Workout: Long Run - 8 miles
Time: 77:00
Pace: 9:36 (average)
Weight: 127.0
Run felt really good this morning. I'm pretty dehydrated, so that sucks, but I felt good. I decided to run at 0 incline so I'd have a chance at having a decent run.
Thursday morning I went to a foot doctor to have him look at one of my toenails that is growing in kind of funky. I talked to him about the pain I've been having in the ball of my right foot. He took xrays and said that it is my second toe joint that is "going"... as in that is what is causing the pain and it is going to get worse over time.
I'm thinking about quitting running altogether. I don't want to be like my mom, who has had multiple surgeries on both feet and is still in a great amount of pain and is basically immobile. Her lifestyle is dramatically reduced, in my opinion, because she can't be on her feet or walk for any length of time (she does anyway, and then her feet hurt so bad that she has to stay off of them for days at a time). I don't want that in my life. And if running will cause that, then I don't want to run. Running didn't cause her issues - not exactly sure what her issues are - but if running is going to cause me significant pain in the future, then is it worth doing now?
But I don't belong to a gym that has a pool or classes. So I'd be stuck to the eliptical, the bike and the stair mill. All of which I hate. And I'm not sure I'd stay motivated. I have to put a lot of thought into this. The nurse taped my foot, so I wanted to run today to see if it makes a difference.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Tuesday February 22, 2011
Workout: Walk 2 miles 5% incline
Time: 33:17
Weight: 125.0
Went to bed last night thinking that I'd get up and run 3 miles again this morning, but when I woke up, I decided to walk instead. My left ankle is hurting pretty badly and I don't want to aggravate it more than necessary. Decided to walk for 2 miles and the painting I do today will count for my normally scheduled weight lifting. The only thing missing will be stretching.
I'm painting our bedroom today. Yesterday I painted all of the trim (fresh coat) and today I'm doing the walls - soft pumpkin. I have new bedding, new curtains, new sheets - all for very reasonable prices: total cost of room redo: $234 (inlcudes paint & supplies)! Totally jazzed about it!
Time: 33:17
Weight: 125.0
Went to bed last night thinking that I'd get up and run 3 miles again this morning, but when I woke up, I decided to walk instead. My left ankle is hurting pretty badly and I don't want to aggravate it more than necessary. Decided to walk for 2 miles and the painting I do today will count for my normally scheduled weight lifting. The only thing missing will be stretching.
I'm painting our bedroom today. Yesterday I painted all of the trim (fresh coat) and today I'm doing the walls - soft pumpkin. I have new bedding, new curtains, new sheets - all for very reasonable prices: total cost of room redo: $234 (inlcudes paint & supplies)! Totally jazzed about it!
Monday, February 21, 2011
Monday February 21, 2011
Workout: 3.15 miles
Time: 30:00
Pace: 9:31
Weight: 126.2
In an effort to stop being so crabby, I've revised my training schedule again and am really reconsidering the 25k... will at least do the 10k since Dave and Jason are doing the 25k, but I'm just not sure I can train for this.
The only time for me to run is in the morning before school. Since my morning devotions are non-negotiable, this means that in order for me to get anything more than 3-4 miles done in the morning, I have to wake up at 5am. This is fine once or twice a week, but 5 days a week and it was causing me to be crabby. In addition, I was heading up to bed around 9:30, which means that the time that Dave and I had together alone after the girls went to bed was cut short... and the nights that he worked late (W/TH) we hardly had any time together.
Friday afternoon I was so crabby and Dave pointed out to me that it had been more than just Friday, it had been a couple of weeks. I'm going to try to cut my weekly runs down to 3-4 miles + stretching and see if I can still keep up with the long runs on Saturdays. That way I can get an extra 30 minutes of sleep in the morning. I'll have to see how this goes. I"m not entirely counting out the 25k, but need to be honest and realistic. This race is not worth making our home unpeaceful.
Time: 30:00
Pace: 9:31
Weight: 126.2
In an effort to stop being so crabby, I've revised my training schedule again and am really reconsidering the 25k... will at least do the 10k since Dave and Jason are doing the 25k, but I'm just not sure I can train for this.
