3 weeks until the big day!!
2/24/13 - I had every intention of doing a nice, long, outdoor run this morning. Cue the cold, POURING rain :( I opted for a shorter (2.25mile) indoor run. Still quite difficult though. The cold is really going to kick my ass this year, I can feel it :(
2/25/13 - Terrible training day. I started strong, felt really good and then barely completed 3 miles. My hips were in so much pain. ugh
2/27/13 - Another terrible. This newly developed hip pain needs to hit the road, FAST. Only got in 2.5 miles before I felt like I was going to be flung off of the treadmill from not being able to pick up my own feet. SO painful :( I did however complete another 40 minutes on the elliptical machine, which makes me wonder what is actually going wrong. I feel like I know a decent enough amount about anatomy; I am really hoping it's not my hip flexors, or joints rubbing together!!
Bad weekend.... No training :(
Monday, February 25, 2013
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
4 weeks!!
O. M. G. I can't believe there is less than 4 weeks until race day! I am getting excited, that's for sure!
This week I am going to concentrate on longevity of my runs. I will be running 1+ hour every day, trying to prepare myself for the time it takes to compete the race, rather than the distance. Wish me luck!
2/20/13 - Completed 3.55 miles in 45 minutes on the treadmill after almost 1 full week of no "formal" exercise. Also, I was sans-albuterol, so I am pretty sure I did so much coughing everyone around me thought I was spreading the Bubonic Plague hahaha There was also the 1/4 mile walk to and from the car. So we will call it 4 miles ;) I am slightly disappointed in my FuelBand right now though. I know it is not going to be 100% accurate, but it was off by about 30%. Hopefully when I get off the treadmill and onto the road it gets better!!
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This week I am going to concentrate on longevity of my runs. I will be running 1+ hour every day, trying to prepare myself for the time it takes to compete the race, rather than the distance. Wish me luck!
2/20/13 - Completed 3.55 miles in 45 minutes on the treadmill after almost 1 full week of no "formal" exercise. Also, I was sans-albuterol, so I am pretty sure I did so much coughing everyone around me thought I was spreading the Bubonic Plague hahaha There was also the 1/4 mile walk to and from the car. So we will call it 4 miles ;) I am slightly disappointed in my FuelBand right now though. I know it is not going to be 100% accurate, but it was off by about 30%. Hopefully when I get off the treadmill and onto the road it gets better!!
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2/21/13 - Pretty big day! I completed 5 miles in juuuust under an hour! With my 5 minute cool down walk, my official time + distance was 5.32 miles in 1:05. Not too bad! My FuelBand is still pretty off :( missed by 30% again tonight, and I am trying REALLY hard to have good form while I run, swinging my arms and whatnot. Oh well, it's still getting the majority for now!
2/22/13 - No run today, working at the restaurant tonight!
2/23/13 - I had every intention of running today, and then didn't... fail. But I am glad I didn't, crazy night at work had me running around wishing I could rack up the miles and cash them in come race day almost like "time-served" haha
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
5 weeks!
OK, so I am a bit behind... and by a bit I mean holy crap, I am really far behind! School is kicking my ass, and on top of that I moved into my new apartment over last weekend, and this weekend was the wonderful winter storm Nemo, which had us held up inside for a few days. But now I am focused (kinida) 100% (not really) on this race. *School comes first. Sanity second. So if I have a choice between going for a run and sitting my ass on the couch after a 10hr day in the lab, I'm going to park it lol I wish I could say differently, but I signed up for this race as something to motivate me and something fun to do. I have no intention of becoming one of those people up at 5am running in the rain to train for it. Sorry, not sorry. haha
2/13/13 - 1.4 miles walking (warm up/cool down too and from the gym) 1.75 mile run - first run in almost 2 weeks, so I felt pretty good. Tomorrow I am going for a 5k. ALSO, I hit 200K fuel points :)
2/13/13 - 1.4 miles walking (warm up/cool down too and from the gym) 1.75 mile run - first run in almost 2 weeks, so I felt pretty good. Tomorrow I am going for a 5k. ALSO, I hit 200K fuel points :)
2/14/13 - HAPPY VALENTINE's DAY!! I'm not sure I love running as much as this clip art makes it out to look like, but it'll do!
