Workout: 5 miles
Weight: 124.2
Back up to last week -
Friday, March 12 - skipped my workout due to scheduling issues.
Saturday, March 13 -
The scheduled workout was 7 1/2 miles. However, Dave ran 8 1/2 miles that morning and I simply could not allow that to happen, so I planned an 8 1/2 mile route for myself in the afternoon. When he got home from the office, though, it was raining so I packed up and went to the gym. I did 9 miles on the treadmill. If I had had more time I would have gone at least 10. I felt really good after about 3 miles. Although at one point I was thinking that I was probably at 5-6 miles and was going really well and then I checked it out and saw less than 4.5. Ugh - what a miserable feeling to realize that you're only halfway done! I ran the entire time, though, with the exception of the 30 second break that I was forced to take when the treadmill stopped at 60:00 - wasn't expecting that and I had to set up the rest of the run.
When I got done, I immediately had a homemade granola bar in the locker room and then ate some trail mix on the way home. Quickly showered and got ready for church and then made a protein shake to drink on the way to church. This made a HUGE difference in the way I felt for the rest of the night. The week before, by the time church was done, I was so hungry I thought I would eat my left leg... this week I didn't feel that way at all. I also didn't feel like I was hungry all weekend like I did the weekend before. Recovery was good this week. Although I was VERY sore.
Today -
Did 5 miles on the treadmill and wanted to shoot myself for at least the first 2 1/2. I am still very sore from Saturday's run AND the girl two treadmills down from me was running super fast and I was having a hard time getting into the rhythm of my pace. The last 1/2 mile was a killer, too. Obviously, my recovery from Saturday was not as great as I thought it was. My ankle didn't hurt too badly this morning, though.
Initially I planned to continue the workout schedule while we're in Colorado next week - in addition to skiing everyday. I'm beginning to rethink that:) It may be a good idea to take a week off of running - especially since we'll be doing 5 full days of skiing. We have 8 miles on the schedule for Saturday - the day we arrive. I think we'll attempt SOMEthing, but not sure how long we'll be able to go in that altitude. I'm soooooo looking forward to this trip!
Monday, March 15, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Thursday March 11, 2010
Workout: 15:00 circuits
Weight: 122.8
I changed the order of my circuits this morning. Usually I do bike, stairs, treadmill, eliptical. I haven't been dying through the circuits anymore so i decided to switch it up Cornbread style. This morning I did eliptical, stairs, bike, treadmill.
And I hated every.single.second of the entire hour. Oh my, it was wretchedly awful.
Eliptical - heart rate: 151
Stairs - heart rate (taken manually): 180
Bike - heart rate: 140ish
Treadmill - heart rate: 168ish, highest incline of 5%
Ankle is in a lot of pain today - probably worse than it ever has been. Hurt while I was doing the stairs and then made me wince when I started running. I'm icing it this morning to see if that helps at all.
Weight: 122.8
I changed the order of my circuits this morning. Usually I do bike, stairs, treadmill, eliptical. I haven't been dying through the circuits anymore so i decided to switch it up Cornbread style. This morning I did eliptical, stairs, bike, treadmill.
And I hated every.single.second of the entire hour. Oh my, it was wretchedly awful.
Eliptical - heart rate: 151
Stairs - heart rate (taken manually): 180
Bike - heart rate: 140ish
Treadmill - heart rate: 168ish, highest incline of 5%
Ankle is in a lot of pain today - probably worse than it ever has been. Hurt while I was doing the stairs and then made me wince when I started running. I'm icing it this morning to see if that helps at all.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Wednesday March 10, 2010
Workout: 4 1/2 miles
Weight: 124
My fluctuating weight continues to be frustrating. Yesterday I weighed 122.6 - lowest since last summer and then today 124. Whatever. This winter I rarely weigh the same thing every day. I wonder if it is weather related, hydration related... not sure. During the summer I very consistently weighed the same for several days and then would move for a day or two and return back. So not sure what is up with that right now.
