There are various levels of being prepared for the climate you will run in:
1. Sunscreen (sun ;-D )
2. Wicking material (rain)
3. Layers (cold)
4. Light weight (heat)
5. ____ (humidity)
#5 is blank as I haven't found the perfect gear that makes me feel prepared to run through the invisible wall of humidity that I find in Atlanta. After living here for 9 years (OMGOSH that's insane it's been that long) - I would hope I'd have a better response....
Based on the dirty clothes pile in the closet, I ran twice this weekend :-) Sadly, they were both around the neighborhood; therefore, so repetitive and circular I forgot what streets I had been down how many times BEFORE I finished the thirty minutes! It's a weird game I play with my mind while running in the neighborhood that has the goals of never repeating streets in the same direction, touching all streets both ways, maximizing the straightaways (sprints on long segments), etc....
I like to tell myself I don't plan everything and force myself to start out without a plan but with every intersection it makes me uncomfortable that I don't have the perfect route planned - or can't remember which figure 8 (or longer 8 to cover 3 or 4 squares) I've completed. Alas I don't follow the rules perfectly but I get thirty minutes of running in with less than 2 mile perimeter neighborhood :-)
Back to humidity - it's extremely hard to pass by the house, turn away from the direct route home MULTIPLE times while facing the wall of humidity every step of the way. This deterrent was never realized while I ran on Silver Comet trail - b/c if you had the energy to go that far out, you will find the energy to run back b/c the other alternative is that it'll take even longer to walk back! Compelling argument for the extra effort to DRIVE somewhere to run ?!
Great part about humidity - it is at its worst right before the rain, and rain is FUN!! :-) Rain is the reason to have two pair of the same running shoe - alternate pair for when one is soaked, to travel, etc. Ahhhhh... long runs with a drizzle = perfect. (key word drizzle) :-) Travel location is expecting rain this week = pumped for the high 90s and rain (hopefully drizzle around 7 pm! :-D )
Anyone else find muggy <> fun BUT drizzle = FUN!! ?? :-)
Monday, August 6, 2012
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Day slip away
Workdays stretch to hours requiring dinner -> then what?! actually get to the gym within 20 minutes of dinner... to be booted out within the hour...
The age old issue of "how much time justifies actually working out" is rearing it's ugly head! My conscious efforts to workout are quickly silenced by my larger urge to EAT :-) I highly doubt this will change anytime soon!
Stretching at night - I mean stretching out on the bed to WORK with the laptop on my stomach - counts, right? Step towards.. ??
Okay - I need to sign up for a race. I need a goal. I need a deadline. I need public pressure to kick-start and continue the process.
Adding fuel to the lazy fire, the campus gym (yes, it's used by alumni) closes for annual maintenance = why in the H-E-double hockey sticks would I workout when it's OUTSIDE in 90 degree weather? Yeah, my % of days working out is going to JUMP in the next two weeks - with my Sunday workout location going away....
Sum up this post = first world problems... :-p Goal: Suck it up and work out it the heat!
The age old issue of "how much time justifies actually working out" is rearing it's ugly head! My conscious efforts to workout are quickly silenced by my larger urge to EAT :-) I highly doubt this will change anytime soon!
Stretching at night - I mean stretching out on the bed to WORK with the laptop on my stomach - counts, right? Step towards.. ??
Okay - I need to sign up for a race. I need a goal. I need a deadline. I need public pressure to kick-start and continue the process.
Adding fuel to the lazy fire, the campus gym (yes, it's used by alumni) closes for annual maintenance = why in the H-E-double hockey sticks would I workout when it's OUTSIDE in 90 degree weather? Yeah, my % of days working out is going to JUMP in the next two weeks - with my Sunday workout location going away....
Sum up this post = first world problems... :-p Goal: Suck it up and work out it the heat!
Monday, July 30, 2012
Sundays...
Quick idea of the day: to fit long runs into the weekdays, run 1/2 at night - 1/2 the next morning.
- PROs: minimize time/exghustion to single evening, similar leg fatigue without compelte boredom on a treadmill
- CONs: fatigue extreme :-p for the next work day without prep work completed (?)