Didn't have a chance to run in the morning because, MORE SNOW! Hopefully I'll get a run in this afternoon before work! (Update: didn't get a run before work, but we were slammed, so I definitely got a work out in!)
2/15/13 - Friday was a bust, so exhausted and needed to get writing done. Asleep on the couch by 9:00pm
2/16/13 - Double shift at the restaurant. No the kind of workout I would prefer, but it still counts
Monday, January 21, 2013
SINGLE DIGITS!! 9 weeks
Here we go! 9 weeks left, really on track now!
01/13/13 - Day 12 burpees, 10K on the treadmill. It was a REALLY slow 10K, even for me! With good reason though! The treadmill at my parents house gets used by all, but it is new, so I am still getting used to the settings. Apparently, it does not reset between uses, and my first 1.5 miles was run at an incline of 6!! Made me feel better, because I was REALLY depressed that I was struggling so badly, so early in. Once I leveled off it was great! I finished strong, and really only stopped because it was my longest run to date and didn't want to push TOO much. I still need to walk on Monday haha Plus this week I am handing in my thesis proposal ::GULP:: so that means a significant decrease in sleep over the next few days! haha
01/14/13 - 60 minute Zumba class, day 13 burpees
01/15/13 - Rest day, very tired. 1.25 mile run on treadmill, day 14 burpees, 50 sit-ups
01/16/13 - 60 minute Zumba class, 1.25 mile run on treadmill, day 15 burpees, 15 sit-ups ( I have decided to add sit-ups to my burpees, so every day I will be adding 1 sit-up; I think I may modify the traditional crunch a bit - possibly hold light hand weights and make a full swing motion over my head for each crunch... We'll see. If I do, I will take pictures of the motion so you know what I mean)
The rest of the week was a bust, need to get my time management under control so I can still workout even though I am neck-deep in thesis writing!
01/13/13 - Day 12 burpees, 10K on the treadmill. It was a REALLY slow 10K, even for me! With good reason though! The treadmill at my parents house gets used by all, but it is new, so I am still getting used to the settings. Apparently, it does not reset between uses, and my first 1.5 miles was run at an incline of 6!! Made me feel better, because I was REALLY depressed that I was struggling so badly, so early in. Once I leveled off it was great! I finished strong, and really only stopped because it was my longest run to date and didn't want to push TOO much. I still need to walk on Monday haha Plus this week I am handing in my thesis proposal ::GULP:: so that means a significant decrease in sleep over the next few days! haha
01/14/13 - 60 minute Zumba class, day 13 burpees
01/15/13 - Rest day, very tired. 1.25 mile run on treadmill, day 14 burpees, 50 sit-ups
01/16/13 - 60 minute Zumba class, 1.25 mile run on treadmill, day 15 burpees, 15 sit-ups ( I have decided to add sit-ups to my burpees, so every day I will be adding 1 sit-up; I think I may modify the traditional crunch a bit - possibly hold light hand weights and make a full swing motion over my head for each crunch... We'll see. If I do, I will take pictures of the motion so you know what I mean)
The rest of the week was a bust, need to get my time management under control so I can still workout even though I am neck-deep in thesis writing!
Monday, January 14, 2013
Uh oh... 10 weeks left!
Crunch time people!! So here I am 10 weeks from race day and I do not feel much more prepared than I did 3 months ago... woops!
1/6/13 - 2.25 miles on treadmill, day 5 burpee challenge; late night 15 minute blast cardio (50 jumping jacks, 30 seconds high knees, 30 seconds rapid butt kicks for 4 rotations) - I was about 400 Fuel points away from my goal at 10:30 tonight, so I did this high paced cardio workout, and finished the day strong
1/7/13 - Day 6 Burpee challenge, 60 minute Zumba class with my new glove weights! WOW - I have been going to Zumba 1-2 times per week for over a year now and MAN that was tough. I didn't think that it would make as rastic of a difference as it did. I was EXHAUSTED!! So excited to keep moving towards my sculpted shoulders goal :)
1/8/13 - Day 7 burpee challenge, Feeling sore and sluggish today, didn't run like I wanted to.. got sucked into Friends re-runs haha! I did a late night cardio blast for about 20 minutes at around 10:30 when I realized I wasn't going to hit my points goal for the day. And I was so glad I did!
