be in the March 2011 Austin Fit magazine!!!! I'm so happy-my face hurts from smiling so much!!!!
Here's her video entry.
(Couldn't figure out how to embed it this time...)
So with all the excitement I decided not to do yoga tonight. I'm gonna take it super easy and go to bed nice and early. I've been waking up at 5:15 for no reason so I'm pretty tired.
As promised, here are the photos from last night's gun show.
Hahahaha! Nice guns! We have to be careful when we're driving around town. If we get pulled over we could get arrested for having a six pack and guns in the car! Hahahahaha!!!
Ok, Austin's fittest dog and her mama are going to plan the bike route for tomorrow now.
Later gators!
M :)
Off
Walk-Nice long walk with AUSTIN'S FITTEST DOGS!!!!!!
Yup! That's right! Cheyenne won the Austin's Fittest Dog Contest that I talked about a few blogs ago!!! Yeeehawwwww!!!!! We are sooo excited! Cheyenne started doing a little dance in the living room and Caribia started barking and we had a big party!!!!! We have a photo shoot next week sometime-hopefully Tuesday. She'll be in the March 2011 Austin Fit magazine!!!! I'm so happy-my face hurts from smiling so much!!!!
Here's her video entry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE_X5pFOitQ
(Couldn't figure out how to embed it this time...)
So with all the excitement I decided not to do yoga tonight. I'm gonna take it super easy and go to bed nice and early. I've been waking up at 5:15 for no reason so I'm pretty tired.
As promised, here are the photos from last night's gun show.
Hahahaha! Nice guns! We have to be careful when we're driving around town. If we get pulled over we could get arrested for having a six pack and guns in the car! Hahahahaha!!!
Ok, Austin's fittest dog and her mama are going to plan the bike route for tomorrow now.
Later gators!
M :)
Thursday, January 27, 2011
You're invited to the gun show...
Today's workout:
Run-8-9 miles or so-track workout with pace work, accelerations, and drills
Weights-2 x 15
We went to a gun show tonight, but unfortunately my camera decided to stop sending photos after the first email went through. So instead of the gun show photos tonight you'll be entertained with my second ice bath!
But before we get to the frozen legs, the track workout was great tonight! It was a great temperature and a different workout than we've done before. We did five miles on the track. We did five sets of laps, 1 lap, 2 laps, 3 laps, 4 laps, then 5 laps. Each set of laps was progressively faster. We started at marathon pace for the first lap and ended at about 7:30s for the last 5 laps! Bonnie did the workout with us while Todd rested with the two pups. Todd ran earlier so he could hang with their dogs while Bonnie ran with us.
After the track workout we went to Club Macca. We all went up in weights tonight. I took Kristi's 8-lb weights, so she had to take Wayne's 10-lb weights which meant that Wayne had to go up to 50-lb weights. (Heeheehee!) I think I might have gone up too much on something because my left elbow hurts and not in a good way. I'll try icing it at some point. Hopefully a good night's rest will help it heal.
So Ice Bath #2 tonight. I have a pair of swimming suit bottoms that are padded for bike riding-like tri shorts except without the shorts part-more like tri-underwear. Which is perfect for an ice bath! Tonight I did it a little differently. I sat in the empty tub with padded undies and a sweatshirt and then turned on the cold water. I went to a zen place in my head and it wasn't too bad. Once the water was at the right level to cover my gargantuan muscles, Chris added the ice for me. More zen. It was easier tonight than the first time. Probably because I knew what to expect.
The ice machine in our freezer only has so much ice, so that's all I can add. But here's an actual shot of a real live ice bath in action! I'm cold just looking at it! I guess if I lived in Boston I could just walk outside in my tri-undies and sit in the snow for 10 minutes.
See, it's not all that bad...I still managed to smile for the camera! Kristi and Wayne talked about maybe trying an ice bath tonight. They're going to send in their reports for tomorrow's blog. And stay tuned for the Gun Show tomorrow as long as my camera cooperates.
Caribia and Cheyenne wanted to make an appearance in the blog today to thank Aunt Kristi and Uncle Wayne for their treats! Actually it was Caribia's treat-for her birthday, but they were kind enough to get Cheyenne a treat for Caribia's birthday too! Caribia ate hers in about 20 seconds flat. Cheyenne took hers into the other room, sniffed it, licked it, balanced it between her paws, licked it some more, took a little nibble....this went on for about 15 minutes....such cute little pups!
Ok, here comes the Sandman. When he stops at 809 he means business!
M :)
Run-8-9 miles or so-track workout with pace work, accelerations, and drills
Weights-2 x 15
We went to a gun show tonight, but unfortunately my camera decided to stop sending photos after the first email went through. So instead of the gun show photos tonight you'll be entertained with my second ice bath!
But before we get to the frozen legs, the track workout was great tonight! It was a great temperature and a different workout than we've done before. We did five miles on the track. We did five sets of laps, 1 lap, 2 laps, 3 laps, 4 laps, then 5 laps. Each set of laps was progressively faster. We started at marathon pace for the first lap and ended at about 7:30s for the last 5 laps! Bonnie did the workout with us while Todd rested with the two pups. Todd ran earlier so he could hang with their dogs while Bonnie ran with us.
After the track workout we went to Club Macca. We all went up in weights tonight. I took Kristi's 8-lb weights, so she had to take Wayne's 10-lb weights which meant that Wayne had to go up to 50-lb weights. (Heeheehee!) I think I might have gone up too much on something because my left elbow hurts and not in a good way. I'll try icing it at some point. Hopefully a good night's rest will help it heal.
So Ice Bath #2 tonight. I have a pair of swimming suit bottoms that are padded for bike riding-like tri shorts except without the shorts part-more like tri-underwear. Which is perfect for an ice bath! Tonight I did it a little differently. I sat in the empty tub with padded undies and a sweatshirt and then turned on the cold water. I went to a zen place in my head and it wasn't too bad. Once the water was at the right level to cover my gargantuan muscles, Chris added the ice for me. More zen. It was easier tonight than the first time. Probably because I knew what to expect.
The ice machine in our freezer only has so much ice, so that's all I can add. But here's an actual shot of a real live ice bath in action! I'm cold just looking at it! I guess if I lived in Boston I could just walk outside in my tri-undies and sit in the snow for 10 minutes.
See, it's not all that bad...I still managed to smile for the camera! Kristi and Wayne talked about maybe trying an ice bath tonight. They're going to send in their reports for tomorrow's blog. And stay tuned for the Gun Show tomorrow as long as my camera cooperates.
Caribia and Cheyenne wanted to make an appearance in the blog today to thank Aunt Kristi and Uncle Wayne for their treats! Actually it was Caribia's treat-for her birthday, but they were kind enough to get Cheyenne a treat for Caribia's birthday too! Caribia ate hers in about 20 seconds flat. Cheyenne took hers into the other room, sniffed it, licked it, balanced it between her paws, licked it some more, took a little nibble....this went on for about 15 minutes....such cute little pups!
Ok, here comes the Sandman. When he stops at 809 he means business!
M :)
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
I can't find my slippers anywhere
Today's workout:
Swim-90 minutes
Bike-about 60 minutes
I can't find my slippers anywhere and my feet are cold. I can't believe the difference an extra hour of sleep makes on Wednesday mornings. I know I said it before, but swimming at 6:30 instead of 7:30 is life-changing. I felt so much more awake and I'm sure I was so much more pleasant to be around at work. The swim was normal. Nothing to blog about, as they say.
The ride tonight was fun! The whole gang was here! Bonnie and Todd and Brad!!!! Suddenly Wayne, Kristi and I have expanded to double our size! (Not our body size, just the group ride size. Actually, after all the queso and tortillas I ate tonight, I feel like I did double my body size! Hahahaha!)
I tried to keep the ride pace down to 25 mph, but everyone else had their heart set on 30 mph. I said, I'm going to stay at heart rate one, and for me, that's a nice slow 25 mph. I ended up catching up with them at a light.
After the ride we exercised our bellies at Hula Hut! Yummy stuff!
I know there was some funny stuff that happened tonight that I should be blogging about, but Mr. Sandman has one foot in my bedroom already...he's forcing my eyes shut.....can't even profred th reast of the bloooog......zzzzzz.........
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Wow, I really needed that.
Today's workout:
Bike-77 minutes on the trainer
Run-22 minutes
10-lb Slimdown yoga
Sit-ups
Wow, I feel like a new person. I didn't realize how badly I needed a day off until I took that day off. I was able to totally recharge my batteries and I finally feel back to normal. It's incredible what one day off can do. And it's incredible what the return of two good friends can do! Yup, that's right! Bonnie and Todd are back in town!!!! And...they are planning on moving back here within a few weeks! Yeeeehawww!!!! They're here for the 3M Half Marathon race on Sunday, but love Austin so much that they're going to move back for good! Yippee!
I slept on and off until 9am today. Then I took the pups for a little walk around the neighborhood. Then I did yoga. Then I took an ice bath. Yup, I took an ice bath. My legs have been really really sore for the past few weeks, and I tried everything. Traditional icing, massage, the foam roller, yoga...they all helped, but no major difference. So I saw that a friend of mine, who's training for a marathon, recommended ice baths, saying that they have made all the difference in her training. I've heard of them before, but have never experienced muscle fatigue like I have over the past few weeks. I spent a while last night looking up info about ice baths. I seemed to find a technique that sounded pretty good. Here's how it worked.
I filled up the tub a little way with cold water from the tap. I had a bucket of ice beside the bath. I sat in the cold water-I kept a fleece on top. I just got in quickly. If I stopped to think about what I was actually doing I might have backed out. Once I was in I dumped the ice in. Oh, my, god. It was so painful-I had tears in my eyes...I found myself biting down on a towel to stop myself from screaming outloud! After the first four minutes, everything was pretty much numb and I was able to release my death grip on the towel. I was surprised how fast time went by...I sat in there for ten minutes. The advice I found on line recommended taking a magazine to read and a cup of tea to drink. I couldn't figure out how to do that...I was just focusing on the feeling of being submerged in an ice bath. Maybe I'll make it my goal to try to read an article or something next time. One question that I had, that I couldn't find answered anywhere on line was, "What about my privates?". Well, I'm not going to answer that here....it's kinda like a secret club....you have to experience it to get the answer.
After the ten minutes was up, I put on some cozy flannel pjs and some warm wooley socks, and jumped in bed. I could tell a difference within a few minutes of getting out of the ice. It felt like my legs were warming from the inside out-almost like I could actually feel the muscles healing themselves. The worst part was when my toes got their feeling back. That hurt for a little while. But other than the toe thing, the ice bath was amazing. It made such a difference-my legs felt so much better than they have with any of the other interventions. I'm still gonna roll, and stretch, and do yoga, but I think the ice baths will just give me a little extra push in the healing direction.
After the ice bath I watched part of a really bad movie, then finished reading my book and even managed to get a little shut eye while snuggling with Cheyenne. Carib was enjoying a brithday nap in the sunshine.
The ride tonight was on the trainer. It was a big gear workout. It was so fun to have Bonnie and Todd with us! Todd had run earlier today so he just hung out and talked to Wayne during the workout. Bonnie rode with us-decked out in her England jersey and her xmas riding socks!
After the ride we went for a 20-30 minute run. We added an extra loop around the Central Market trail, but it wasn't long enough. Only 20-22 minutes. We'll have to add an extra loop on top of the extra loop next time.
Tomorrow is the early morning swim again, so I'm off to bed.
G'night!