What do yall think? :-)
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The past two Sundays have been workout days - amazingly enough it felt fantastic to kick my booty on that day... and then not be able to walk for at least 2 days without making a noise while getting up. Going back for a second 1-day session didn't make sense but better than nothing, right?
WELL today I wasn't impossibly sore so I took advantage of it and ran the 2 miles to the gym, stretched & abs for a few - still heaving from the 96 degree heat BUT peeved I wasn't burning a ton of calories -> I decided to row 10km. Whew - I bit off more than I could chew so I stopped at 5km...(26:03) my booty was numb and calves were killing me. Am I rowing correctly?! :-/ Then ran the 2 miles back (with the prize of Smoothie King!).
Anyone want to take bets on how sore I'll be tomorrow? :-p I hope to do the "Sunday" workout below again tomorrow :-D YAY for getting legs and booty back!!
SUNDAY WORKOUT
Run:
- 5 min | 6.0 | warm-up
- 1 min | 8.5 | sprint - 1:30 min | 6.0 | jog (speed down to 4.0 for last 1/2...)
(Repeat 2nd and 3rd - 9 times)
- 5 min | cool down
Weights:
- typical arms with 5, 7.5 & 10 lbs (press, fly, standing fly, reverse fly, curl, alt curls, something-i-don't-know-the-name-for, tricep extension)
- typical legs with 15 lb bar, 5 sets (back lunge, side lunge, front squats, step up, lunge w/ back leg on box, good mornings)
Abs:
- Crunches (front, left side, right side, bicycle) - 50 each
- Reverse straight leged (ouch...throwback to tumbling classes...) - 50 ugh
- PROs: minimize time/exghustion to single evening, similar leg fatigue without compelte boredom on a treadmill
- CONs: fatigue extreme :-p for the next work day without prep work completed (?)
What do yall think? :-)
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The past two Sundays have been workout days - amazingly enough it felt fantastic to kick my booty on that day... and then not be able to walk for at least 2 days without making a noise while getting up. Going back for a second 1-day session didn't make sense but better than nothing, right?
WELL today I wasn't impossibly sore so I took advantage of it and ran the 2 miles to the gym, stretched & abs for a few - still heaving from the 96 degree heat BUT peeved I wasn't burning a ton of calories -> I decided to row 10km. Whew - I bit off more than I could chew so I stopped at 5km...(26:03) my booty was numb and calves were killing me. Am I rowing correctly?! :-/ Then ran the 2 miles back (with the prize of Smoothie King!).
Anyone want to take bets on how sore I'll be tomorrow? :-p I hope to do the "Sunday" workout below again tomorrow :-D YAY for getting legs and booty back!!
SUNDAY WORKOUT
Run:
- 5 min | 6.0 | warm-up
- 1 min | 8.5 | sprint - 1:30 min | 6.0 | jog (speed down to 4.0 for last 1/2...)
(Repeat 2nd and 3rd - 9 times)
- 5 min | cool down
Weights:
- typical arms with 5, 7.5 & 10 lbs (press, fly, standing fly, reverse fly, curl, alt curls, something-i-don't-know-the-name-for, tricep extension)
- typical legs with 15 lb bar, 5 sets (back lunge, side lunge, front squats, step up, lunge w/ back leg on box, good mornings)
Abs:
- Crunches (front, left side, right side, bicycle) - 50 each
- Reverse straight leged (ouch...throwback to tumbling classes...) - 50 ugh
Monday, May 7, 2012
Double Digit Miles
Friday - avoided working out
Saturday - avoided working out but managed to wear workout clothes all day
Sunday - woke up EARLIER than 10 AM and headed over to Silver Comet Trail :-)
- Goal: 10 miles, 2 hours
- Interval Reality
Foot fat is back with vengeance: the HEEL crease as a blister?! what are these phantom parts of my feet?
Front/ball of my feet are not an issue (yet). YAY
Soap-Opera Focused Details
Workout buddies are welcome! - Let me know if you are game and we'll bike/run Saturdays/Sundays!
