Training Log Archive: BecksIn the 31 days ending Jul 31, 2018:
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Tuesday Jul 31, 2018 #
Note
Our new Team at MGH is doing the Walk to End Alzheimer's. It's run by an excellent charity that provides care to people with the disease, and funds a huge amount of excellent research across the USA. There's no physical feat from me or anything, we're just walking as a group, but if you feel that it's a worthy cause, I'm fundraising here: http://act.alz.org/site/TR/Walk2018/General?px=148...
Thanks!
Thanks!
7 AM
Running 23:23 3.53 km (6:37 / km) +54m 6:09 / km
ahr:145 max:179
Gross period stomach, bleurgh. Just about got through 4 x 90(30s), but didn't warm up properly because my stomach couldn't take the bouncing :)
Monday Jul 30, 2018 #
8 AM
Strength 35:15
ahr:117 max:173
This new workout block is much more fun than the previous one!
4 PM
Running 22:03 3.82 km (5:46 / km)
ahr:161 max:172
Recovery run towards the Hormel Stadium in Medford, where I'm volunteering at a back to running course for people who've had a traumatic brain injury. It was fun, and nice to do something a bit different. Running was sticky and grim, and this week is only going to get worse.
Saturday Jul 28, 2018 #
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Spent a fun final day and a half post conference in Chicago with Rob and Bianca. We all got different flights home and I picked the worst - delayed by the storms and ended up not back in Boston till 2am Saturday. Pretty much vegged all weekend and it was really nice.
Wednesday Jul 25, 2018 #
8 AM
Strength 31:52
ahr:98 max:149
Tuesday Jul 24, 2018 #
8 AM
Running 27:09 4.51 km (6:01 / km) +8m 5:58 / km
ahr:152 max:182
I thought from the distance on my watch that my trace did better today - but I guess it didn't! It was just different-bad. 4 x 90 (30s) on an empty stomach felt hard.
11 PM
Yoga 22:23 [0]
ahr:70 max:100
Monday Jul 23, 2018 #
4 PM
Running 20:09 1.8 mi (11:12 / mi) +2m 11:10 / mi
ahr:136 max:150
Recovery run. Millenium Park is awesome. My trace is very wrong.
Strength 32:26
ahr:114 max:153
10 PM
Yoga 23:56 [0] +2m
ahr:75 max:98
Saturday Jul 21, 2018 #
5 PM
Running 20:01 2.1 mi (9:32 / mi) +29m 9:08 / mi
ahr:155 max:166
I like Chicago! It was stuffy rainy and grey today but the city is so vibrant and the architecture is beautiful! Had a terrible start to the day as the United terminal was packed in Boston and I almost missed my flight. Didn't get to eat till Chicago which was not good. But luckily, Chicago is fun! Ran along the river walk which was packed with people, and my GPS trace could not cope with being tucked in amongst the buildings! I did not start there run on water.
Conference proper starts tomorrow - going to sleep a lot more tonight than last night I hope...
Conference proper starts tomorrow - going to sleep a lot more tonight than last night I hope...
9 PM
Yoga 17:17 [0]
ahr:72 max:112
Friday Jul 20, 2018 #
Note
Fly out to a conference in Chicago early tomorrow morning. Used this as a deadline to get shit done and was ridiculously effective at it.
I really love this job. It's a shame I really don't seem to get on with Boston.
I really love this job. It's a shame I really don't seem to get on with Boston.
7 AM
Running 28:11 4.84 km (5:49 / km) +14m 5:44 / km
ahr:157 max:172
"Long" run towards the gym. Stomach has been iffy the last couple of days but it held up while I was running, which I think means this run was better than anticipated. Boston is not good for loo opportunities - round New Haven you're never too far from a building you have ID access to! And New Haven was better at putting portaloos in public parks all summer. Not much of that round here. Won't someone think of the runners?! :)
Strength 32:55
ahr:122 max:171
Finally pushed through to a new gym block - this one looks more fun than the last! Reverse lunges killed my bum - going to be DOMs tomorrow for sure. The gym is nice and quiet at 8am.
Thursday Jul 19, 2018 #
6 PM
Running 31:14 5.27 km (5:56 / km) +44m 5:41 / km
ahr:148 max:180
Towards the cat lady to drop off the keys for next week. 0.8 miles of threshold. Felt fine. Ignore the heart rate, forgot my strap and clearly my wrist monitor was not making any sense. Lovely evening - so nice without the humidity. Chicago is going to be distinctly less pleasant I think...
10 PM
Yoga 18:57 [0]
ahr:71 max:92
Tuesday Jul 17, 2018 #
5 PM
Running 21:21 3.38 km (6:19 / km) +26m 6:05 / km
ahr:158 max:185
4 x 90 (30s) in a mega storm! Was counting the whole way to check the storm wasn't too close, but turn out they move much faster here than back at home. One minute the bangs were three miles away, the next the sky went completely pink and big fork came down very close - the noise sounded like a Tesla Coil spark rather than a boom. It was pretty fun but after that I made sure to run under things much taller than me. Ran through some very deep puddles and it's insane how warm the water in them was. This was the most fun I've had out running in a while.
9 PM
Yoga 12:41 [0]
ahr:63 max:84
Monday Jul 16, 2018 #
8 AM
Strength 44:33
ahr:119 max:160
Running 20:01 3.41 km (5:52 / km)
ahr:173 max:182
To work from the gym. Heart rate higher than it should be, still a bit worn out from heat and mega lab Thursday I think.
6 PM
Yoga 19:48 [0]
ahr:72 max:99
Sunday Jul 15, 2018 #
11 PM
Yoga 21:58 [0]
ahr:64 max:85
Thursday Jul 12, 2018 #
Note
Really busy week at work this week. We have a bunch of new staff starting (who it turns out are all exceptionally capable and really fun to work with) so I was in supervisor mode all week, except for today when I spent 11 hours preparing 100 brain samples for proteomics. It was exceptionally boring and repetitive and I couldn't face getting up and having to start again on Friday, so I worked late and finished it in one. Hopefully the data in a few months will be super exciting!
Friday Jul 6, 2018 #
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Drove to Montreal for the weekend for the wedding of an old Yale colleague. It was really fun and Steph came too which was fab, but very long drives. Immigration were not nice on the way back in. Montreal seems like a cool place to live - loved the restaurants and cafes we visited, and my A level French just about gets me by. I hear in winter it snows twice as much as Boston. This may be a negative.
I was tired and too hot all week after this. Worth it though.
I was tired and too hot all week after this. Worth it though.
9 PM
Yoga 16:14 [0]
ahr:55 max:84
Thursday Jul 5, 2018 #
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I am really not sleeping in this heat, even with central AC. Woke this morning to a banging headache from being tired and dehydrated. Looking forward to the brief respite supposedly on the way tomorrow!
6 PM
Running 20:01 3.35 km (5:59 / km) +1m 5:58 / km
ahr:153 max:172
Soaked a T shirt in cold water and ventured out. Soaking a success for sure!
9 PM
Yoga 28:15 [0]
ahr:57 max:82
Wednesday Jul 4, 2018 #
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Oh my word, I can't motivate myself to do anything active in this heat. Managed a short walk in the Fells with Rob this morning but utterly failing to do anything else. Meh!
5 PM
Running 20:01 3.4 km (5:54 / km)
ahr:156 max:175
I did a fing! It was too hot for the fing! But I did it.
Strength 48:48
ahr:108 max:149
At home strength session - KB a little light and exercise bands instead of cable machines, but good to do.
10 PM
Yoga 19:22 [0]
ahr:71 max:95