I know I know, not something you want to hear and with the weather we are having you would never guess it, HOWEVER, when it is dark outside when you get up and dark when you get off work that only means 1 thing....winter. This morning it was dark AND I could see my breath....yikes. Anyone know where I can get winter/all season tires for cheap?????
Guess what I did yesterday....you'll never guess so I might as well just tell you. Are you ready for this...I went SWIMMING! Yes I did. It was cold, it was wet, but it wasn't totally awful. Chad didn't have a swimming buddy last night, so I took one for the team and joined him at the pool. I got off of the warm couch where I was nice and warm reading my book and joined him at the pool. He did amazing...there were a few distance records broken last night. I will keep you in suspense and let him tell you about it, but I was VeRy impressed:)
I also went for a run, I just couldn't pass up 19 degrees at the end of October. I think I shouldn't have gone for so long, I only went for an hour but I felt like I could have a nap when I got back:) It was good though, I like running because I let my mind wander and it is good stress relief.
Tonight I am headed to spin class and to the gym. Catchya lata.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Sunny Days!
Hey,
Well I was able to convince myself to stay home on Monday and not go to the gym! I was not idle at home, but at least I wasn't in a germ infested environment and making myself worse. AND our house is nice and clean:)
Yesterday I was feeling good by the time the afternoon rolled around. I went to spin class last night only to find Katy patiently waiting for someone to come so she could get on her bike. I got everything ready and was on my bike at 6:30. Class went really well, Katy was teaching since Greg is off in Florida Ironmaning.....well not until Saturday.... maybe sightseeing right now??? Greg I think you need to update your blog so us nosey people can see what you are up to:):):) Anyway, I hit a new high for my accelerations-146! Yeah me. I only hit it once but hey I beat 140 and that's all that matters to me. When we were doing the high cadence stuff last night my heart rate went up to around 171 bpm! Yikes. I thought I was going to keel over and fall off my bike. It is always worse when you can see how hard you are working! After class I went and did a quick back workout and then I went home to lounge around for the rest of the night.
It is so nice and sunny outside right now that I am going to go for a nice run today. It is supposed to hit 19 degrees....I can't pass this up! I am feeling better again today, still not 100% but I can function and train! I think I will hit the gym again tonight if I am not too tired after work.
Well I was able to convince myself to stay home on Monday and not go to the gym! I was not idle at home, but at least I wasn't in a germ infested environment and making myself worse. AND our house is nice and clean:)
Yesterday I was feeling good by the time the afternoon rolled around. I went to spin class last night only to find Katy patiently waiting for someone to come so she could get on her bike. I got everything ready and was on my bike at 6:30. Class went really well, Katy was teaching since Greg is off in Florida Ironmaning.....well not until Saturday.... maybe sightseeing right now??? Greg I think you need to update your blog so us nosey people can see what you are up to:):):) Anyway, I hit a new high for my accelerations-146! Yeah me. I only hit it once but hey I beat 140 and that's all that matters to me. When we were doing the high cadence stuff last night my heart rate went up to around 171 bpm! Yikes. I thought I was going to keel over and fall off my bike. It is always worse when you can see how hard you are working! After class I went and did a quick back workout and then I went home to lounge around for the rest of the night.
It is so nice and sunny outside right now that I am going to go for a nice run today. It is supposed to hit 19 degrees....I can't pass this up! I am feeling better again today, still not 100% but I can function and train! I think I will hit the gym again tonight if I am not too tired after work.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Under the Weather
Hey Bloggers!
Sorry for the lack of updating last week. I still have my cold....it took me about a week to listen to my body and take a break! Yesterday I went to work and Shauna (who rocks by the way:) sent me home. She gave me the option to stay but as I stood there feeling dizzy and needing to sit down I threw in the towel and I went home. This is the first time since high school I went home sick...and that time I had strep (sp?) throat and was highly contagious!
Yesterday I slept...I went home and slept on my couch all day. I woke up around 9:30 (Chad was sleeping too, maybe he was having sympathy sickness:), I had a shower, got some stuff together for work and went to bed. Talk about exciting!