My run was okay this morning. I felt like I was laboring pretty badly through the first 2.3 miles. My heart rate was higher than it has been - about 168 as opposed to 164 as it has been for the past couple of weeks. Because of my stomach pain, I didn't drink any water yesterday. I didn't eat anything for the first half of the day - I had a homemade granola bar while doing my Bible reading and it caused me enough pain that I didn't want to eat for the rest of the day. I finally had something at 2:30, felt okay and had dinner and a protein fruit smoothie before bed. But no water at all. Currently I'm in pain from my homemade granola bar that I ate 10 minutes ago.
Anyway, not sure if the lack of water affected my run this morning or not. I stopped a few times because of abdominal pain/feeling like I was going to vomit (not because the workout was too hard, but because of the location of the pain). The pain is not causing me to decrease activity - obviously I was running this morning - but it is nearly constant and I feel a little disconnected from the rest of life because of it. Hoping that the ultrasound shows something definitive - blood work was normal.
Looked up what a good diet for gallbladder issues would be and it is exactly what I already eat, so thats no good - I can't alter that to decrease the pain. So it continues. I'm resigned to it being constant.
Ran 3.5 miles at 6.0, increased incline to .5%, at 3.75 I increased the incline to 1%, at 4.0 I decreased the incline, increased the speed to 6.2, at 4.10 increased speed to 6.4, at 4.25 increased speed to 7.0. Heart rate was 178.
Skipped my workout yesterday due to scheduling issues.
Weight: 124
My fluctuating weight continues to be frustrating. Yesterday I weighed 122.6 - lowest since last summer and then today 124. Whatever. This winter I rarely weigh the same thing every day. I wonder if it is weather related, hydration related... not sure. During the summer I very consistently weighed the same for several days and then would move for a day or two and return back. So not sure what is up with that right now.
My run was okay this morning. I felt like I was laboring pretty badly through the first 2.3 miles. My heart rate was higher than it has been - about 168 as opposed to 164 as it has been for the past couple of weeks. Because of my stomach pain, I didn't drink any water yesterday. I didn't eat anything for the first half of the day - I had a homemade granola bar while doing my Bible reading and it caused me enough pain that I didn't want to eat for the rest of the day. I finally had something at 2:30, felt okay and had dinner and a protein fruit smoothie before bed. But no water at all. Currently I'm in pain from my homemade granola bar that I ate 10 minutes ago.
Anyway, not sure if the lack of water affected my run this morning or not. I stopped a few times because of abdominal pain/feeling like I was going to vomit (not because the workout was too hard, but because of the location of the pain). The pain is not causing me to decrease activity - obviously I was running this morning - but it is nearly constant and I feel a little disconnected from the rest of life because of it. Hoping that the ultrasound shows something definitive - blood work was normal.
Looked up what a good diet for gallbladder issues would be and it is exactly what I already eat, so thats no good - I can't alter that to decrease the pain. So it continues. I'm resigned to it being constant.
Ran 3.5 miles at 6.0, increased incline to .5%, at 3.75 I increased the incline to 1%, at 4.0 I decreased the incline, increased the speed to 6.2, at 4.10 increased speed to 6.4, at 4.25 increased speed to 7.0. Heart rate was 178.
Skipped my workout yesterday due to scheduling issues.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Monday March 8, 2010
Workout: 4 1/2 miles
Weight: 124.0
Catch up from last week:
Friday - went to the gym in the afternoon again. Eliptical for 20 minutes, weights afterward. I am getting a much better workout on the eliptical in the afternoon than I do in the morning. I'm going to continue to do my T/F workouts in the afternoon when possible.
