Training Archive: barbIn the 7 days ending 2007-04-07:
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Saturday Apr 7 | ||
| Event: Giant's Rib Raid | ||
| Orienteering race 4:50:00 [3] | |
| RAID. Fun. Flurries - I like Oing in falling snow. Below freezing - marshes still wet but starting to freeze; mud like 2-day-old chocolate frosting. | ||
| C • team name? 4 | ||
| Note | |
| ABCDeFG. Adam brought a tasty Canadian IPA; went well with the post-race pizza. | ||
Friday Apr 6 | ||
| Bicycling 8:00 [1] | |
| Walking 40:00 [1] | |
| Nahant w/family | ||
| Yoga 16:00 [1] | |
Thursday Apr 5 | ||
| Bicycling 48:00 [2] | |
| 5:37 am. Biked to the Fells | ||
| Running 11:00 [1] | |
| Ran around in the Fells, on rocky path, 1" snow, ice bugs. | ||
| C • Ice bugs? 3 | ||
| Bicycling 9:00 [1] | |
| Fells to Bolton Engineering | ||
| Running 19:00 [1] | |
| Up and down hilly road. | ||
| Bicycling 34:00 [2] | |
| Bolton to work | ||
| Note | |
| weight:130.5lbs | ||
| C • 130.5! Are you fasting? 4 | ||
| Yoga 54:00 [1] | |
| Note | |
| So I'm reading a draft of an abstract we're submitting tomorrow, and I find this at the bottom, added by my colleague: "the use of any type of DNA microarrays for the purpose of orienteering is questionable at best. Turn-around time from hybridization to data analysis results is still not fast enough to warrant a competitive edge in the field, and data consistency is bound to take a severe hit by adverse conditions like rain, darkness, and negotiating untrimmed vegetables in rough terrain."
Ah, nerd orienteering jokes... | ||
| C • Abstract 7 | ||
| Bicycling 4:00 [1] | |
| home | ||
Wednesday Apr 4 | ||
| Bicycling 34:00 [1] | |
| to work, MIT, opera house, work, home. Weather was pretty nasty for biking, wet snow coming down. Now it's rain. | ||
| Note | |
| From another mother whose family we somehow convinced to attend the Prospect Hill meet: "had a great time orienteering -- who knew? your delight is contagious and your mom is a jewel -- lucky you! our whole family had a good time. we'd love to join you again, i even feel a compulsion to solo. eventually." Another F45 candidate? And it's true, my mom is a jewel... | ||
| Yoga 17:00 [1] | |
| Running 10:00 [1] | |
| Went out for some groceries. | ||
| Note | |
| abcdefg | ||
Tuesday Apr 3 | ||
| Running 28:32 [1]2.23 mi (12:47 / mi) | |
| 5:45 am. First leg. Before I left the house, I removed the opera rehearsal music from the iPod shuffle, and added all sorts of other things. I was excited - first time running to non-opera. Then, 3 minutes into the run, the iPod totally died. It won't turn on; it's not responsive, and no it didn't just run out of battery power. | ||
| Running 24:51 [3]2.6 mi (9:32 / mi) | |
| Faster. Decided that I'd try running slow first, then fast, and maybe that would help with the asthma. And it did. | ||
| Stair climbing 4:00 [3] | |
| Two sets | ||
| Soccer 40:00 [2] | |
| Isabel's team soccer practice - just 4 girls showed up, so coach Jarlath and I played with them. | ||
| Note | |
| I had put some time into mulling over when to bring up the rogaine again with my partner. I didn't want to do it too soon, while he was still feeling low, and I figured he might feel better in not too long. I ended up deciding I'd wait until just after April 15/17. So it's good to see that the mood is improving.