M :)
Bike-77 minutes on the trainer
Run-22 minutes
10-lb Slimdown yoga
Sit-ups
Wow, I feel like a new person. I didn't realize how badly I needed a day off until I took that day off. I was able to totally recharge my batteries and I finally feel back to normal. It's incredible what one day off can do. And it's incredible what the return of two good friends can do! Yup, that's right! Bonnie and Todd are back in town!!!! And...they are planning on moving back here within a few weeks! Yeeeehawww!!!! They're here for the 3M Half Marathon race on Sunday, but love Austin so much that they're going to move back for good! Yippee!
I slept on and off until 9am today. Then I took the pups for a little walk around the neighborhood. Then I did yoga. Then I took an ice bath. Yup, I took an ice bath. My legs have been really really sore for the past few weeks, and I tried everything. Traditional icing, massage, the foam roller, yoga...they all helped, but no major difference. So I saw that a friend of mine, who's training for a marathon, recommended ice baths, saying that they have made all the difference in her training. I've heard of them before, but have never experienced muscle fatigue like I have over the past few weeks. I spent a while last night looking up info about ice baths. I seemed to find a technique that sounded pretty good. Here's how it worked.
I filled up the tub a little way with cold water from the tap. I had a bucket of ice beside the bath. I sat in the cold water-I kept a fleece on top. I just got in quickly. If I stopped to think about what I was actually doing I might have backed out. Once I was in I dumped the ice in. Oh, my, god. It was so painful-I had tears in my eyes...I found myself biting down on a towel to stop myself from screaming outloud! After the first four minutes, everything was pretty much numb and I was able to release my death grip on the towel. I was surprised how fast time went by...I sat in there for ten minutes. The advice I found on line recommended taking a magazine to read and a cup of tea to drink. I couldn't figure out how to do that...I was just focusing on the feeling of being submerged in an ice bath. Maybe I'll make it my goal to try to read an article or something next time. One question that I had, that I couldn't find answered anywhere on line was, "What about my privates?". Well, I'm not going to answer that here....it's kinda like a secret club....you have to experience it to get the answer.
After the ten minutes was up, I put on some cozy flannel pjs and some warm wooley socks, and jumped in bed. I could tell a difference within a few minutes of getting out of the ice. It felt like my legs were warming from the inside out-almost like I could actually feel the muscles healing themselves. The worst part was when my toes got their feeling back. That hurt for a little while. But other than the toe thing, the ice bath was amazing. It made such a difference-my legs felt so much better than they have with any of the other interventions. I'm still gonna roll, and stretch, and do yoga, but I think the ice baths will just give me a little extra push in the healing direction.
After the ice bath I watched part of a really bad movie, then finished reading my book and even managed to get a little shut eye while snuggling with Cheyenne. Carib was enjoying a brithday nap in the sunshine.
The ride tonight was on the trainer. It was a big gear workout. It was so fun to have Bonnie and Todd with us! Todd had run earlier today so he just hung out and talked to Wayne during the workout. Bonnie rode with us-decked out in her England jersey and her xmas riding socks!
After the ride we went for a 20-30 minute run. We added an extra loop around the Central Market trail, but it wasn't long enough. Only 20-22 minutes. We'll have to add an extra loop on top of the extra loop next time.
Tomorrow is the early morning swim again, so I'm off to bed.
G'night!
M :)
Monday, January 24, 2011
Alfred Hitchcock and the Seven Dwarfs
Today's workout:
Swim 90 minutes
So I had a visit from two more of Grumpy's sisters today. Sleepy hung out in my office most of the day. She tried to get me to give into her sleepy ways, but I didn't. So she left. Then on the swim, the little known 8th dwarfy sister, Hungry, jumped into my lane with me. She gave me a good run for my money, but I managed to loose her at HEB. I left her in the checkout lane.
I got home and found Happy waiting for me. Happy decided to visit Doc tomorrow because she's feeling a little Sneezy, and take a "Sick Day", "Mental Health Day", and/or "Exhaustion Day". With more than a month of sick time banked, and an impending lay-off in the near future, Happy Ironman-in-Training doesn't need too much of an excuse to catch up on some much-needed rest.
I had to wait for a swim lane tonight. They were all full. One of the skinny lanes had a rather large gentleman in it swimming a rather large, lane-filling stroke, one lane had two people swimming non-stop laps, and the third lane had two lovebirds who had decided to make a date out of a trip to 24-Hour Fitness. They would "swim" from one end to the other, together, and then stop to take a break. The break included giggling, talking, staring at each other, little kisses on the cheek, flirting, and playing around trying to pull each other under the water. After about five minutes of waiting for the frolicking to end, Grannie Mary gave them the Stink Eye. They saw me glaring and decided to "swim" a few more laps before stopping for more lovin'. Oh boy. It's a good thing one of the people in the other lane got out or I might have had to open a can of whoop.....(Sorry, Grumpy got a hold of the computer there for a second...)
Once I was in the lane and swimming, the workout went along just fine. Monday's always seem to fly by. I like all the different drills-they make time pass by so quickly!
When I swim, I like to park on the other side of the gym-over by the HEB. There's always more parking there, and I sometimes like to pick up an item or two after a swim. I had a primo front spot today. Or so I thought. Have you ever seen Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds? Well, this is what it felt like on the way back to my car....
I could hear the birds from across the parking lot-I was thinking, "It's so nice that we have birds year round down here, I love the sound of birds. Not like up north where all the birds flee for the winter and you don't hear birds for four months of the year..." Well, all the birds from the north had apparently decided to hold a bird conference in the tree under which my car was parked. I could barely hear myself think..."Oh, I hope I don't get pooped on, that wouldn't make me happy...oh man, they're pooping all over my car....but I have to go to HEB...should I move my car? But there aren't any empty spaces near by..."
This is a picture from "The Birds", but it's also a picture from "The Tree At HEB And The Poor Sap Who Parked Underneath It". When I got back to the car after my trip into the store, you could see the splatters of bird poop from clear across the parking lot. I should have moved my car. I guess they all poop at once when the sun sets. I could barely see through the windshield! Guess I'll have to fit a car wash into my "Sick Day."
Time for beddy bye.
G'night!
M :)
Swim 90 minutes
So I had a visit from two more of Grumpy's sisters today. Sleepy hung out in my office most of the day. She tried to get me to give into her sleepy ways, but I didn't. So she left. Then on the swim, the little known 8th dwarfy sister, Hungry, jumped into my lane with me. She gave me a good run for my money, but I managed to loose her at HEB. I left her in the checkout lane.
I had to wait for a swim lane tonight. They were all full. One of the skinny lanes had a rather large gentleman in it swimming a rather large, lane-filling stroke, one lane had two people swimming non-stop laps, and the third lane had two lovebirds who had decided to make a date out of a trip to 24-Hour Fitness. They would "swim" from one end to the other, together, and then stop to take a break. The break included giggling, talking, staring at each other, little kisses on the cheek, flirting, and playing around trying to pull each other under the water. After about five minutes of waiting for the frolicking to end, Grannie Mary gave them the Stink Eye. They saw me glaring and decided to "swim" a few more laps before stopping for more lovin'. Oh boy. It's a good thing one of the people in the other lane got out or I might have had to open a can of whoop.....(Sorry, Grumpy got a hold of the computer there for a second...)
Once I was in the lane and swimming, the workout went along just fine. Monday's always seem to fly by. I like all the different drills-they make time pass by so quickly!
When I swim, I like to park on the other side of the gym-over by the HEB. There's always more parking there, and I sometimes like to pick up an item or two after a swim. I had a primo front spot today. Or so I thought. Have you ever seen Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds? Well, this is what it felt like on the way back to my car....
I could hear the birds from across the parking lot-I was thinking, "It's so nice that we have birds year round down here, I love the sound of birds. Not like up north where all the birds flee for the winter and you don't hear birds for four months of the year..." Well, all the birds from the north had apparently decided to hold a bird conference in the tree under which my car was parked. I could barely hear myself think..."Oh, I hope I don't get pooped on, that wouldn't make me happy...oh man, they're pooping all over my car....but I have to go to HEB...should I move my car? But there aren't any empty spaces near by..."
This is a picture from "The Birds", but it's also a picture from "The Tree At HEB And The Poor Sap Who Parked Underneath It". When I got back to the car after my trip into the store, you could see the splatters of bird poop from clear across the parking lot. I should have moved my car. I guess they all poop at once when the sun sets. I could barely see through the windshield! Guess I'll have to fit a car wash into my "Sick Day."
Time for beddy bye.
G'night!
M :)
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Mary's Day Off
Today's workout:
Bike-68 minutes (14 miles)
Run-100 minutes (10 miles)
Weights-2 x 15
I sent Grumpy Grumperson in my place to do the workouts for me today. I just needed the day off. So Grumpy is sitting here beside me to give the report from the day. Grumpy said that she didn't sleep well at all last night because the upstairs renters had their housewarming party. They told us about it in advance and invited us, so we knew it was going to be loud. So I went to sleep around 9pm, but Grumpy woke up at 10:30 and didn't get back to sleep until 2:30. Then Grumpy's neck and shoulders were killing her so she couldn't get comfortable. Then Caribia and Cheyenne were taking up most of the bed so Grumpy almost fell off the bed. Grumpy didn't like that.
Grumpy woke up around 6:15 because she just couldn't stay asleep. It was cold and overcast today. I tried to tell Grumpy that I'd go on the bike ride and hopefully the sun would come out, but Grumpy said no way. Grumpy had to stop and pee on the short ride-she drank so much water this morning because while I was sleeping in, she read that dehydration can cause muscle cramps, and I had had some cramping in my legs on the ride yesterday. Grumpy kept the ride real slow, her attitude wasn't very good.
The run was even worse. Grumpy was in full glory. Grumpy's cousin who's in the Navy even made an appearance today. That Sailor Grumpy was dropping F-bombs and other such inappropriate language, it was a good thing there were no small children around. Cheyenne was kind enough to pretend to enjoy both Grumpy and her cousin Sailor Grumpy's company. Nothing so forgiving as a puppy.
I'll have to check in with Kristi to make sure that Grumpy wasn't too obnoxious! Grumpy said she ran the whole way with her-apparently Kristi told Grumpy at one point that she didn't care that Grumpy was running in my place today, but that Grumpy had better not turn her grumpiness towards Kristi! Good for Kristi for keeping Grumpy in check.
Oh boy, then Grumpy had to do weights. I think she cheated on a couple of the machines and dropped the weights to even lower than I normally do! Grumpy may have set me back on my weights this week! I'm going to have to speak with that Grumpy.
Well, I just kicked Grumpy off the couch. Now it's just me and the pups. Just the way it should be.
Ok, time to get ready for a wedding.
Ciao!
M and G :)
Bike-68 minutes (14 miles)
Run-100 minutes (10 miles)
Weights-2 x 15
I sent Grumpy Grumperson in my place to do the workouts for me today. I just needed the day off. So Grumpy is sitting here beside me to give the report from the day. Grumpy said that she didn't sleep well at all last night because the upstairs renters had their housewarming party. They told us about it in advance and invited us, so we knew it was going to be loud. So I went to sleep around 9pm, but Grumpy woke up at 10:30 and didn't get back to sleep until 2:30. Then Grumpy's neck and shoulders were killing her so she couldn't get comfortable. Then Caribia and Cheyenne were taking up most of the bed so Grumpy almost fell off the bed. Grumpy didn't like that.
Grumpy woke up around 6:15 because she just couldn't stay asleep. It was cold and overcast today. I tried to tell Grumpy that I'd go on the bike ride and hopefully the sun would come out, but Grumpy said no way. Grumpy had to stop and pee on the short ride-she drank so much water this morning because while I was sleeping in, she read that dehydration can cause muscle cramps, and I had had some cramping in my legs on the ride yesterday. Grumpy kept the ride real slow, her attitude wasn't very good.
