Saturday Feb 2 |
 | road run 49:57 [3] 6.17 mi (8:06 / mi) | |
| shoes: Asics 1130 |
| Ross and I went running around Newton. Running with Ross is a good way for me to get a longer run in at a quicker pace. We ran the loop that I ran the other day, and we were 3 minutes faster after 11 minutes, and then only about 4 minutes faster for the rest of it, so I'm not running too slowly when I'm alone! It didn't help that I am incedibly sore today from push ups, and my legs are tired from all the Step Mania. Last night Ross and I challenged eachother and I kicked his butt. The only song that he beat me on was an easy one that he picked. All the ones I picked were to hard for him :) |
Friday Feb 1 |
| other (Step Mania) 1:00:00 [1] | |
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| So I discovered the continuous mode in Step Mania. This is bad for me. In the regular mode you do three songs, then it kicks you back to main menu, where you can exit. With the endless mode you just go forever. So after playing for 45 minutes I discovered this mode and played for 1 hour continuously, which is about 35 songs. But I am only logging an hour because some of the songs were easy. As my right foot is dominant, I use it for the the up, right and down arrows. This leads to the ball of my left foot getting sore. So I practiced using my left foot to save my foot :) |
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| C • continuous mode? 3 |
| lifting/strength (plyometrics) 10:00 [1] | |
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| Needless to day, I put on my shoes for plyo as my feet were sore from Step Mania :) |
| lifting/strength 10:00 [1] | |
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| Between each plyometic exercise I did a variety of other things for the core and arms. Listening to The Killers was motivating :) I think I need to load all their cds on my ipod for running. |
Thursday Jan 31 |
| road run 33:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Asics 1130 |
| Hill and Dad came to Newton today, which was a nice change. I live between them both, and Hill didn't want to drive all the way to Dedham to go running. So we ran over to Comm. Ave to do a threshold run, and then ran home. |
| road run (threshold) 10:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics 1130 |
| Threshold run along Comm. Ave. I couldn't quite get the HR monitor to work for the first 5 minutes, but then it kicked in. Also after 5 minutes we began to run mostly uphill. I was worried that this would be really difficult for me, but it felt like a normal threshold run! My quads are still sore - I'm assuming from plyometrics. They didn't hurt during the day, but did after the threshold run. |
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| C • sore quads... 1 |
Wednesday Jan 30 |
| road run 55:00 [2] 6.17 mi (8:54 / mi) | |
| shoes: Asics 1130 |
| I started this run with my roommate, Emily. She has just started running again, and has refused to go running with me. She will sneak out the door and go the opposite direction if she knows I am heading out running soon. But today I convinced her that we would start our runs together and then branch off. I ran the first 10 minutes or so with her. It was a good warmup pace for the rest of my run. I planned out a route from my house with google pedometer and ran down Comm Ave. to Washington and then up through Waban on some streets I really love to run on. My quads are sore from plyometrics, but otherwise I felt great! Also, the new headphones that Ross bought me stay in my ears (especially my right ear, where it always falls out) and I was listening to some good music :) |
Tuesday Jan 29 |
| road run 58:16 [2] | |
| shoes: Asics 1130 |
| Dad was able to run with me today, although I think his ankle was hurting a bit. We ran around Dedham and discussed the books I have recently read - The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down - A Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures by Anne Fadiman and now I am reading We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with out families - Stories from Rwanda by Philip Gourevitch. Both are very good books, and I highly recommend both, but not terribly uplifting. After reading Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng, I have decided that I enjoy well written nonfiction and that inspired me to read these last two books. |
| lifting/strength (plyometrics) 10:00 [2] | |
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| These are not getting easier. |
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| C • What plyometrics are you do... 3 |
| other (StepMania) 45:00 [1] | |
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| So today I wore the heartrate monitor while doing stepmania. My average HR on the difficult songs is between 145 and 153, which is my HR when jogging on the roads. So therefore, I'm logging it. I have decided to only log if I do sessions of over a half hour, since I always play 3-9 songs each night after or before dinner. Tonight I was working on the combo jumps. I can do right/left and up/down, but I have trouble when down/right and left/up and then right/up come right after eachother. So lots of practice and I have greaty improved. Now if only I could find something to do with this talent. Cristina and I could do a team fundraiser? :)
As a side effect of doing this before going to bed, when I close my eyes at night to go to sleep I see arrows scrolling up the screen. |
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| C • StepMania 2 |
Sunday Jan 27 |
| trail run 1:48:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Asics 1130 |
| Ross, Dad, Hill and I met at Pia's house where Wnedy joined us and we went on a trail run. The trails were a bit icy, but not too bad. It was lightly snowing at the time, and that provided a good cover on the snow. After about 45 minutes Pia and Wendy split off to head back to the house - with the map. Dad knows the area well, so we weren't too worried. Then we wandered a bit off of where we usually run. As we were going across a field, dad was in the lead and stepped on a frozen puddle. Unfortunately, the ice didn't hold dad's weight, so instead of just skidding across the ice his foot fell through and he fell down, skidding through the ice chunks. I thought he hurt his knee on the ice, but he actually twisted his ankle. He thought he might be able to run, but the ground was too uneven. So he and Ross walked out to the nearest road and Hill and I attempted to find our way back to Pia's house without a map. We certainly did not take the shortest route back to her house, but we managed to get there. Then Pia hopped into the car with us and we drove to pick up Ross and dad, who were quite cold, but otherwise alright. Needless to say, my planned 80 minute run was a bit longer. |