Disco Pants and Haircuts

Of course, just as I turned off the treadmill, 94.3 announced they would be playing Macca, Bowie, and the Stones. :0-( What the deuce???? Activity Route: – Elev. Avg: 0 ft Location: – Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 04/25/08 Up/Downhill: [+0/-0] Time: 03:00 PM Difficulty: 1.4 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 2.14 miles Time: 0:35:00 Speed: 3.7 mph Pace: 16' 21 /mi Calories: 218 Notes Holy cow! –> 5, 27,3. 4.0 speed. As usual, around minute 11-12, wondering what I'm doing. Going to do 15 in the ice (actually, really really cold water) bath. Left leg DIDN'T go numb this time. Janis got me through! ("Me and My Bobby McGee.") Will Sunday be THE day??? Tuesday??? I plan on Thursday as "Taper Day," then Saturday is it, the 5K!!!

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Close Encounters of the Thirty Minute Kind

“One cannot consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.” –Helen Keller

“Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.”—TS Eliot

I’m feeling ambitious. Despite the heat, I’m doing much better. I hit 24 minutes straight yesterday and felt I could do more. I’ve reduced the speed from 4.5 to 4.0, which apparently I should have been doing anyway.

I’m trying to take it slowly and listen to my body, which seems to be telling to me push just a bit further. I feel like I could do more.

I have a schedule I made of several “couch to 5K” plans. From the looks of it, I’m somewhere in the middle. According to some, I could do more. In others, I’m right on track or a bit too fast. I really believe I can hit thirty minutes before May 3, before the infamous Ed Gentry Strawberry Chase 5K. At that point, happily, I can take down the “C25K” logo on the MySpace profile.

Here’s a training schedule I’ve composed. It’s an amalgam of many programs, from Bill Rodgers, Budd Coates, and others. This method seems to be the best for me. (By the way, I think Bill Rodgers is awesome!)

Sun 4-20	Mon 4-21	Tues 4-22	Wed 4-23	Thurs 4-24	Fri 4-25	Sat 4-26
					Easy 5, 26, 5 Yoga Abs or Arms	Rest

Sun 4-27	Mon 4-28	Tues 4-29	Wed 4-30	Thurs 5-1	Fri 5-2	Sat 5-3
Long Run 5,28,5	Yoga Abs or Arms	Run 30 minutes! (5, 30, 5)	Yoga Abs or Arms	Easy Run 5, 20, 5	Yoga	5K!!!

Sunday, 5-4 –Rest, and gentle yoga!

Okay. It’s just after 2pm. I’ve drank tons o’ water today. Ate a piece of whole grain toast…

Gordon: “Nicotine patch?”

Dennis: “Applied.”

Gordon: “You been to the toilet?”

Dennis: “One and two.”

Gordon: “You ready?”

Dennis: “Wheww…Ready.”

Who wants an orange whip? Orange whip? Orange whip? Three orange whips.

Activity Route: – Elev. Avg: 0 ft Location: – Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 04/24/08 Up/Downhill: [+0/-0] Time: 07:00 PM Difficulty: 1.4 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 2.06 miles Time: 0:34:00 Speed: 3.6 mph Pace: 16' 30 /mi Calories: 212 Notes 6, 24, 6<— Yeah, baby!!! :0-) At 12:00, getting hot, slightly, ever so slightly nauseated. Feeling icky and wondering, "Why am I doing this???" Then I remember how strong my thighs are starting to feel, then I make like Jake and say to myself, "Hit it." It's downhill after about minute 18 or 19. This is the second time I've cranked the treadmill speed down to 4.0 from 4.5. My walking is b/w 2.5-3.0. My left leg, from the hip or knee down has been getting kinda numb around minute 28. What the dickens? I also don't run the 'mill with shoes. (I'm an au naturel kinda gal.) I think I need more water and yoga, and XT. I've also eating toast just before my runs. This is the second time. Ice bath for 15. Feels like heaven. Or, has Haley said to Lucas Platter, "Feels like Kevin!" Bacon?

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What I heard was the jingle-jangle of a thousand lost souls, departed from this life.

Activity Route: – Elev. Avg: 0 ft Location: – Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 04/22/08 Up/Downhill: [+0/-0] Time: 12:30 PM Difficulty: 1.4 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 2.00 miles   Time: 0:33:04 Speed: 3.6 mph   Pace: 16′ 32 /mi   Calories: 206   Notes Went slower. Drank 6oz. Gatorade pre- with one slice toast. Stats: 6, 21, 6 <– Yeah, you read that right. I rock!!! Hot, so I took it slower. Ready for my icebath, Mr. DeMille.