The run was even worse. Grumpy was in full glory. Grumpy's cousin who's in the Navy even made an appearance today. That Sailor Grumpy was dropping F-bombs and other such inappropriate language, it was a good thing there were no small children around. Cheyenne was kind enough to pretend to enjoy both Grumpy and her cousin Sailor Grumpy's company. Nothing so forgiving as a puppy.
I'll have to check in with Kristi to make sure that Grumpy wasn't too obnoxious! Grumpy said she ran the whole way with her-apparently Kristi told Grumpy at one point that she didn't care that Grumpy was running in my place today, but that Grumpy had better not turn her grumpiness towards Kristi! Good for Kristi for keeping Grumpy in check.
Oh boy, then Grumpy had to do weights. I think she cheated on a couple of the machines and dropped the weights to even lower than I normally do! Grumpy may have set me back on my weights this week! I'm going to have to speak with that Grumpy.
Well, I just kicked Grumpy off the couch. Now it's just me and the pups. Just the way it should be.
Ok, time to get ready for a wedding.
Ciao!
M and G :)
Saturday, January 22, 2011
A great winter weather day
Today's workout:
Ride: 208 minutes-55 miles
Run-18 minutes-1.8 miles
Swim-30 minutes
Walk-Short little walk with the pups
Sit-ups-175
Yoga-25 minutes 10-lb Slimdown program
Climbed a mountain
Rescued a cat from a tree
Cross country skied six miles
Participated in an iditarod
Ok, not quite all of that's true, but it sure feels like it! The first two paragraphs are completely true. And Bonnie's the only one I know who's ever cross country skied six miles!
The weather today was perfect. A little on the chilly side, but we dressed ok so we were warm enough. We had a great 55 mile ride out to the old Longhorn Half Ironman stomping grounds. We rode out there so I adjusted the Longhorn route accordingly so we ended up with 55 total. The sky was completely blue and there was no wind. The temp started at 38 and went up to 60 or so. There was a slight difference of opinion on how to dress for today's ride. Here's an example:
Kristi and I each had three layers on top and full length tights. Wayne thought it was summer and wore shorts and a short sleeve shirt! Wayne said he started off a little cold but that he was perfectly ok for most of the ride! Crazy Aussie! Kristi and I must just be cold-blooded. Heehee!
We turned onto one road and Kristi asked me if the road was on the Longhorn course or not. I said I couldn't remember, but I did remember a story about that road. Last year sometime, there was a group of us out biking along that road and Todd and I were behind everyone else, just chatting. All of a sudden we see a crazy dog come chasing out at us so we both go into a sprint and speed past Bonnie and the other people. Bonnie says, "What's the rush?" and I yelled, "DOG"!!!! So then everyone sprinted too! So today I said, I think we're coming up to the dog house. But we didn't see the dog. Until about a minute later when I hear a blood curdling scream from Kristi-the dog had totally stealthed up on us and was barking crazy right at Kristi's leg! We sped up and tried to outrun it. But luckily there seemed to be an electric fence on the property and the dog seemed content enough to run along side us and just scare us instead of having one of us for lunch!
If you've never heard Kristi scream at a dog, a snake, or a spider, you've never heard anyone really scream. It definitely gets your heart rate going!!!!
At our rest stop today I found something for Bonnie.
Bonnie likes to pick up any spare change she finds on our rides. So I put the nickel in my pocket to give to her when she comes down next weekend. (Fingers crossed!)
Caribia and Cheyenne came along for the run as always. My calves were real tight at the beginning but they loosened up eventually.
Then I took about an hour break and had a bowl of cereal and a chocolate milk. Then headed to the gym. For some reason this week says to do a 30-45 minute swim, but every other weekend throughout the training says 30 minutes. So I did the minimum. Nice and slow. Slower than normal if that's possible. Sort of like a cross between a turtle and a snail. If snails could swim.
I had a nice surprise while swimming. I got to the end of the lane and Chris was there! It's so awesome to see him when I'm tired on a workout-it gives me motivation and energy to finish the workout. He's been so wonderful and supportive-making sure that I'm eating and sleeping ok. What a great family I have.
When I got home I did yoga. I didn't do it last night and I know I need to do it at least twice a week, like Macca says. So I did that, and now I'm finally on the couch chillin' with the pups.
Brad introduced me to Lara Bars today. Really simple ingredients. The one he had was Coconut Creme flavor and it was delicious. I'm going to get some and try them on the bike ride to see how easily I can digest them. I'm still on the hunt for the right combo of food to eat while training and then of course in the race. We're supposed to practice eating different things to see what works the best. I overheard Wayne say that he's trying every type of bar, goo, and gel under the sun to see what works best for him.
Chris just went to pick up dinner. I'm going to have a nice tofu stir-fry from Mother's tonight. I figured I need some tofu protein tonight after the day I've had!
Later gators!
M :)
Ride: 208 minutes-55 miles
Run-18 minutes-1.8 miles
Swim-30 minutes
Walk-Short little walk with the pups
Sit-ups-175
Yoga-25 minutes 10-lb Slimdown program
Climbed a mountain
Rescued a cat from a tree
Cross country skied six miles
Participated in an iditarod
Ok, not quite all of that's true, but it sure feels like it! The first two paragraphs are completely true. And Bonnie's the only one I know who's ever cross country skied six miles!
The weather today was perfect. A little on the chilly side, but we dressed ok so we were warm enough. We had a great 55 mile ride out to the old Longhorn Half Ironman stomping grounds. We rode out there so I adjusted the Longhorn route accordingly so we ended up with 55 total. The sky was completely blue and there was no wind. The temp started at 38 and went up to 60 or so. There was a slight difference of opinion on how to dress for today's ride. Here's an example:
Kristi and I each had three layers on top and full length tights. Wayne thought it was summer and wore shorts and a short sleeve shirt! Wayne said he started off a little cold but that he was perfectly ok for most of the ride! Crazy Aussie! Kristi and I must just be cold-blooded. Heehee!
We turned onto one road and Kristi asked me if the road was on the Longhorn course or not. I said I couldn't remember, but I did remember a story about that road. Last year sometime, there was a group of us out biking along that road and Todd and I were behind everyone else, just chatting. All of a sudden we see a crazy dog come chasing out at us so we both go into a sprint and speed past Bonnie and the other people. Bonnie says, "What's the rush?" and I yelled, "DOG"!!!! So then everyone sprinted too! So today I said, I think we're coming up to the dog house. But we didn't see the dog. Until about a minute later when I hear a blood curdling scream from Kristi-the dog had totally stealthed up on us and was barking crazy right at Kristi's leg! We sped up and tried to outrun it. But luckily there seemed to be an electric fence on the property and the dog seemed content enough to run along side us and just scare us instead of having one of us for lunch!
If you've never heard Kristi scream at a dog, a snake, or a spider, you've never heard anyone really scream. It definitely gets your heart rate going!!!!
At our rest stop today I found something for Bonnie.
Caribia and Cheyenne came along for the run as always. My calves were real tight at the beginning but they loosened up eventually.
Then I took about an hour break and had a bowl of cereal and a chocolate milk. Then headed to the gym. For some reason this week says to do a 30-45 minute swim, but every other weekend throughout the training says 30 minutes. So I did the minimum. Nice and slow. Slower than normal if that's possible. Sort of like a cross between a turtle and a snail. If snails could swim.
I had a nice surprise while swimming. I got to the end of the lane and Chris was there! It's so awesome to see him when I'm tired on a workout-it gives me motivation and energy to finish the workout. He's been so wonderful and supportive-making sure that I'm eating and sleeping ok. What a great family I have.
When I got home I did yoga. I didn't do it last night and I know I need to do it at least twice a week, like Macca says. So I did that, and now I'm finally on the couch chillin' with the pups.
Brad introduced me to Lara Bars today. Really simple ingredients. The one he had was Coconut Creme flavor and it was delicious. I'm going to get some and try them on the bike ride to see how easily I can digest them. I'm still on the hunt for the right combo of food to eat while training and then of course in the race. We're supposed to practice eating different things to see what works the best. I overheard Wayne say that he's trying every type of bar, goo, and gel under the sun to see what works best for him.
Chris just went to pick up dinner. I'm going to have a nice tofu stir-fry from Mother's tonight. I figured I need some tofu protein tonight after the day I've had!
Later gators!
M :)
Friday, January 21, 2011
Absolutely nothing
Today's workout:
Nothing!
Walk-45 minutes with the family
I'm not even going to do yoga today. I'm so ready to sit on the couch and do absolutely nothing. I'm too tired to even stretch. I was up last night from 3am-5am for no reason at all. Except for a snack. A little glass of chocolate milk. I did the roller this morning which felt painful but good. I'll do yoga tomorrow if I feel like it. I feel like being a slug right now. We're going to eat dinner and watch a movie. No house cleaning, no clothes to fold, no nothing. I feel like I'm on vacation. A tiny little 13-hour vacation before I wake up and start all over again. I'm going to enjoy every second of this vacation, starting now. I plan on being in bed by 8:30 and plan too sleep the entire night through. I just have to let Mr. Sandman know my plans ahead of time. I wish I had his number so I could text him.
G'night!
Mary :)
Nothing!
Walk-45 minutes with the family
I'm not even going to do yoga today. I'm so ready to sit on the couch and do absolutely nothing. I'm too tired to even stretch. I was up last night from 3am-5am for no reason at all. Except for a snack. A little glass of chocolate milk. I did the roller this morning which felt painful but good. I'll do yoga tomorrow if I feel like it. I feel like being a slug right now. We're going to eat dinner and watch a movie. No house cleaning, no clothes to fold, no nothing. I feel like I'm on vacation. A tiny little 13-hour vacation before I wake up and start all over again. I'm going to enjoy every second of this vacation, starting now. I plan on being in bed by 8:30 and plan too sleep the entire night through. I just have to let Mr. Sandman know my plans ahead of time. I wish I had his number so I could text him.
G'night!
Mary :)
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Poor little Bella
Today's workout:
Run-Fartleks, drills, accelerations-about 9 miles
Weights-2 x 15
Today was Bella's Spay Day. Too bad it wasn't a Spa Day. Add a "y" to Spa and boy of boy does that meaning change! Kristi and Wayne dropped her off early this morning and then Mama Kristi worked out solo during the day today so that she could take care of Bells this evening.
In addition to having her lady parts removed, she had her remaining baby teeth removed and a microchip added! What a day for Bella! She seemed as comfortable as she could be given the situation, all snuggled up with her family on the couch. It was hard to leave her tonight.
It's probably a good thing that Bella couldn't go for a walk today-she might just have blown away, tumbling down the trail with the crazy wind we had!
It was 40 degrees with 21 mph winds for the run today. I had to hold onto my hat when I went across the Mopac under bridge bridge. The workout was great. It was a warm up, then 10 minutes more warm-up with four accelerations, then three sets of 1 minute heart rate 2-3, 1 minute slow, then 3 minutes HR 2-3, then 1 minute slow, then 5 minutes HR 2-3, then another minute slow. After repeating that three times, we did butt kicks, high knees and skips twice. Then six more accelerations and then a cool down. It took me about nine miles to do all that. I felt so good-I haven't had such a good run in a really long time. Even though it was windy, the temperature was perfect and the trail was pretty much empty of all sane people. I felt like Forrest Gump, like I could just keep running and running tonight.
The weights were pretty good tonight too, although I do feel like a little old grannie sometimes when I pick up the free weights, or when I'm getting in and out of the exercise machine contraptions. I grunt and groan as I make my way around the gym. But somehow I get the workout done.
At home tonight I did some serious roller action. So painful. Tears welled up, saliva drooling involuntarily out of my mouth, more groans and grunts....it wasn't pretty. But I know it'll make everything feel better by the time I wake up.