1/9/13 - Day 8 burpee challenge, 60 minute Zumba class with weight gloves - Also had a NikeFuel Best Wednesday :)
1/10/13 - Day 9 Burpee Challenge, 40 minutes on treadmill doing the: Infinite Infinitesimal Interval Increases (The Four I's Workout) - Short intervals increasing speed with each repetition
HOW TO: Starting at a pace that's barely distressing (perhaps 30 seconds slower than marathon pace), run 1 minute then back off to a recovery pace for 30 seconds. On the next interval, move the speed up 0.1 miles per hour. Continue increasing the speed each interval (while maintaining the same rest period) until you're running close to your 5K pace. Once you've hit a speed that you can no longer sustain on 30 seconds recovery, your workout is over.
1/12/13 - Worked at the restaurant. Walked a total of 4.65 miles that day; it was a pretty slow night, so not bad, all things considered!
1/6/13 - 2.25 miles on treadmill, day 5 burpee challenge; late night 15 minute blast cardio (50 jumping jacks, 30 seconds high knees, 30 seconds rapid butt kicks for 4 rotations) - I was about 400 Fuel points away from my goal at 10:30 tonight, so I did this high paced cardio workout, and finished the day strong
1/7/13 - Day 6 Burpee challenge, 60 minute Zumba class with my new glove weights! WOW - I have been going to Zumba 1-2 times per week for over a year now and MAN that was tough. I didn't think that it would make as rastic of a difference as it did. I was EXHAUSTED!! So excited to keep moving towards my sculpted shoulders goal :)
1/8/13 - Day 7 burpee challenge, Feeling sore and sluggish today, didn't run like I wanted to.. got sucked into Friends re-runs haha! I did a late night cardio blast for about 20 minutes at around 10:30 when I realized I wasn't going to hit my points goal for the day. And I was so glad I did!
1/9/13 - Day 8 burpee challenge, 60 minute Zumba class with weight gloves - Also had a NikeFuel Best Wednesday :)
1/10/13 - Day 9 Burpee Challenge, 40 minutes on treadmill doing the: Infinite Infinitesimal Interval Increases (The Four I's Workout) - Short intervals increasing speed with each repetition
HOW TO: Starting at a pace that's barely distressing (perhaps 30 seconds slower than marathon pace), run 1 minute then back off to a recovery pace for 30 seconds. On the next interval, move the speed up 0.1 miles per hour. Continue increasing the speed each interval (while maintaining the same rest period) until you're running close to your 5K pace. Once you've hit a speed that you can no longer sustain on 30 seconds recovery, your workout is over.
1/12/13 - Worked at the restaurant. Walked a total of 4.65 miles that day; it was a pretty slow night, so not bad, all things considered!
Monday, January 7, 2013
11 weeks to go
Through a strict regiment of Vitamin C drops, DayQuil, Mucinex, and green tea I have finally forced my cough into submission!! I can FINALLY get back to training! Not to sound like a baby but, for me, chest congestion is death. Having asthma to the extent that I do means I have about 75% lung capacity function on a good day... add a cold and I'm working on fumes. You wouldn't do that to your car would you? When I workout while sick, I don't feel accomplished, I feel like garbage. Granted, I don't like sitting on my laurels either, but getting better, faster is more of a priority for me. But I'm back! :)
2013 Total: Cardio: 2 miles FuelBand : 22.25 miles
1/1/13 - 2 miles, treadmill +3 incline
1/2/13 - 60 minute cardio: Zumba, day 1 of burpee challenge
1/3/13 - day 2 burpee challenge
1/5/13 - day 4 burpee challenge, no cardio, but I worked at the restaurant and logged over 4 miles walking according to my FuelBand
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Burpee challenge
A friend recommended this challenge to me as a modification of a challenge that he is working on. I will begin by doing 1 burpee on day 1, then adding 1 burpee every day until day 100. At the end of 100 days I will have completed 5050 burpees!! That's one way to help me get to my sculpted shoulders goal!
Depending on how hard-core you are, you may or may not be able to do push-ups in "lower position". I would like to think that I can do the push-ups, but time will tell.
Also, if you miss a day, you need to complete the missed day, PLUS the current day. If you miss two days in a row, you need to start over!
Burpee tutorial - Here is a video, just in case you aren't 100% sure of how to do them (PS if I have arms like hers by the end, I won't complain!!)
Good luck!
1/2/13 - Day 1
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