The only time for me to run is in the morning before school. Since my morning devotions are non-negotiable, this means that in order for me to get anything more than 3-4 miles done in the morning, I have to wake up at 5am. This is fine once or twice a week, but 5 days a week and it was causing me to be crabby. In addition, I was heading up to bed around 9:30, which means that the time that Dave and I had together alone after the girls went to bed was cut short... and the nights that he worked late (W/TH) we hardly had any time together.
Friday afternoon I was so crabby and Dave pointed out to me that it had been more than just Friday, it had been a couple of weeks. I'm going to try to cut my weekly runs down to 3-4 miles + stretching and see if I can still keep up with the long runs on Saturdays. That way I can get an extra 30 minutes of sleep in the morning. I'll have to see how this goes. I"m not entirely counting out the 25k, but need to be honest and realistic. This race is not worth making our home unpeaceful.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Saturday February 19, 2011
Workout: 7.25 miles
Time: 70:00
Pace: 9:39 (average)
Weight: 126.4
So glad I have this out of the way. Was not looking forward to doing a long run. I'm kind of getting sick of running and this sounded awful. Not sure if running outside would make a difference in my being sick of it. Perhaps. But its got to get a lot warmer for me to run outside at 6am. And thinking about getting up early on Saturday mornings to drive out to Old Plank Trail to do longer runs than this sounds soooo... ick. Not diggin' the training right now.
I made a playlist entirely of praise & worship music. It was really nice to run to that this morning instead of the same ol' songs that I normally run to. For one thing, the songs are longer, so while a 7 mile run with my normal playlist would be about 18 songs, this run was only 14 songs. So when I'm counting songs and find out that after 5 songs I've already run 2.75 miles when I normally would have barely hit the 2 mile mark, that is awesome.
Beyond that, though, I'm really trying to immerse myself in God and become more aware of him throughout the day. I find that it really helps me to listen to p&w music during the day... it refocuses my attention on what I should be focused on. Unfortunately I've been living in a stretch of time where if I think about God beyond my bible reading the in the morning it is a miracle. I know it is happening and I confess it and want to be more aware, but it doesn't change. In the past, I've found that playing p&w music helps me a lot with that. I'm also listening to Moody Bible radio in the car instead of normal talk radio banter. I find the station and the people on it to be too fundamental and conservative for me, however, I'm hearing Bible verses when i normally wouldn't be and their fundamentalist and conservative opinions are causing me to think about issues and where I stand on them and what I think. It also prompts conversations between me & Dave and other people. So even though I don't like much of what I hear, it is good to hear it.
So listening to my p&w playlist had several good effects this morning. I did find myself struggling to run against the beat of the music a couple of times, which was frustrating, but overall it was pretty close to my pace.
Time: 70:00
Pace: 9:39 (average)
Weight: 126.4
So glad I have this out of the way. Was not looking forward to doing a long run. I'm kind of getting sick of running and this sounded awful. Not sure if running outside would make a difference in my being sick of it. Perhaps. But its got to get a lot warmer for me to run outside at 6am. And thinking about getting up early on Saturday mornings to drive out to Old Plank Trail to do longer runs than this sounds soooo... ick. Not diggin' the training right now.
I made a playlist entirely of praise & worship music. It was really nice to run to that this morning instead of the same ol' songs that I normally run to. For one thing, the songs are longer, so while a 7 mile run with my normal playlist would be about 18 songs, this run was only 14 songs. So when I'm counting songs and find out that after 5 songs I've already run 2.75 miles when I normally would have barely hit the 2 mile mark, that is awesome.
Beyond that, though, I'm really trying to immerse myself in God and become more aware of him throughout the day. I find that it really helps me to listen to p&w music during the day... it refocuses my attention on what I should be focused on. Unfortunately I've been living in a stretch of time where if I think about God beyond my bible reading the in the morning it is a miracle. I know it is happening and I confess it and want to be more aware, but it doesn't change. In the past, I've found that playing p&w music helps me a lot with that. I'm also listening to Moody Bible radio in the car instead of normal talk radio banter. I find the station and the people on it to be too fundamental and conservative for me, however, I'm hearing Bible verses when i normally wouldn't be and their fundamentalist and conservative opinions are causing me to think about issues and where I stand on them and what I think. It also prompts conversations between me & Dave and other people. So even though I don't like much of what I hear, it is good to hear it.