Saturday - Ran 7 1/2 miles outside with my neighbor. It was tough for the first half - running outside after not doing so since last September was horrible! It was beautiful and sunny, though, and I couldn't pass up the opportunity. And the fact that she could join me made it all the more exciting! We had a good time. We talked the entire time, which is definitely a first for me. I should actually recalculate the mileage because I think it might be closer to 7.25, but the schedule said 7 so we were over regardless. The last half seemed to fly by and we were done before I knew it. On the way out I felt like we'd never be done, like I'd never make it and then all of the sudden we were home. I loved it! And I'm so glad we did it.
However.
Since the first sip of water I had after that I have been in so much pain. Abdominal pain that seems to get worse when I ingest anything - water or food. Not GI issues, not muscular issues, not nausea, but upper abdominal pain. After my oatmeal this morning I had to pant through the pain. Kind of wrecked my weekend... didn't keep me down on the couch, but made me very distant to everyone around here.
Monday - workout was 4 1/2 miles. I ran 5 miles because I messed up the treadmill timing by accidently turning it off in the middle of the workout. Luckily I could see that I had already run about 2.4 miles, ran the additional .10 miles to make it 2.5 & then started over and did another 2.5 miles. Ran at 6.0 for the first 2.5, 6.0 with a .5% incline for the second part until I hit the last 3/4 of a mile, then brought the incline down and increase my speed to 6.2, and for the last .25 mile I ran at 7.0.
Went to the doctor this afternoon about my pain. He had blood drawn and scheduled an ultrasound for Friday morning. He's looking at how my gallbladder functions. Also gave me some medicine that should take care of any acid issues that may be contributing. I'm really hoping that something is figured out. I've had this before, but not for this long. I hope its figured out and at least subsided by the time we go to colorado on the 20th.
Weight: 124.0
Catch up from last week:
Friday - went to the gym in the afternoon again. Eliptical for 20 minutes, weights afterward. I am getting a much better workout on the eliptical in the afternoon than I do in the morning. I'm going to continue to do my T/F workouts in the afternoon when possible.
Saturday - Ran 7 1/2 miles outside with my neighbor. It was tough for the first half - running outside after not doing so since last September was horrible! It was beautiful and sunny, though, and I couldn't pass up the opportunity. And the fact that she could join me made it all the more exciting! We had a good time. We talked the entire time, which is definitely a first for me. I should actually recalculate the mileage because I think it might be closer to 7.25, but the schedule said 7 so we were over regardless. The last half seemed to fly by and we were done before I knew it. On the way out I felt like we'd never be done, like I'd never make it and then all of the sudden we were home. I loved it! And I'm so glad we did it.
However.
Since the first sip of water I had after that I have been in so much pain. Abdominal pain that seems to get worse when I ingest anything - water or food. Not GI issues, not muscular issues, not nausea, but upper abdominal pain. After my oatmeal this morning I had to pant through the pain. Kind of wrecked my weekend... didn't keep me down on the couch, but made me very distant to everyone around here.
Monday - workout was 4 1/2 miles. I ran 5 miles because I messed up the treadmill timing by accidently turning it off in the middle of the workout. Luckily I could see that I had already run about 2.4 miles, ran the additional .10 miles to make it 2.5 & then started over and did another 2.5 miles. Ran at 6.0 for the first 2.5, 6.0 with a .5% incline for the second part until I hit the last 3/4 of a mile, then brought the incline down and increase my speed to 6.2, and for the last .25 mile I ran at 7.0.
Went to the doctor this afternoon about my pain. He had blood drawn and scheduled an ultrasound for Friday morning. He's looking at how my gallbladder functions. Also gave me some medicine that should take care of any acid issues that may be contributing. I'm really hoping that something is figured out. I've had this before, but not for this long. I hope its figured out and at least subsided by the time we go to colorado on the 20th.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
March 3 and March 4
Kept meaning to get on here yesterday and then never made it...
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Workout: 4 1/2 miles + 10 minutes cross
Weight: 125.0
Run was good. Ran at 6.0 until 3.75 miles, increased to 6.1, increased to 6.2 at 4.0, 6.5 at 4.25. Ran 4.5 miles in 44.34. I only did 5 minutes of cool down as my cross training. I have to say, the additional cross training will probably get left out from here on out (actually from here on, I think there is enough miles that we don't have cross training anyway).