I am going to back track here:
I took Wednesday off since I don't get off work until 7ish and wasn't feeling great.
I felt really good on Thursday so I went to spin class and went to the gym after to lift weights. When I got up on Friday I didn't feel too bad, but by the time 5:00 rolled around something wasn't right. I went home and slept (yet again), when I woke up I went to the gym. I shouldn't have gone but that type A personality of mine won out and I went anyway.
When I woke up on Saturday I felt like death. I was the only one who could work the women's show that morning so I sucked it up and went. After working at the show I should have stayed home but didn't...I went to my hair appointment anyway. Chad called me after I was done there and said that they were at the mall and we were going out for dinner and then to a movie....again probably should have went home but didn't.
Have I learned my lesson....I hope so. I am not very good at taking it easy and if I do it will usually be for one day before I try again. Having said that however I do have a bag full of gym clothes in the back of my car....just in case I feel better and want to train after work!
Sorry for the lack of updating last week. I still have my cold....it took me about a week to listen to my body and take a break! Yesterday I went to work and Shauna (who rocks by the way:) sent me home. She gave me the option to stay but as I stood there feeling dizzy and needing to sit down I threw in the towel and I went home. This is the first time since high school I went home sick...and that time I had strep (sp?) throat and was highly contagious!
Yesterday I slept...I went home and slept on my couch all day. I woke up around 9:30 (Chad was sleeping too, maybe he was having sympathy sickness:), I had a shower, got some stuff together for work and went to bed. Talk about exciting!
I am going to back track here:
I took Wednesday off since I don't get off work until 7ish and wasn't feeling great.
I felt really good on Thursday so I went to spin class and went to the gym after to lift weights. When I got up on Friday I didn't feel too bad, but by the time 5:00 rolled around something wasn't right. I went home and slept (yet again), when I woke up I went to the gym. I shouldn't have gone but that type A personality of mine won out and I went anyway.
When I woke up on Saturday I felt like death. I was the only one who could work the women's show that morning so I sucked it up and went. After working at the show I should have stayed home but didn't...I went to my hair appointment anyway. Chad called me after I was done there and said that they were at the mall and we were going out for dinner and then to a movie....again probably should have went home but didn't.
Have I learned my lesson....I hope so. I am not very good at taking it easy and if I do it will usually be for one day before I try again. Having said that however I do have a bag full of gym clothes in the back of my car....just in case I feel better and want to train after work!
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
I'm going to Idaho!
I signed up for yet another race last night. It is official now, I am doing the Ironman 70.3 in Boise, Idaho next June! The thing that I like about this race is that it is on a Saturday and it doesn't start until 2pm. That's awesome!
In the last couple of days I have gotten some good training in. Monday I went for a run after work, I got 40 mins in there. After that I went to the gym and did a leg workout. I could tell that I didn't do weights last week! Consistency in any kind of training is sooooo important. Anywho I made myself good and sore and I wasn't ready to be done yet so I hoped on the trainer for another 30 min...nice n easy.
Last night was spin class. I was having major technical issues, well actually not so major but they were major to ME! I was hoping that I would have my heart rate monitor...no such luck. And once I got there I discovered, well actually Greg discovered that I need to replace my battery in the sensor on my bike as well! So I was heart rate-less and cadence-less; I felt a little lost and I had to keep staring at peoples legs trying figure out how fast I should be going. It was still a tough training session. I don't know about anyone else but when we are constantly spinning at 120/130 my heart rate does not stay in the aerobic zone! I didn't need my HR monitor on to tell me that one! Despite not having any of my techno gear I felt like I worked hard and was sweating up a storm.
The bad news is I think after having sick people traipse in and out of my office for a week my immune system has let me down. That combined with no sleep doesn't help the body out too much. Nothing too bad, just a case of the sniffles. Well I better get back to work now:)
Leslie
Monday, October 20, 2008
Lots to do!
Last week was a busy one. I felt like I had tons to do but not enough time to do it in! I will start at the beginning!