So listening to my p&w playlist had several good effects this morning. I did find myself struggling to run against the beat of the music a couple of times, which was frustrating, but overall it was pretty close to my pace.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Thursday February 17, 2011
Workout: 5 miles tempo
incline: 1 & 1.5%
time: 48:45
weight: 125.8
This was quite possibly the hardest run I've ever done. I have never given up on a run before and I did on this one. I cut the cool down short by 1 mile and I had already decreased the incline to 0... After a mile of cool down (10:00) pace my heart rate was up at 178 yet (during warm up at 10:00 pace, my heart rate was 165). I just couldn't do it, my body felt so weak and the thought of doing another mile was overwhelming. This was not a mental thing this time, my body was weak. I don't think I ate enough food yesterday.
I ran 5 good miles yesterday at 48:55. I think I did a 1% incline - the incline at the gym is much harder than at home. I did a steady pace at 9:40 and made it almost entirely through without hopping off. I hopped off after a mile to do a quick hamstring stretch and then again at 3.25 miles just to give myself a breather/mental break. The second stop was very quick and was more mental than anything else, but the run was good. I felt good the whole time. I think though, that my eating was way off yesterday, which affected my workout today.
I haven't done yoga for a couple of weeks. I've been back at the gym and have been doing some cross training and weight training. I don't know where or how to fit in a 90 minutes yoga workout. I AM doing ab work at the gym, though. I am also stretching for at least 5 minutes after every workout on the precor stretching station. My hamstrings suck and thats all I have to say about that.
My ankles and feet have been bothering me. I had to take several days off last week due to a sinus infection - I think I ran a total of 10 miles last week. Then this week I was right back at 5.5 & 5 miles - going to do a total of 22 miles this week. Wondering if my ankles are feeling the stress of that. Don't know why they would, but they are hurting in a way that they haven't before.
incline: 1 & 1.5%
time: 48:45
weight: 125.8
This was quite possibly the hardest run I've ever done. I have never given up on a run before and I did on this one. I cut the cool down short by 1 mile and I had already decreased the incline to 0... After a mile of cool down (10:00) pace my heart rate was up at 178 yet (during warm up at 10:00 pace, my heart rate was 165). I just couldn't do it, my body felt so weak and the thought of doing another mile was overwhelming. This was not a mental thing this time, my body was weak. I don't think I ate enough food yesterday.
I ran 5 good miles yesterday at 48:55. I think I did a 1% incline - the incline at the gym is much harder than at home. I did a steady pace at 9:40 and made it almost entirely through without hopping off. I hopped off after a mile to do a quick hamstring stretch and then again at 3.25 miles just to give myself a breather/mental break. The second stop was very quick and was more mental than anything else, but the run was good. I felt good the whole time. I think though, that my eating was way off yesterday, which affected my workout today.
I haven't done yoga for a couple of weeks. I've been back at the gym and have been doing some cross training and weight training. I don't know where or how to fit in a 90 minutes yoga workout. I AM doing ab work at the gym, though. I am also stretching for at least 5 minutes after every workout on the precor stretching station. My hamstrings suck and thats all I have to say about that.
My ankles and feet have been bothering me. I had to take several days off last week due to a sinus infection - I think I ran a total of 10 miles last week. Then this week I was right back at 5.5 & 5 miles - going to do a total of 22 miles this week. Wondering if my ankles are feeling the stress of that. Don't know why they would, but they are hurting in a way that they haven't before.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Monday February 14, 2011
Workout: 5.5 miles 2 % incline
Time: 53:15
Pace: 9:40
Weight: 126.4
Ran this morning at 9:30ish. THAT is a perfect time to run, but not in the cards for 99% of my days. Anyway, run was good. I've been off since last Wednesday so I was feeling (mostly) good while I ran. I also read a garbage magazine, which really occupied my brain for 3.5 miles, which means I wasn't focusing on the number of songs I was doing or where I was or any of that. The whole 5.5 miles went pretty quickly.