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Workout: Circuits
Weight: 124.0
Circuits have become slightly easier since I switched programs on the stairmill. Which means I should probably switch back to the previous program!
Bike for 14:00, heart rate up to 121.
Treadmill for 14:00 with an incline interval program - highest incline was over 5%. Heart rate: 164
Stair mill for 14:00. Not sure about heartrate
Eliptical for 14:00 at level 10 to keep my heart rate up. 152-157. I hit the eliptical hard this morning.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Workout: 4 1/2 miles + 10 minutes cross
Weight: 125.0
Run was good. Ran at 6.0 until 3.75 miles, increased to 6.1, increased to 6.2 at 4.0, 6.5 at 4.25. Ran 4.5 miles in 44.34. I only did 5 minutes of cool down as my cross training. I have to say, the additional cross training will probably get left out from here on out (actually from here on, I think there is enough miles that we don't have cross training anyway).
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Workout: Circuits
Weight: 124.0
Circuits have become slightly easier since I switched programs on the stairmill. Which means I should probably switch back to the previous program!
Bike for 14:00, heart rate up to 121.
Treadmill for 14:00 with an incline interval program - highest incline was over 5%. Heart rate: 164
Stair mill for 14:00. Not sure about heartrate
Eliptical for 14:00 at level 10 to keep my heart rate up. 152-157. I hit the eliptical hard this morning.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Tuesday March 2, 2010
Workout: 20 minutes cross + weights
Weight: 125.0
Ahhh - as much as I don't care about the actual number, I am getting pretty sick of the drastic fluctuation in my weight everyday. Yesterday I was 123.0, today 125.0. I just wish a number would stick.
I decided to try working out in the afternoon today so I could get some more sleep in the morning. Getting up at 4:45 every morning is getting to be a drag - especially with the mileage that I'm running. I feel like I'm constantly tired. And we're going to bed earlier and earlier. Its getting a little crazy - going to bed at 9:15 makes for not a whole lot of evening together after the girls go to bed at 8 - or after 8 like last night.
Working out in the afternoon was much different. Observations:
* I slept until 7am and woke up feeling like ass - like I needed 3 more hours of sleep, like I had been woken up in the middle of deep, deep sleep. Felt much worse than waking up at 4:45.
* I tooled around in my pajamas all morning because I saw no sense in taking a shower and getting dressed just to do it all again after working out. I hate that process, so I don't want to do it twice. Felt a little frumpish because of it. I might stay in my pjs all day on Sunday, but I don't plan to be productive on Sunday anyway.
* I did the cross training much harder than I normally do on Tue or Fri mornings. Usually I take it pretty easy and am probably lucky to get my heart rate up to 130 and break a small sweat. Today my heart rate was 160, I was breathing heavy and pouring sweat (did the eliptical at level 10). This also made the weight lifting portion more sweaty.
* Because I was working out during my time during the day without the girls, I was in a hurry. I wasn't in a hurry to skip portions of my workout, but I wasn't wasting any time either. I took a quick shower and came home. No dawdling for me. Got there at 12:30 and was out by 1:40.
* Just because I chose to go to the gym later in the day didn't mean that all of the people I normally see at the gym chose to do the same. Somehow their days went on as normal:) It was a completely different group of people and I somewhat felt like I was intruding on their territory.
* A lot more guys in the afternoon than in the morning.
* A lot of people were on their cell phones. This continues to amaze me - that people actually try to workout and talk on the cell phone at the same time - or text. In MY opinion, they are not committed to a real workout, because you just can't do both - not to the extent that you really should. I saw one woman doing the stairmill with the phone cradled between her shoulder & her ear. The stairmill was moving slower than I thought could be possible - like as slow as if I was just standing on it while it was stopped and through sheer force of gravity it moved down a level. What is that? Why in the world is this woman wasting her time? And it was the entire time - it wasn't like a 5 minute break.
