Monday Feb 28 |
 | Running 44:11 [3] | |
| slept:5.0 shoes: Nike Goretex |
| Run w/ Kristoffer in Lebanon. For some reason I was feeling nervous about my training, making myself anxious and in turn was having issues with my breathing. I think we started out too fast, but after about 25 mins I calmed down and the rest of the run was fine. Still fast, HR was probably up around 160 for most of the way! |
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| C • 5 hours sleep doesn't work... 2 |
Sunday Feb 27 |
| Alpine skiing warm up/down 2:00:00 [1] | |
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| Second day. Got out there early, not quite first chair, though. WIndy today, chilly on the face, but warm otherwise, lots of edge skiing and carving runs. legs were certainly getting tired. Last few runs were downright painfull, stopping every 20m or so on the steep deep "powder" stuff. |
Saturday Feb 26 |
| Alpine skiing 2:00:00 [1] | |
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| I know! I know!! But seriously, this is a workout. Especially the second day out, last run, you're feeling it.
My mom and I went to Mont Tremblant, Quebec. It's an hour north of Montreal. Big mountain, Killington size probably. Conditions weren't great, lots of ice in the middle of the trail where everyone else skis. But we are the type that like the edges where everyone pushes the powder so we had it good. Still wish that the skis were sharper, though.
Skied the glades a bunch, lots of edges of trails and several big carving runs. A good day. |
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| C • alpine 2 |
Thursday Feb 24 |
| Running 1:04:00 [3] | |
| ahr:143 max:158 slept:5.0 shoes: Nike Goretex |
| Easy run with Kristoffer. For some reason both of us were feeling all discombobulated. Running form was off, stride, breathing...everything. Except my HR was normal. It was a long long run, all we wanted was to get back and sit on the couch. Need more sleep. |
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| C • 2 |
Wednesday Feb 23 |
| Spinning bike 1:30:00 [3] | |
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| Spin with Kristoffer. He was doing some steady state intervals, so I did them, too.
Warm up: 10 mins aveHR:104 maxHR:115
1st interval: 8 mins aveHR:152 maxHR:166
recovery: 6 mins aveHR:127 maxHR: 136
2nd interval: 8 mins aveHR: 157 maxHR: 166
spin class: 55 mins aveHR: 153 maxHR: 165
Legs felt good, pushed the resistance a bit more than usual. Recovering like a champ. |
| Core strength 10:00 [2] | |
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| Abs |
Tuesday Feb 22 |
| Running (Treadmill) 38:00 [3] 3.2 mi (11:52 / mi) | |
| ahr:148 max:160 shoes: Adidas Response |
| Easy run on treadmill. I hate those things. Time went by decently fast, though, watching all the goofy looking people in the aerobics class.
Legs felt pretty good, recovering quickly from the weekend. |
| Core strength 12:00 [2] | |
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Saturday Feb 19 |
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| Event: Swamp Stomp
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| Adventure race race (Swamp Stomp) 27:27:00 [3] ** 110.0 mi (14:58 / mi) +500m 9:10 / km | |
| ahr:124 max:185 |
| Adventure race 40 mins north of Tampa, Florida. Raced with Joe B. John Vitti and John Hartley. Lots of mtn biking, canoe paddling, trekking and orienteering.
Started at 7am Sat. morning and finished around 10:30am Sunday. The night was chilly and we were wet from swamp stomping, but it still went by fairly quickly. Sunrise was certainly appreciated though. The saw palmetto was not. |
Thursday Feb 17 |
| Mtn Biking 10:00 [3] | |
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| Scouting around. Got the bikes out and were planning on going for a ride, but a chain broke on one bike and another got a flat so we called it quits after 10 mins -maybe. Florida is sandy, with lots of sand spurs. |
Monday Feb 14 |
| Spinning bike 1:00:00 [3] | |
| ahr:140 max:165 |
| Intervals on the spin bike (all by myself w/ my ipod) THe time went by quick though, when doing intervals. Legs felt the burn this time, rather than on Friday, though my HR stayed fairly low. Still felt good though. |
| Core strength 10:00 [3] | |
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Sunday Feb 13 |
| Orienteering 1:30:00 [3] *** | |
| shoes: Nike Goretex |
| Kristoffer and I tried going to an o-meet at Beaver Brook, but it was cancelled, but we got some maps and went training anyway. Kristoffer had control of the map most of the time, so I can't say that I was really orienteering, more like just following, but it was nice to be crashing through the woods again.
Tough running, though, crusty snow that held you up only sometimes, but a beautiful sunny day! |
Saturday Feb 12 |
| Run/Hike 2:30:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Nike Goretex |
| Easy snowshoe hike with Kristoffer up near Lebanon. We were trying to get onto this particular open ridge, but there was an unexpectadely HUGE fenced in area of a private game hunting reserve. So we did an out and back thing, mostly on snowmobile packed trails, with some deep powder trailbreaking stuff in the middle.
