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Unfortunately did no work out today due to having to take care of the entire family and then had to do some elecitrcal work with father in law. Tomorrow is another day.

Scott - Life happens. Pick up the pieces and do the best you can, that's all any of us can do. Families have to come before training!

Lani

warmed up with a 5 minute walk, bicycled 17 minutes, then ran/walked 3 minutes/1 minute 3 times, followed by a 6 minute walk, today in the gym.  Runs were at a nine minute pace.

not enough energy to do a full workout.  not entirely sure why, except coming back after some time off sick.

Also had a left foot cramp yesterday swimming and today a left calf cramp while running.  Didn't have cramping at all last year.  Have been drinking plenty of water last 2 days so don't think dehydration is the cause.  Will stretch more before workouts to see if that helps.

The stretching should help and one of the consensus thoughts around here is that when you either start up training again or increase your load that a little bit of cramping is normal.

My calf was on the edge of cramping the other day but never fully went there, much to my relief.  When I first started last year, I often would be fighting off a right calf cramp while running and a left foot cramp when swimming, especially when I pushed off from the wall alot.  It should eventually get better. 

I did some drills in the  pool today. 250 free/250paddles/250 breast/100 free. Felt pretty good.

Wednesday: aerobics
Thursday: run 5 minute warm up, 40 minute run, 5 minute cool down.  3.6 miles
felt pretty good-- slight breathing difficulty-- not as easy as last week.
Friday-- bike day...

Nice job peeps!

I worked 4, yes 4 WW meetings today. Other than that and drive from one to the other, I did 100 push ups. That's all. Good night

Thank you!

I got home late last night and switched my off day from today to yesterday.  Now I have a nice swim and run on the docket.  What are everyone else's plans?

As a side note, and I forget this every year, jogging to a train in flat bottemed dress shoes through snow is a great agility exercise. 

Did a 30 minute spin today at lunch and more elictrical work with father in law tonight.

Can't have a day without a post (busy day I'm guessing) so I'll post one

Have a great day tomorrow - trainer for me!

Resistance training, followed by a mile swim (500 yd warm up, 6x50 yd sprint (best time 35 seconds), 5x50 yd kicking or easy recovery, 100 yd catch up drill, 500 yd cool down, in about that order), 10 minutes cycling, then 10 minutes running, followed by a 5 minute cooldown walk.

Total swim time for the short course mile, including breaks between sets, 38 minutes.

Felt good today, had brief cramping (left calf again) on last lap of swim and just as I began running, but these were easily stretched out in 30 seconds or so.  Speed's not back in the swim yet, but I was able to easily finish the mile this time.  WooHoo!

Nice time on the swim!

Thank you Lani!  I think my best time in high school was about 17 minutes.  Of course that was without stopping, all freestyle, and at this point maybe a lifetime best.

Yesterday I did 1.2 miles in the pool in 46 minutes - felt actually pretty good. Plus that time is 2 minutes faster then my previous best for that distance - so maybe something is paying off. Today I did 4.5 in 15 degree weather - brought the wrong gloves and boy did my hands hurt as they warmed back up once home.

Edited by scottgreenstone 2010-01-10 1:39 PM

Scott - I wish my times were that good in the pool. I will be spending more time in the pool this winter in order to try and fix that!

I planned to ride the trainer today for an hour, but the laptop wouldn't cooperate, so I rode for 20 minutes, than ran for an hour. It's really cold here in NJ (it was 25 when I ran)

Lani

That is so nice of you to say - i never thought someone would say they wish there times were as fast as mine. I am just glad I am starting to show a little bit of improvement.

Did 1000m drills today. 200 free/200 breast/200 kick/200 pull/200 free. Felt pretty good. First time using pull buoy and during the last lap kept trying to kick - was a pretty odd feeling.

bad air quality is getting to my lungs, so I have not been working hard.
Friday off
Sat 25 minute bike
sun off
Monday 45 bike
Hopefully the air will improve so I can work out better

Where are you that the air is so bad?

I WILL get the Computrainer to play nice with the PC today. I WILL get it to work so I can ride. I WILL get the real time video to work so I have something interesting to watch. I WILL post the results.

Lani

Yesterday at the gym:
Cycled 5 minutes to warm up, then 10 minutes at moderate pace, then ran 8x3:1 run:walk.  First 3 minute run was 7:30 pace, second 2 were 8:00 pace, and final 5 were 8:30 pace.

Today at the gym:
Cycled 8 minutes to warm up, then 52 minutes at pace (difficulty 13) on random difficulty 20 second intervals.  After 20 minutes had to reduce difficulty (to 6), but then increased difficulty every couple minutes and was able to finish the last 20 minutes at only slightly lower difficulty level (12).  Finished with a 1 minute walk at 3 mph pace, then 2 minutes at 4.5 mph pace, 7 minutes at 6 mph pace, and a 10 minute cooldown at 3 mph pace.