Monthly archives for February, 2011

Unwise things…(including a forgotten post)

Feb28
2011 1 Comment Written by @drose0

Why is it you can’t eat just one slice of pizza? After being late getting home thanks to a mess at the bank trying to get my car loan moved we decided to go quick and order a pizza for dinner. Why is it no matter how much you know that pizza isn’t healthy, you can’t stop at one.. or two.. or three slices? I guess because they aren’t filling, or maybe just they are good (if you get it from the right place)?

Anyway, 1320 calories later of pizza I set out to go jogging at the gym. As I was leaving I realized I was an idiot that didn’t have my phone charged. I always rely on my phone for two purposes: 1) music, 2) a lap counter/stopwatch (both so I’ll know how fast each lap is and more importantly so I don’t have to track how many laps I’ve went since 1 mile = 20 laps at my gym). By the time I made it to the gym it had charged back to 24%. I hoped that would be enough, alas I was sorely mistaken.

After about 2 miles it gave me the 15% beep, and I thought that’d be good, only 9% in the last half hour.. but I think that final 15% lasted another 15 minutes as it cut at right at the 3 mile mark. Normally I’d post my lap count from my gym visits, but that got toasted when it dropped. Along with that, my exact lap count was with it. Luckily I had a good idea since I was anticipating the 5k mark approaching so when it died I assumed I was on lap 60. Once back in the truck and on charge I was able to pull up the app and verify that indeed, I was on lap 60.

So, lessons learned tonight: don’t eat 1320 calories of pizza and try to jog 4 miles with 24% battery life. It ain’t gonna happen. (Well, the 4 miles did happen)

Instead of my normal basketball routine I spent about 8 minutes on an elliptical afterwords. The court was too full so I headed to the wellness center to get in a bit more cardio, just to push my workout past the 1,000 calorie mark.

The lost story:

This was a busy weekend, so I forgot to post about my run on Saturday. Saturday was a beautiful day to go outside, and I did just that. I got in 4 miles and took in the glory of a nice spring day.

RunKeeper Log for 2/28/2011

Workout Recap:
Warmup: 2 laps (0.1mile)
Jog: 4 miles / 48’12″
Cooldown: 4 laps
Calories: 1,025 */*
Average Heart Rate: 157bpm*

* – Using my Polar HRM, not RunKeeper
** – Includes warm up and cooldown and approximately 8 minutes on an elliptical

RunKeeper Log for 2/26/2011

Workout Recap:
Jog: 4 miles / 46’40″
Calories: 798

Posted in Workout - Tagged 4mi, home, jog, outdoor, run, spring, track, YMCA

The good and the bad…

Feb25
2011 Leave a Comment Written by @drose0

Late posting this, but I guess it gives me time to bring in the good news. After a day off on Wednesday I hit the gym Thursday night for a 3.5 mile run. It must really be true that those first two miles are the worst, because I really tried talking myself into quiting about a mile in. Luckily, I was too determined to listen to that so I made it through, though in horrible time.

The good news of the bunch is as of this morning I’ve hit the 90lb mark in weight loss. If all goes well then I’m still on track to hit 100 by the beginning of April. If I can lose 100 lbs in less than a year that will be a major accomplishment…I say that with no intent on diminishing hitting 90lbs in less than a year, but a 3-digit number would be nicer.

RunKeeper Log for 2/24/2011

Workout Recap:
Warmup: 3 laps
Jog: 3.5 miles / 42’07″
Cooldown: 4 laps
Calories: 1,126 */**
Average Heart Rate: 159bpm*

* – Using my Polar HRM, not RunKeeper
** – Includes warm up and cooldown and approximately 18 minutes of shooting basketball

Posted in Workout - Tagged 3.5mi, basketball, jog, Lap Log, run, track, YMCA

Best improvement in a while!

Feb22
2011 Leave a Comment Written by @drose0

Wow… that was fun! I decided to push myself a bit harder tonight and it worked out pretty well. Going back through my data it looks like I averaged between 4.9 and 5.2mph/mile over the last few weeks. Tonight I pulled in at 5.52mph. That is a good improvement. Little by little. My goal is to run a sub-30 5k this year, and if I can keep improving like this I’ll have no problem doing so.

The bigger surprise for me in accomplishing this is that I didn’t get started until so late. Being at the hotel I’m unfortunately at the availability of the treadmill and the first 3 times I tried it was in use. I finally got started around 9:30 tonight and made it through with ease.

