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Friday Jan 6, 2012 #
9 PM
Cycling 21:10
ahr:124 max:141
20 minutes on the bike trainer at the gym. Felt good---was pushing hard but my HR didn't get too high.
10 PM
Swimming 14:00 [3] 0.2 km (1:10:00 / km)
8 lengths of the pool. Did 60 sec recoveries for the first 4 lengths, then had to drop to 90 seconds. My 8th length was a total mess. My HR felt fine, and my arms actually felt pretty good, but I just couldn't coordinate the motions---I lost rhythm 3 times on the last length, and decided doing more was going to encourage poor technique. Definitely getting better.
Gave some stranded motorists a jump start.
Watched 127 Hours. The deleted scenes and alternate ending were good---the alternate ending especially. My niece thought it helped explain the story---she wasn't sure he made it with the original ending (I thought it was obvious, but this is an interesting finding.)
Gave some stranded motorists a jump start.
Watched 127 Hours. The deleted scenes and alternate ending were good---the alternate ending especially. My niece thought it helped explain the story---she wasn't sure he made it with the original ending (I thought it was obvious, but this is an interesting finding.)
Thursday Jan 5, 2012 #
9 PM
Cycling 30:52
ahr:138 max:158
Cycling at the gym. 20 minutes on the normal bike, then 10 on the recumbent with wattmeter. Managed 160 for 3 or 4 minutes, then dropped to 125 for the remainder of the ten.
The last 10 minutes really took it out of me.
The last 10 minutes really took it out of me.
Monday Jan 2, 2012 #
8 PM
Swimming 30:00 [3] 0.3 km (1:40:00 / km)
12 lengths of the pool, with 90 seconds recovery (2 minutes on a few, 60 on 1 or 2).
Felt a lot better than last week (when I did 14 lengths). My HR just seems a lot lower than last week, and the recovery faster. Toward the end of the workout, my HR had recovered, but my arms took another 30-60 seconds to de-pump. I think the first thing to go as I get tired is breathing on my weak side. My strong side is just smooth and natural, but as I get tired my weak side has to be this massive violent lurch to the left so I can get my head out of the water to breathe. I know I'm doing something wrong.
Felt a lot better than last week (when I did 14 lengths). My HR just seems a lot lower than last week, and the recovery faster. Toward the end of the workout, my HR had recovered, but my arms took another 30-60 seconds to de-pump. I think the first thing to go as I get tired is breathing on my weak side. My strong side is just smooth and natural, but as I get tired my weak side has to be this massive violent lurch to the left so I can get my head out of the water to breathe. I know I'm doing something wrong.
9 PM
Cycling 15:00 [3]
15 minutes on an exercise bike. Had to leave early.
I believe the twinges I felt a month or so ago in my arch were the begins of a more serious type of plantar fasciitis. I'm going to stop using the elliptical, at least for a while. After my night-o on Saturday night, I sat down at the computer to do results, and when I stood up a half-hour later, my heel was mega-sore. I might need to get some squishier O' shoes.
I believe the twinges I felt a month or so ago in my arch were the begins of a more serious type of plantar fasciitis. I'm going to stop using the elliptical, at least for a while. After my night-o on Saturday night, I sat down at the computer to do results, and when I stood up a half-hour later, my heel was mega-sore. I might need to get some squishier O' shoes.
Saturday Dec 31, 2011 #
11 PM
Night O' race 1:29:17 7.24 km (12:20 / km) +99m 11:32 / km
ahr:161 max:186 shoes: Adidas Tri-Star Cleats ($35)
New Year's Eve Night O at Timberhill Camp (part of Rentschler Park in Hamilton, Ohio).
I finished with 43 seconds to spare. A bobble on the second-to-last control (the shortest leg on the course, basically all trail) almost put me overtime. I'm confident it was in the right spot, but the map wasn't so good to the west and south of the control---it may appear different in daylight, I suppose. I'm not complaining---This is a normal sort of issue for a local event.
I really should have spent the night there. If I'd taken a sleeping bag or a few blankets, I would have.
I don't know if it was the swimming intervals I've been doing (with very high HR), but I felt really good out there tonight. It took me at least ten or fifteen minutes to get going, but then I was able to push pretty hard and maintain a kinda high HR. (I was going slow on even minor uphills at the end.) I just noticed my normal gym workout seems to peak out at 155 or 160, and I just hate pushing on the machines. The swimming is kinda free high intensity---I don't have to think about it or push for my HR to go really high.
I finished with 43 seconds to spare. A bobble on the second-to-last control (the shortest leg on the course, basically all trail) almost put me overtime. I'm confident it was in the right spot, but the map wasn't so good to the west and south of the control---it may appear different in daylight, I suppose. I'm not complaining---This is a normal sort of issue for a local event.
I really should have spent the night there. If I'd taken a sleeping bag or a few blankets, I would have.
I don't know if it was the swimming intervals I've been doing (with very high HR), but I felt really good out there tonight. It took me at least ten or fifteen minutes to get going, but then I was able to push pretty hard and maintain a kinda high HR. (I was going slow on even minor uphills at the end.) I just noticed my normal gym workout seems to peak out at 155 or 160, and I just hate pushing on the machines. The swimming is kinda free high intensity---I don't have to think about it or push for my HR to go really high.