I felt wide awake during the workout tonight-had a definite runner's high after the run, but I am crashing soooo hard right now. Time to hit the sack. With dreams of donuts dancing in my head. (I'm picking up donuts for work tomorrow. One dozen for the people I work with and one dozen for me. I've decided to unofficially start training for the Kenman race.)
Nighty night!
M :)
Run-Fartleks, drills, accelerations-about 9 miles
Weights-2 x 15
Today was Bella's Spay Day. Too bad it wasn't a Spa Day. Add a "y" to Spa and boy of boy does that meaning change! Kristi and Wayne dropped her off early this morning and then Mama Kristi worked out solo during the day today so that she could take care of Bells this evening.
It's probably a good thing that Bella couldn't go for a walk today-she might just have blown away, tumbling down the trail with the crazy wind we had!
It was 40 degrees with 21 mph winds for the run today. I had to hold onto my hat when I went across the Mopac under bridge bridge. The workout was great. It was a warm up, then 10 minutes more warm-up with four accelerations, then three sets of 1 minute heart rate 2-3, 1 minute slow, then 3 minutes HR 2-3, then 1 minute slow, then 5 minutes HR 2-3, then another minute slow. After repeating that three times, we did butt kicks, high knees and skips twice. Then six more accelerations and then a cool down. It took me about nine miles to do all that. I felt so good-I haven't had such a good run in a really long time. Even though it was windy, the temperature was perfect and the trail was pretty much empty of all sane people. I felt like Forrest Gump, like I could just keep running and running tonight.
The weights were pretty good tonight too, although I do feel like a little old grannie sometimes when I pick up the free weights, or when I'm getting in and out of the exercise machine contraptions. I grunt and groan as I make my way around the gym. But somehow I get the workout done.
At home tonight I did some serious roller action. So painful. Tears welled up, saliva drooling involuntarily out of my mouth, more groans and grunts....it wasn't pretty. But I know it'll make everything feel better by the time I wake up.
I felt wide awake during the workout tonight-had a definite runner's high after the run, but I am crashing soooo hard right now. Time to hit the sack. With dreams of donuts dancing in my head. (I'm picking up donuts for work tomorrow. One dozen for the people I work with and one dozen for me. I've decided to unofficially start training for the Kenman race.)
Nighty night!
M :)
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Training for Tired
Today's workout:
Swim-90 minutes
Bike-79 minutes
Mr. Sandman passed me by last night big time. I slept from 10 pm-1 am and that was about it. From 1 am-6 am it was tossing and turning, with a small break at 3 am for cookies and milk. I was glad that I could sleep until 6 am instead of 5 am. The extra hour of not sleeping really helped.
It's going to work out really well to wake up at 6 and then swim from 6:45-8:15. The pool was practically empty and I had a lane to myself the whole time. There was no one else getting ready in the mirror after my swim-I guess everyone leaves before 8am. It was a nice relaxing swim. I stopped by The Daily Juice for a smoothie on my way to work and still made it to work by 9 am! So, as long as I get a visit from Mr. Sandman on Tuesday nights, Wednesday's should be much more restful for me.
But today I was training for tired. Each Wednesday that I don't get sleep, I'm going to tell myself that I'm just practicing for what I'm sure the actual race will feel like. It's a mental game that I'll have to play-to make myself continue to move even when I'm exhausted...much like I imagine the last few hours of the real race will feel like. I'm definitely not as tired as I was a couple of weeks ago on that Wednesday though.
Work has been really busy lately, so I rush home after and have about 15 minutes before the evening workout. I try to pick out the next day's outfit, unpack my school bag and lunch box, pack lunch for the next day, and change for the workout all at the same time. I'm falling into some kind of chaotic pattern which seems to be working for now!
Here's the map from tonight's ride, courtesy of Wayne's iPhone.
Ok, time for bed again. Sleep, or try to, then workout, then work, then workout again, then pack for another workout, then try to sleep again, and eat a lot of cookies in between. My life right now. There's no way I'm going to be able to stay awake for Law and Order tonight.
Nighty night!
M :)
Swim-90 minutes
Bike-79 minutes
Mr. Sandman passed me by last night big time. I slept from 10 pm-1 am and that was about it. From 1 am-6 am it was tossing and turning, with a small break at 3 am for cookies and milk. I was glad that I could sleep until 6 am instead of 5 am. The extra hour of not sleeping really helped.
It's going to work out really well to wake up at 6 and then swim from 6:45-8:15. The pool was practically empty and I had a lane to myself the whole time. There was no one else getting ready in the mirror after my swim-I guess everyone leaves before 8am. It was a nice relaxing swim. I stopped by The Daily Juice for a smoothie on my way to work and still made it to work by 9 am! So, as long as I get a visit from Mr. Sandman on Tuesday nights, Wednesday's should be much more restful for me.
But today I was training for tired. Each Wednesday that I don't get sleep, I'm going to tell myself that I'm just practicing for what I'm sure the actual race will feel like. It's a mental game that I'll have to play-to make myself continue to move even when I'm exhausted...much like I imagine the last few hours of the real race will feel like. I'm definitely not as tired as I was a couple of weeks ago on that Wednesday though.
Work has been really busy lately, so I rush home after and have about 15 minutes before the evening workout. I try to pick out the next day's outfit, unpack my school bag and lunch box, pack lunch for the next day, and change for the workout all at the same time. I'm falling into some kind of chaotic pattern which seems to be working for now!
Here's the map from tonight's ride, courtesy of Wayne's iPhone.
Ok, time for bed again. Sleep, or try to, then workout, then work, then workout again, then pack for another workout, then try to sleep again, and eat a lot of cookies in between. My life right now. There's no way I'm going to be able to stay awake for Law and Order tonight.
Nighty night!
M :)
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
A good workout
Today's workout:
Bike-80 minutes on the trainer
Run-15-20 minutes
A good workout tonight. I don't know how the trainer workouts are supposed to be completed in 70 minutes as it says in the book. Each week, we seem to take a little longer, but not too much longer. Maybe we just take more rest breaks with easy pedaling. I liked the workout tonight. The hardest part was the ten minutes of fast spinning, cadence over 100. The run after the bike workout was good too. We had a surprise guest tonight, in addition to Caribia and Cheyenne, Chris came along with us! We had a good crew out there tonight. Now if we can just convince Kristi to wear light colored clothing and/or a reflective vest...... :)
This is a short entry tonight...I have to get to sleep so I can wake up early for an hour and a half swim in the morning before work. I talked with the principal today and he said that I could get to work a little later on Wednesday mornings, so that means I (hopefully) won't be as tired tomorrow!
Later gators!
M :)
Bike-80 minutes on the trainer
Run-15-20 minutes
A good workout tonight. I don't know how the trainer workouts are supposed to be completed in 70 minutes as it says in the book. Each week, we seem to take a little longer, but not too much longer. Maybe we just take more rest breaks with easy pedaling. I liked the workout tonight. The hardest part was the ten minutes of fast spinning, cadence over 100. The run after the bike workout was good too. We had a surprise guest tonight, in addition to Caribia and Cheyenne, Chris came along with us! We had a good crew out there tonight. Now if we can just convince Kristi to wear light colored clothing and/or a reflective vest...... :)
This is a short entry tonight...I have to get to sleep so I can wake up early for an hour and a half swim in the morning before work. I talked with the principal today and he said that I could get to work a little later on Wednesday mornings, so that means I (hopefully) won't be as tired tomorrow!
Later gators!
M :)
Monday, January 17, 2011
Now that's more like it.
Today's workout:
Swim-90 minutes
Yoga-Ten Pound Slimdown Yoga
Walk-45 minutes with the pups
Now this is more like the Austin winter I know and love, sunny and in the 60s. The weatherman said the sun would be here by noon so I swam in the morning. (Off today for MLK day.) The swim was fine. Nothing too exciting. I did all the drills Kristi showed me last week. After a warm-up I did five laps of each of them, and then did a cool-down.
When I woke up this morning I was more stiff and sore than I've been throughout the entire training so far. Which is strange since we just finished a back week. I haven't been using the roller as much as I did in the early weeks, so I did the roller before the swim this morning. I was almost in tears it was so painful on certain parts of my legs. I guess I need to do it almost daily. I slept 10 hours last night. That's a lot for me! I guess I really needed to recharge my batteries.
I decided to do a slightly longer yoga today to see if that would help loosen up my muscles a little more. The next shortest program is called Ten Pound Slimdown. It's 25 minutes instead of 21 minutes. I really liked this new one better than that Zen In Your Den. It seems to be more geared towards core strength. I liked the poses and the vinyasa of this program. (Vinyasa means flow, I learned that today from the yoga instructor!)
It was a very pleasant afternoon-sky filled with sun, rain dried up off all the hard surfaces-the ground is still wet, but the deck and roads are all dry. I sat on the deck and read a book while the dogs napped in the sun. Then we took a family walk-about 45 minutes. I started feeling tired, sore, and a little grumpy on the walk. I had a muffin and a glass of milk after the walk. Wayne said as long as I have dairy with my carbs, I'm good to go. Helps the carbs to process correctly to be better for your body. (or something like that...) I'm feeling better now that I'm chilled on the couch with my feet up and the sun is warming the room. And Cheyenne is tucked up against my side sleeping and Caribia is on the next cushion down snoring.
TTFN,
M :)
Swim-90 minutes
Yoga-Ten Pound Slimdown Yoga
Walk-45 minutes with the pups
Now this is more like the Austin winter I know and love, sunny and in the 60s. The weatherman said the sun would be here by noon so I swam in the morning. (Off today for MLK day.) The swim was fine. Nothing too exciting. I did all the drills Kristi showed me last week. After a warm-up I did five laps of each of them, and then did a cool-down.
When I woke up this morning I was more stiff and sore than I've been throughout the entire training so far. Which is strange since we just finished a back week. I haven't been using the roller as much as I did in the early weeks, so I did the roller before the swim this morning. I was almost in tears it was so painful on certain parts of my legs. I guess I need to do it almost daily. I slept 10 hours last night. That's a lot for me! I guess I really needed to recharge my batteries.
I decided to do a slightly longer yoga today to see if that would help loosen up my muscles a little more. The next shortest program is called Ten Pound Slimdown. It's 25 minutes instead of 21 minutes. I really liked this new one better than that Zen In Your Den. It seems to be more geared towards core strength. I liked the poses and the vinyasa of this program. (Vinyasa means flow, I learned that today from the yoga instructor!)
It was a very pleasant afternoon-sky filled with sun, rain dried up off all the hard surfaces-the ground is still wet, but the deck and roads are all dry. I sat on the deck and read a book while the dogs napped in the sun. Then we took a family walk-about 45 minutes. I started feeling tired, sore, and a little grumpy on the walk. I had a muffin and a glass of milk after the walk. Wayne said as long as I have dairy with my carbs, I'm good to go. Helps the carbs to process correctly to be better for your body. (or something like that...) I'm feeling better now that I'm chilled on the couch with my feet up and the sun is warming the room. And Cheyenne is tucked up against my side sleeping and Caribia is on the next cushion down snoring.
TTFN,
M :)
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Deja vu
Today's workout:
Bike-60 minutes on the trainer
Run-64 minutes
Weights-2 x 15
We were on the trainers again today. At least it was only an hour today. Same set up as yesterday, on the front porch which worked out well again. We didn't play any music today though...a little too early for a Sunday morning for the neighbors.