* People who can run 8:30 miles are my heroes. People who can run 5.5 miles at an 8:30 pace are even more of my heroes. And people who can run 5.5 miles at an 8:30 pace, hardly have a drop of sweat on their shirts and not look AT.ALL like they could even run a mile are running goddesses.
I took some naproxen for my ankle yesterday and this morning. Its feeling much better.
Workout - 20 minutes on the eliptical. Heart rate was at 158/161, went over 3 miles, burned 288 calories. Weights: glutes, quads, hams, calves, back, tris.
Good, good workout. I will probably do this more often.
Weight: 125.0
Ahhh - as much as I don't care about the actual number, I am getting pretty sick of the drastic fluctuation in my weight everyday. Yesterday I was 123.0, today 125.0. I just wish a number would stick.
I decided to try working out in the afternoon today so I could get some more sleep in the morning. Getting up at 4:45 every morning is getting to be a drag - especially with the mileage that I'm running. I feel like I'm constantly tired. And we're going to bed earlier and earlier. Its getting a little crazy - going to bed at 9:15 makes for not a whole lot of evening together after the girls go to bed at 8 - or after 8 like last night.
Working out in the afternoon was much different. Observations:
* I slept until 7am and woke up feeling like ass - like I needed 3 more hours of sleep, like I had been woken up in the middle of deep, deep sleep. Felt much worse than waking up at 4:45.
* I tooled around in my pajamas all morning because I saw no sense in taking a shower and getting dressed just to do it all again after working out. I hate that process, so I don't want to do it twice. Felt a little frumpish because of it. I might stay in my pjs all day on Sunday, but I don't plan to be productive on Sunday anyway.
* I did the cross training much harder than I normally do on Tue or Fri mornings. Usually I take it pretty easy and am probably lucky to get my heart rate up to 130 and break a small sweat. Today my heart rate was 160, I was breathing heavy and pouring sweat (did the eliptical at level 10). This also made the weight lifting portion more sweaty.
* Because I was working out during my time during the day without the girls, I was in a hurry. I wasn't in a hurry to skip portions of my workout, but I wasn't wasting any time either. I took a quick shower and came home. No dawdling for me. Got there at 12:30 and was out by 1:40.
* Just because I chose to go to the gym later in the day didn't mean that all of the people I normally see at the gym chose to do the same. Somehow their days went on as normal:) It was a completely different group of people and I somewhat felt like I was intruding on their territory.
* A lot more guys in the afternoon than in the morning.
* A lot of people were on their cell phones. This continues to amaze me - that people actually try to workout and talk on the cell phone at the same time - or text. In MY opinion, they are not committed to a real workout, because you just can't do both - not to the extent that you really should. I saw one woman doing the stairmill with the phone cradled between her shoulder & her ear. The stairmill was moving slower than I thought could be possible - like as slow as if I was just standing on it while it was stopped and through sheer force of gravity it moved down a level. What is that? Why in the world is this woman wasting her time? And it was the entire time - it wasn't like a 5 minute break.
* People who can run 8:30 miles are my heroes. People who can run 5.5 miles at an 8:30 pace are even more of my heroes. And people who can run 5.5 miles at an 8:30 pace, hardly have a drop of sweat on their shirts and not look AT.ALL like they could even run a mile are running goddesses.
I took some naproxen for my ankle yesterday and this morning. Its feeling much better.
Workout - 20 minutes on the eliptical. Heart rate was at 158/161, went over 3 miles, burned 288 calories. Weights: glutes, quads, hams, calves, back, tris.
