11.05.11 Saturday Training

Is there an IMFL watching thread? I can't seem to find it.

15min of yoga for me today. I may brave an OWS tomorrow, so little endurance training this month! Strange to be getting back into it, however slowly.

30 min of strength training this morning

Hoping for a 2 hr bike ride a little later

Elbow bends, mostly today.   Tailgate party in T-town.  

Somebody has got to do it.....

Sunday morning here. Fell asleep before the thread came on. AM 1:15 run including 4 X 8 min. (2 km?) at "race pace". Well, I don't use a Garmin or anything like modern technology, so race effort!

PM: 3600m of swimming while apocalytical deluges washed away Saigon. Got stuck at school for a few hours waiting for rain to stop; it never did until late evening.

Now heading out for long run. Sure hope it goes better than last week, and flooding doesn't force me to do it all around and around a tiny loop! And no, don't even want to think the dreadmill--I WILL find the one patch of dry ground and run on it for two hours, if need be!

6 mile run this morning. I was not feeling the love. I was cold, back was achy. My aunt came for a visit a few hours later, so I'm claiming that as my excuse.

I really should go back out, but I can't bear to think of running in 40 mph wind gusts in 50 degree weather, so I'll probably put on a pilates or cardio video and sweat that way for 40 minutes or so.

The highlight of our day was meeting Sean Casey and Brandon Ivey, Discovery Channel storm chasers. The kids got autographs and were able to sit in the TIV (Tornado Intercept Vehicle). My 11 year old was a little starstruck with Brandon, extreme meteorologist. lol

I hope everyone is having a great day.

16 mile run today.  Thought I could squeek by on minimal nutrition considering that I planned on taking it really easy... first 13 miles were great... last 3 were brutal. Legs started cramping up, knee started throbbing and got some weird pain in the top of my foot.

Well better to have a bad training run than a bad race.

Oops--posted something on wrong thread. Need more caffeine!

Pad posting are we??  I'll teach ya.