Training Log Archive: AliCIn the 7 days ending Jul 29, 2007:
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Sunday Jul 29, 2007 #
Running 1:54:30 [1]
Ouch, sore from softball yesterday! Now those are muscles I don't normally use...
Loosened up in the first bit, then had a good run. Did the Blue to Orange to Yellow loops. The Orange has a long boring bit at the beggining on a logging road and the Yellow goes on (gasp!) a paved road in the middle, but they both have fun sections too (fun means there is a few feet in elevation change =)).
I am absolutely positive now that I need new running shoes. It felt like my shoes had absolutley no cushinioning when I ran on the pavement... luckily I don't have to do that much! I think I'll try to hold off until I head back to the States to buy new ones- less than a month now!
Loosened up in the first bit, then had a good run. Did the Blue to Orange to Yellow loops. The Orange has a long boring bit at the beggining on a logging road and the Yellow goes on (gasp!) a paved road in the middle, but they both have fun sections too (fun means there is a few feet in elevation change =)).
I am absolutely positive now that I need new running shoes. It felt like my shoes had absolutley no cushinioning when I ran on the pavement... luckily I don't have to do that much! I think I'll try to hold off until I head back to the States to buy new ones- less than a month now!
Saturday Jul 28, 2007 #
Rowing 1:20:00 [3]
Wowzer, so this time we had a coxswain in our quad, and she spoke exclusively in Dutch! Right. I sat 3 seat, and just followed whatever stroke did, as I had no clue what the cox was saying!
We did some intervals, but I'm not sure how hard they were supposed to be or how long they were, so I'm just saying the entire workout was level 3 although it was definitely more mixed...
Techinique-wise, my sculling bladework still needs help, but it's not too terrible. Felt slightly self-conscious rowing in front of this giant and strong Dutch woman who had been in the Olympics for rowing!
We did some intervals, but I'm not sure how hard they were supposed to be or how long they were, so I'm just saying the entire workout was level 3 although it was definitely more mixed...
Techinique-wise, my sculling bladework still needs help, but it's not too terrible. Felt slightly self-conscious rowing in front of this giant and strong Dutch woman who had been in the Olympics for rowing!
Friday Jul 27, 2007 #
Running warm up/down 43:00 [2]
Warm up, down and rest between intervals.
Running intervals 18:00 [5]
6 x 3mins on the Red Loop.
Gave myself alternating length breaks 1 min, 2 min, 1 min...
This was a pretty hard session. I felt like I had sort of gotten into a rut with the pace I was running intervals at, so I wanted to step it up a notch and run a quicker pace for some shorter invervals. Think it worked- they were some good tough intervals!
Gave myself alternating length breaks 1 min, 2 min, 1 min...
This was a pretty hard session. I felt like I had sort of gotten into a rut with the pace I was running intervals at, so I wanted to step it up a notch and run a quicker pace for some shorter invervals. Think it worked- they were some good tough intervals!
Strength (Core) 14:30 [1]
8 min abs only, and I think I forgot to do my second set of push-ups... Was in a bit of a rush as we had to go food shopping for chocolate-chip cookie ingredients!
Thursday Jul 26, 2007 #
Running warm up/down 35:00 [2]
Warming up and down running in the drizzle, just after a ceremony putting the ashes of the first radio astronomer, Grote Reber, under the telescope here... He was a cool dude.
Strength (Spenst) 35:00 [2]
Spenst! Jumping up, down, around, doing step ups, hurdling little posts demarcating the running/horse path from the bike path, explosive leg strength workout, basically.
Good fun, would have better with a training partner or two...
Good fun, would have better with a training partner or two...
Wednesday Jul 25, 2007 #
Running warm up/down 27:07 [1]
Warm up for the time trial and back. Rolled out of bed and pulled running shoes on, beautiful sun-burning-off the mist morning...
Running race (Time-Trial) 20:13 [4]
Did the Yellow Loop time trial, and was 16 seconds slower than last time. Which is somewhat disappointing, but I have been ill, so I'm not that troubled.
I'll do this time trial once more at the end of the summer- see if I can improve more!
I'll do this time trial once more at the end of the summer- see if I can improve more!
Running warm up/down 27:30 [1]
PM: Around the white loop, easy pace. Nice and sunny out, amazingly!
Strength (Core) 15:00 [1]
Normal core stuff, forgot boufous though! How could I...
Tuesday Jul 24, 2007 #
Running long (Distance) 1:33:00 [1]
Long, easy run. Went right after a torrential rain shower, and it actually didn't run on me the whole time I was out! I took the Whitbarrow map with me, and looked at it frequently which was good for keeping the pace easy like I wanted too. It's still a really hard map for me to figure out. There's so much detail on it, and lots of parts require me actually stopping to figure out what in the world the contours think they're doing....
Officially registered for 4 of the Belgian 5 days last night. Super excited! Even if I can't get a ride like I hope to, I can catch a train to 30 km away and rent a bike and bike there.
Officially registered for 4 of the Belgian 5 days last night. Super excited! Even if I can't get a ride like I hope to, I can catch a train to 30 km away and rent a bike and bike there.
Monday Jul 23, 2007 #
Running warm up/down 36:00 [1]
Out to and back from my favorite Red Loop- I'm back in Holland!
Running intervals 24:00 [4]
A somewhat random session.
My throat isn't 100% yet and I don't want to push it too hard and induce another asthma episode, so I didn't want to do full-out intervals. So I did maybe 8k pace intervals:
5:15 on, 1:00 off
4 on, 2 off
4 on, 1 off,
5:30 on, 1 off,
5:10 on, 1 off
As I said, somewhat random! Defintely still a bit wheezy, but don't think I damaged my throat more, at least! It's good to be out training again- training was very sporadic in Oxford, between getting ill, the conference, plans to see people, and flooding...
My throat isn't 100% yet and I don't want to push it too hard and induce another asthma episode, so I didn't want to do full-out intervals. So I did maybe 8k pace intervals:
5:15 on, 1:00 off
4 on, 2 off
4 on, 1 off,
5:30 on, 1 off,
5:10 on, 1 off
As I said, somewhat random! Defintely still a bit wheezy, but don't think I damaged my throat more, at least! It's good to be out training again- training was very sporadic in Oxford, between getting ill, the conference, plans to see people, and flooding...
Strength (Core) 13:00 [1]
The normal, except only 8 minutes of abs instead of 10. Had to make it on time for dinner- Monday is pizza night!