I have big plans for Friday. I plan to go for a run. Maybe 2. I might do 5 miles each time. I also plan to do a superset. Also some pullups and dips. I plan to get back into the game.
Then I plan to go 10 on Saturday. And 10 or 15 on Sunday.
Next week I plan to get in a lot of miles. Just get a lot of them in. Like at least 70.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Unplanned Fast
It's like the past few days have been a fast. I have not eaten that much food, due to A) vomiting, B) being scared of vomiting, C) a depressed appetite, D) an upset stomach.
It is no fun at all! I have been trying to eat, but either am not hungry or feel that it would not set well on the stomach. I had some cottage cheese and peaches for supper...so good! So good to eat!
Hopefully tomorrow is a better day. Heck, it will be. I'm going to eat all kinds of stuff.
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I'm not a scientist, but I am sort of worried about muscle catabolism (is that the right term?) My wrists look smaller, but maybe I am just delirious. I don't think 3 days of not eating that much will cause the wrists to shrink.
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Pizza sounds really good right now. Maybe I should get some. I don't know. I will let you know tomorrow if I went to get pizza or not.
It is no fun at all! I have been trying to eat, but either am not hungry or feel that it would not set well on the stomach. I had some cottage cheese and peaches for supper...so good! So good to eat!
Hopefully tomorrow is a better day. Heck, it will be. I'm going to eat all kinds of stuff.
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I'm not a scientist, but I am sort of worried about muscle catabolism (is that the right term?) My wrists look smaller, but maybe I am just delirious. I don't think 3 days of not eating that much will cause the wrists to shrink.
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Pizza sounds really good right now. Maybe I should get some. I don't know. I will let you know tomorrow if I went to get pizza or not.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Past Few Days
Did not run last Thursday. Spent half the day in Minneapolis at the sculpture garden and conservatory (a huge greenhouse) and at the Mall of America. Spent the other half driving home on backroads.
Friday morning, woke up and did 10 miles. Drove to Arnold with Lisa. Ran 4 more in the afternoon.
Saturday morning, Lisa began to feel sick. She started to vomit. I ran 10 miles at around noon. Had to run up some big hills. One took 4 minutes to ascend, the other 6 minutes. Was laboring on the way up the hills, and thought that a mountain lion would sense my weakness and attack. (So, maybe these inclines aren't big for those who run in the mountains, but here in Nebraska a 6 minute hill is a pretty big deal.)
Sunday, I started feeling sickish. Spent the day on the couch. Felt like I had conquered the sickness, so I ate some chips and spinach-artichoke dip. That was the worst idea ever.
Woke up at around 12:50 am on Monday and went to the bathroom to throw up the spinach-artichoke dip mixed with red gatorade. Spent most of Monday on the couch. Called in to work, but ended up having to work the last half of my shift. Lisa drove me back to Aurora, then I laid on the couch for a few minutes, ate some stewed apples and a grilled cheese sandwich, then sluggishly went to work.
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I am hoping for some good runs this week! After hearing Anton's great news about his 10k, I am excited to get out there again.
Friday morning, woke up and did 10 miles. Drove to Arnold with Lisa. Ran 4 more in the afternoon.
Saturday morning, Lisa began to feel sick. She started to vomit. I ran 10 miles at around noon. Had to run up some big hills. One took 4 minutes to ascend, the other 6 minutes. Was laboring on the way up the hills, and thought that a mountain lion would sense my weakness and attack. (So, maybe these inclines aren't big for those who run in the mountains, but here in Nebraska a 6 minute hill is a pretty big deal.)
Sunday, I started feeling sickish. Spent the day on the couch. Felt like I had conquered the sickness, so I ate some chips and spinach-artichoke dip. That was the worst idea ever.
Woke up at around 12:50 am on Monday and went to the bathroom to throw up the spinach-artichoke dip mixed with red gatorade. Spent most of Monday on the couch. Called in to work, but ended up having to work the last half of my shift. Lisa drove me back to Aurora, then I laid on the couch for a few minutes, ate some stewed apples and a grilled cheese sandwich, then sluggishly went to work.