Saturday - avoided working out but managed to wear workout clothes all day
Sunday - woke up EARLIER than 10 AM and headed over to Silver Comet Trail :-)
- Goal: 10 miles, 2 hours
- Interval Reality
- Run/Walk ratio - 5 min / 1 min <- did not work
- Run/Walk ratio - 4 min / 1 min <- much better
- First FIVE MILES: 54 minutes...
- Walked 6 minutes :-) VICTORY SAUNTE
- Started back on the (Run 4/Walk 1): 47 minutes
- FINISHED 10 miles in 1:47:--- yayayyayaya
Foot fat is back with vengeance: the HEEL crease as a blister?! what are these phantom parts of my feet?
Front/ball of my feet are not an issue (yet). YAY
Soap-Opera Focused Details
- First hour - talking myself up to feeling like exercise is something I will like...after the workouts :-)
- mile 7 - body wanted to know WHY I was going past the 6.1 mile typical torture without training.
- mile 7.5 - started to rain (joy)
- mile 8 - pouring - you've GOT to be kidding me?! I was so worried about getting sun burnt I wasn't paying attention the actual forecast. Me & my sunscreen were just dandy running through the rain :-D Thank goodness the downhill portions being on the way back!
- mile 9 - OMGosh is this freaking over yet?? Where in the heck is the downhill?! Are all those sections over?! WHERE IS THE 0.6 mile marker?! Did they remove that thing???
- mile 10+ umm maybe the extra four minutes I ran to ensure it was over 5.0 miles out (past the 4.7 mile marker) were a weeee bit overkill :-)
Workout buddies are welcome! - Let me know if you are game and we'll bike/run Saturdays/Sundays!
Monday, April 30, 2012
April Post
So i need to post something so I don't miss an entire month.
Something :-)
Literally nothing much to report on the workout front:
- a few runs while at work (literally less than 5)
- a bike ride with MB (literally 1)
- ab workout (literally 2)
The goal of not doing another marathon until I've completed a half under 90 minutes = it's like I gave myself a permenant out :-p
I need to set more mini-goals :-p
... like
21 min 5K - 8/11 ATC August Race 5K http://www.atlantatrackclub.org/
(approx 6:45 min/mile)
45 min 10K - 10/06 www.fireflyrun.com
(less than 7:15 min/mile)
18 min 5K - Spring 2013?
40 min 10K - Fall 2013?
Anyone want to join in the fun? ... ugh I need to find a workout list... need to decrease my time per mile by 2 minutes... whoa. that doesn't make me want to jump up and go for a run. Maybe tomorrow evening as I've got a 6:45 am departure to hospital.
:-) Yay for the only april post!
Monday, March 19, 2012
Sunday Run
So after a week away - (and nothing to report) - I went to the gym on Sunday :-)
1. Thank you MB for the push to go
2. Thanks for letting me nap afterwards
3. OMGosh I am feeling sore after the workout.
Why am I shocked that working out hard once a week is making me sore? Have I truely forgotten the basics? :-p
I digress - so the workout included 30 minutes on the treadmill:
- warm-up (5 min @ 6.0)
- 1 min fast followed by 2 min jog
10.0 twice (jog was 6.0)
9.5 twice (jog 6.0 again)
9.0 twice (jog = dying so 4.0)
8.5 twice (jog 4.0 again)
- ZERO cool down (had to use the restroom)!
I felt like leaving right after the run but it was just 30 minutes into the gym; therefore, I added in arms. When did the CRC get rid of 3 lb weights? (or am I crazy & they never had em...)I know that sounds pathetic but I do quick pyramid sets (reps 12-10-8-10-12 using lbs 3-5-8-5-3 respectively) and I NEED the lower weights. I know the CRC doesn't have 8lbs and I have to adjust to 7.5 lbs but to not have the lowest weights means I had to adjust the entire format (reps 12-10-10-12 with lbs 5-7.5-7.5-5) and it HURT! I mean washing your hair after the gym sore. Ugh.
