Training Log Archive: Yvonne

Scootering @ Broemmelsiek while the kiddos rode bikes. Actually, I do this frequently with them, but this was the first time it was pretty much continuous...and I broke a sweat...so therefore logable. Go kids! They're getting a lot better on the bikes.

Hoping to do a bit more scootering these days since the new Greenway trail is so darn convenient from work. When you have a $300 scooter (left over from the Wild Onion urban AR days), you probably should use it once in a while, right? Dorky but TOTALLY FUN!! And fast.

C • only dorky in st. charles c... 6

Gym session tonight. Been a while! Spin bike WU with a few out of the saddle intervals.

Treadmill run. Some incline variation up to 8%.

A conglomeration of all kinds of stuff. Not particularly well thought out -- just moved from one area of the gym to another whenever I felt like it. But made sure to keep the sweat dripping.

#1
4 sets back to back, no rest:
- 30 sec. fast jump rope
- 1 double under followed by 5 singles x10
- assisted pull up machine (set @13) x5
- 60 sec. plank

#2
2 sets:
- 3 min. heavy bag combos w/ kicks and power shots (brought my gloves)
- 15 burpees w/ as big a jump as I could handle

#3
- hip adduction/abduction w/ black band
- 30 pushups

Today's craft project: making SI stick tethers. Somebody lost a stick at the Queeny O' event and I felt so bad about charging them $$ for the loss that I vowed to work on a solution. I ordered some Vapro tethers from 866gaiters and liked them. Then, channeling Martha Stewart (the nerdy orienteering version of her anyway), I thought, "surely I can make these myself". So -- I ordered cord locks off the net and bought some elastic cording @ Michaels (all they had was rainbow colors - hey whatever). So I hope they result in fewer lost SI sticks. And they are 5 yr. old girl approved. (Her: "Those are pretty bracelets mommy!" Me: "Well, they aren't really bracelets. They are so you can't lose those orienteering beeper stick thingys that go on your finger" Her: "Ummm...OK. I want one of those rainbow bracelets. Can I have one?")

Trainer spin with a few intervals thrown in.

Strength = hip abduction/adduction w/ black band; gluteus medius stuff - bridges w/ black band and angled leg raises w/ 3# ankle weights; overhead tricep extensions w/ 20# dumbbell x20

Stretch = static - mostly quads but a little hammy too

Scamper to KM gym. Took the squishy wet grass the last quarter mile.

Heavy bag, sparring, and KM classes. Three different weights of battle ropes in heavy bag...oww shoulders and core. Tons of tombstone pad punching in KM class. Knuckles held up! Progress!

Bike back to work. Hwy 94 grass was even taller than last week -- very slow. Did a few quick laps around the disposal cell. Saw three big bucks w/ gigantic racks hanging out together in the prairie -- typical behavior this time of year according to hubby.