I have had a sinus infection since last Wednesday night. I went in to the doctor on Thursday afternoon and got a script for antibiotics, but I finished them today and don't feel a whole lot better. While I was running, any time I stepped off (once to stretch, once to put the fan on) I would get a blasting headaches that made me cringe. This whole time that is what it has been - a movement of my head causes a sharp pain for a brief moment, which makes me wince in terror and then goes away - until the next movement. It really sucks. Right now, though, I have some serious sinus pressure going along with it. Wondering if I'm going to need the refill of the zpak - don't want it, but may be necessary. All of this to say... I've wanted to run my workouts for the last several days, but haven't felt quite up to doing so. I wanted to run my tempo run so badly, but never found an opportunity where I felt good enough to try. Today, I was bound and determined to get my run in, but now I am suffering.
Also trying to hammer the water today in the hopes that MAYBE some of this is due to dehydration, but not very hopeful about that.
Friday, February 11, 2011
February 10-11, 2011
Sick - again.
Thursday over night I felt like every time I rolled over someone was smashing a wrecking ball into my head. When I finally ventured out of bed in the morning - which was no small task - I felt like the wrecking ball was swinging with every step I took. It was horrible. I went to the doctor in the afternoon and got a script for a zpak to treat a sinus infection.
I packed my bag and set my alarm to do my tempo run at the gym this morning, but was still feeling a lot of sinus pressure this morning and decided to stay in bed instead. I thought that perhaps I could get the workout in during the afternoon, but didn't end up feeling like doing it. Am considering a trip to the gym this evening as simply a way to get out of here by myself because more than 1 of these kids is driving me crazy.
Thursday over night I felt like every time I rolled over someone was smashing a wrecking ball into my head. When I finally ventured out of bed in the morning - which was no small task - I felt like the wrecking ball was swinging with every step I took. It was horrible. I went to the doctor in the afternoon and got a script for a zpak to treat a sinus infection.
I packed my bag and set my alarm to do my tempo run at the gym this morning, but was still feeling a lot of sinus pressure this morning and decided to stay in bed instead. I thought that perhaps I could get the workout in during the afternoon, but didn't end up feeling like doing it. Am considering a trip to the gym this evening as simply a way to get out of here by myself because more than 1 of these kids is driving me crazy.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Wednesday February 9, 2011
Workout: 4.5 miles
Time: 44:06
Pace: 9:48 (average)
Weight: 126.6
Ran at the gym again this morning. I like the routine of going to the gym. I think their treadmills are harder to run on, though. And I get too distracted with the magazines and the tv and don't focus entirely on my workout, which is not always a good thing. This morning, for example, I think I stopped every half mile for the first 2.5 miles... for this reason or that reason. Never for more than 10 seconds, but for dumb things - to turn a page in my magazine, to try to turn on the closed captioning on the treadmill tv, to take my overshirt off, etc. etc. I'm dumb about it sometimes :) I am pleased that the last 2 miles were good, though.
I decreased the incline to 1.5% after figuring out that I just wasn't going to make it at 2 %.
Dave had the flu for the last 2 days. I was feeling better and then suddenly last night out of nowhere my ears and throat started hurting. I am not happy about it and spent some time crying and feeling sorry for myself. I don't want to be sick again. AND, I'm sick of running like crap. My cough is not entirely gone - I did have to stop once or twice to cough this morning - and I feel a lot of sinus pressure today. I just want to be 100%.
Time: 44:06
Pace: 9:48 (average)
Weight: 126.6
Ran at the gym again this morning. I like the routine of going to the gym. I think their treadmills are harder to run on, though. And I get too distracted with the magazines and the tv and don't focus entirely on my workout, which is not always a good thing. This morning, for example, I think I stopped every half mile for the first 2.5 miles... for this reason or that reason. Never for more than 10 seconds, but for dumb things - to turn a page in my magazine, to try to turn on the closed captioning on the treadmill tv, to take my overshirt off, etc. etc. I'm dumb about it sometimes :) I am pleased that the last 2 miles were good, though.
