It's fun here. What's next? "Live, more than your neighbors. Unleash yourself upon the world and go places. Go now. Giggle. No. Laugh. And bark at the moon like the wild dog that you are. Understand that this is not a dress rehearsal. This is it. Your life. Face your fears and live your dreams and take it all in. Yes, every chance you get. Come close. And by all means, whatever you do, get it on film." -- John Blais
"There is little success where there is little laughter" -- A. Carnegie "The question isn't who is going to let me. It's who is going to stop me." -- Ayn Rand
“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.” --Epicurus
Tue, Feb 9 2010
4:51 AM: Good Morning BT. I am going to apply my swimsuit to my body and plow through the snow with my impractical convertible and go swimming.
I'll be in a meeting for most of the day. Will log my workouts after lunch.
SNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!
Mon, Feb 8 2010
Hours slept: 7.75
Sports
Home PT
20m
Sport comments: Home PT exercises while watching Intervention.
Some core work too.
7:00 AM: I am so sore. No trainer ride for me this morning. I can barely walk from the bed to the kitchen! Calves sore/quads sore/upper body sore/everything is just SORE. Good Lord! One thing I can say, though, is that I don't have JOINT soreness, but rather muscle soreness. That's really good news!
So the plan is to get myself to work today, work thru lunch, and do this easy Z1-2 trainer ride tonight + home PT/core stuff.
Swimming in the AM. We are supposed to have a snowstorm this week. Awesome. Not. 10:48 AM: Just realized I forgot my BP medication this morning. BAH! 3:34 PM: Been talking to Katie regarding the clusterfcuk that was last week, and what I can do to make this week better. Have determined the following:
1) I need to just get over myself and run outside. Maybe I will like it better if it's sunny. Running on the treadmill isn't helping me learn pacing. Even though it is nice and warm. 2) Missing my Tuesday AM workouts throws my whole week into a tailspin. 3) Having Thursday as my rest day hasn't worked out that well. 4) Monday is probably a better rest day, as I'm usually dragging from the weekend. 5) I have a tough time turning around a quality Sunday long run after a trainer session on Saturday. Therefore, no more Saturday spins. And no more Saturday runs. No more Saturday lifting either. Too tough on the legs. 6) Blah.Blah.Blah.Blah. 7) It sounds like a million excuses to me, but... it's not. I have changed and rearranged my plan so many times it's... confusing. I plan to turn it around this week.
I'm also ((honestly)) finding it a little difficult to get and stay motivated. I don't have anything really scary or pressing on the docket for 2010 and I think it is making me complacent. I don't know what I want out of this year. I know I want to have fun, and I know I want to enjoy myself... but sometimes it's hard to actually *do* that whilst feeling aimless and goal-less. And in the PHOTO FLIPPER: April 20, 2002. The day that will live in infamy. It was quite a fun party, too bad it came attached to a miserable marriage. Above we have myself and my Dad... dancing... and I think I'm waving to someone in the distance. I miss my Dad.
This was before the triathlon bug took hold. You can see my Egg Mc Muffin layer. Chub. Chub. Chub.
Sun, Feb 7 2010
36m 19s
3.10 miles
11m 43s/Mi
Avg HR: 146 Max HR: 164
12:36 PM
Equipment:
Asics Gel-Kayano 15 #1
Epic Fail.
Positive split run from the freezing depths of hell.
This was supposed to be a 5K race simulation... and I guess it was... what with all of the walking and swearing and snots and phlegm and wanting to quit. Sounds just like a race to me. Especially since all of that effort yielded an average speed rivaling that of the tortoises of the genus Gopherus. (Some of the slowest moving reptiles known to man!)
In conclusion: I hate running outside. It's cold and tundra-like. It's windy and cloudy and I just fcuking hate running outside in the winter. OK?
1h 04m 15s
3250.00 yards
01m 59s /100 yards
1:45 PM
300 Swim
200 Pull
200 Kick
10 X 50 Build
10 X 125 on 2:20
4 X 50 Kick Fast
2 X 100 IM
4 X 50 Kick Fast
200 Pull
100 Free
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3250
Ugh. Just didn't have it today.
Sat, Feb 6 2010
22m 57s
2.00 miles
11m 29s/Mi
12:15 PM
Equipment:
Asics Gel-Kayano 15 #1
Weird treadmill today.
Felt good, so pushed it a little. Never really felt my HR respond... although I didn't wear my HRM so I can't be sure.
Felt good. Am looking forward to running outside tomorrow.
1h 10m
YEOW! I did every strength training exercise I've ever learned today. 3 x 15 reps. All of the legs, upper body... EVERYTHING. I am going to be sore tomorrow, but I think all of this lifting is good for me.
Exercise
Sets
Min reps
Max reps
Min Wt. ()
Max Wt. ()
BACK General
3
15
15
9
9
BACK General
3
15
15
30
30
BACK Upright row
3
15
15
12
12
BACK Pullovers
3
15
15
15
15
BACK Lateral pull-downs
3
15
15
45
50
BICEPS DB Concentration
3
15
15
12
12
CHEST Decline DB
3
15
15
20
20
LEGS Squats
3
15
15
30
30
LEGS Quad Extensions
4
15
15
15
30
LEGS Hamstring curl
3
15
15
45
45
LEGS Leg Press
3
15
15
50
50
LEGS Standing calf raises
3
15
15
75
75
LEGS Step Downs
3
15
15
LEGS Ball push against wall
3
30
30
Sports
Core Training
15m
Sport comments: Balance plate, fitness ball situps, planks (yes, Katie, PLANKS!) And Superman stuff...