Tuesday. On Tuesday I was feeling really motivated and wanted to train....so I did! I went for an easy 35 minute run in the afternoon, it was awesome! I felt like I was running on clouds. That night we had spin class and it felt like Greg upped the anti a little this week! We did accelerations...where I hit 142...which is good for me! Then we did some cadence work which means our legs spin around really fast....but he tells us where to hold it and for how long. I am glad that my heart rate monitor was broken because I think it was pretty high!
Wednesday. Hmmmm. I think I went for another run. That sounds right anyway. I went for about 50 minutes and again I felt grrrrrreat. I had a hard time getting my butt out the door but once I did it was smooth sailing.
On Wednesday night I didn't get much sleep. We have a neighbor (2 floors up) who plays loud music until about 4:30am...sometimes longer. All I can hear is the thump, thump, thump through the floor. It sucked, 3 hours of sleep is not good. This has happened a couple of times now and I am going to file a noise complaint with the board. I would imagine I am not the only one who can hear it.
Thursday. I felt like a bag of crap. It was all I had to make it through the day at work and go to spin. Blah. On those same accelerations where I hit 142 on Tuesday I could only hit 134....yikes. My legs just couldn't do it. I was happy that we did aerobic threshold stuff that night because I find it a little easier. I went home and crashed after class.
Friday. Again I felt like a big pile of crap. Not sleeping for 1 night usually throws me off for a couple of days....I am a little high maintenance when it comes to sleeping. I didn't do much on Friday, we had a staff dinner that night and I had agreed to go out with a couple of friends so that took up my training time on Friday. I am ready to go back to my hermit life of training for a bit now though! I usually can take off during the day for a run but I had a doctors appointment as well. I officially have eczema...which I knew I had but dry skin sucks. I go through more lotion than anyone I know. He gave me some super steroid cream which has been working wonders already:)
Saturday. Once I rolled out of bed Chad and I headed to the Tech Shop and out for lunch with some of his clients. He entered 4 teams into the Gorilla Run, 3 people per team and each had to run about 5 km. At lunch we visited, answered questions...there were a few rookie's so there were lots of questions! After lunch we went out to run some more errands, still couldn't get my heart rate monitor battery...grrrr. Who closes their store a 2pm on a Saturday, how random. We finished up the day by meeting up with Tom and Darl for dinner.
Sunday. This turned out to be a long day for me. We (well I) was awake at 6:40 am. I managed to coax Chad out of bed, we got ready, and we were off to the race. We met up with everyone in the Zoo parking lot. Kuodos to Chad for organising this...it takes a lot of work! The race went well, everyone seemed to have a good time. A little chilly however, I thought poor Greg was going to get hypothermia....all that Ironman training doesn't leave you with much insulation:)
After everyone finished up the race it was off to work for me. I say this every week but this was the busiest we have been in a long time on a Sunday. I was run off my feet. When I got home after work my legs were aching like they do after a really tough workout. An entire day of standing and walking around was tough! Last night Chad and I rented some movies and hung out...with various intervals of sleeping:)
Today I want to get a run in....not too sure if that will happen. Either way I will be at the gym to pump some iron. I didn't make it there once last week, that's not good! Hopefully I will be able to get more training in this week and back into my routine!
Leslie
Tuesday. On Tuesday I was feeling really motivated and wanted to train....so I did! I went for an easy 35 minute run in the afternoon, it was awesome! I felt like I was running on clouds. That night we had spin class and it felt like Greg upped the anti a little this week! We did accelerations...where I hit 142...which is good for me! Then we did some cadence work which means our legs spin around really fast....but he tells us where to hold it and for how long. I am glad that my heart rate monitor was broken because I think it was pretty high!
Wednesday. Hmmmm. I think I went for another run. That sounds right anyway. I went for about 50 minutes and again I felt grrrrrreat. I had a hard time getting my butt out the door but once I did it was smooth sailing.
