Tuesday Apr 29 |
 | running (treadmill) 36:00 [2] | |
| (sick) shoes: Asics 2130 |
| Horrendous headache today. Thought it was stress, and it did feel less bad when running, but then equally bad as soon as I stopped. Ah well.
On the plus side, the Ibuprofen, which I don't often take, cures not only the head but also helps the ITB. |
Monday Apr 28 |
| Core Strength (legs, abs and arms) 30:00 [1] | |
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| Mostly legs. |
Sunday Apr 27 |
| running (trails) 1:07:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Trail Pegasus 2 |
| With Wendy in the Fells. Having a weekend running buddy is so great. So tired before, much better afterward! Running is the best stress reliever.
Back to school tomorrow (38 days left, not that I'm counting). Not ready. |
Saturday Apr 26 |
| running (treadmill) 27:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Asics 2130 |
| 8:45 pm. Too late, couldn't sleep afterward. ITB sore later also, but could be the exercizes ... |
| Core Strength (legs and abs) 20:00 [1] | |
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| Leg lifts hurt. Then roller. It hurts less these days, does that mean it is working? |
Friday Apr 25 |
| running warm up/down (treadmill) 20:00 [2] | |
| slept:7.0 shoes: Asics 2130 |
| Mid morning (watching Ellen's 800th show - could do worse for mid-morning tv). Felt tired during warm-up, then progressively better. Great afterwards! |
| running tempo (treadmill) 25:00 [4] | |
| shoes: Asics 2130 |
| 4 minutes on, 2 minutes off cruise intervals. Only about my third speed session in 9 months, so not bad I guess. I did the first one at 6:52 (barely Tempo, barely warmed up), then the others at 6:48, 6:44 and 6:38 pace. Sad to think I could run a half-marathon faster than that 2 years ago.
ITB/Quad tightened on the last interval. Seemed okay warming down. I'll stretch and strengthen and roll it tonight ... and then see if it hurts during tomorrow's run or not.
Finally got a schedule that suits me (I think) for the next couple of months. Back to Hal Higdon again, as his programs have worked well for me in the past. In honor of my iTB, work, and my family I printed out the Intermediate 'spring training' schedule rather than the expert. Not much difference in mileage, but a bit less speed work. The mileage ranges from 21 (rest week) to 30, which seems totally doable from my current state of fitness. We'll see if having it hanging on the wall helps me to stay organized or not! |
Thursday Apr 24 |
| Core Strength (abs and arms) 8:00 [1] | |
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| Plus the foam roller (every night this week so far). It seems to hurt less now, does that mean it is working?
I thought I would have more time and energy to train over vacation, but I have less of both. I need to get a steady schedule going ... because the summer is going to be one long vacation.
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Wednesday Apr 23 |
| running (treadmill) 27:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Asics 2130 |
| Visitors yesterday and today. Got a little run in.
Also have used the new foam roller on the ITB the last 2 nights - it's agony! Hopefully it is working though. |
Sunday Apr 20 |
| running (roads) 33:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Pegasus 3 wide |
| To meet Wendy ... then took the T to Cambridge and watched the women's marathon trials! It was fantastic!! If only all courses were so spectator friendly.
Humbling too - those women WAY off the back, all alone, looking 'slow' ... well the last one finished in 3:07. I'd take looking that 'slow' any day!!! |
Saturday Apr 19 |
| running (trails) 1:11:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Inov8 |
| With Wendy in the fells. Felt good but congested! |
| Core Strength (abs) 5:00 [1] | |
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Friday Apr 18 |
| Note | |
| (sick) |
| I guess I knew it was coming really. Nasty cold and sore throat. Went to work anyway, but fairly useless since then. |
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| C • Sick. :( 2 |
Thursday Apr 17 |
| running (treadmill) 29:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Asics 2130 |
| Really slowly. Felt rubbish. |
Wednesday Apr 16 |
| running (treadmill) 41:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Pegasus 3 wide |
| Mid afternoon. It was going to be an interval session, but I felt awful. Blah. |
Tuesday Apr 15 |
| Core Strength (legs, abs and arms) 35:00 [1] | |
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| The most I've done in ages. Watching the final of 'The Biggest Loser' ... for the first time one woman ended up smaller than me (122 lbs). Pretty inspiring and pretty incredible! |
Monday Apr 14 |
| Core Strength (legs and abs) 17:00 [1] | |
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| I'm being good again. I don't want to be injured anymore. Stretched too (not included in the time). |
Sunday Apr 13 |
| running (trails) 1:03:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Trail Pegasus 2 |
| With Wendy. Very tired before, but I did gradually warm up.
Discussed all sorts of problems in the world: food crisis, oil, water, the future, population growth ... didn't solve anything. Guess we'll have to run again next week. |
| Core Strength (legs) 5:00 [1] | |
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| Not a full set of leg lifts, but some. |
Saturday Apr 12 |
| Core Strength (legs and abs) 15:00 [1] | |
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| and stretching too. ITB aches, so decided running five days in a row might not be smart. Hopefully it will cope if I continue to only increase by tiny amounts each week.
Need new shoes too. |
Friday Apr 11 |
| running (treadmill) 37:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Pegasus 3 wide |
| Tired. Last night of the show tonight. |
Thursday Apr 10 |
| running warm up/down (roads and trails) 28:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Pegasus 3 wide |
| Around town, Menotomy. |
| running hills (road and trail) 10:00 [4] | |
| shoes: Pegasus 3 wide |
| 5 x 1 min hill, 1 x 5 min hill. Felt unfit. Pulse was 164 ish at top, felt much harder. |
Wednesday Apr 9 |
| running (treadmill) 31:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Pegasus 3 wide |
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Saturday Apr 5 |
| running (trails) 1:00:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics 2100 - 2 |
| With Wendy. Felt pretty good. |
Wednesday Apr 2 |
| running warm up/down (treadmill) 25:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Pegasus 3 wide |
| I'm guessing. It was last week and I don't remember! |
| running (treadmill) 15:00 [4] | |
| shoes: Pegasus 3 wide |
| 3 x 5 minutes Tempo. First speedwork in ages. |