Sunday Workout Blues
Well, it started out that way -- as blues! My intentions were to get up very early, drive to Cullen Park, log some miles before 7 a.m. and then join some fellow Houston Striders on an 8-mile trek.
The alarm went off and Jon was back into bed. I slept until around 8:30 a.m. (Yes, I was temporarily wrecked with guilt.) However, I needed the rest. But it put some pressure on me to get my miles in. This past week hadn't been a good preparation week at all; therefore, I needed (and need to continue) to step it up a bit.
I got a late start after church this morning and finally made it to Bally's at about 3:30 p.m. The plan was to run for three (3) hours on the treadmill. I did OK. Well, the bottom line is that I got three (3) hours worth of workouts in.
I started out getting a little loose by doing 10 minutes on the elliptical trainer before making my way to the treadmill. The first hour, I put in 5.75 miles. I set it at 5.5 mph for the first 10 minutes then upped it .1 mph every 10 minutes thereafter. The last 10 minutes was at 6.0 mph.
The second hour, I went the first 30 minutes at 5.5 mph and the goal was to get through the last 30 minutes at 5.6 mph. I made it to 51:55 then hit the "STOP" button as I started to not feel real well in my left foot. (Doing the calculations on the Runner's World pace calculator, 21:55 at 5.6 mph was just under 2.05 miles. Add 2.75 miles for the first 30 minutes and you have 4.8 miles.) Total: 10.55 miles.
I then logged an hour on the stationery bike doing my typical hill workout at level 7 (out of 10).
I just really need to pick my activity level up another notch as I think some of this, as I mentioned, is a weight issue. I could tell at the gym when I went through my third T-shirt that the Bellaire Trolley Run 5K t-shirt was just a bit more snug than when I had been wearing it casually with Dockers shorts. (So my plan for this week is to do some strong cardio tomorrow night, rest Tuesday or 3-4 mile jog, longer run or speedwork on Wednesday, run with her + another 2.1 on Thursday and rest on Friday.)
When I got home after getting a bite to eat, I then took Waverly out for her 3.5-mile brisk walk/jog -- the first leg to January! We only jogged at the very end, especially since she did a 5K yesterday. We have a standard 2.1-mile loop in our subdivision and then I had to create another 1.4-mile stretch (and this part is so new that I don't think it would show up on any of the 'Web maps or satellite images yet). The times looked like this:
First 2.1 miles - 32:40.08 - 15:33/mile
Last 1.4 miles - 21:25.46 - 15:18/mile
Total 3.5 miles - 54:05.54 - 15:27/mile
She's doing super! She didn't know it, but that is actually the longest distance she's gone now! (Other than walking two loops at Memorial Park. When we get to 6 miles, I'll take her there as I'm going to try to mix up the scenery to keep things from getting stagnant.)
The alarm went off and Jon was back into bed. I slept until around 8:30 a.m. (Yes, I was temporarily wrecked with guilt.) However, I needed the rest. But it put some pressure on me to get my miles in. This past week hadn't been a good preparation week at all; therefore, I needed (and need to continue) to step it up a bit.
I got a late start after church this morning and finally made it to Bally's at about 3:30 p.m. The plan was to run for three (3) hours on the treadmill. I did OK. Well, the bottom line is that I got three (3) hours worth of workouts in.
I started out getting a little loose by doing 10 minutes on the elliptical trainer before making my way to the treadmill. The first hour, I put in 5.75 miles. I set it at 5.5 mph for the first 10 minutes then upped it .1 mph every 10 minutes thereafter. The last 10 minutes was at 6.0 mph.
The second hour, I went the first 30 minutes at 5.5 mph and the goal was to get through the last 30 minutes at 5.6 mph. I made it to 51:55 then hit the "STOP" button as I started to not feel real well in my left foot. (Doing the calculations on the Runner's World pace calculator, 21:55 at 5.6 mph was just under 2.05 miles. Add 2.75 miles for the first 30 minutes and you have 4.8 miles.) Total: 10.55 miles.
I then logged an hour on the stationery bike doing my typical hill workout at level 7 (out of 10).
I just really need to pick my activity level up another notch as I think some of this, as I mentioned, is a weight issue. I could tell at the gym when I went through my third T-shirt that the Bellaire Trolley Run 5K t-shirt was just a bit more snug than when I had been wearing it casually with Dockers shorts. (So my plan for this week is to do some strong cardio tomorrow night, rest Tuesday or 3-4 mile jog, longer run or speedwork on Wednesday, run with her + another 2.1 on Thursday and rest on Friday.)
When I got home after getting a bite to eat, I then took Waverly out for her 3.5-mile brisk walk/jog -- the first leg to January! We only jogged at the very end, especially since she did a 5K yesterday. We have a standard 2.1-mile loop in our subdivision and then I had to create another 1.4-mile stretch (and this part is so new that I don't think it would show up on any of the 'Web maps or satellite images yet). The times looked like this:
First 2.1 miles - 32:40.08 - 15:33/mile
Last 1.4 miles - 21:25.46 - 15:18/mile
Total 3.5 miles - 54:05.54 - 15:27/mile
She's doing super! She didn't know it, but that is actually the longest distance she's gone now! (Other than walking two loops at Memorial Park. When we get to 6 miles, I'll take her there as I'm going to try to mix up the scenery to keep things from getting stagnant.)
posted by WalkSports.com | 10:11 PM
1 Comments:
3 hours! Wow. I haven't run, or even worked out, for that long since January (well, unless you count hiking, which I probably should).
I know how you feel about the weight thing -- I'm 7-8 pounds heavier than I was at the beginning of the year. Enough that I can see and feel the extra weight. My goal is to drop those 8 pounds by the end of the year.
Post a Comment
<< Home