On Wednesday night I didn't get much sleep. We have a neighbor (2 floors up) who plays loud music until about 4:30am...sometimes longer. All I can hear is the thump, thump, thump through the floor. It sucked, 3 hours of sleep is not good. This has happened a couple of times now and I am going to file a noise complaint with the board. I would imagine I am not the only one who can hear it.
Thursday. I felt like a bag of crap. It was all I had to make it through the day at work and go to spin. Blah. On those same accelerations where I hit 142 on Tuesday I could only hit 134....yikes. My legs just couldn't do it. I was happy that we did aerobic threshold stuff that night because I find it a little easier. I went home and crashed after class.
Friday. Again I felt like a big pile of crap. Not sleeping for 1 night usually throws me off for a couple of days....I am a little high maintenance when it comes to sleeping. I didn't do much on Friday, we had a staff dinner that night and I had agreed to go out with a couple of friends so that took up my training time on Friday. I am ready to go back to my hermit life of training for a bit now though! I usually can take off during the day for a run but I had a doctors appointment as well. I officially have eczema...which I knew I had but dry skin sucks. I go through more lotion than anyone I know. He gave me some super steroid cream which has been working wonders already:)
Saturday. Once I rolled out of bed Chad and I headed to the Tech Shop and out for lunch with some of his clients. He entered 4 teams into the Gorilla Run, 3 people per team and each had to run about 5 km. At lunch we visited, answered questions...there were a few rookie's so there were lots of questions! After lunch we went out to run some more errands, still couldn't get my heart rate monitor battery...grrrr. Who closes their store a 2pm on a Saturday, how random. We finished up the day by meeting up with Tom and Darl for dinner.
Sunday. This turned out to be a long day for me. We (well I) was awake at 6:40 am. I managed to coax Chad out of bed, we got ready, and we were off to the race. We met up with everyone in the Zoo parking lot. Kuodos to Chad for organising this...it takes a lot of work! The race went well, everyone seemed to have a good time. A little chilly however, I thought poor Greg was going to get hypothermia....all that Ironman training doesn't leave you with much insulation:)
After everyone finished up the race it was off to work for me. I say this every week but this was the busiest we have been in a long time on a Sunday. I was run off my feet. When I got home after work my legs were aching like they do after a really tough workout. An entire day of standing and walking around was tough! Last night Chad and I rented some movies and hung out...with various intervals of sleeping:)
Today I want to get a run in....not too sure if that will happen. Either way I will be at the gym to pump some iron. I didn't make it there once last week, that's not good! Hopefully I will be able to get more training in this week and back into my routine!
Leslie
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Pictures
Here are a few pictures from our trip!
Gonzaga University
Chad's pointing at Bill Peters; who taught us a couple of classes in University and was the coach of the mens hockey team.
Me, Pre-game
Chad at the game...it is impressive that he looked away from the play so I could take this pic!
View of Spokane from the finish line, the finish was actually on a bridge.
Shooting stuff
Chad shooting stuff
Me in front of the Aqarium inside Cabela's
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Weekend in Spokane!
Hey guys,
Well I will start with the race since that's why we went down there in the first place! First off it was freezing cold....the sun was warm but the air was a little on the frigid side. Chad started first so we waited until the 1/2 started and he was off and running. I stood there in the cold for 15 more minutes before my race started. By the time I got to run I was outside for 30 minutes and my feet and hands were numb!
I have come to a conclusion about race course descriptions. When they say that it is a "challenging" or "hilly" it usually is. When they say that is a "mostly flat" course - THEY LIE!
This "mostly flat" course was 2.5 miles of gradual uphill and then a little down hill with 2 more hills. I don't know what "mostly flat" is but that was not it.
Anyway the course was very beautiful, all through downtown and the university campus. Not having run anything shorter than 21km (in a tri) since around april/may I was sucking wind big time. You may think a shorter race is easier....not when you run faster! Ouch. For and end of the year race I am happy with how I did, I think my time was 45min 27 sec? Something to that effect (I am too lazy to look it up again:). Not my fastest race, but hey not bad for not training!