I didn't hit my max HR til the very end. This was a nice run. VERY VERY sweaty, but nice.
7:56 AM: I feel a little bit better this morning. Lately I've been feeling my heart racing from time to time, I get a little light headed, and then I get a headache. It feels like a panic attack. (I had a couple of panic attacks in the early 1990's right after graduating college.) I don't think there's anything in my life right now to make me particularly panic stricken, so I'm unsure as to why this is happening. I did just switch departments at work... but that's not THAT scary... and it's not permanent. In fact, I'm performing the job duties of a position BELOW mine... the objective is for me to learn a new computer system and then teach my peers how to use it... before we go live sometime in the third quarter.
I also haven't been getting enough sleep lately, I think. Will sleep lots this weekend. 5:17 PM: Sooooo. I'm still at work. Leaving soon and meeting Chris @ HBFC for a treadmill date. Then a nice relaxing dinner at home. To bed early. Then lift/run/swim tomorrow. Maybe lunchie w/MissKelly. I intend to sleep until I wake up tomorrow. No alarms. Yay!
Thu, Feb 4 2010
Hours slept: 7.50
REST DAY TODAY! I got in bed mostly on time last night, got up mostly on time this morning, and I've managed to waste most of the morning doing... nothing. Ugh. Jamming into the shower now and off to work I go.
Chris and I are seeing a "live" taping of The Prairie Home Companion tonight. It's playing @ movie theaters around the country...
11:42 AM: I just learned how to say NAIL POLISH in Polish. 10:05 PM: Went to the theater to see PHC. It was good. Makes me want to sing and learn to play the guitar! We were both a bit stressed out after work, but once we settled in, it's hard to be stressed after watching 2 hours of PHC.
In other news: I'm not swimming tomorrow AM... I'm feeling really tired and on the verge of getting sick. I'm fighting something... again. I'll run tomorrow after work. FWIW: The photo flipper today is ANOTHER picture of me and friend(s) @ a restaurant. This time it's WILDFIRE, circa winter 2003. I look like a chubsy inmate, sans breasts. Even all those horizontal stripes couldn't make me look buxom!
And I like my hair so much better when it's blonde. Dark hair just isn't... Whizzzzzlike.
The girl directly to the R of me is NEW ON BT! That's Amy, the one that's training for her first sprint in June. Hop on over to HER LOG and welcome her to BT! Why I need to buy stock in LINT ROLLERS:
Wed, Feb 3 2010
25m 09s
2.15 miles
11m 42s/Mi
5:35 PM
Equipment:
Asics Gel-Kayano 15 #1
Effortless!
I decided to try to make this one a little bit faster, so I did the following:
It's remarkable. Every time I have a good run I want to just sit down and cry with JOY.
I realize that sounds dramatic... and perhaps it is. But there's a stark contrast in my HR, my general comfort, the way I feel about myself, and how fast I'm able and willing to go... it's just remarkable.
I haz a happee.
Sports
Core Training
20m
Sport comments: Step downs
Situps on FB
Superman
RA/LL, LA/RL
Legs up
3 x :30 Planks
10:43 AM: I'm getting myself into a bad cycle. What I mean by that is... I'm getting to bed late, getting up late, getting into and out of work late, and therefore eating late and staying up late. Which means I get up late. Which send the whole cycle going again. What I need to do is have a couple more hours added to each day. Not work hours, mind you, but rather fun/free hours. Who can I talk to about that?
If I can't get hours added to the day, I fear I might have to just bite the bullet and get to bed early today. As much as I enjoy sleeping, I like to stay up! There's just no pleasing me. 3:45 PM: I can't wait til it's light after work again. I will really enjoy running at the forest preserve this year, methinks. The Photo Flipper Theme this week (thus far) appears to be "Laura at restaurants with a friend" : (That repeat from yesterday was also me, at a restaurant with a friend...) Weird!
This right here is me and my friend Suzi @ the Olive Garden, about a year after we both graduated from college. She was on her way to the Peace Corps, so we had a little going away party for her. She went off to Yemen for about a year, but then had to be emergency evacuated due to civil unrest! After she was evacuated from Yemen, she was reassigned to China, and she spent 2 years there. She says she liked the assignment in Yemen 200x better than the assignment in China, interestingly enough.
Swimming, Biking and Running...eating, sleeping, showering, working, eating, Swimming, Biking, Running some more, eating, sleeping, showering working... you get the idea
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30+ swim suits... every color and strap configuration. Every type of swim cap, and a drawer full of discarded goggles. (Finally settled on the TYR socket rockets) but I still have permanent goggle rings around my eyes.
Bike:
Lucy-the-bike... (Cannondale R800, full Ultegra from stem to stern) Giro Helmet, Shimano tri-shoes.
Run:
Tired feet & legs, and a somewhat defective left knee.
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