I decreased the incline to 1.5% after figuring out that I just wasn't going to make it at 2 %.
Dave had the flu for the last 2 days. I was feeling better and then suddenly last night out of nowhere my ears and throat started hurting. I am not happy about it and spent some time crying and feeling sorry for myself. I don't want to be sick again. AND, I'm sick of running like crap. My cough is not entirely gone - I did have to stop once or twice to cough this morning - and I feel a lot of sinus pressure today. I just want to be 100%.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Monday February 7, 2011
Workout: 5 miles
Time: 48:55
Pace: 9:41 (average)
Weight: 127.4
Ugh, it was a rough one this morning. I made myself go to the gym. I figured I need to get these workouts done earlier in the morning and I'm not motivating myself enough to get downstairs that early, but I will for the gym. Still incredibly dehydrated from being sick - having a hard time getting rehydrated right now.
I get to the gym and walk in right behind Carissa. She hasn't been to the gym in months, so this was very exciting for both of us. I wanted to run next to her, but the treadmill didn't work - so I moved over. Got started and for some reason my ipod was not working. BUNK! That sucks, but I could plug my headphones into the tv so I at least could listen to something... although still much harder to run to SportsCenter than to music. In addition to the ipod bunkness, the guy next to me smelled so bad. And every time he lifted his arms up to hold onto the consol (I find a lot of older walkers do this - I don't get it) the smell intensified. It wasn't BO, it was just person smell... can't describe it except to say it was horrible.
So I allowed myself to run at 0% incline, increased my speed to 9:30 (first mile was at 10:00, which is why my average pace was 9:40), and allowed myself to hop off when I needed to. I didn't do it much, but I really let myself have a shitty workout because I knew it was going to be crap right away. I got the miles in, though, and thats really what matters today.
Time: 48:55
Pace: 9:41 (average)
Weight: 127.4
Ugh, it was a rough one this morning. I made myself go to the gym. I figured I need to get these workouts done earlier in the morning and I'm not motivating myself enough to get downstairs that early, but I will for the gym. Still incredibly dehydrated from being sick - having a hard time getting rehydrated right now.
I get to the gym and walk in right behind Carissa. She hasn't been to the gym in months, so this was very exciting for both of us. I wanted to run next to her, but the treadmill didn't work - so I moved over. Got started and for some reason my ipod was not working. BUNK! That sucks, but I could plug my headphones into the tv so I at least could listen to something... although still much harder to run to SportsCenter than to music. In addition to the ipod bunkness, the guy next to me smelled so bad. And every time he lifted his arms up to hold onto the consol (I find a lot of older walkers do this - I don't get it) the smell intensified. It wasn't BO, it was just person smell... can't describe it except to say it was horrible.
So I allowed myself to run at 0% incline, increased my speed to 9:30 (first mile was at 10:00, which is why my average pace was 9:40), and allowed myself to hop off when I needed to. I didn't do it much, but I really let myself have a shitty workout because I knew it was going to be crap right away. I got the miles in, though, and thats really what matters today.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Thursday February 3, 2011
Workout: Tempo run - 4 miles total
Time: 38:17
Pace: 9:34 (average)
Weight: 127.2
Tempo workout was:
1 mile warm up (10:00)
2.25 mile tempo (9:13)
.75 mile cool down (10:00)
The tempo portion was supposed to be 2 miles, but I felt so good that I added another 1/4 mile. I was also very disappointed because I want so badly to write here that I did the entire run with not breaks, no step-offs (other than my short stretch at 1/2 mile), in fact it was that thought that was motivating me to get through it. But alas, it was not meant to happen on a snow day... somehow I cannot run on the treadmill without at least 1, or 2, or 3, interruptions, which eventually for one reason or another require me to hop off for a minimum of 10 seconds (this time it was simply to put my headphones back on). So I cannot say that I ran even the whole tempo portion without hopping off, however brief it was... so I added a 1/4 mile to it:) Really, I felt so good during the entire run and am quite excited to feel good while running again.