Once I finished I went to get the camera and waited for Speedy Gonzallas to come in. Chad had an awesome race....waaaaay under is goal time, 1:48:something.
Okay onto the weekend highlights:
- Shopping! We did lots of it. We hit up the Zags store, a couple of malls, we found the best sports store EVER downtown, Cabela's (more on that later), and of course many a Fred Meyer!
- Chiefs game. I forgot how much I love live sports. Doesn't matter what it is. I used to watch tons of hockey when Chad was playing, but now we have been limited to the occasional flames game. It was a lot of fun. It was a toss up who to cheer for. The head coach for Spokane last year was the old coach for the U of L hockey team...who taught me (or tried to) to play hockey. Everett however does have really good outlet shopping malls (only a girl can reason this way...I know). Good ole coach Peters won out though and I cheered for the Chiefs!
- Tomato Street. This is the best smelling restaurant I have ever been in! Yummy. That's about it....good food:)
- Cabelas. Chad and I were wandering around in Cabelas looking at all of the animals, fish, etc when we came across a gun game. They had targets all set up and you could shoot at them for points etc. Chad decided to challenge me to a couple of games (keep in mind I am from the Yukon!). Well right off the bat I whooped his butt. He was getting quite upset....Chad doesn't like to loose. The guns were actual gun weight so my the end of the third game (20 shots per game) my shoulders were burning and Chad started making up all of these rules about what we could shoot. At this point he was still loosing so he had to make it up some how:) In the end it was a tie, he did keep "accidentally" hitting me....what a cheater....can't loose to a girl!
I think that covers all of the highlights. This race has motivated me to get back into regular training again. Nothing too crazy but maybe a little more structure. I am still playing around with the idea of running in the Last Chance 1/2, we'll see what happens. Off to spin class tonight and maybe squeeze in a run today!
Leslie
Well I will start with the race since that's why we went down there in the first place! First off it was freezing cold....the sun was warm but the air was a little on the frigid side. Chad started first so we waited until the 1/2 started and he was off and running. I stood there in the cold for 15 more minutes before my race started. By the time I got to run I was outside for 30 minutes and my feet and hands were numb!
I have come to a conclusion about race course descriptions. When they say that it is a "challenging" or "hilly" it usually is. When they say that is a "mostly flat" course - THEY LIE!
This "mostly flat" course was 2.5 miles of gradual uphill and then a little down hill with 2 more hills. I don't know what "mostly flat" is but that was not it.
Anyway the course was very beautiful, all through downtown and the university campus. Not having run anything shorter than 21km (in a tri) since around april/may I was sucking wind big time. You may think a shorter race is easier....not when you run faster! Ouch. For and end of the year race I am happy with how I did, I think my time was 45min 27 sec? Something to that effect (I am too lazy to look it up again:). Not my fastest race, but hey not bad for not training!
Once I finished I went to get the camera and waited for Speedy Gonzallas to come in. Chad had an awesome race....waaaaay under is goal time, 1:48:something.
Okay onto the weekend highlights:
- Shopping! We did lots of it. We hit up the Zags store, a couple of malls, we found the best sports store EVER downtown, Cabela's (more on that later), and of course many a Fred Meyer!
- Chiefs game. I forgot how much I love live sports. Doesn't matter what it is. I used to watch tons of hockey when Chad was playing, but now we have been limited to the occasional flames game. It was a lot of fun. It was a toss up who to cheer for. The head coach for Spokane last year was the old coach for the U of L hockey team...who taught me (or tried to) to play hockey. Everett however does have really good outlet shopping malls (only a girl can reason this way...I know). Good ole coach Peters won out though and I cheered for the Chiefs!
