Cat - he is going to be waiting at the
finish line for quite a while for us, methinks! ;) Walked 1.5 miles yesterday,
1.5 miles today. No idea of time - need to replace the watch battery. Going to
the gym now to get in some weights work.
Am miffed: got the official results
book today, and of course we're not in there. Not this year.. but definitely next.
posted by Adrith 8:41 PM
Saturday Training
- Distance:
2.7 miles
- Where: parking lot
- When: midnight - 1 AM (60 min total)
- Speed:
varied
- Calories Burned: 325
We went out at midnight to wog and
we spent about an hour out in the parking lot. If Paul sticks with this, I may
have found a possible solution to the summer heat problem -- just go with him
at night! I won't do it alone, but if he's with me I feel better about it. The
lot is rimmed in sodium arc lights, so the lighting is decent. I just don't like
lurking around at night alone.
Both of us did walk/jog intervals. We warmed
up together and then we split up to do our own things. We just waved at each other
across the lots once in a while. I had my beeping watch, so my intervals were
time based -- 1 min jog, 4 min walk. My speed over the intervals went like this...
during the walking bits, I hung in there around 3.0 mph. On the first jog bit,
I zoomed up to 6 mph, then went back down to a walk, then paused to stretch my
calves again really quick. Went too fast and got crampy. The second and third
jog bits I got up to 5 mph, then when my beeper when off back to the walk. Less
of a cramp issue on those. The last one I was getting tired, so I went up to 4.25
mph and then to the walk. I've yet to jog all around the lot in one jog interval.
1 min. isn't enough time for me to get around.
Paul did though, since he
was doing his intervals by distance-based rather than time-based. He'd run one
lap, walk one lap, then do another one. He looks funny running. I just realized
tonight that I never in all the seven years we've been together, seen him run
for a long time. It was odd. He said I look funny running to him too.
I
cut across the lot to catch up to him so we could cool down walk together. He
frogot to put on a wickgin shirt and his cotton T-shirt was drenched. He told
me his thighs and hamstrings were burning. Things he wants to work on -- endurance
and working up to 13.1 miles. Things I want to work on -- losing some weight to
ease pressure on my knees when I jog. Because if I want to try to do this next
Disney 3 hrs or better, I have to jog part of it. Once my time intervals stretch
out it will be interesting to see where I hold my speed and for how long. Right
now I can make any predictions for finishing times for Disney. To do it in 3 hrs
though, I know I have to have a 13 min, 44 sec per mile pace.
Checked all
my food junk for this week. (Got too tedious to do daily) Here's the averages:
- 1954 total calories per day average
- 58% of calories were carbs (285 g)
- 17% of calories were protein (82 g)
- 25% of calories were fat (54 g)
I'm
happy my proportions look happy for training. Also happy I lost 1 lb. Yay. :)
posted
by Cat "Astrophe" 3:05 AM
Sunday
Training
- Schedule: optional 15 min mile walk
- Actual: 50 min walk
- Distance: 2.6 miles
- Where: parking lot
- Speed: 3.1 mph average
- Calories
Burned: 296
We went out to the lots again at night. It was 90 deg
F today during the day. UGH! I did a plain walk rather than walk/jog because my
calf muscles were tight and I was the one in charge of our water bottle. It was
in the "purse" style holder and I didn't want to jog and have it bapping at my
legs. Paul didn't want to hold it because he planned on wogging. He did 3 intervals
instead of 4 like last night. We got home and my walk registered as a pretty even
speed all the way across except for two slight dips for when I paused to stretch
my calves again. I'm liking this SportBrain thing. I like seeing my workout graphs
in such detail! Paul, the speed demon, nailed 9 MPH and 8 min miles on his jog
bits on his graphs. (!!!!)
I'm beginning to think that if he felt like working
at it, he could probably place for his age group in a 5K or something. I mean,
this is how he runs after a hiatus of almost ten years and taking up smoking?!
Jeez! What on earth is he going to be like at Disney after spending a few months
training?!
posted by Cat "Astrophe" 11:34 PM