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I am hoping for some good runs this week! After hearing Anton's great news about his 10k, I am excited to get out there again.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Early Run, Early Workout, Naseau
Woke up at 6 to get in some miles before leaving for Minneapolis. When I was standing by my clothes, I considered going back to bed, but then I willed myself to get out there. Yes, it was cold, but if you wear clothes then it is not. It wasn't too cold once I got out there. Planned to do a mile warmup, then then old A'ror'n days 10k course, then the mile back, but heard some kind of strange noise from the golf course, like a rabid animal, so I changed the course. Finished it with 6 miles. Pretty good.
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Did a workout right as I got home, the same one I did on Monday. The divebomber pushups are still hard, maybe even harder than on Monday because my shoulders were a bit sore.
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For some reason started feeling like crap during the last set of the workout. Layed on the floor for a minute, then cranked out the rest. It is good to push through when you don't want to. It made me feel a little naseaus though. Oh well, it is bound to happen sometimes. I think working out right under the heater vent really makes me feel that way. I really do.
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6 miles total
211 miles on Fireroad A
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Did a workout right as I got home, the same one I did on Monday. The divebomber pushups are still hard, maybe even harder than on Monday because my shoulders were a bit sore.
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For some reason started feeling like crap during the last set of the workout. Layed on the floor for a minute, then cranked out the rest. It is good to push through when you don't want to. It made me feel a little naseaus though. Oh well, it is bound to happen sometimes. I think working out right under the heater vent really makes me feel that way. I really do.
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6 miles total
211 miles on Fireroad A
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Cold Runs, Trans 333
Cold runs today.
First run 10 miles at around 11:00 am. Pace was 8:30+ first half, about 7:45 the second. Temperature was 12, windchill 2. Hands got cold, even though I had on gloves, socks over those, and tucked my hands into my jacket.
One thing that can't be more important on a cold run are clothes that wick away sweat. I don't have any outer layers that do this, so the sweat sort of got all up in the material of the gloves and lower arms and made those parts cold.
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An easy run at 5:00 pm. 4 miles. 18 degrees, little wind. Took it slow. Very nice and relaxing.
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The Trans 333. Check it out:
HERE!
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14 miles total
205 miles on Fireroad A
First run 10 miles at around 11:00 am. Pace was 8:30+ first half, about 7:45 the second. Temperature was 12, windchill 2. Hands got cold, even though I had on gloves, socks over those, and tucked my hands into my jacket.
One thing that can't be more important on a cold run are clothes that wick away sweat. I don't have any outer layers that do this, so the sweat sort of got all up in the material of the gloves and lower arms and made those parts cold.
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An easy run at 5:00 pm. 4 miles. 18 degrees, little wind. Took it slow. Very nice and relaxing.
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The Trans 333. Check it out:
HERE!
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14 miles total
205 miles on Fireroad A
Monday, February 2, 2009
Rest Day, PT, Hunter/Gatherer, Woot, Pansies
No run today. Monday is my day off from now on.
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Did PT though. Arnel Week 2:
3 sets each
A1: Dive Bomber Pushup (15)
A2: Jump Squat (15)
B1: Wide Grip Pullup (7)
B2: Alternating Split Squat Jump (15)
C1: Atomic Situps (30)
C2: Single Leg Plank Pose (50 seconds per, 25 each leg)
These workouts are going pretty good. Not really punishing to the body like the large pyramids, but still feel my muscles working. The Jump Squats were really fun, too! And I took the risk with the Atomic Situps. I feared that it would hurt the back, but it didn't. At all!
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Running to work is good, clean fun. And running on the breaks is a good way to get fresh air and move around a bit.
I wish I lived in a hunter/gatherer society. I'd be running all over the place like a crazy man.
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woot:
A related claim is that it came from multiplayer online games like Everquest and Ultima Online where it is said to have been associated with the phrase "wondrous loot," or even with the same "wow, loot!" as in D&D, when a player's character came across gold or wealth in the game.