- Tomato Street. This is the best smelling restaurant I have ever been in! Yummy. That's about it....good food:)
- Cabelas. Chad and I were wandering around in Cabelas looking at all of the animals, fish, etc when we came across a gun game. They had targets all set up and you could shoot at them for points etc. Chad decided to challenge me to a couple of games (keep in mind I am from the Yukon!). Well right off the bat I whooped his butt. He was getting quite upset....Chad doesn't like to loose. The guns were actual gun weight so my the end of the third game (20 shots per game) my shoulders were burning and Chad started making up all of these rules about what we could shoot. At this point he was still loosing so he had to make it up some how:) In the end it was a tie, he did keep "accidentally" hitting me....what a cheater....can't loose to a girl!
I think that covers all of the highlights. This race has motivated me to get back into regular training again. Nothing too crazy but maybe a little more structure. I am still playing around with the idea of running in the Last Chance 1/2, we'll see what happens. Off to spin class tonight and maybe squeeze in a run today!
Leslie
Saturday, October 11, 2008
First Day in Spokane
Hey!
So we made it after what seemed like forever yesterday! I am not going to lie....I slept a lot. Haven't done too much so far; we have made it to 2 Fred Meyers already though! Travelling with Chad is always interesting.
I am waiting for him to get ready...he is worse than a girl. We are off to Gonzaga Univerity, Runners Soul, shopping, and Spokane Chiefs play tonight so I think we are going to check that out as well! Oh princess Chad is ready...we are off. Hopefully our race shirts are nice:)
So we made it after what seemed like forever yesterday! I am not going to lie....I slept a lot. Haven't done too much so far; we have made it to 2 Fred Meyers already though! Travelling with Chad is always interesting.
I am waiting for him to get ready...he is worse than a girl. We are off to Gonzaga Univerity, Runners Soul, shopping, and Spokane Chiefs play tonight so I think we are going to check that out as well! Oh princess Chad is ready...we are off. Hopefully our race shirts are nice:)
Friday, October 10, 2008
Spokane
Hey!
We are leaving for Spokane in about an hour. I think I am more excited about shopping and going to Gonzaga University than I am about the race!
As far as the race goes I have no race plan. I am going there just to run, have some fun and I don't really care what my time is! Hopefully I will be able to curb the competitive feeling once the race starts and take it easy.
As for training on Wednesday I went for a quick little jog. It was a little chilly outside but the cold air was kind of refreshing! Felt really good the entire time, I wish I had been able to go longer but I had to get back to work. It is always nice to come to the end of a workout and still want to do more!
Last night was bike class, a few less single leg drills this time around! I don't know why I hate them so much, they aren't that bad but they aren't great either.
Well I am off, one more client to go....Happy Thanksgiving!!!!
Leslie
We are leaving for Spokane in about an hour. I think I am more excited about shopping and going to Gonzaga University than I am about the race!
As far as the race goes I have no race plan. I am going there just to run, have some fun and I don't really care what my time is! Hopefully I will be able to curb the competitive feeling once the race starts and take it easy.
As for training on Wednesday I went for a quick little jog. It was a little chilly outside but the cold air was kind of refreshing! Felt really good the entire time, I wish I had been able to go longer but I had to get back to work. It is always nice to come to the end of a workout and still want to do more!
Last night was bike class, a few less single leg drills this time around! I don't know why I hate them so much, they aren't that bad but they aren't great either.
Well I am off, one more client to go....Happy Thanksgiving!!!!
Leslie
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Cccccccold!
Hey,
Whoa, it is mighty chilly outside especially compared to last week! Brrrrrr.
I forgot to tell you about my interesting workout I had last Thursday. I went to the gym and convinced Chad to train with me (and I am not so crazy in my skull....I had to have him spot me so I wouldn't drop the bar on my head....that counts as spending time together). After we did weights Chad convinced me to do his "run" with him.
So Chad is training with a lot of hills because the 2 races he is focusing on have giant hills at the end...like 1.5 km of running up steep hills. I figured 20 minutes of hills on the treadmill wouldn't be so bad, I love doing hill repeats outside so this should be fine right??? WRONGO! The beautiful thing about doing hills outside is you get to run back DOWN the hill after. Not so lucky this time. We cranked the incline up to 13% ran up for awhile and then we would slow down the pace and keep the incline the same. Over and over and over. This was a workout like none other. Needless to say I finished it but I will stick to doing my hills outside....much more enjoyable!
