Sunday, November 02, 2008
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| Distance: | 6 miles? |
| Time (total): | 51 min |
| Time (moving): | 8:30 min/mile |
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| Weather: | 50, light breeze, mostly sunny, dry |
| Workout Type: | run |
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| Course: | Discovery Park Loop Trail |
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| Comments: | Today I ran the loop trail twice (counter-clockwise) and on the second lap I went down almost all the way to the beach by the lighthouse and then up the trail/stairs to the bluff like we used to do in the adventX outdoor exercise class.
Man, by the time I got to the top of that climb I was barely moving and it took me a bit before I was 'running' again. But my legs never got sore, I was just way out of breath so I think my body is starting to get used to this running thing. |
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Saturday, November 01, 2008
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| Time of Day: | 9:45 AM |
| Distance: | 5.3 miles |
| Time (total): | 42 min |
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| Speed (overall): | 8 min miles |
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| Weather: | 50, calm, mostly clear, dry |
| Workout Type: | run |
| Breakfast: | 6:00 AM - cereal |
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| Course: | down 19th to Interlaken, down the trail, west on Interlaken, back home up the hill |
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| Comments: | Not bad! While I was moving I figured I was doing nine minute miles and it turns out I was a full minute faster. I guess I am a lousy judge of pace and it could also be that MapMyRide is not so accurate... Regardless, it was a great day, there were still tons of leaves in the trees so they don't look ugly yet and I had tunes which I'm realizing a HUGE boost.
I have to admit, this half marathon I signed up for is sounding pretty daunting. We'll see.
To figure out my pace I found a nice on-line running pace calculator. Why? Because I'm lazy. |
| Equipment: | iPod |
Thursday, October 30, 2008
| Hrs. Sleeping: | 7 |
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| Time of Day: | 6:00 AM |
| Distance: | 12 flights |
| Time (total): | 50 min? |
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| Weather: | 49, dry, calm |
| Workout Type: | stairs |
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| Workout Food: | water |
| Course: | Howe Street |
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| Comments: | I figures I was going to be alone but no! Aaron G showed up and we chatted it up while walking a few flights. You know,all the usual stuff like are you getting a new bike next year and how is your training going and why so-and-so's exercise routine is bunk.
For the last several days I have been wearing my CamelBak and loving it. Having water when you want it is very nice and the 5 lb or whatever it weighs is not slowing me down appreciably. |
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
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| Time of Day: | 6:00 AM |
| Distance: | 13 flights |
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| Weather: | 49, clear, calm, dry |
| Workout Type: | stairs |
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| Course: | Howe Street |
| Results: | Today it was Ryan D, RC R and myself. We walked all the flights and it felt kinda fast... Ryan has these really long legs and it's hard to keep up at times. :)
RC was carrying two 5 lb dumbbells and he said he felt it. After 10 flights his legs were shaking a bit. |
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Monday, October 27, 2008
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| Time of Day: | 1:00 PM |
| Distance: | 15 miles? |
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| Workout Type: | ride |
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| Lunch: | Thai |
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| Workout Food: | water |
| Course: | down from the hill to the Burke Gilman Trail, into Ballard and home via Interlaken |
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| Comments: | Shelley and I were running errands all day but decided to squeeze in this ride. We went to Ballard, had lunch and rode home. TOTALLY relaxing and totally fun. The sun was BRIGHT, the temperature was excellent and we chatted the whole way. |
| Equipment: | Trek fixed-gear, 42x18 |
Sunday, October 26, 2008
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| Time of Day: | 12:30 PM |
| Distance: | 5.6 miles |
| Time (total): | no idea... |
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| Weather: | upper 50s, BRIGHT sun, breezy, dry |
| Workout Type: | run |
| Breakfast: | cereal |
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| Dinner: | pasta, tomato salad, cookies, chocolate |
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| Course: | Discovery Park Loop Trail x 2 (I saw a sign that said it was 2.8 miles once around) |
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| Comments: | Oh my GOD today was nice. I ran out of time to ride or race cyclocross so in light of the fact that I want to run much further in December I zoomed over to the Magnolia bluff and hit the trails.
I had my iPod with me for the first time ever running and it was a f'n dream. I had the volume up a bit too high and so I was sort of floating along in my own little universe hardly able to hear the people I passed or the wind in the trees.
The first loop was not so natural feeling but just as I finished lap one "Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead" came on and it was a kick in the ass! As I ran down this hill I had my hands over head doing the full-on air drum, smash the dual high-hat cymbals thing and loving it. Loving it. Cruising through the woods with the dappled light and the tunes blaring dodging dogs and people was just so FUN.
My calves were pretty sore/tight after this but it's lots of up and down. And I wasn't crippled so it's all good. |
| Equipment: | Just some running shoes... well, some shorts and a shirt too. :) |
Saturday, October 25, 2008
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| Time of Day: | 8:00 AM |
| Distance: | 42 miles |
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| Workout Type: | ride |
| Breakfast: | 6:30 AM - smoothie |
| Lunch: | chips, bean dip, water |
| Dinner: | TPR team party meaning beer, wine, pizza and desserts. Repeat. |
| Workout Food: | 1/2 of a small bottle with 2 scoops Perpetuem and one scoop Endurox R4 |
| Course: | around the north end of Lake WA and then straight home |
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| Comments: | It was just Kurt A and myself today and the weather was beautiful AGAIN.
I was burping up my smoothie for most of the ride and discovered pretty quick that I did not want to ride very far... |
| Equipment: | Trek fixed-gear, 42x18 |
Friday, October 24, 2008
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| Time of Day: | gym - 5:30 AM |
| Distance: | 10 miles |
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| Workout Type: | weights | core | commute |
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| Course: | | dips | 2x10 | | push-ups | 20, 14 | | seated row | 2x15 - 105 lb | | lat pull-down | 2x16 - 90 lb | | plank | | | other core | 3x30 sit-ups on incline board, 70 leg extensions | | back extensions | 50 - 195 lb | |
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| Comments: | I almost did not go to the gym today... I felt tired as in my legs felt beat but then I figured I could still do something besides legs. Obviously I was also sick of my usual core routine so did some regular sit-ups on the incline board. |
| Equipment: | Raleigh town bike |
Thursday, October 23, 2008
| Hrs. Sleeping: | 6 |
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| Time of Day: | 5:50 AM |
| Distance: | 16 flights |
| Time (total): | 1:10 |
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| Weather: | upper 40s, cloudy, calm, wet ground but dry sky |
| Workout Type: | stairs |
| Breakfast: | cereal |
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| Workout Food: | water |
| Course: | Howe Street |
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| Comments: | I think today I did the most flights I have ever done. I got there a bit early again (assuming other people were going to show up that is) and so just got on with it. After six flights Ryan D showed up and told me he wanted to do 10 so off we went.
At first my legs felt heavy and I was not sure I would last but the pace was not frantic and we were walking so it worked out.
Today I also tried the Greg K technique of carrying some extra weight. In my case it was just a full CamelBak (100 oz) so I guess that's about 5 lb...? It did not make a big impact on the difficulty I think and it was nice to have water! I might do this again. But only when I'm walking, no way could I heft this while trying to run. |
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