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April 5

10:20pm: I'm not sure if I'm in the midst of a wicked bad allergy attack or if I'm getting sick - my eyes feel like there are shards of glass in them, I have a little lump in my throat, and I feel kind of spacey and feverish. I didn't sleep well last night either. Bleh! This somehow always happens right before races, which is why I never register in advance for things.

  • Health data: Sick: 2

April 4

Sport
  • Yoga
  • 55m

Yoga Today episode 299 - Achieve Emotional Balance Through the Breath with Adi Amar - pretty basic ashtanga-style class.

10:15pm: Got stuck late at work today on a bug. Meh. Going to run after work tomorrow. I'll probably go register for Pat's Run on Friday - I thiiiink I can manage waking up by 8am to go race (I'm such a morning slug). I need to go buy food (and dog food) at some point... I was going to do that today but I was pretty wasted after work and just went home to relax with some crappy television. I love crappy television sometimes.

April 3

Run
  • 41m 42s
  • 4.00 miles
  • 10m 25s /Mi

Treadmill. I am somehow getting near my 5k pace from the 5k I did last October.

7:35pm: I guess I have to start getting up early if I want to run when it's not 90+ degrees outside. Meh.

I really need to go buy food. For some reason I keep not buying food and I just had cookies and root beer for dinner. I think I might have some chicken broth and noodles lying around somewhere... (I go through spates of cooking a lot and then not wanting to cook at all).

April 2

Rest day. We went to see Al Gore speak at Gammage, which was on the inspiring side. They gave us free lightbulbs. Then we went to Cafe Boa for happy hour, where we overheard a conversation at the bar between two girls which was so vapid it gave us very little hope for humanity.

April 1

Run
  • 43m 15s
  • 3.75 miles
  • 11m 31s /Mi

Tempe Town Lake / Lopiano Habitat. Note to self: do not eat chorizo, spinach, and cheese filled crepes covered with cream sauce at the Barrio Cafe (or anywhere) before running in 90 degree weather. Duh. Ow. Cramp.

Sport
  • Yoga
  • 55m

Yoga Today episode 298 - Building a Strong Core with Sarah Kline

10:20pm: I like yoga. I don't know if I'm going to get a workout in tomorrow because Z got us tickets to go see Al Gore speak. Sweet!

5:10pm: It is hot again and there have been crappy jam bands outside my house all day.

March 31

Sport
  • Yoga
  • 55m

Yoga Today - episode 296 - Sports Fitness with Adi Amar

9:45pm: I was getting bored with doing my same two yoga DVDs over and over and a friend suggested I use Yoga Today, which I saw a while ago but totally forgot about. It's a great resource - it's an hour-long (well, 55 min or so after the initial commercials) free yoga class, with a new one each day. I should do yoga every day. Yup.

It's really loud and crowded outside my house because the Tempe Festival of the Arts and some music festival are going on. No running around the lake this weekend.

March 30

Run
  • 16m 04s
  • 1.50 miles
  • 10m 43s /Mi

Treadmill. Just a warm-up for a little lifting.

Strength
  • 20m

  • EXERCISE

    Sets
    Min
    reps
    Max
    reps
    Min
    wt.(lb)
    Max
    wt.(lb)
  • ABS - Crunches (FB)
    2
    25
    25
    0
    0
  • ABS - Obliques
    2
    10
    10
    25
    25
  • BACK - Lateral pull-downs
    3
    10
    10
    40
    40
  • CHEST - Incline Bench - Machine
    3
    10
    10
    30
    30
  • LEGS - 2 Leg Squats
    3
    10
    10
    25
    25
  • LEGS - Deadlifts
    2
    10
    10
    25
    25
7:05pm: Still alive. Wednesday I stayed late at work, yesterday I did a quick run and then met an out-of-town friend for dinner, today I did a little run and some strength work. Z and I are in the initial stages of planning a trip to Peru in August or September - we are contemplating doing the Santa Cruz trek through the Cordillera Blanca, and then climbing Mt Pisco (18,882 ft), or possibly trekking to Machu Picchu and then heading south to Arequipo to see Colca Canyon and climb a 6000m volcano. Climbing mountains seems much more attractive than racing to me. Hah!

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