Good, good workout. I will probably do this more often.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Monday March 1, 2010
Workout: 4 1/2 miles + 10:00 cross training
Weight: 123
Resting Heart Rate: Forgot
Great run this morning. I'm feeling so strong and confident while I'm running. Its incredibly enjoyable and I'm amazed at how quickly 4 1/2 miles became easy again. I'm really looking forward to running outside again - it will be hard, but I can't wait!
Ran at 6.0 until 4.25 miles (totally forgot to increase my pace until then). Ran the last 1/4 mile at 6.5. Feels good to open up like that - my stride is long, pace is steady.
Heart rate was 164/166 for entire run until I increased the pace.
Cross Training = 10 minutes of walking. I did a treadmill program that was designed around getting to and maintaining a certain heart rate. I was supposed to get up to 131 bpm. It took 7 minutes at a 13% incline and 3.8 mph to get back up to 131 and maintain it. I think I could have walked at 4.0 and should try that next time. Told Dave about this and he said he is also struggling to get his heart rate up while walking and doing the eliptical without making the incline or resistance ridiculous.
Today I'm getting back to a more controlled eating plan. I don't have everything planned out, but I'm going to cut out the snacky food - chex mix, target trail mixes, crackers, etc. Out. I need to go grocery shopping, but I'm going to focus back on Plant First. Last week was kind of rough in that regard.
I'm also going to begin painting throughout the house. Might not happen until after we get back from Steamboat because I need to pick out colors, but I'm going to do the entire house this year. Cornbread was offered an opportunity to transfer offices (to FL) and while we ultimately decided not to explore it, it did make us realize that 1) we are willing to move/transfer if the right office becomes available and 2) our house needs some serious work. I'm writing about this in this blog because when I paint I generally lose weight. Probably from the up and down the ladder, paint rolling etc. but also probably due to being too busy/occupied to eat. So, hopefully with a more controlled eating day and the addition of the painting activity I can reach my goal of 115 by race time. Once again, I'm not hung up on the number so much as I recognize that every pound I lose will help me run better/easier. I would like to fluctuate between 115 - 119 rather than 123 - 125.
Weight: 123
Resting Heart Rate: Forgot
Great run this morning. I'm feeling so strong and confident while I'm running. Its incredibly enjoyable and I'm amazed at how quickly 4 1/2 miles became easy again. I'm really looking forward to running outside again - it will be hard, but I can't wait!
Ran at 6.0 until 4.25 miles (totally forgot to increase my pace until then). Ran the last 1/4 mile at 6.5. Feels good to open up like that - my stride is long, pace is steady.
Heart rate was 164/166 for entire run until I increased the pace.
Cross Training = 10 minutes of walking. I did a treadmill program that was designed around getting to and maintaining a certain heart rate. I was supposed to get up to 131 bpm. It took 7 minutes at a 13% incline and 3.8 mph to get back up to 131 and maintain it. I think I could have walked at 4.0 and should try that next time. Told Dave about this and he said he is also struggling to get his heart rate up while walking and doing the eliptical without making the incline or resistance ridiculous.
Today I'm getting back to a more controlled eating plan. I don't have everything planned out, but I'm going to cut out the snacky food - chex mix, target trail mixes, crackers, etc. Out. I need to go grocery shopping, but I'm going to focus back on Plant First. Last week was kind of rough in that regard.
I'm also going to begin painting throughout the house. Might not happen until after we get back from Steamboat because I need to pick out colors, but I'm going to do the entire house this year. Cornbread was offered an opportunity to transfer offices (to FL) and while we ultimately decided not to explore it, it did make us realize that 1) we are willing to move/transfer if the right office becomes available and 2) our house needs some serious work. I'm writing about this in this blog because when I paint I generally lose weight. Probably from the up and down the ladder, paint rolling etc. but also probably due to being too busy/occupied to eat. So, hopefully with a more controlled eating day and the addition of the painting activity I can reach my goal of 115 by race time. Once again, I'm not hung up on the number so much as I recognize that every pound I lose will help me run better/easier. I would like to fluctuate between 115 - 119 rather than 123 - 125.
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