Archive for May, 2004

8:17 pace and bicycle sprints

Monday, May 31st, 2004

Today was supposed to be an easy 3 miles. It wasn’t. I ran at the park because the gym closed early today for the holiday. We had rain this AM while I took my son to soccer class, then it all cleared out and we’ve had bright sun with big fluffy clouds [...]

Ho hum, crosstraining

Sunday, May 30th, 2004

One hour of crosstraining today. No big surprises, 20 bike, 20 stepper, 20 stepmill. I think I’m stuck in a rut. And stuck in a rut. And getting repetitive. Again.
I need more pictures. Not alot because some people have slow connections (like I do because I live beyond the sticks [...]

Into the home stretch!

Saturday, May 29th, 2004

Did my last long run of recovery training, and the last long run before the 5K. 4.0 miles at the gym. 3.0 on the treadmill and the last one on the track. I’ll be happy to get back to the long runs on the trail at the park. Indoors is good [...]

TGIF!

Friday, May 28th, 2004

Been a rough week at work and I am dead tired from lack of sleep. They want me to work the weekend too. Holiday weekend. We don’t get overtime pay, but sometimes we get an equivalent number of days off during the week. Without authorization though, I get nothing. Manager [...]

Wednesday is weights day

Wednesday, May 26th, 2004

My weekly weight workout. Didn’t do too badly but the progress is definately slowing:

Station
5/19
5/26

pullover
135/9
skipped

lats
175/8
175/12

vert bench press
160/12
160/12

pec fly
145/10
145/11

curls
90/11
90/12

triceps
100/15
110/11

dumbell shoulder lift
25/8
25/10

abs (Captain’s chair)
10×3
10×3

shins
15 x 3 (+40)
15×3 (+60)

calves (x2)
15 x 3 (+40)
15×3 (+60)

leg press (x2)
130/15
140/11

leg curl (x2)
60/14
60/15

leg extension (x2)
60/10
60/12

I had to cut out the “pullovers”. They are really a very unnatural motion and it puts an [...]

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday, May 26th, 2004

Just got off the phone with an organizer for a kids fun run my son is entering. I faxed in the entry form and they ended up mispelling my son’s name on the confirmation list. I sent an email to fix it and they said they would forward it on to the people [...]

3.0 miles, heartrates

Tuesday, May 25th, 2004

Three miles on the treadmill last night. 10:00 pace. I was wathcing my heart rate during the run more this time and saw that it stayed below 150 until I hit 1.8 miles. Then it stayed below 157 the rest of the time. Actually, I think it only spiked to 157 [...]

Guess what this is

Monday, May 24th, 2004

Yup, damn ugly but still the source of my favorite oh so wonderful confection. This is in a Botanical Garden. This one is actually in “the field”.

Lots of colors and shapes depending on where they are and what type. Three main ones: Forestero (most bulk stuff comes from this easily grown and [...]

Tornado watches on crosstraining day

Sunday, May 23rd, 2004

I was watching the Tornado watch announcements on TV while I did my crosstraining today. Apparently “the conditions are favorable for the formation of tornados” today so we have a watch until 5pm. Wouldn’t that just suck? Tornado. Fun to see on TV but not fun to sit in your basement [...]

Trying some new colors

Sunday, May 23rd, 2004

I was on Lara’s page and walked away for a bit. When I came back later I thought I was on my page because we had the same color scheme. So, I decided to try a different scheme on mine. I’m not sure I like the new colors but maybe they will [...]