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| C • At this point I'm assuming we'... 7 | ||
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And it's time to get seriouser about a few things, starting with the weight thing. Definitely want to remain sub-G, which means having a goal of 130 by the end of the month, and adding a "g/G" to my alphabet - starting tomorrow. I'm not sure if I'm going to achieve a strict definition, or leave it loosy goosy. It's something like: not much food at dinner; mostly fruits & veggies; lots of liquids, soups and salads; easy on the carbs. And let's take a quick look at those goals from January: Major goals: win the Big Muddy rogaine, feel great all the time, be organized, focus on friends & family. Hmmm... Physical training: * Slow running is fine for now. One long run (>1.5 hrs) each week; one faster session each week (> 1 mile). Work up to a couple 50-mile weeks in May/June, and 2 miles at 8:30/mile. Well, I'm not doing the long run, and it would be good to do that. Don't know what's up with "June" since I'll be done with the rogaine in May. * strength & flexibility. Take baseline this week, and aim to improve strength measurably. Work with personal trainer on machines; yoga class; core conditioning / weights class. I have been doing this off and on; not sure what the baseline was though. * train a minimum of an hour each day; multiple sessions in a day better than single session Maintaining a minimum for the most part. * climb stairs at work. * toughen the feet (by going barefoot some) Need to get going with both of these. Physical training highlights: * hiking+ trip in February (Tucson) * red & blue at a couple of A meets Both are happening, but substitute green for red. Works better logistically. Limit these things: sugar, caffeine, alcohol, etc. Generally, I get to party once a week with things on the Bad list. Reduce meat and dairy. Need strategy for what to do when tired and tempted in the evenings. Emphasize veggies, fruit, nuts, whole grains; unlimited snacking on these. Take my vitamins. Current weight 136; goal 129. Well, I'm at 135 right now. My alphabet count is something like DDDEE. Schedule: aim at sleeping 9-5. Be working or training by 6 each day. Generally, skip the morning with the family in favor of the evening (get their agreement!). I am getting up early, but not getting to bed until 10. And I've been choosing to hang with the family a lot in the morning, which I don't regret too much. | ||
| C • I think you are going to have ... 2 | ||
Monday Apr 2 | ||
| Note | |
| OK, this is random.
Here are two photos we recently found, one of me and one of my son David, taken at approximately the same age. Family resemblance? Is it obvious which is who? 
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| C • Who is who 4 | ||
| Walking 25:00 [1] | |
| A rest day, in the end. Kind of had a breakdown starting with one of my more-frequent-these-days brain farts resulting in a scheduling snafu, and it was a slow tired day all in all - due to two nights of suboptimal sleep - so in the end I bailed on running. But I walked to Central Square with Alice & Lucy in the morning, and then home from work.
abcdEf | ||
Sunday Apr 1 | ||
| Event: NEOC: Blue Hills West Sprints | ||
| Orienteering race 32:00 [3] | |
| Sprint at Blue Hills. Perfect rogaine training in that I assessed my competition (no women) and adjusted my pace accordingly (comfortable). :-)
Wore the ice bugs again - have been hoping that they might work for rogaining. They're a little loose though, and definitely not as lovely as O shoes for sidehilling. Good grip. A bit heavy. Thinking of getting ankle weights to run in. Starting to have a bit of anxiety about the shoe decision. Need to start training my bare feet now. | ||
| Orienteering 12:00 [4] | |
| Ran the white course with Dave, switching off legs. Dave has been running for months and is way faster than me. I was somewhat slowed down by the FIVE large cinnamon rolls I ate for breakfast. I got up early to make them. Getting up early was tough, because I had stomach pains so bad last night that I made Dave take me to the hospital at 3 am. I was doubled over talking to the intake guy, when suddenly I felt fine. So I apologized and said "April fool's" and we left. | ||
| Running 12:00 [1] | |
| Ran home from performance. Stopped to walk with Rob, Aviva and Aya when I came upon them. | ||
| Walking 20:00 [1] | |
| Along the way, made plans to do a short hike with Aviva & Aya sometime soon. | ||
| Note | |
| abcDef Cinnamon rolls. | ||
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Photos from Blue Hills. It was the first kids' sprint I've seen put on - it was pretty cool; nice off-trail control locations. David and Isabel finishing:
Paige & Michael's girls are getting bigger. I heard one of them say to Michael that she wanted to do the course herself, with him shadowing her. They enjoyed playing in the puddles too. 
My dad came along and did all but one of the controls on the regular sprint: 
The cousins are visiting; David & Isabel took Lucy out on the white course. 
Charlie stayed home and hung out with David after we got back. 
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