We decided to run outside because it was only misting, and not fully raining like yesterday. We ran a 6.6 mile route from my house, through UT, back up Red River to Hyde Park, and back home. Both Caribia and Chyenne came along for the run and they had so much fun! Cheyenne was off the hook crazy at first. They've been getting a little touch of cabin fever with all this winter weather, and she was just so excited that she pulled me along for the first mile or so until she settled into our regular pace. They are so much fun to run with. Chris is so awesome because every Sunday he either drives down to pick up Cheyenne if we run around the lake, or he gives them both baths if we run from our house in the rain. That way we can go straight to the weights without having to take a break. Thanks peanut! :)
Then we changed for the third time today, (if you include pjs to bike gear to run gear to dry gear) and headed to Club Macca for weights. I am such a weakling. I went back down on the free weights and machines that I had increased last week. Maybe that's why I've only gained a half pound of muscle compared to Kristi and Wayne, who have both gained four pounds in muscle-all since we started training six weeks ago.
I love Sundays. They are the shortest day of the week, as far as work and working out go. I'm usually done with everything and on the couch with the pups by 2pm. We even snuck in a nice little nap on this rainy wintery day. Hopefully Spring will arrive tomorrow as promised by the weathermen.
TTFN,
M :)
Bike-60 minutes on the trainer
Run-64 minutes
Weights-2 x 15
We were on the trainers again today. At least it was only an hour today. Same set up as yesterday, on the front porch which worked out well again. We didn't play any music today though...a little too early for a Sunday morning for the neighbors.
We decided to run outside because it was only misting, and not fully raining like yesterday. We ran a 6.6 mile route from my house, through UT, back up Red River to Hyde Park, and back home. Both Caribia and Chyenne came along for the run and they had so much fun! Cheyenne was off the hook crazy at first. They've been getting a little touch of cabin fever with all this winter weather, and she was just so excited that she pulled me along for the first mile or so until she settled into our regular pace. They are so much fun to run with. Chris is so awesome because every Sunday he either drives down to pick up Cheyenne if we run around the lake, or he gives them both baths if we run from our house in the rain. That way we can go straight to the weights without having to take a break. Thanks peanut! :)
Then we changed for the third time today, (if you include pjs to bike gear to run gear to dry gear) and headed to Club Macca for weights. I am such a weakling. I went back down on the free weights and machines that I had increased last week. Maybe that's why I've only gained a half pound of muscle compared to Kristi and Wayne, who have both gained four pounds in muscle-all since we started training six weeks ago.
I love Sundays. They are the shortest day of the week, as far as work and working out go. I'm usually done with everything and on the couch with the pups by 2pm. We even snuck in a nice little nap on this rainy wintery day. Hopefully Spring will arrive tomorrow as promised by the weathermen.
TTFN,
M :)
Saturday, January 15, 2011
An all-indoor workout today
Today's workout:
Bike-120 minutes on the trainer
Run-20 minutes on the treadmill
Swim-30 minutes in the pool
We were supposed to do 120-180 minutes today. We opted for 120. I can't figure out why it is so much more uncomfortable to ride on a trainer than ride on the road. But it wasn't too bad. It was good training for the mental piece of the race. It was boring and uncomfortable, which is probably a little how the 112 miles on the bike might be during the race. We had the radio jamming so that helped. The first 45 minutes went by really quickly, but every minute after that dragged so slowly.....
Wayne's in good form, fresh off the plane last night from Spain. Kit kats in hand!
This was the oh-so-exciting view for two hours this morning.
After biking we decided we would just run on the treadmills at the gym because it was still pouring and only in the 40s. Cold and rainy is one un-fun combo. Bonnie texted to say she ran 7.5 miles this morning in 21 degree weather!
So K and W went to run at Club Macca and I went to 24 Hour Fitness. I didn't have to wait for a treadmill which was great. I ran 20 minutes. It felt so nice to get into the pool after the run. I forgot how hot you get running inside! I had a chill swim. It felt good to stretch out while swimming.
I can't believe the first six-weeks are over tomorrow. I must say I'm feeling better than I thought I would at this point in the training. The first six weeks in the training are designed to get us into the habit of working out every day and to get adapted to the time it takes each week. We started the training with a pretty good workout base so that seems to have helped. The next six weeks is designed to focus on strength training. Whatever that means! It's called the "Aerobic Phase." The first six weeks was called the "Adaptation Phase." The next six weeks could be interesting!
That's about it for now, but here's a cool photo that Chris took of downtown Austin, before the rains came.
Ah, I remember what sunny Austin looks like now....can't wait for those days again! I just don't know how people can live in Washington state and keep their sanity with all that rain and cold.....
Later gators,
M :)
Bike-120 minutes on the trainer
Run-20 minutes on the treadmill
Swim-30 minutes in the pool
Rain rain go away, come again some other day (preferably on a Monday or Friday, or after May 21st.) Boy oh boy, I would say we're out of our drought after this weekend of non-stop rain! We decided to set up the trainers on the front porch for the ride today. It was pouring a little too much to risk riding outside with the rain, traffic and puddles.
We were supposed to do 120-180 minutes today. We opted for 120. I can't figure out why it is so much more uncomfortable to ride on a trainer than ride on the road. But it wasn't too bad. It was good training for the mental piece of the race. It was boring and uncomfortable, which is probably a little how the 112 miles on the bike might be during the race. We had the radio jamming so that helped. The first 45 minutes went by really quickly, but every minute after that dragged so slowly.....
Wayne's in good form, fresh off the plane last night from Spain. Kit kats in hand!
After biking we decided we would just run on the treadmills at the gym because it was still pouring and only in the 40s. Cold and rainy is one un-fun combo. Bonnie texted to say she ran 7.5 miles this morning in 21 degree weather!
So K and W went to run at Club Macca and I went to 24 Hour Fitness. I didn't have to wait for a treadmill which was great. I ran 20 minutes. It felt so nice to get into the pool after the run. I forgot how hot you get running inside! I had a chill swim. It felt good to stretch out while swimming.
I can't believe the first six-weeks are over tomorrow. I must say I'm feeling better than I thought I would at this point in the training. The first six weeks in the training are designed to get us into the habit of working out every day and to get adapted to the time it takes each week. We started the training with a pretty good workout base so that seems to have helped. The next six weeks is designed to focus on strength training. Whatever that means! It's called the "Aerobic Phase." The first six weeks was called the "Adaptation Phase." The next six weeks could be interesting!
That's about it for now, but here's a cool photo that Chris took of downtown Austin, before the rains came.
Ah, I remember what sunny Austin looks like now....can't wait for those days again! I just don't know how people can live in Washington state and keep their sanity with all that rain and cold.....
Later gators,
M :)
Friday, January 14, 2011
Breakfast appetizer
Today's workout:
OFF!
Doga-Zen In Your Den
So I've started having an appetizer before breakfast. If I don't wake up with the midnight munchies, I wake up starving. I usually eat within 20 minutes of waking up, but I haven't even been able to wait that long lately. So I wake up and have a slice of that yummy french toast bread I was talking about a couple days ago, before I do anything else. Then I can wait for about 30 minutes before I eat my cereal.
I've also found that almost everything I eat is a carb. Today I had a slice of french toast bread, cereal, a muffin, two more slices of french toast bread, an apple, some sunflower seeds, spaghetti, two slices of mozzerella texas toast, and four tiff's treats cookies. As the kids would say, that's mad carbs.
I love having Friday's off. I get to take the dogs on a nice long walk, catch up on laundry, and clean the house. Tonight we only had a short walk though, because winter decided to stick around for one more day. About 40 or so and raining. So we just went for a shorter walk, and then I rinsed off the pups on the front porch. They were filthy!
Yoga, or should I say "doga" was fun tonight. Cheyenne was right next to me the whole time trying differnt poses and Caribia gave me a bath. Not very zen, but cute and I still got a good stretch out of the deal.
Rain forecast for our ride tomorrow.
TTFN.
M :)
I just remembered that I have Monday off. I'm so excited! I'm hoping to get all of my errands and chores done by Sunday evening because Monday is supposed to be beautiful. 70 and sunny!
OFF!
Doga-Zen In Your Den
So I've started having an appetizer before breakfast. If I don't wake up with the midnight munchies, I wake up starving. I usually eat within 20 minutes of waking up, but I haven't even been able to wait that long lately. So I wake up and have a slice of that yummy french toast bread I was talking about a couple days ago, before I do anything else. Then I can wait for about 30 minutes before I eat my cereal.
I've also found that almost everything I eat is a carb. Today I had a slice of french toast bread, cereal, a muffin, two more slices of french toast bread, an apple, some sunflower seeds, spaghetti, two slices of mozzerella texas toast, and four tiff's treats cookies. As the kids would say, that's mad carbs.
I love having Friday's off. I get to take the dogs on a nice long walk, catch up on laundry, and clean the house. Tonight we only had a short walk though, because winter decided to stick around for one more day. About 40 or so and raining. So we just went for a shorter walk, and then I rinsed off the pups on the front porch. They were filthy!
Yoga, or should I say "doga" was fun tonight. Cheyenne was right next to me the whole time trying differnt poses and Caribia gave me a bath. Not very zen, but cute and I still got a good stretch out of the deal.
Rain forecast for our ride tomorrow.
TTFN.
M :)
I just remembered that I have Monday off. I'm so excited! I'm hoping to get all of my errands and chores done by Sunday evening because Monday is supposed to be beautiful. 70 and sunny!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
I could really go for a massage about now.
Today's workout:
Run-not sure how many minutes, but it was about 4 miles or so.
Weights-2 x 15
My back was really, really sore today. I had trouble sitting in my chair at work, so I closed the blinds and did some yoga moves in my office. Then I borrowed a heating pad from the nurse and used it on my back for about 45 minutes. That helped. The run made it feel much better. No pain at all on the run. The weights were ok, except I dropped down on the weight of the lat pulldown, because those were the exact muscles that were hurting me. Now that I'm not moving, its starting to hurt again. I'll probably take a couple aleve before bed.
Besides the back pain, I actually felt really good today, considering it's Thursday. Last night I felt sluggish on the swim, but tonight I felt good. It was a chilly run-36 degrees. I liked the temp tonight even though it was cold. Not on a regular basis of course, but knowing that today is the last day of 30s for a while, I could deal with it.
The run was a warm-up, 5 fartleks with 3 minutes easy jogging in between, and a cool-down. Definitely a back week-it was a pretty easy run. The weights are still good-not sure when we bump up to three sets. Not looking forward to that really.
Cheyenne and Caribia's application for Austin's Fittest Dogs was submitted two days ago. Keep your fingers and paws crossed! We should find out in February I think. The contest deadline is the 25th of January.
Time for bed.
M :)
Run-not sure how many minutes, but it was about 4 miles or so.
Weights-2 x 15
My back was really, really sore today. I had trouble sitting in my chair at work, so I closed the blinds and did some yoga moves in my office. Then I borrowed a heating pad from the nurse and used it on my back for about 45 minutes. That helped. The run made it feel much better. No pain at all on the run. The weights were ok, except I dropped down on the weight of the lat pulldown, because those were the exact muscles that were hurting me. Now that I'm not moving, its starting to hurt again. I'll probably take a couple aleve before bed.
Besides the back pain, I actually felt really good today, considering it's Thursday. Last night I felt sluggish on the swim, but tonight I felt good. It was a chilly run-36 degrees. I liked the temp tonight even though it was cold. Not on a regular basis of course, but knowing that today is the last day of 30s for a while, I could deal with it.
The run was a warm-up, 5 fartleks with 3 minutes easy jogging in between, and a cool-down. Definitely a back week-it was a pretty easy run. The weights are still good-not sure when we bump up to three sets. Not looking forward to that really.
Cheyenne and Caribia's application for Austin's Fittest Dogs was submitted two days ago. Keep your fingers and paws crossed! We should find out in February I think. The contest deadline is the 25th of January.
Time for bed.