Last night was the first bike class. I was right Greg took it easy on us, it was just enough to get the ticker and the legs going. Lots and lots of single leg drills. My legs are pre-programed to stop after 3 sets! I lost count...I think we did 6 sets??? Yikers on the burning legs. It was great to see everyone again and chat it up!
I should get back to work...I will update before Spokane!
Leslie
Whoa, it is mighty chilly outside especially compared to last week! Brrrrrr.
I forgot to tell you about my interesting workout I had last Thursday. I went to the gym and convinced Chad to train with me (and I am not so crazy in my skull....I had to have him spot me so I wouldn't drop the bar on my head....that counts as spending time together). After we did weights Chad convinced me to do his "run" with him.
So Chad is training with a lot of hills because the 2 races he is focusing on have giant hills at the end...like 1.5 km of running up steep hills. I figured 20 minutes of hills on the treadmill wouldn't be so bad, I love doing hill repeats outside so this should be fine right??? WRONGO! The beautiful thing about doing hills outside is you get to run back DOWN the hill after. Not so lucky this time. We cranked the incline up to 13% ran up for awhile and then we would slow down the pace and keep the incline the same. Over and over and over. This was a workout like none other. Needless to say I finished it but I will stick to doing my hills outside....much more enjoyable!
Last night was the first bike class. I was right Greg took it easy on us, it was just enough to get the ticker and the legs going. Lots and lots of single leg drills. My legs are pre-programed to stop after 3 sets! I lost count...I think we did 6 sets??? Yikers on the burning legs. It was great to see everyone again and chat it up!
I should get back to work...I will update before Spokane!
Leslie
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Monday, October 6, 2008
Not much to report!
It has been a quiet couple of days. Friday I went for a run for about 60 min, which is the longest I have ran since Ironman. I have been running about 3 times per week but only for 30-40 min at a time! I wanted to try a new trail (I sort of knew where it went) and it was nice to have a change in scenery. This was a little hilly for a first longish run in awhile but it was nice none the less!
That night Janelle and I went to The Coup for dinner and holly crap it was YUMMY! It is a vegetarian restaurant on 17th and everything on there menu looked sooo good. I ended up with a burger made out of sweet potatoes, tofu, cashews, and sesame served on a multi grain foccasia bun. The salad was sooo good as well. Best meal I have had out in a long time. You should check it out, a new favorite for sure. Now....how to get Carnivore Chad through the door.....not too sure if that will happen any time soon:)
On Saturday I had a lazy morning and we went out to Crossfield for Thanksgiving dinner. I love turkey...not as much as I loved the chocolate cake for dessert.....yummmmm. I hope my clients aren't reading this:) :) :) Everything in moderation RIGHT! After dinner we all went for a walk....that counts as a training session right??? Maybe??? Hmmmm, I need to burn off that turkey...more so the cake this week!
On Sunday I had to work and it was crazy. I had people asking me the strangest questions.....whatever happened to just selling running shoes? It was 5 hours of being run off my feet! I did try on the new Asics nimbus 10's we have had in for a bit but they still suck so another season in Mizuno for this chicka.
In other big news Chad's cousin Jason is newly engaged to Nancy! Congrats!
With that we are going to Spokane this weekend. We will leave on Friday and be back on Monday. At least I am sure I can still run 5 miles so that's a good thing. Chad is aiming for a sub 2 hour half....which I know he will be fine with so long as he paces himself!!!
I guess I had more to say than I thought! Bike class starts tomorrow night.....maybe Greg will take it easy on us slackers???? Maybe???? It will be nice to have some structure back into the training regime again....I still feel a little lost!