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I am not too fond of people who do "cardio," as in "Hey Geoffry, let's get in a good cardio workout on the eliptical." No wonder they are pansies.
Running is what it is all about. You don't have to run a lot of miles in a week to be called a runner. You just have to have the perspective that what you are doing is running, not "cardio."
Jason Statham would say "I'm going to go bust out 3 miles tomorrow morning."
Michael Jackson would say "Ooo! Cardio! I'm SO EXCITED to wear my new trainers! They are SO PRETTY!"
That' what I was trying to say, in a roundabout way. Even now I doubt that I am even making sense.
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Did PT though. Arnel Week 2:
3 sets each
A1: Dive Bomber Pushup (15)
A2: Jump Squat (15)
B1: Wide Grip Pullup (7)
B2: Alternating Split Squat Jump (15)
C1: Atomic Situps (30)
C2: Single Leg Plank Pose (50 seconds per, 25 each leg)
These workouts are going pretty good. Not really punishing to the body like the large pyramids, but still feel my muscles working. The Jump Squats were really fun, too! And I took the risk with the Atomic Situps. I feared that it would hurt the back, but it didn't. At all!
•••••
Running to work is good, clean fun. And running on the breaks is a good way to get fresh air and move around a bit.
I wish I lived in a hunter/gatherer society. I'd be running all over the place like a crazy man.
•••••
woot:
A related claim is that it came from multiplayer online games like Everquest and Ultima Online where it is said to have been associated with the phrase "wondrous loot," or even with the same "wow, loot!" as in D&D, when a player's character came across gold or wealth in the game.
•••••
I am not too fond of people who do "cardio," as in "Hey Geoffry, let's get in a good cardio workout on the eliptical." No wonder they are pansies.
Running is what it is all about. You don't have to run a lot of miles in a week to be called a runner. You just have to have the perspective that what you are doing is running, not "cardio."
Jason Statham would say "I'm going to go bust out 3 miles tomorrow morning."
Michael Jackson would say "Ooo! Cardio! I'm SO EXCITED to wear my new trainers! They are SO PRETTY!"
That' what I was trying to say, in a roundabout way. Even now I doubt that I am even making sense.
Long, Running on the Sun
Longish run today. Actually the longest since November, but not one of the classic long runs.
12 miles. Thought about going 16, but then decided not to push it too hard.
Decided to run to work. About a mile there. Ran on my breaks: 1/2 mile first break, 1 mile second, 1/2 mile third. Ran back home. See? Work doesn't have to be entirely pointless! Got 4 more miles in!
Abby, maybe this is similar to breaking up PT workouts. I got in a lot of miles today, but without getting exhausted. That is why doing PT throughout the day can be good.
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Got off work at 11:30 Saturday night. I was going to go to bed, but then decided to watch Running on the Sun, a documentary about the Badwater Ultra. All I can say is WOW! So incredible! It made me really excited to run, so even though I only went to bed at 2:30, I got up at 7:00 to run 12 miles. Nothing like running 135 miles, but seriously, I can't even complain about being tired when some of those people go for 50 hours without real sleep.
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16 miles total today
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59 mile week
191 miles on Fireroad A
12 miles. Thought about going 16, but then decided not to push it too hard.
Decided to run to work. About a mile there. Ran on my breaks: 1/2 mile first break, 1 mile second, 1/2 mile third. Ran back home. See? Work doesn't have to be entirely pointless! Got 4 more miles in!
Abby, maybe this is similar to breaking up PT workouts. I got in a lot of miles today, but without getting exhausted. That is why doing PT throughout the day can be good.
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Got off work at 11:30 Saturday night. I was going to go to bed, but then decided to watch Running on the Sun, a documentary about the Badwater Ultra. All I can say is WOW! So incredible! It made me really excited to run, so even though I only went to bed at 2:30, I got up at 7:00 to run 12 miles. Nothing like running 135 miles, but seriously, I can't even complain about being tired when some of those people go for 50 hours without real sleep.
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16 miles total today
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59 mile week
191 miles on Fireroad A
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