M :)
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Banana hammock
Today's workout:
Swim-85 minutes
No bike ride tonight-it's a back week. There are two schedules in the training book. One says to do an optional ride tonight and the other one says no ride tonight. So we decided not to do it. It makes such a difference not getting up early in the morning to swim. I'm tired, but I feel much better than this time last week. It was really, really busy at the pool tonight. All the lanes were full with at least two people in each lane for almost the entire 85 minutes. The swim was fine tonight. Pretty uneventful. Except for the older gentleman wearing the modified banana hammock. With slightly more coverage than a traditional hammock, and looser than most, the bathing suit offered little in the way of support. The gentleman, with a clear penchant for exhibitionism, positioned himself on the bench at the end of my lane, with his legs apart, and leaned back against the wall. Lovely. Just lovely.
When I swim, I like to sight the same spot each time I come up for a breath of air. I usually sight my pink Nalgene water bottle that says MIT on the side of it. The gentleman however, ruined that sight for me. Today I mastered the fine art of sighting with my eyes closed.
I'd like to say the story ends there. But oh no, there's more. The gentleman decided it was time for a swim. So he moved from the bench and took a seat on the side of the pool. With one leg draped in the pool and the other leg propped up on the side of the pool, the hammock was even more on display. Again, lovely. Just lovely. I held my breath and waited for him to select a lane. He was right in between my lane and the lane next to me. I tried to swim especially large strokes, to show that it might be a little crowded in my lane. He opted for the lane next to mine. There are some pretty interesting people at that gym.
I ate pretty well today, but I still got hungry at the end of the swim. I even ate a powerbar during the swim! I found this delicious bread from HEB. It's the HEB brand French Toast bread. Yummy stuff. I'm sure it will make a delightful middle of the night snack.
Ok, time to snuggle with the pups now.
TTFN!
M :)
Swim-85 minutes
No bike ride tonight-it's a back week. There are two schedules in the training book. One says to do an optional ride tonight and the other one says no ride tonight. So we decided not to do it. It makes such a difference not getting up early in the morning to swim. I'm tired, but I feel much better than this time last week. It was really, really busy at the pool tonight. All the lanes were full with at least two people in each lane for almost the entire 85 minutes. The swim was fine tonight. Pretty uneventful. Except for the older gentleman wearing the modified banana hammock. With slightly more coverage than a traditional hammock, and looser than most, the bathing suit offered little in the way of support. The gentleman, with a clear penchant for exhibitionism, positioned himself on the bench at the end of my lane, with his legs apart, and leaned back against the wall. Lovely. Just lovely.
When I swim, I like to sight the same spot each time I come up for a breath of air. I usually sight my pink Nalgene water bottle that says MIT on the side of it. The gentleman however, ruined that sight for me. Today I mastered the fine art of sighting with my eyes closed.
I'd like to say the story ends there. But oh no, there's more. The gentleman decided it was time for a swim. So he moved from the bench and took a seat on the side of the pool. With one leg draped in the pool and the other leg propped up on the side of the pool, the hammock was even more on display. Again, lovely. Just lovely. I held my breath and waited for him to select a lane. He was right in between my lane and the lane next to me. I tried to swim especially large strokes, to show that it might be a little crowded in my lane. He opted for the lane next to mine. There are some pretty interesting people at that gym.
I ate pretty well today, but I still got hungry at the end of the swim. I even ate a powerbar during the swim! I found this delicious bread from HEB. It's the HEB brand French Toast bread. Yummy stuff. I'm sure it will make a delightful middle of the night snack.
Ok, time to snuggle with the pups now.
TTFN!
M :)
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Ok, I'm done with this weather.
Today's workout:
Bike-71 minutes on the trainer
Run-18 minutes
Brrrr. It was in the 30s-40s for the workout tonight. At least the trainers were set up under the carport so we were protected from the wind. I don't know how Kristi made it through the workout today...I think she coughed up both her lungs. An upper respiratory infection sure messes with a person when your heart rate gets going! She certainly wins the trooper award today!
We did the smallest amounts of each set this week since it's a back week and the workout was still 71 minutes! It would have added an extra 20+ minutes if we did the top amount of each set. I didn't like the workout as much tonight because there was a lot of fast spinning in low gears, which is not my strength. But I know that it's all good training and the workout went by pretty quickly so I can't complain too much! The run was freezing tonight! With the wind chill it had to be in the low 30s. Our toes froze-they were numb within a few minutes of starting the run! The pups came along as usual and they were so excited with the cold weather that they ran crazy fast! We were running a 7:20 pace around the Central Market trail!
I finally finished my bag of cookie dough-it's the Pillsbury dough that you're supposed to add water and egg to. I like to eat it dry-without the water and egg. It's pretty much just straight sugar. If I eat just the right amount I feel great. If I eat more than just the right amount, I feel totally sick. And I over did it tonight...ugh. I still need to eat something healthy for dinner before bed so I don't wake up with the midnight munchies again. (and to off-set my sugar coma...) I also thought I'd start to keep some almonds by the bed-I think they would be a good midnight snack. Better than mint milanos anyway! Needless to say, I need to start paying better attention to what I'm eating.
Here's the photo as promised from the bar that Bonnie visited last night in Manhattan!
She talked about having a nice snowy run in Central Park this week. At least we don't have snow! Hope she's staying warm!
Ok, time to find something good to eat before bed.
Later gators!
Mary :)
Bike-71 minutes on the trainer
Run-18 minutes
Brrrr. It was in the 30s-40s for the workout tonight. At least the trainers were set up under the carport so we were protected from the wind. I don't know how Kristi made it through the workout today...I think she coughed up both her lungs. An upper respiratory infection sure messes with a person when your heart rate gets going! She certainly wins the trooper award today!
We did the smallest amounts of each set this week since it's a back week and the workout was still 71 minutes! It would have added an extra 20+ minutes if we did the top amount of each set. I didn't like the workout as much tonight because there was a lot of fast spinning in low gears, which is not my strength. But I know that it's all good training and the workout went by pretty quickly so I can't complain too much! The run was freezing tonight! With the wind chill it had to be in the low 30s. Our toes froze-they were numb within a few minutes of starting the run! The pups came along as usual and they were so excited with the cold weather that they ran crazy fast! We were running a 7:20 pace around the Central Market trail!
I finally finished my bag of cookie dough-it's the Pillsbury dough that you're supposed to add water and egg to. I like to eat it dry-without the water and egg. It's pretty much just straight sugar. If I eat just the right amount I feel great. If I eat more than just the right amount, I feel totally sick. And I over did it tonight...ugh. I still need to eat something healthy for dinner before bed so I don't wake up with the midnight munchies again. (and to off-set my sugar coma...) I also thought I'd start to keep some almonds by the bed-I think they would be a good midnight snack. Better than mint milanos anyway! Needless to say, I need to start paying better attention to what I'm eating.
Here's the photo as promised from the bar that Bonnie visited last night in Manhattan!
Ok, time to find something good to eat before bed.
Later gators!
Mary :)
Monday, January 10, 2011
Chaos In Your Den
Today's workout:
Swim: 85 minutes
Chaos In Your Den: 20 Minutes
Today was awesome. Kristi signed up for a free 14-day guest pass to my gym so she came swimming with me tonight to help me with the drills! It was like having my own personal coach! I figured out that the drills I have been doing are geared more towards the professional breaststroke swimmer and not towards someone swimming breaststroke for 2.4 miles. Here are the drills that I'm going to do on a regular basis now:
1. I Dream Of Jeanie drill-You put your arms one on top of the other, like the tv show genie, and then you swim with the regular froggie kick.
2. Keep your arms by your side and then do the regular froggie kick.
3. Opposite arm/leg drill-right arm moves and left leg moves for three strokes, then switch to left arm and right leg for three strokes.
4. Dolphin kick-Do the regular stroke with your arms and then do a dolphin kick instead of the froggie kick.
5. Use the pool buoy to isolate your arms
6. Separation drill-Do an arm stroke with your legs straight, then keep your hands by your side while you do the regular leg kick. Then do it again and again.
7. Do the regular stroke, but stay under water for two complete strokes, then take a breath and repeat.
I've taken the opportunity to rename the drills so that I can remember them more easily. Here they are again with more appropriate names:
1. The Sink Face First In the Water drill
2. The Drink Three Cups of Water per Length-Inhale Some Through your Nose Too for Maximum Benefit drill
3. The Pray No One is Watching Me drill
4. The Who Knew My Arms Could Hurt So Much drill
5. The Get a Rash on your Legs drill
6. The Easiest Drill on the List drill
7. The Oh My God I Can Barely Breath drill
I feel much more confident about my Monday drill workouts now, thanks to Coach Kristi!
After swimming we went back to my house to do Zen In Your Den. Well, the pups were in fine form-with at least five minutes of a Welcome To The Beer Home bark fest, followed by joining Kristi for all the yoga moves. I gave Caribia a big bone, but then Cheyenne started barking at Caribia for the big bone. So I gave Cheyenne a little bone. Once that was gone, she started licking and jumping all over Kristi again. Then Chris started playing with his voice machine in the studio, making all kinds of funny distorted voices, saying funny things! It was so crazy Kristi asked, "Where is the zen?" Hahahahaha! I must say it was ok for me though, because instead of bothering me during yoga, they went for the new person! I should have Kristi over each time I do yoga so the pups leave me alone!
Yoga was good though, despite the chaos. I like the 20 minute program-short and sweet with good easy-to-understand poses.
Kristi finally caved in and called the doctor today. After suffering from some kind of cough, infection, sinuses mess for about three weeks, she finally saw the doc. What started as a little cough and slight cold, festered into a full blown chest/sinus/eye infection! Hopefully the horse pills that she's on will have her all cleared up in no time.
And poor Wayne. I wrote a limerick for you tonight, teammate.
Here's the gym at the hotel he's staying at. Apparently the pool is about four feet long. At least he has nice weather! Kristi reported it's in the 70s where he is. Sure beats our high of 40 tomorrow!
And Bonnie is having fun tonight-she texted from "Third and Long" which is the bar in Manhattan that is owned by the Matt Long, who was the Fireman/Ironman in the book we all read over break. She took a photo that I'll post tomorrow. Hopefully Matt will go to the bar tonight so we'll have a story to post with the photo!
Ok, time to work on the Fittest Dog application.
TTFN,
M :)
Swim: 85 minutes
Chaos In Your Den: 20 Minutes
Today was awesome. Kristi signed up for a free 14-day guest pass to my gym so she came swimming with me tonight to help me with the drills! It was like having my own personal coach! I figured out that the drills I have been doing are geared more towards the professional breaststroke swimmer and not towards someone swimming breaststroke for 2.4 miles. Here are the drills that I'm going to do on a regular basis now:
1. I Dream Of Jeanie drill-You put your arms one on top of the other, like the tv show genie, and then you swim with the regular froggie kick.
2. Keep your arms by your side and then do the regular froggie kick.
3. Opposite arm/leg drill-right arm moves and left leg moves for three strokes, then switch to left arm and right leg for three strokes.
4. Dolphin kick-Do the regular stroke with your arms and then do a dolphin kick instead of the froggie kick.
5. Use the pool buoy to isolate your arms
6. Separation drill-Do an arm stroke with your legs straight, then keep your hands by your side while you do the regular leg kick. Then do it again and again.
7. Do the regular stroke, but stay under water for two complete strokes, then take a breath and repeat.
I've taken the opportunity to rename the drills so that I can remember them more easily. Here they are again with more appropriate names:
1. The Sink Face First In the Water drill
2. The Drink Three Cups of Water per Length-Inhale Some Through your Nose Too for Maximum Benefit drill
3. The Pray No One is Watching Me drill
4. The Who Knew My Arms Could Hurt So Much drill
5. The Get a Rash on your Legs drill
6. The Easiest Drill on the List drill
7. The Oh My God I Can Barely Breath drill
I feel much more confident about my Monday drill workouts now, thanks to Coach Kristi!