It was a beautiful clear day and all the trees still had snow stuck to them and there was probably over a foot of fresh powder! |
Friday Feb 11 |
| Spinning bike 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| Ride with Kristoffer at his gym. He was doing intervals, so I did them too. Legs felt fine and my breathing was easy for what my HR was. So there was something wrong with my interval HR ranges due to my LT level....I don't know enough about it....perhaps my LT test wasn't correct. |
| Core strength 10:00 [1] | |
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Thursday Feb 10 |
| Note | |
| (rest day) |
| Feeling tired and achy. Went gear shopping instead. |
Wednesday Feb 9 |
| Unspecified (Core) 15:00 [1] | |
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| Rowing 30:00 [3] | |
| ahr:139 max:149 |
| Easy rowing, though my back hurt. Just tried to take it easy. |
Tuesday Feb 8 |
| Running 1:37:00 [3] 11.6 mi (8:22 / mi) +152m 5:00 / km | |
| ahr:153 max:168 shoes: Nike Goretex |
| Easy night run with Kristoffer. Ran almost to Loudon, which is far! It was kind of an out and back with a small loop on the end. Very nice, rolling roads that took us right from concord, over the river and out to the countryside.
Legs and lungs felt really good. Nice cruising pace, but my HR stayed low. |
Monday Feb 7 |
| Note | |
| (rest day) |
| I was told to take a day off, so I did! Ah, what a good idea. My legs feel pretty good and I'm ready to take this week fairly easy to get ready for the race. Less than two weeks! |
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| C • get ready for the race? 5 |
Sunday Feb 6 |
| Spinning bike (warmup) 20:00 [3] | |
| ahr:120 |
| Kristoffer and I got up at 7 and went to the gym for a 9am spinning class. He had to do some 8min field test time trials, so of course I had to do them, too. I was originally planning on taking a day off, but got talked into doing this instead. |
| Spinning bike (time trial) 28:00 [5] | |
| ahr:163 max:173 |
| First time trial (8 MINS EACH) (out of 2) aveHR: 163 max HR:173
Wasn't completely warmed up and the first hafl of this reallyhurt. I just oculdn't push it. We had a 12min rest between these sets.
Second time trial: ave:167 max:174
This one felt better but hurt still, obviously. I was warmed up this time. sort of. |
| Spinning bike 52:00 [3] | |
| ahr:140 |
| Spinning class....I took it easy after teh time trials. |
| Unspecified (core) 15:00 [1] | |
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| Abs |
Saturday Feb 5 |
| Running 10:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Nike Goretex |
| Snowshoe race at Northfield Mtn, MA 7.25 km
warm-up run |
| Running (Snowshoe running) 46:27 [5] 7.25 km (6:24 / km) | |
| shoes: Nike Goretex |
| I haven't run with snowshoes yet this year, and really only once before in my life, so it took some getting used to, having these big ankle biter/ lead weights attached to my feet.
I definitely didn't have a sufficient warmup so the first half mile was excruciating and I got passed, a lot. But after warming up and hitting some good hills, I started passing them back. There was a lot of single track and a huge line of people that couldn't pass so we ended up just hiking a lot of the hill. Eventually I passed 'em and then could fly on the wide open groomed downhills, passing a few girls and coming in 4th female overall.
I think I could've gone harder up the hills if I wasn't stuck behind so many people, but, I'm still sore and it was certainly a good workout! |
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| C • weekend adventure 1 |
| Running (cool down) 30:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Nike Goretex |
| Cool down run with Kristoffer. Probably quicker than I would have run my own cool down, but it's ok. We found some cows, they were cute, but very dirty. |
Friday Feb 4 |
| Rowing 55:00 [3] 10.5 km (5:14 / km) | |
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| Row w/ Kristoffer after work. I was cranky and didn't really want to be there at all, but suffered through anyway. |
Thursday Feb 3 |
| Running 1:21:00 [4] 10.0 mi (8:06 / mi) +215m 4:43 / km | |
| ahr:163 max:176 shoes: Nike Goretex |
| Kristoffer and I went on a night run around Concord. It's about a 10mi? loop. The last time we ran it, it was freezing cold and we could do nothing but shuffle along, but this time we were flying! My legs felt really good and my HR stayed high the whole time, but I didn't have much of a problem talking, so that's a good sign. |
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| C • boys 1 |
Wednesday Feb 2 |
| Spinning bike 1:10:00 [4] | |
| ahr:165 max:176 |
| Hour spinning class w/ 10min warmup in Leb w/ Kristoffer. I pushed this one and my legs were burning about half the time.
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Tuesday Feb 1 |
| Running 59:00 [3] 7.0 mi (8:25 / mi) | |
| ahr:157 max:175 shoes: Nike Goretex |
| Kristoffer and I went for a night run around logging trails (now snowmobile trails) in Plainfield, just outside Lebanon. Running in the snow was tough, uneven from the snowmobile tracks and soft. The whole run was pretty hilly and once we got on the paved road and my legs loosened up I started feeling better. I tried to push more on the hills than normal, mostly to keep up with Kristoffer. By the time we crested the last hill and could see the truck, my legs felt like lead weights. But other than my hip hurting, hip flexor I guess, I feel pretty good. |