Training Log Archive: Run_Bosco

Rick's Open House course!

Head was not ready for orienteering, visited #2 twice, bumped into Kate, and once we got into the tricky nav-using-only-veg section, I decided to hang out with Kate. It was a good call, because I think I would have gotten extra confused on my own and we wouldn't have been able to communicate about how long we wanted to stay out.

Due to daylight, we did cut the course short. Felt nice to be in the woods, though.

Morning smoothie: mixed berries, plain greek yogurt, almond butter, big splash of coconut milk.

Did the full workout!

SECTION ONE

Jumping Squats - began to feel easy in comparison to the other 2 exercises.

Wall Ball - I went with a 12lb instead of 14lb ball; was struggling at the end, so I think this is fine.

Box Jumps - felt more even this time, less lopsided, and less scary.

...doing this really jacks up my heart rate! It wasn't really coming down much between sets, so I was like, "oh well," and did another. Also, not 100% sure if I was supposed to rest between sets, but seems like I should.


SECTION TWO

Instead of doing each once and repeating the circuit, I did each exercise twice as I did them. The gym wasn't crowded, but I figure it's easier to get the equipment you want if you just use it once.


Pull Ups @ "17" - struggled for the last few, so amt. of assistance is perfect.

Bench Stepover - right leg still sucks in comparison to left, but a noted improvement over last time. I couldn't remember if each side counted as "one" or if it was every-other side. So I counted every-other side and did 10, twice. Really felt it in the last few reps each time, and had to sit/collapse to recover. Fun!

Knees to chest - wore my running knickers and really began to feel overheated doing this. Could feel that morning smoothie coming back too!

Push ups - I might've made this too easy. Difficulty depends on my body angle.

Curtsy lunges 15lbs per hand - Spaced out and counted to 20, then was like, "did I just do 20?" So I did 10 more and focused on getting full range and not popping back up too early.

And, done! From the time I departed the locker room to the time I finished my workout, 35 minutes elapsed. I figure about 7 minutes of resting, so I recorded 28min of workout.

Run to/from the gym. Well, ran to the gym, waddled home.

Taking advantage of my Ballard Health Club membership, I made an appointment with their nutritionist.

Most of the meeting was a review of the basics that I already knew, or at least a paradigm that I was familiar with. And the takeaways I was given were very simple.

1. Eat when hungry
2. Be present while eating

After focusing on that for 2 weeks, add:

3. Stop eating when satisfied
4. Eat slower

Really, really basic stuff. But my hunch is that the angle is to start with basic stuff, so as to not scare clients off with drastic changes.

Also,

In my self report, I wrote that I drink between 1 and 3 beers a day. The nutritionist said that I didn't need to change this (yet). WHAT. No guilt trip for drinking up to 3 beers a day??! I can just keep doing it?!!

Yeah, I think she's playing the long game. Gaining my trust with easy, attainable goals. Then as the goals ramp up, I'll come to my own realization that I need to reduce beer intake, instead of the nutritionist telling me to do it.

I see what's going on.

Last cyclocross race on my calendar, and I finally stuffed my pockets full of candy and tossed it at spectators as I rode the course, which is the reverse of the tradition of spectators handing out whiskey shots/beer/dollar bills/french fries/donuts to the racers.

A special shout out to Fer Fun'k Sake, for the double-dare! I dared her to go to a track workout, and in return, I had to toss candy at Woodland Park.

She was even there in person to see it happen!