After swimming we went back to my house to do Zen In Your Den. Well, the pups were in fine form-with at least five minutes of a Welcome To The Beer Home bark fest, followed by joining Kristi for all the yoga moves. I gave Caribia a big bone, but then Cheyenne started barking at Caribia for the big bone. So I gave Cheyenne a little bone. Once that was gone, she started licking and jumping all over Kristi again. Then Chris started playing with his voice machine in the studio, making all kinds of funny distorted voices, saying funny things! It was so crazy Kristi asked, "Where is the zen?" Hahahahaha! I must say it was ok for me though, because instead of bothering me during yoga, they went for the new person! I should have Kristi over each time I do yoga so the pups leave me alone!
Yoga was good though, despite the chaos. I like the 20 minute program-short and sweet with good easy-to-understand poses.
Kristi finally caved in and called the doctor today. After suffering from some kind of cough, infection, sinuses mess for about three weeks, she finally saw the doc. What started as a little cough and slight cold, festered into a full blown chest/sinus/eye infection! Hopefully the horse pills that she's on will have her all cleared up in no time.
And poor Wayne. I wrote a limerick for you tonight, teammate.
There was was a chap called Wayne
Who went on a business trip to Spain
But when he arrived,
Of a gym he was deprived
Leaving him no where to train.
Here's the gym at the hotel he's staying at. Apparently the pool is about four feet long. At least he has nice weather! Kristi reported it's in the 70s where he is. Sure beats our high of 40 tomorrow!
And Bonnie is having fun tonight-she texted from "Third and Long" which is the bar in Manhattan that is owned by the Matt Long, who was the Fireman/Ironman in the book we all read over break. She took a photo that I'll post tomorrow. Hopefully Matt will go to the bar tonight so we'll have a story to post with the photo!
Ok, time to work on the Fittest Dog application.
TTFN,
M :)
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Winter finally arrives
Today's workout:
Run-98 minutes (10 miles)
Weights-2 x 15
Bike-opted out!
Winter arrived last night around 11pm. I was woken up by the sound of rain. The temp dropped big time too. It was in the 40s and raining for the run this morning. We had two little friends this morning-Caribia came along for the run too, (as well as Cheyenne of course) because we decided to run on the road instead of the trail because it was so wet. Caribia doesn't have trail privileges because she likes to beat up other doggies. Wayne still went on the trail, but Kristi and I ran with the dogs. We ran along the LAB, up Expo to 35th-over to Bull Creek, down to Jefferson, over to my house where we dropped off the pups (and Chris so kindly gave them a much needed bath) and then we ran down Guadalupe back to K and W's place. It was a hilly route, but a great run. I wrote a little limerick about the run today. Here it is.
Yup, Kristi crunched a snail today. It was actually pretty funny...I saw the snail just before we got to it-it had it's head sticking out and it's little tail sticking out...it was crossing the sidewalk right in front of us-it was pretty big. So I said, "Oh-check out the snail!" and I jumped over it and moved the dogs so they wouldn't step on it. Then I hear Kristi say, "What?" at the same time I hear a little "CRUNCH!" She totally nailed the snail. We turned around to see the damage. It was beyond repair. She said she didn't see it in time and I told her that it was probably a mama snail bringing food back to it's snail home for all the little snail children. Hahahahahaha!
The last half mile or so of the run we were cranking out a 7:42 pace! It felt good, but it was also downhill. Wayne had a great run too, he ran ten miles exactly and ran the whole thing with no stops. After the run we went to Club Macca for weights. 2 sets of 15 today again. I went back to my lower weights. After weights we did the weekly weigh in. No major differences yet, just a gradual increase in muscle and decrease in weight for all of us. Here's what the spreadsheet looks like that Wayne developed to track all the numbers from their crazy scale. He added some "trend lines" today to predict where we will be over the next 19 weeks. Pretty cool!
We decided to opt out of the optional bike ride today. It's still really wet outside and just downright chilly. Granted we could probably set up the trainers to do the hour ride, but I'm already in my pjs. Kristi still wants to ride, so her over-achieving self might spin at Club Macca. My lazy self is going to stay right here in Snuggle City.
Wayne is off to Spain for the week for work, so no riding for him today. (Oh yea, Wayne, if you're reading this, and they happen to sell Drifters and/or Time-Outs in Spain, hook a girl up! Heehee!)
Caribia is sooooo exhausted from the run today-she hasn't run 7.5 miles in a long time! She has barely gotten off the couch!
Run-98 minutes (10 miles)
Weights-2 x 15
Bike-opted out!
Winter arrived last night around 11pm. I was woken up by the sound of rain. The temp dropped big time too. It was in the 40s and raining for the run this morning. We had two little friends this morning-Caribia came along for the run too, (as well as Cheyenne of course) because we decided to run on the road instead of the trail because it was so wet. Caribia doesn't have trail privileges because she likes to beat up other doggies. Wayne still went on the trail, but Kristi and I ran with the dogs. We ran along the LAB, up Expo to 35th-over to Bull Creek, down to Jefferson, over to my house where we dropped off the pups (and Chris so kindly gave them a much needed bath) and then we ran down Guadalupe back to K and W's place. It was a hilly route, but a great run. I wrote a little limerick about the run today. Here it is.
There once was a group out for a run.
Everyone was having lots of fun.
Along came a snail,
Who was trying to cross the trail,
Kristi stepped on it and the poor snail was done.
Yup, Kristi crunched a snail today. It was actually pretty funny...I saw the snail just before we got to it-it had it's head sticking out and it's little tail sticking out...it was crossing the sidewalk right in front of us-it was pretty big. So I said, "Oh-check out the snail!" and I jumped over it and moved the dogs so they wouldn't step on it. Then I hear Kristi say, "What?" at the same time I hear a little "CRUNCH!" She totally nailed the snail. We turned around to see the damage. It was beyond repair. She said she didn't see it in time and I told her that it was probably a mama snail bringing food back to it's snail home for all the little snail children. Hahahahahaha!
The last half mile or so of the run we were cranking out a 7:42 pace! It felt good, but it was also downhill. Wayne had a great run too, he ran ten miles exactly and ran the whole thing with no stops. After the run we went to Club Macca for weights. 2 sets of 15 today again. I went back to my lower weights. After weights we did the weekly weigh in. No major differences yet, just a gradual increase in muscle and decrease in weight for all of us. Here's what the spreadsheet looks like that Wayne developed to track all the numbers from their crazy scale. He added some "trend lines" today to predict where we will be over the next 19 weeks. Pretty cool!
We decided to opt out of the optional bike ride today. It's still really wet outside and just downright chilly. Granted we could probably set up the trainers to do the hour ride, but I'm already in my pjs. Kristi still wants to ride, so her over-achieving self might spin at Club Macca. My lazy self is going to stay right here in Snuggle City.
Wayne is off to Spain for the week for work, so no riding for him today. (Oh yea, Wayne, if you're reading this, and they happen to sell Drifters and/or Time-Outs in Spain, hook a girl up! Heehee!)
Caribia is sooooo exhausted from the run today-she hasn't run 7.5 miles in a long time! She has barely gotten off the couch!
I hope she's having sweet little doggie dreams and not nightmares about squished snails!
I can't believe we're done with week five already. Time is flying by. We all booked hotels for a weekend in April to go to The Woodlands to ride the course. Bonnie and Todd are going to drive down from Chicago and then we'll all head to The Woodlands for a little course review and to check out the town. Should be fun! It'll be here before we know it!
TTFN,
M :)
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Today's workout:
Bike-213 minutes (52 miles)
Run-18 minutes
Swim-30 minutes
Walk-short walk with the pups
Here's the bike route from today. It doesn't have our stats because Wayne didn't have his phone today so this map just comes off the website.
Despite the threat of torrential rain, it was a beautiful day! It was in the 50s and sunny for the whole ride. Some wind, but nothing crazy. We had to improvise at one point. Not sure if I missed a turn or what, but we went a little off course where they were making brand new roads. We ended up having to walk our bikes part of the way down a road that had been closed because it was in the dirt stage of getting new pavement. But it worked out ok and we stayed mostly on route. We had two guest riders today. Hugo came by this morning with Ken's Donuts and rode about half-way with us, and our long-lost riding buddy Brad came with us for most of the ride. It's always a treat to have extra companions on the rides!
The run was good-both dogs accompanied us. Nice and slow and short. The swim felt great. I really like the short Saturday swim. I just clear my mind, don't count laps, don't have to do any crazy drills, no speed work....just swim to enjoy swimming. I try and really stretch out when I push of the wall and stay under for a while, just to relax my muscles. I'm starting to feel like Popeye. I'm noticing new muscles pop out where there was only flabbyness before.
I need to start doing a better job of eating on Saturdays. I had a smoothie and a bagel with cream cheese and tomatoes for breakfast. I wasn't hungry at all on the ride, but made myself eat some stingers. I started to get hungry on the run, but was fine again on the swim-even though I didn't eat anything. But now I'm really tired and I can tell it's from a lack of food. (And of course from the long workout...) I had a few bites of cookie dough, but I'll make some pasta and salad in a little bit here. I had a 3:30 am date with Caribia and the Mint Milanos again last night. I'm gonna have to start keeping powerbars in the bedside table, that way I won't have to actually get out of bed. Heck, I'll just put a plate of cookies and a glass of milk by the bed and hope that the mice or santa claus doesn't get to them before 3:30am! I feel full when I go to sleep, but I guess my body is just getting used to having food every few hours, including while I'm sleeping!
Already 5:15pm. We're gonna have some late evenings once the rides pick up in the mileage! Overall I felt really happy and strong for the workouts today. I think it's good we're doing the weights. I feel like they're helping to balance out my body. And I know the yoga helps too. I have to do everything I can to prevent injury at my age!
TTFN!
M :)
Bike-213 minutes (52 miles)
Run-18 minutes
Swim-30 minutes
Walk-short walk with the pups
Here's the bike route from today. It doesn't have our stats because Wayne didn't have his phone today so this map just comes off the website.
Despite the threat of torrential rain, it was a beautiful day! It was in the 50s and sunny for the whole ride. Some wind, but nothing crazy. We had to improvise at one point. Not sure if I missed a turn or what, but we went a little off course where they were making brand new roads. We ended up having to walk our bikes part of the way down a road that had been closed because it was in the dirt stage of getting new pavement. But it worked out ok and we stayed mostly on route. We had two guest riders today. Hugo came by this morning with Ken's Donuts and rode about half-way with us, and our long-lost riding buddy Brad came with us for most of the ride. It's always a treat to have extra companions on the rides!
The run was good-both dogs accompanied us. Nice and slow and short. The swim felt great. I really like the short Saturday swim. I just clear my mind, don't count laps, don't have to do any crazy drills, no speed work....just swim to enjoy swimming. I try and really stretch out when I push of the wall and stay under for a while, just to relax my muscles. I'm starting to feel like Popeye. I'm noticing new muscles pop out where there was only flabbyness before.
I need to start doing a better job of eating on Saturdays. I had a smoothie and a bagel with cream cheese and tomatoes for breakfast. I wasn't hungry at all on the ride, but made myself eat some stingers. I started to get hungry on the run, but was fine again on the swim-even though I didn't eat anything. But now I'm really tired and I can tell it's from a lack of food. (And of course from the long workout...) I had a few bites of cookie dough, but I'll make some pasta and salad in a little bit here. I had a 3:30 am date with Caribia and the Mint Milanos again last night. I'm gonna have to start keeping powerbars in the bedside table, that way I won't have to actually get out of bed. Heck, I'll just put a plate of cookies and a glass of milk by the bed and hope that the mice or santa claus doesn't get to them before 3:30am! I feel full when I go to sleep, but I guess my body is just getting used to having food every few hours, including while I'm sleeping!