One thing that did help was the presence of a TV mounted to the treadmill. With my headphones attached I was able to easily watch some TV to make running a passive event while focusing on the show… doing so tends to help me not pay attention to how tired I am or how much I want to give up. By watching TV or listening to music I’m able to focus on that and in doing so running just happens. Tonight I was able to catch a rerun of one of my all-time favorite shows, How I Met Your Mother.

RunKeeper Log for 2/22/2011

Workout Recap:
Warmup: 6 minutes
Jog: 3.1 miles / 33’49″
Cooldown: 5 minutes
Calories: 650 **
Average Heart Rate: 166bpm
** – Includes warm up and cooldown

Posted in Workout - Tagged 3.1mi, 5k, hotel, jog, run, travel, treadmill

Why can’t it be spring yet?

Feb21
2011 Leave a Comment Written by @drose0

Today was one of those days of jealousy… I’m up in Cincinnati for a few days and the weather couldn’t be much different. Today in Lexington it was in the mid-60′s and for the most part dry; however here it was around the upper 30′s and major rain showers. Wouldn’t you know I forgot my jacket

This means no jogging outside today (as I had done the previous few days), but back on the treadmill. Treadmills always blow my mind because I can’t find the right speed for the right time. When I’m outside I can adjust easily to what I’m feeling, but on the treadmill it isn’t that easy. Hopefully I can get out the rest of the week and next week to get ready for my first 5k coming up in 12 days. Hopefully I’ll see some people I know there.

I’m slowly getting into form… eh, not really. I know my priorities now are to work on endurance, but I’d think during that time I’d improve speed naturally, but to this point I’ve got nothing. Some days I’m doing okay, other days I’m not… trying to figure out the combination that works… is it my diet, my warmup, my breathing, who knows… but at some point I’ll figure it out and get up to goal speed.

RunKeeper Log for 2/21/2011

Workout Recap:
Warmup: 5 minutes
Jog: 3.5 miles / 40’30″
Cooldown: 4 minutes
Calories: 757* / **
Average Heart Rate: 155bpm **
* – Using my Polar HRM, not RunKeeper
** – Includes warm up and cooldown

Posted in Workout - Tagged 3.5mi, hotel, jog, run, treadmill

Oh what a day…

Feb19
2011 Leave a Comment Written by @drose0

What a beautiful day! Sunny, slight breeze, 56′ and not a cloud in sight. And the perfect day to get out and run like you’ve never ran before. And that is exactly what I did today. With 14 days until my first 5K I decided to get in a long run. Since the experts recommend being able to run further than 3.1 miles before you run a 5k I decided to up that and get in 4 miles today (I had previously done 3.5 as my best). It was grueling (I really hate inclines), but in the end the feeling was awesome to complete it. I guess if I wanted to look at it this way, I’m 2/3 of the distance to a 10k now.

14 days until the first 5k…. this will be fun!

RunKeeper Log for 2/19/2011

Workout Recap:
Warmup: 5 minutes
Jog: 4 miles / 48’56″
Cooldown: 5 minutes
Calories: 896* / **
Average Heart Rate: 155bpm **
* – Using my Polar HRM, not RunKeeper
** – Includes 5 minute warm up and 5 minute cooldown

Posted in Workout - Tagged 4mi, afternoon, home, jog, outdoor, run, spring

Much better than two days ago

Feb18
2011 1 Comment Written by @drose0

With 15 days to go until my first 5K it is really starting to get crunch time. I k now I won’t have a great speed, but the point of these for now is merely to accomplish it. A great time would be nice, but that will come as my running abilities and physical fitness evolve.

The good news is, despite less sleep, less desire to get out this morning, and a rougher start (trying to pace my breathing, it was harder than normal for some reason), I still cut off 1 minute, 48 seconds from the same run 2 days ago.

For those of you wanting to join me, my first 5K is on March 5th. The link can be found on my Race Calendar link above.

RunKeeper Log for 2/18/2011

Workout Recap:
Jog: 3.1 miles / 35’47″
Calories: 630*
Average Heart Rate: 166bpm

* – Using my Polar HRM, not RunKeeper

Posted in Workout - Tagged 3.1mi, 5k, home, jog, morning, outdoor, run, spring

Guess who is back?

