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Monday Sep 24, 2012 #
7 AM
Running 48:21 6.6 km (7:19 / km) +115m 6:44 / km
ahr:142 max:155 shoes: Darth Vader sauconys
Max 70% trundle round East Rock. Cold this morning! (Yes, I am now officially a wimp). Also managed to pick the only part of the day when it was raining, but it wasn't too bad. Runny nose and scratchy throat but HR normal at this pace, so I am concluding allergies. Need to remember to take pills before bed to try and avoid the sleepiness and so they're working for morning runs.
9 AM
Cross Fit 1:00:31
ahr:122 max:184 shoes: Darth Vader sauconys
Birthday workout for Rob! And no one else came, so we got the unexpected present of a personal training session. Excellent. Lots of deadlifts with light weight, DB rows, hang cleans, ring rows and some airdyne. Ring rows bizarrely the worst thing, coming straight after the hang cleans.
Sunday Sep 23, 2012 #
11 AM
Orienteering 1:04:35 8.39 km (7:42 / km) +125m 7:10 / km
ahr:179 max:189
Eurgh. Something was not right today. It was a beautiful day, courses were great, woods a little wind swept but some lovely patches too. But my lungs refused to breathe. Chest was tight the whole way, meaning running uphill was almost impossible, and flat was limited. Downhill was fun, but hmm. Legs were certainly tired from a heavy week too, but that wouldn't have been too bad without the lung stuff.
Difficult to tell whether this is allergy or sickness - no other symptoms but HR is high (but then it would be if I was struggling to breathe!). Blah. I guess unless I wake up and feel dreadful tomorrow, it's probably allergies and I should probably just take the silly anti histamines.
Navigation wise, started very sloppy, them remembered when my compass was and did better later on. Really confused myself on the way to ten, was thinking too far ahead and thought I'd hit the big stream/lake, when I was actually just at the bottom of the hill. Then took a dreadful straight route to 11. Not too bad otherwise though.
Part I
http://www.sprintseries.org/doma/show_map.php?user...
Part II
http://www.sprintseries.org/doma/show_map.php?user...
I wasn't sure about the location of number 14, i wanted to go further to the right, and I think maybe it was mishung? Anyone else feel a bit funny about it?
Difficult to tell whether this is allergy or sickness - no other symptoms but HR is high (but then it would be if I was struggling to breathe!). Blah. I guess unless I wake up and feel dreadful tomorrow, it's probably allergies and I should probably just take the silly anti histamines.
Navigation wise, started very sloppy, them remembered when my compass was and did better later on. Really confused myself on the way to ten, was thinking too far ahead and thought I'd hit the big stream/lake, when I was actually just at the bottom of the hill. Then took a dreadful straight route to 11. Not too bad otherwise though.
Part I
http://www.sprintseries.org/doma/show_map.php?user...
Part II
http://www.sprintseries.org/doma/show_map.php?user...
I wasn't sure about the location of number 14, i wanted to go further to the right, and I think maybe it was mishung? Anyone else feel a bit funny about it?
C • 14 1
Saturday Sep 22, 2012 #
Note
Mmm, day of rest. Lovely easy day in East Rock and Whitneyville with Rob. Must do many orienteering tomorrow, it's about time I headed to Huntington after Stratton Brook.
Friday Sep 21, 2012 #
Note
Crash! but my talk went very well and my late night experiment from last night was also very pleasing. So I can switch off now without worrying.
5 AM
Cross Fit 1:00:48
ahr:118 max:171 shoes: Darth Vader sauconys
Woah! There is a time called 4.45am. It's when you have to get up to go to 5.30 Cross Fit. It's also clinically insane. Still, my talk at 8.45 today meant it was my only option if I didn't want to wile away my evening, so here went nothing. Easyish workout. 8 minutes to build to a heavy 8 rep shoulder press (53lb was my max, weak!), then 3 sets of 10m bear crawl, 10 pull ups, 10 sit ups with butterfly legs off 4 minutes.
