Training Log Archive: vmeyer

Mile to warm up (~15:00), then 1.4 (~18:00) at the end to cool down, and because I was pooped.

Met Heidi at Wakefield Park with a plan of getting about 2 hours of exercise. Temps were near 50, so shorts & short sleeve were good for me.

Heidi asked to walk a while to start, which was just fine with me. We walked to where the Lake Accotink loop starts and mostly ran that. I was dragging through this part, but after a GU at 35 minutes, I felt better. Then back to Wakefield park and used a trail map to do the trails there. Mostly flat, but lots of ruts and little dips, so concentration was needed, though the landing would have been soft - packed sand in parts near the creek. We talked and ran, and ran and talked, and sometimes walked. An excellent outing.

A handful of bikers, hikers, and dogs. No other wildlife that I remember.

1/6: 1111

Thought the day had gotten away from me since I scheduled an appointment for an estimate on a fence replacement. Appointment was for sometime between 8-10 - showed after 10, though he called at 9:30...

Then I had forgotten that I had a ticket for the Georgetown/Notre Dame basketball game at noon. But the rest of the afternoon fell into place (thanks to a Georgetown blow out, a train just when I got to the terminal, and a ride from the station in record time), so I got a bike ride in as planned leaving the house at 2:30. Not sure if a medium popcorn and water is the proper fuel, but it worked out fine.

Like everywhere else in the area, it was beautiful here. Temps at 70 didn't make for any angst on what to wear - shorts and short sleeve shirt. Of course, the time of day guaranteed that there would be hoards out on the bike trail, and there was - maybe 300 or so. Still worth it.

10 miles out was 5502, and return was 4645. Strong headwind at times and slight uphill going out...

Walked and rode the bike up the hill to the house. I'll make it one of these days without walking.

01/05: 0001
YTD: 1135

So, I skipped BC this morning since I will be doing something both weekend days. This made me think about my last 12 months of BC.

During the first 6 months (120 sessions), I missed 14 sessions. Travel accounted for 11 misses, and the other 3 were due to skipping before a race or a recovery day.

During the second 6 months (also 120 session), I skipped 58 sessions. Travel accounted for 14 misses. So, that leaves 44 skipped due to recovery days or rest days, alterative exercise, or just not feeling like it.

My year contract is over at the end of March, so I will not renew. I will probably sign up for 3 months in late 2007...

Another mostly sleepless night.
01/04 wwjd: 0/0/0/1
YTD wwjd: 1/1/3/4

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An okay session considering it was one of those days with all my least favorite things - jumping - lots of jj and jump rope. Also, running with band around your middle and someone holding you back from behind. The only thing which would have made it worse was if we had also done ski hops.

Lots of bench dips, and more shoulder presses, tray table, etc.

We did get to do some bicep curls. And while I was waiting out my non-turn at the arm hang, I threw in 30 pushups.

Also did 100 situps when I got home.

It was a struggle to get out of bed this morning - little solid sleep again last night. Partly brought on by making a cheese cake which had to cool until ~midnight. So, I was in that semi-aware state until I went downstairs about 12:30 and put it in the fridge. But sleep still eluded me after that.

Yesterday wine/water: 0/1, YTD: 1/2
Food yesterday gets a thumbs down - mindlessly gobbled down 4 or 5 LD Oatmeal thingees.

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A fairly decent BC session. Felt better than I expected with the cold, lack of sleep, and run last night.

Session involved a Ranger Run, and then lots of arm stuff with the bands: shoulder presses, tricep, and lateral raises. Add in Bench Dips, and Monday's workout, and my arms are really feeling it.

Trying to make sure I do more situps, so I left a couple of minutes early when Bobby was leading the group in doing partial situps. I don't really get those, so I did 50 when I got home.

Pushups: 20, Situps: 50, Flutter kicks: 100

Poor sleeping continues. Fall asleep around 10-11, wake up at 1 for a little while, wake up again at 3 and fall back to sleep around 4:30, wake up at 5ish feeling like crap.

5 minutes before and 5 minutes after.

Speed interval program: 1 minute at 5.6 6.6 5.6 6.0 7.0 mph x 10. Does it really count if you have to hold on for dear life? I had to do that for the first couple of times at 7 mph. But then after that, I was able to do all the minutes without holding on.

Afterwards, 100 situps and 10 pushups earlier in the day. And, yes, I blew off Boot Camp this morning - broke the streak already.

Decided to stay inside this evening because my throat has been sore, and I didn't want to irritate it more running among the car fumes.

Yesterday's wine/water count: 1/0. Today's 0/1. YTD: 1/1.

Happy New Year from Boot Camp! A good start to the year. Class was on for today, but they cut us some slack and it was at 8 AM, not 6 AM. Still, only 3 people showed up on this rainy holiday morning...Andrea, Michaelann, and me. Carol, a former participant, was our instructor.
Supposed to be a long run today, but we did tomorrow's workout instead - lots of arms. Pushups, Body Shapers, Mountain Climbers, shoulder presses with band, fly with band, pulsing squats, wall sits, planking, situps, and flutter kicks.
I could tell that I have slacked off this month. And the left hip is still sore/painful. I am wondering if it is a pain left over from the fall at Greenbelt a couple of weeks ago.

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Well, my recap for the year...
2006 (difference from 2005)

Height 5'7" (-.5")
Weight 187 (+10)
Cycles 11 (-1 and counting)
Running shirts 30 (+15)

Overall training hours: 310 (+69)
Boot Camp: 140 hours (+120)
Running & trail running: 84 hours (+13), 485 miles (+120), pace 10.40 per mile including the trail miles (-1.22 mph)
Less hours biking (-13), walking (-19), walk/run (-18.5) and jogging (-5).

Orienteering: 64 hours (-10 hours)
Ranking score 62.9 (+8.7)

For 2007:
Lake Accotink in less than 37:25
Less wine, more water
More biking

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