Anyways, enough complaining :-) I had a fabulous power nap post gym -> church -> dinner out -> another nap -> sunday night TV -> crash! How long do you think it takes working out to increase your energy level?? :-)
Overall my goals for this week are:
1. Workout at least 2 x
2. Stretch EVERYDAY (even if it's 5 minutes)
3. Drink at least 3 bottles of water a day
4. Do the nettepot (?) thing for my nose daily (darn pollen is out in FULL force)
5. Research a 1/2 marathon this fall for MB, his friend training for a full in Nov & me
1. Thank you MB for the push to go
2. Thanks for letting me nap afterwards
3. OMGosh I am feeling sore after the workout.
Why am I shocked that working out hard once a week is making me sore? Have I truely forgotten the basics? :-p
I digress - so the workout included 30 minutes on the treadmill:
- warm-up (5 min @ 6.0)
- 1 min fast followed by 2 min jog
10.0 twice (jog was 6.0)
9.5 twice (jog 6.0 again)
9.0 twice (jog = dying so 4.0)
8.5 twice (jog 4.0 again)
- ZERO cool down (had to use the restroom)!
I felt like leaving right after the run but it was just 30 minutes into the gym; therefore, I added in arms. When did the CRC get rid of 3 lb weights? (or am I crazy & they never had em...)I know that sounds pathetic but I do quick pyramid sets (reps 12-10-8-10-12 using lbs 3-5-8-5-3 respectively) and I NEED the lower weights. I know the CRC doesn't have 8lbs and I have to adjust to 7.5 lbs but to not have the lowest weights means I had to adjust the entire format (reps 12-10-10-12 with lbs 5-7.5-7.5-5) and it HURT! I mean washing your hair after the gym sore. Ugh.
Anyways, enough complaining :-) I had a fabulous power nap post gym -> church -> dinner out -> another nap -> sunday night TV -> crash! How long do you think it takes working out to increase your energy level?? :-)
Overall my goals for this week are:
1. Workout at least 2 x
2. Stretch EVERYDAY (even if it's 5 minutes)
3. Drink at least 3 bottles of water a day
4. Do the nettepot (?) thing for my nose daily (darn pollen is out in FULL force)
5. Research a 1/2 marathon this fall for MB, his friend training for a full in Nov & me
Monday, March 12, 2012
Day After
Alarm - slammed snooze while attempting to find the off button... darn I'll have to carry that into the bathroom so I can turn it off next ring. Stumble out of bed, attempt to stand straight - ouch.
Yup - here goes the previously boastful "not too bad 10k" girl. Ugh. Knees are peaved I had the odasity to run and are letting me have it today. Bad habits die hards and running with my shoulders up to my ears has NOT gone out of style - no matter what you read - because I was doing it hard core yesterday (based on how turning my head is almost an impossible feat this morning).
So cheers to running for a few miles today, stretch and brace myself for the day 2 soreness (always the worst) and pray I don't KILL WHO EVER HAS THEIR ALARM GOING OFF IN THE SKY CLUB!?! for goodness sake, that is the WORST noise in the entire world (that gradual increase in volume rining of a phone noise) - are you KIDDING ME?!
I am literraly going to get my sore knee self up and hobble around the sky club to find that pathetic person. That will be my service to man-kind for the day and DEFINITELY worth another banana muffin :-D
Yup - here goes the previously boastful "not too bad 10k" girl. Ugh. Knees are peaved I had the odasity to run and are letting me have it today. Bad habits die hards and running with my shoulders up to my ears has NOT gone out of style - no matter what you read - because I was doing it hard core yesterday (based on how turning my head is almost an impossible feat this morning).
So cheers to running for a few miles today, stretch and brace myself for the day 2 soreness (always the worst) and pray I don't KILL WHO EVER HAS THEIR ALARM GOING OFF IN THE SKY CLUB!?! for goodness sake, that is the WORST noise in the entire world (that gradual increase in volume rining of a phone noise) - are you KIDDING ME?!
I am literraly going to get my sore knee self up and hobble around the sky club to find that pathetic person. That will be my service to man-kind for the day and DEFINITELY worth another banana muffin :-D
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