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Yoga-Vinyasa/hip series

Activity Route: – Elev. Avg: 0 ft Location: – Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 04/22/08 Up/Downhill: [+0/-0] Time: 08:00 AM Difficulty: 1.0 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 0.00 miles Time: 0:20:00 Speed: 0.0 mph Pace: 0' 00 /mi Calories: 0

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Strock the Casbah!

Activity Route: – Elev. Avg: 0 ft Location: – Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 04/20/08 Up/Downhill: [+0/-0] Time: 03:00 PM Difficulty: 1.4 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 2.11 miles Time: 0:35:00 Speed: 3.6 mph Pace: 16' 35 /mi Calories: 218 Notes 5, 15:5, 5:5<— New ratio, suckas! At 28 min in, left leg numb from knee down. Don't wear shoes (treadmill). Took weekly ice bath. Heaven! Brought radio down and listened to classic rock station. "The meanies don't like it… Strock in the Casbah… Strock in the Casbah!!!"

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Did you get me my Cheez Whiz, boy?

Activity Route: – Elev. Avg: 0 ft Location: – Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 04/17/08 Up/Downhill: [+0/-0] Time: 12:30 PM Difficulty: 1.4 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 2.08 miles   Time: 0:35:00 Speed: 3.6 mph   Pace: 16′ 49 /mi Heart Rate: 120 bpm (Avg) Calories: 218   140 bpm (Peak) Notes 10, 5:5, 10:5 Right knee cranky! Am icing it. Too hot. A/C out in central heat & air. Downstairs a bit too hot and dryer was running. Poo. But, I actually did it! I’m proud of myself! Will need to post updated training plan for now until 5/10. :0-)

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You want I should wipe the dead bugs off the windshield, ma’am?

Activity Route: – Elev. Avg: 0 ft Location: – Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 04/16/08 Up/Downhill: [+0/-0] Time: 03:15 PM Difficulty: 1.4 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 2.30 miles   Time: 0:40:00 Speed: 3.5 mph   Pace: 17′ 23 /mi Heart Rate: 120 bpm (Avg) Calories: 211   140 bpm (Peak) Notes That grilled chicken from lunch still sticking in my stomach. What was I thinking???? Need to stick to being a veg. System not used to seared carcasses! Also, not that hydrated today. AND… a/c out in the house. Central heat & air blowing hot. Woke up in the night and the thermostat read 86degrees. Blech! Treadmill is in “the dungeon,” buth the sunlight had been coming in all day, making it warmer in there than expected. Wondered about scales not moving. I weigh each week the day after my long run, essentially. Found out that after good deal of exertion the muscles retain water in order to repair. Up to 3-4 pounds. Icing backs of legs today. Continue to feel a bit tight in calves and Achilles as I run. NEED MORE YOGA!! :0-)

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She’s smooth, like ice, cold to the touch and it isn’t very nice.

Activity Route: – Elev. Avg: 0 ft Location: – Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 04/13/08 Up/Downhill: [+0/-0] Time: 01:00 PM Difficulty: 1.5 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 2.45 miles   Time: 0:40:00 Speed: 3.7 mph   Pace: 16′ 19 /mi Heart Rate: 120 bpm (Avg) Calories: 249   140 bpm (Peak) Notes 5, 12:3, 6:4, 3:2, 5. First mile, 15something. Left leg went numb from knee down toward the end. Ice bath for 15, followed by quick hot shower. Ice bath wonderful! Felt so scrumptious. I really feel like stretching. I need to do some yoga later. Did some yummy yoga stretches pre-workout. Seems to help! :0-) I am sooooooooooooo bloody awesome!!!

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That Night Train’s a mean wine.

Activity Route: – Elev. Avg: 0 ft Location: – Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 04/11/08 Up/Downhill: [+0/-0] Time: 01:00 PM Difficulty: 1.0 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 1.75 miles   Time: 0:27:00 Speed: 3.9 mph   Pace: 15′ 25 /mi   Calories: 168   Notes Icky day. Just not feeling that great today. Back of right knee hurt! :0-( Iced it and both calves… …Hey, not shin splints!!! :0-) “I don’t want to work I want to bang on these drums all day I don’t want to play I just want to bang on these drums all day”

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