Update: I still suck at pull ups. Good fun though, nice crowd made the time less daunting.
Update: I still suck at pull ups. Good fun though, nice crowd made the time less daunting.
Running 36:59 6.86 km (5:23 / km) +193m 4:44 / km
ahr:168 max:181 shoes: Darth Vader sauconys
And then headed out as the sun was rising for a recovery jog. The hill up to the Quinnipiac campus is long and tough, but it was worth it - the almost 350 view from the top was amazing - better than from Sleeping Giant. Lots of mist in the valley, the Hanging Hills very prominent stuck out quite alone, farms on hillsides, and on the way back down, turkeys in the fields. Really a very lovely time to be out and a fantastic spot for residences. I doubt the students appreciate it quite so much!
Thursday Sep 20, 2012 #
8 AM
Running 52:52 8.94 km (5:55 / km) +212m 5:17 / km
ahr:164 max:186 shoes: Darth Vader sauconys
Gorgeous morning, actually chilly out despite my late start. I really missed the best part of the year here when I went home last year. Warm up, 4 x 4 mins with 3 mins rest, then home. Had a wee longer rest in the middle when I blew my nose and accidentally gave myself a nose bleed. Chest is a little tight, but looking at previous years I think it's just allergies. I sometimes take anti histamines but even the non drowsy ones make me so sleepy by mid afternoon that it's better just to put up with the sniffles. Caught Rob at Lulu's on the way home and strolled the final bit clutching a warm coffee. The new barista is awesome. Morning win!
Wednesday Sep 19, 2012 #
7 PM
Cross Fit 1:04:45 0.0 km
ahr:100 max:159 shoes: Darth Vader sauconys
Easy one on the heart rate today, tough on the core. Ten minutes to warm up to a 5 rep heavy front squat, made it through a few iterations to 83lb I think. Then 4 sets of 8 ring rows (slowly down, hold at the top), 60 secs rest, 8 weighted step ups, (no push off), 60 seconds side plank. Rob aced the side planks, I was struggling to hold for that long. Then tried out a restaurant by our new place, which we will be moving into in a month or so as we signed the lease and paid up today. Yey! The restaurant was okay, not bad for a 1 minute walk.
Edit: I forgot the ten punishment burpees Jeremy made us do at the end. He also made me nearly vom when he did press ups with his hands turned inwards - with fingers facing the body. Eurgh.
Edit: I forgot the ten punishment burpees Jeremy made us do at the end. He also made me nearly vom when he did press ups with his hands turned inwards - with fingers facing the body. Eurgh.
C • how 7
Tuesday Sep 18, 2012 #
6 PM
Running 14:34 2.75 km (5:18 / km) +23m 5:05 / km
ahr:164 max:178 shoes: Darth Vader sauconys
Warm up along the Farmington Canal and back along the road. Blustery out there! Feeling good.
Cross Fit 42:37 0.92 km (46:10 / km) +12m 43:21 / km
ahr:126 max:188 shoes: Darth Vader sauconys
Endurance session. I wish they would post in advance so I could do intervals separately when they're not running. Saying that, this was a tough but very short workout with plenty of thigh burn. We did lots of drills to start which were really fun, my hammies were tired from the deadlifts when we were trying to engage them. Then some excellent stretching, then the workout. In teams of three one person did 10 medicine ball slams, while the other cycled as fast as possible on the airdyne. The other got a rest. These were short and sharp and the airdyne really hurts when you go all out. I was with Cindy and Jesus, and got the most work as I got to rest when Jesus was medicine balling, which was very short, and worked when Cindy was on, which was a little longer. Then some great stretches against the wall which I may incorporate into a daily routine as they felt amazing.
Running 20:40 3.63 km (5:41 / km) +112m 4:56 / km
ahr:172 max:182 shoes: Darth Vader sauconys
Warm down run. Went up the hill and explored the Quinnipiac campus a bit, but then it got super super windy to the extent that I couldn't breathe and I thought being on top of a big hill was probably not the best idea, and came down again.