Already 5:15pm. We're gonna have some late evenings once the rides pick up in the mileage! Overall I felt really happy and strong for the workouts today. I think it's good we're doing the weights. I feel like they're helping to balance out my body. And I know the yoga helps too. I have to do everything I can to prevent injury at my age!
TTFN!
M :)
Friday, January 7, 2011
Cookies and milk in the moonlight
Today's workout:
OFF
Walk-70 minutes with the family
Yoga-Zen in your Den
My tummy alarm went off at 3:30 last night. Mint Milanos and a glass of milk were calling my name. The moonlight was streaming in the back room so I didn't even have to turn on a light to disturb my half-sleeping state. I've been waking up hungry in the middle of the night the last few nights, but have been able to go back to sleep. Last night I gave into the call of the milano. Yummy!
Beautiful walk with the family tonight-Chris re-scheduled his dentist appointment so he could join us. 75 degrees and sunny in mid-January, no need to be sitting in a dentist chair wasting the day! Next week we're due for some cold weather. A much better time to visit the dentist.
Yoga was good-stretched out my legs. My hammies are sore from the extra weight last night, but not painful sore, just regular sore.
Some fun news today, Caribia and Cheyenne are going to enter the "Fittest Dog in Austin" contest! There's a magazine called "Austin Fit" and once a year they dedicate an issue to the fittest dogs! I always see the magazine, but never know how to enter. This time Chris saw that someone had it posted on facebook, so we have two weeks to put together the application packet! The girls are so excited! Running, walking, hiking, kayaking, frisbee, dancing...they can do it all! I sure hope they win!
Time to check the temperature and wind for tomorrow's ride and then plan out a route. I think I can make it to bed by 8pm again tonight! Yippie!
TTFN,
M :)
OFF
Walk-70 minutes with the family
Yoga-Zen in your Den
My tummy alarm went off at 3:30 last night. Mint Milanos and a glass of milk were calling my name. The moonlight was streaming in the back room so I didn't even have to turn on a light to disturb my half-sleeping state. I've been waking up hungry in the middle of the night the last few nights, but have been able to go back to sleep. Last night I gave into the call of the milano. Yummy!
Beautiful walk with the family tonight-Chris re-scheduled his dentist appointment so he could join us. 75 degrees and sunny in mid-January, no need to be sitting in a dentist chair wasting the day! Next week we're due for some cold weather. A much better time to visit the dentist.
Yoga was good-stretched out my legs. My hammies are sore from the extra weight last night, but not painful sore, just regular sore.
Some fun news today, Caribia and Cheyenne are going to enter the "Fittest Dog in Austin" contest! There's a magazine called "Austin Fit" and once a year they dedicate an issue to the fittest dogs! I always see the magazine, but never know how to enter. This time Chris saw that someone had it posted on facebook, so we have two weeks to put together the application packet! The girls are so excited! Running, walking, hiking, kayaking, frisbee, dancing...they can do it all! I sure hope they win!
Time to check the temperature and wind for tomorrow's ride and then plan out a route. I think I can make it to bed by 8pm again tonight! Yippie!
TTFN,
M :)
Thursday, January 6, 2011
A Good Night's Sleep
Today's workout:
Run-70 minutes
Weights-2 x 15
It's amazing what a good night's sleep can do. I feel back to normal today. I re-read yesterday's blog...boy oh boy....I sure was tired! I was asleep by 8:32 last night. I was up at 3:30 because that was seven hours of sleep. After an hour of tossing and turning I fell back to sleep until 6am. I felt so refreshed. I had a nice walk with the pups-chilly, crisp morning. And it's been mostly sunny the last couple days so that always helps my mood too! I think this week and next week will be transition weeks to get into the swing of working and working out. But I think I'll be ok once I get into a regular schedule.
Krisit and I ran the seven-mile Town Lake loop tonight. Wayne had to work later than normal today, so we met up with him at Club Macca. The run was awesome-great weather-about 62 degrees. I had to tell Kristi run on ahead-she's like a yo-yo. She can go so much faster than me so she runs ahead then realizes I'm not there, so she slows down to let me catch up! So for the middle couple miles she took off like a rocket! It was a perfect night for a good speedy run! We met back up at the water stop under Mopac and jogged it back in. Great run!
At Club Macca today Kristi and I upped the weights for some of the exercises. I'm sitting here an hour later and I can totally feel the extra weight and reps. We did 2 sets of 15 tonight and the extra 3 were really tough! My legs are going to be sore tomorrow!
I'm looking forward to yoga!
TTFN!
M :)
Run-70 minutes
Weights-2 x 15
It's amazing what a good night's sleep can do. I feel back to normal today. I re-read yesterday's blog...boy oh boy....I sure was tired! I was asleep by 8:32 last night. I was up at 3:30 because that was seven hours of sleep. After an hour of tossing and turning I fell back to sleep until 6am. I felt so refreshed. I had a nice walk with the pups-chilly, crisp morning. And it's been mostly sunny the last couple days so that always helps my mood too! I think this week and next week will be transition weeks to get into the swing of working and working out. But I think I'll be ok once I get into a regular schedule.
Krisit and I ran the seven-mile Town Lake loop tonight. Wayne had to work later than normal today, so we met up with him at Club Macca. The run was awesome-great weather-about 62 degrees. I had to tell Kristi run on ahead-she's like a yo-yo. She can go so much faster than me so she runs ahead then realizes I'm not there, so she slows down to let me catch up! So for the middle couple miles she took off like a rocket! It was a perfect night for a good speedy run! We met back up at the water stop under Mopac and jogged it back in. Great run!
At Club Macca today Kristi and I upped the weights for some of the exercises. I'm sitting here an hour later and I can totally feel the extra weight and reps. We did 2 sets of 15 tonight and the extra 3 were really tough! My legs are going to be sore tomorrow!
I'm looking forward to yoga!
TTFN!
M :)
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Is it Friday yet?
Today's workout:
Swim-82 minutes
Bike-83 minutes
5:00 am-alarm goes off (Ugh. It's sooooo early......)
5:45 am-in the pool for the swim (Just over 2 miles in 82 minutes-no loogie jig lady today)
7:15 am-smoothie and a muffin (Yum. My reward for an early morning start)
8:00 am-work (Busy but good-busy helps me stay awake)
1:00 pm-tortilla soup from Mr. Natural (Voted Best Vegetarian Soup in Austin by me)
2:30 pm-body's internal nap sensor activates (Soup was too good-nap needed)
4:15 pm-drive home (Focusing on keeping my eyes open)
4:30 pm-walk dogs (Dogs are leading me, my eyes are shutting on their own)
5:00-5:30 pm-fold laundry, unpack lunchbox, pick out outfit for tomorrow, pack gym bag for tomorrow's workout (It's as if I see myself moving around, but am not really there)
5:30-7:15 pm-bike ride (Following Kristi's voice as my eyes are now closed-napping internally)
7:15 pm-pack lunch (It'll be interesting to see what I packed when I open my lunch tomorrow at noon)
7:30 pm-shower (Did I remember to use soap?)
7:45 pm-dinner (I think that tasted good-taste buds are already asleep)
8:00 pm-blog (Am I making any sense tonight?)
8:15 pm-bed. (Zzzzzzz......)
Is it Friday yet?
M :)
Swim-82 minutes
Bike-83 minutes
5:00 am-alarm goes off (Ugh. It's sooooo early......)
5:45 am-in the pool for the swim (Just over 2 miles in 82 minutes-no loogie jig lady today)
7:15 am-smoothie and a muffin (Yum. My reward for an early morning start)
8:00 am-work (Busy but good-busy helps me stay awake)
1:00 pm-tortilla soup from Mr. Natural (Voted Best Vegetarian Soup in Austin by me)
2:30 pm-body's internal nap sensor activates (Soup was too good-nap needed)
4:15 pm-drive home (Focusing on keeping my eyes open)
4:30 pm-walk dogs (Dogs are leading me, my eyes are shutting on their own)
5:00-5:30 pm-fold laundry, unpack lunchbox, pick out outfit for tomorrow, pack gym bag for tomorrow's workout (It's as if I see myself moving around, but am not really there)
5:30-7:15 pm-bike ride (Following Kristi's voice as my eyes are now closed-napping internally)
7:15 pm-pack lunch (It'll be interesting to see what I packed when I open my lunch tomorrow at noon)
7:30 pm-shower (Did I remember to use soap?)
7:45 pm-dinner (I think that tasted good-taste buds are already asleep)
8:00 pm-blog (Am I making any sense tonight?)
8:15 pm-bed. (Zzzzzzz......)
Is it Friday yet?
M :)
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Still grumpy, but a good workout today.
Today's workout:
Bike-77 minutes on the trainer
Run-19 minutes
Yoga-Zen In Your Den
I'm still pretty grumpy today. Probably has to do with the weather and going back to work. I really rely on the sun for my moods. I woke up at 5:30 this morning and thought, "I can go back to sleep for another two hours if I want to", but since I'd fallen asleep at 8:30 the night before I wasn't really tired. And I had forgotten to do yoga last night in my foul mood, so I got up and did yoga. It was actually a nice way to wake up. I felt nice and stretched.
Tonight's workout was on the trainer. The main part of the workout was a ladder of zone 2-3 speed. We started with 1 minute hard and 2 minutes easy, then 2 minutes hard, 2 minutes easy, then 3 minutes hard, 2 minutes easy, etc...until 5 minutes hard, then we worked our way down. (I know....that's what she said...)
My case of the grumpies didn't start to go away until the run. Well, that's not entirely true, they actually started to go away when Wayne changed into his running attire for the evening....
We really like the sleeveless look on Wayne. If anyone can pull it off, he can. (The blur on the right side of the photo is Cheyenne-she was just about to jump on her uncle Wayne.)
So the grumpies went away on the run. There's just something about running that soothes my soul. I love running. And when I get to run with the pups I love it even more.
Tomorrow morning is the early morning swim. I'll be in the water by 5:45 if everything goes according to plan. It's already 9pm. Time for bed.
TTFN!
M :)
Bike-77 minutes on the trainer
Run-19 minutes
Yoga-Zen In Your Den
I'm still pretty grumpy today. Probably has to do with the weather and going back to work. I really rely on the sun for my moods. I woke up at 5:30 this morning and thought, "I can go back to sleep for another two hours if I want to", but since I'd fallen asleep at 8:30 the night before I wasn't really tired. And I had forgotten to do yoga last night in my foul mood, so I got up and did yoga. It was actually a nice way to wake up. I felt nice and stretched.
Tonight's workout was on the trainer. The main part of the workout was a ladder of zone 2-3 speed. We started with 1 minute hard and 2 minutes easy, then 2 minutes hard, 2 minutes easy, then 3 minutes hard, 2 minutes easy, etc...until 5 minutes hard, then we worked our way down. (I know....that's what she said...)
My case of the grumpies didn't start to go away until the run. Well, that's not entirely true, they actually started to go away when Wayne changed into his running attire for the evening....
We really like the sleeveless look on Wayne. If anyone can pull it off, he can. (The blur on the right side of the photo is Cheyenne-she was just about to jump on her uncle Wayne.)
So the grumpies went away on the run. There's just something about running that soothes my soul. I love running. And when I get to run with the pups I love it even more.
Tomorrow morning is the early morning swim. I'll be in the water by 5:45 if everything goes according to plan. It's already 9pm. Time for bed.
TTFN!
M :)
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