That night Janelle and I went to The Coup for dinner and holly crap it was YUMMY! It is a vegetarian restaurant on 17th and everything on there menu looked sooo good. I ended up with a burger made out of sweet potatoes, tofu, cashews, and sesame served on a multi grain foccasia bun. The salad was sooo good as well. Best meal I have had out in a long time. You should check it out, a new favorite for sure. Now....how to get Carnivore Chad through the door.....not too sure if that will happen any time soon:)
On Saturday I had a lazy morning and we went out to Crossfield for Thanksgiving dinner. I love turkey...not as much as I loved the chocolate cake for dessert.....yummmmm. I hope my clients aren't reading this:) :) :) Everything in moderation RIGHT! After dinner we all went for a walk....that counts as a training session right??? Maybe??? Hmmmm, I need to burn off that turkey...more so the cake this week!
On Sunday I had to work and it was crazy. I had people asking me the strangest questions.....whatever happened to just selling running shoes? It was 5 hours of being run off my feet! I did try on the new Asics nimbus 10's we have had in for a bit but they still suck so another season in Mizuno for this chicka.
In other big news Chad's cousin Jason is newly engaged to Nancy! Congrats!
With that we are going to Spokane this weekend. We will leave on Friday and be back on Monday. At least I am sure I can still run 5 miles so that's a good thing. Chad is aiming for a sub 2 hour half....which I know he will be fine with so long as he paces himself!!!
I guess I had more to say than I thought! Bike class starts tomorrow night.....maybe Greg will take it easy on us slackers???? Maybe???? It will be nice to have some structure back into the training regime again....I still feel a little lost!
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Sore Legs + Running = Ouch
Hey,
On Monday night I went to the gym and did a leg workout. I have always really enjoyed lifting weights and I was getting stronger before my hiatus called Ironman! Since I successfully have been squating the bar I figured I could throw some weight on there. I had been doing a lot of my workouts using just body weight...I upped the anti this week! I do believe Chad called me an idiot but hey what can you do? Anyway, when I walk around I look like and 80 year old when its cold outside and their arthritis is acting up!
Tuesday I lifted weights again (upper body this time!) and I biked for an hour I think. I am feeling more comfortable on the bike again and I am enjoying it. Nothing crazy....just easy spinning while I watch TV. I even threw in some single leg stuff to mix it up a bit.
I went for a run yesterday...it was so hot out! I had to hobble around a bit until my legs got warmed up. I am not too sure what is worse sore hamstrings or sore quads when you are running??? Since they were both sore I couldn't decide which was worse! I went to the gym after work and did some chest and shoulders....I love shoulder workouts (second to legs of course:). I wasn't quite done after weights so I hopped on the elliptical for another 30 min.
Tonight I am back at the gym and I might bike again tonight, we'll see how it goes. Nothing exciting planned for the weekend (that I know of anyway). A girlfriend and I are going out on Friday, I work on Sunday and most importantly will be cheering on Richelle as she runs the Portland Marathon! Good luck Richelle!
On Monday night I went to the gym and did a leg workout. I have always really enjoyed lifting weights and I was getting stronger before my hiatus called Ironman! Since I successfully have been squating the bar I figured I could throw some weight on there. I had been doing a lot of my workouts using just body weight...I upped the anti this week! I do believe Chad called me an idiot but hey what can you do? Anyway, when I walk around I look like and 80 year old when its cold outside and their arthritis is acting up!
Tuesday I lifted weights again (upper body this time!) and I biked for an hour I think. I am feeling more comfortable on the bike again and I am enjoying it. Nothing crazy....just easy spinning while I watch TV. I even threw in some single leg stuff to mix it up a bit.
I went for a run yesterday...it was so hot out! I had to hobble around a bit until my legs got warmed up. I am not too sure what is worse sore hamstrings or sore quads when you are running??? Since they were both sore I couldn't decide which was worse! I went to the gym after work and did some chest and shoulders....I love shoulder workouts (second to legs of course:). I wasn't quite done after weights so I hopped on the elliptical for another 30 min.
Tonight I am back at the gym and I might bike again tonight, we'll see how it goes. Nothing exciting planned for the weekend (that I know of anyway). A girlfriend and I are going out on Friday, I work on Sunday and most importantly will be cheering on Richelle as she runs the Portland Marathon! Good luck Richelle!
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