Feb16
2011 Leave a Comment Written by @drose0

You know who is back? Apparently “jogging-outdoors-in-the-morning-without-dressing-like-you-are-in-Siberia” weather! I’m totally excited about this. So this morning I got up and ran 3.1mi through my subdivision (or more like doing 4 laps around my subdivision). For once my heart rate monitor didn’t complain much, and typically lied much lower than where it averages. Though that also means I probably could have bumped up the pace, but being early in the morning and not having had breakfast yet I decided to keep it slow.

RunKeeper Log for 2/16/2011

Workout Recap:
Jog: 3.1 miles / 37’35″
Calories: 634*
Average Heart Rate: 160bpm

* – Using my Polar HRM, not RunKeeper

Posted in Workout - Tagged 3.1mi, 5k, home, jog, morning, outdoor, run, spring

Oops. Forgot about that run.

Feb16
2011 Leave a Comment Written by @drose0

So being in a rush on Valentine’s Day I forgot to post my training info.

RunKeeper Log for 2/14/2011

Workout Recap:
Warmup: 1 lap
Jog: 3.1 miles / 37’24″
Cool down: 2 minutes
Calories: 725

Posted in Workout - Tagged 3.1mi, 5k, jog, Lap Log, run, track, YMCA

A new weekly record…

Feb14
2011 Leave a Comment Written by @drose0

This is the first time I’ll say this, but hopefully not the last. In the last week I’ve logged more miles than any week in my life. Granted, I’m no pro, but for me running 11.3 miles in 7 days is a major feat. In doing so I got thin over 4 different days, 3.1mi each of Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and an easy 2 on Sunday. I really wanted to get out on Saturday to do 3.1mi but the life schedule did not allow it with the poor planning I had.

Even though the weather was wonderful on Sunday I didn’t have a chance to go until late in the evening. At that point I opted to head to the gym instead of going outside, due to the lack of light. I put in a pretty good 40 laps (20 for a mile) in 22’21″. Nothing blistering, but it is about consistency, not speed, at this point for me. I cut my time short on running to get in some time on the basketball court since I make my season debut tomorrow in our church league. Though I know how bad I am and that 25 minutes or so of practice won’t help, it is better than nothing.

Combining the two (2 miles + 25 minutes of basketball) I was able to log 838 calories. If I could get in 838 calories a day I’d definitely hit my target weight within the next few months. Right now my weight tracker is projecting an April 5th goal to hit my first main target and a June 13th date for my ultimate target. Time to get in some more 800+ days and bump those goals up by a few weeks.

RunKeeper Log for 2/13/2011

Workout Recap:
Warmup: 1 lap
Jog: 2 miles / 21’21″
Cool down: 2 minutes
Calories: 828*
Average Heart Rate: 160bpm*

*- Calories & Average Heart Rate include roughly 25 minutes of shooting basketball.

Posted in Workout - Tagged 2mi, basketball, jog, Lap Log, run, track, YMCA

Like a Rock…

Feb10
2011 Leave a Comment Written by @drose0

So tonight I was back home and decided to head down to the gym to do my 3rd 3.1 mile run of the week. Things started out good, at my normal pace and the first mile was pretty easy. That second mile is a killer though. By the time I made it to about 38 laps (20 laps = a mile) I started to change my plan to only run 2 miles instead of the 3.1 I wanted to do. Knowing this was silly and that I had to overcome my own doubts I pushed on and finished. The interesting thing that came up is that around lap 60 (out of 62) the song “Like a Rock” by Bob Seger came on my music… it was interesting to think that I had doubts but at the end I had this affirmation that I can do this and anything else with the right training… and to this point I’ve had the right training on running 3.1 miles.

The opening lyrics of “Like a Rock” are: “Stood there bodly \ Sweatin’ in the sun \ Felt like a million \ felt like number one …” That kinda clicked to my mind that 3 months ago I had never ran more than 30 seconds continuously in my life…within the last week I’ve ran about 10 miles. At that point I felt like a million.

RunKeeper Log for 2/10/2011

Workout Recap:
Warmup: 1 lap
Jog: 3.1 miles / 36’29″
Cool down: 3 minutes
Calories: 1,042*
Average Heart Rate: 168bpm

*- Calories & Average Heart Rate include roughly 15 minutes of shooting basketball.

Posted in Workout - Tagged 3.1mi, 5k, jog, Lap Log, run, track, YMCA

Monthly archives for February, 2011

Unwise things…(including a forgotten post)

The good and the bad…

Best improvement in a while!

Why can’t it be spring yet?

Oh what a day…

Much better than two days ago

Guess who is back?

Oops. Forgot about that run.

A new weekly record…

Like a Rock…

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