Still coughing a little bit, but otherwise feel healthy. Still very dehydrated and the scale is driving me crazy (the weight and the dying battery). Need to hammer the water for the rest of the day - lost steam yesterday. Not sure I can fully rehydrate with it being this cold, though, so it may be wasted effort. Whatever - my clothes fit again, thank you flu!
Time: 38:17
Pace: 9:34 (average)
Weight: 127.2
Tempo workout was:
1 mile warm up (10:00)
2.25 mile tempo (9:13)
.75 mile cool down (10:00)
The tempo portion was supposed to be 2 miles, but I felt so good that I added another 1/4 mile. I was also very disappointed because I want so badly to write here that I did the entire run with not breaks, no step-offs (other than my short stretch at 1/2 mile), in fact it was that thought that was motivating me to get through it. But alas, it was not meant to happen on a snow day... somehow I cannot run on the treadmill without at least 1, or 2, or 3, interruptions, which eventually for one reason or another require me to hop off for a minimum of 10 seconds (this time it was simply to put my headphones back on). So I cannot say that I ran even the whole tempo portion without hopping off, however brief it was... so I added a 1/4 mile to it:) Really, I felt so good during the entire run and am quite excited to feel good while running again.
Still coughing a little bit, but otherwise feel healthy. Still very dehydrated and the scale is driving me crazy (the weight and the dying battery). Need to hammer the water for the rest of the day - lost steam yesterday. Not sure I can fully rehydrate with it being this cold, though, so it may be wasted effort. Whatever - my clothes fit again, thank you flu!
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Wednesday February 2, 2011
Workout: 4.5 miles
incline: 2%
Time: 43:30
Pace: 9:40
Weight: 126.0
Run was better than it was on Monday, but still hacking up a lung on occasion. I also suffered from frequent interruptions due to having a snow day. My first 6 songs didn't go as continuous as I had planned but, it wasn't too bad. My last 5 songs were continuous... however, I did have almost a full 1/4 mile break (after song #6) in order to help G put on some gloves & a scarf to play outside. I made up for it by running an extra 1/4 mile... so i ran 4.5 miles total.
I kept my pace at 9:40 the entire time.
Weight is back up to 126, but I am terribly dehydrated... got really dehydrated while I was sick last week and haven't been able to get it back because drinking water kind of makes me sick to my stomach right now (always does when I have a cold). So today I'm forcing myself to drink a bunch to try to help that out. I can tell by more than just my weight, so I'm not worried about my weight creeping up, I think its fine.
Snow seems to have stopped for now. Dave shoveled this morning... we must have had 2-3 feet of drifts on the driveway. Hopefully we'll get a little more today so I'll have a chance to get out there and shovel this afternoon. Last night was wicked - swirling 50mph gusts and lightning.
(We did yoga yesterday afternoon).
incline: 2%
Time: 43:30
Pace: 9:40
Weight: 126.0
Run was better than it was on Monday, but still hacking up a lung on occasion. I also suffered from frequent interruptions due to having a snow day. My first 6 songs didn't go as continuous as I had planned but, it wasn't too bad. My last 5 songs were continuous... however, I did have almost a full 1/4 mile break (after song #6) in order to help G put on some gloves & a scarf to play outside. I made up for it by running an extra 1/4 mile... so i ran 4.5 miles total.
I kept my pace at 9:40 the entire time.
Weight is back up to 126, but I am terribly dehydrated... got really dehydrated while I was sick last week and haven't been able to get it back because drinking water kind of makes me sick to my stomach right now (always does when I have a cold). So today I'm forcing myself to drink a bunch to try to help that out. I can tell by more than just my weight, so I'm not worried about my weight creeping up, I think its fine.
Snow seems to have stopped for now. Dave shoveled this morning... we must have had 2-3 feet of drifts on the driveway. Hopefully we'll get a little more today so I'll have a chance to get out there and shovel this afternoon. Last night was wicked - swirling 50mph gusts and lightning.
(We did yoga yesterday afternoon).
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