A good job at the Shamrock. Marisa and I finished in 42:23, which beats my goal that I set of 43 minutes. My previous best at the Shamrock was 46:01, so this is a vast improvement.
While the weather was crummy, the rain held out as we ran. It came later as we were indulging in beverages in the Lucky Runner tent, but we managed to still have fun.
Thanks to John for hosting the post-party! Fun was had by all!!!
Stay tuned for pictures...
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Helen...why????
Oh dumbbell swings...I did you right, based on the feeling at the very top of my hamstrings. Too right with a race tomorrow...
2 mi run in 17:03 today to go to packet pick up. Thought it would loosen me up...HAH! We shall see how the 8k goes tomorrow. Hopefully the rain will hold off.
2 mi run in 17:03 today to go to packet pick up. Thought it would loosen me up...HAH! We shall see how the 8k goes tomorrow. Hopefully the rain will hold off.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Apple Bottom Jeans and the Boots with the Fur
LAZy
The song has been in my head for ever....students today thought it was funny.
Just had a lot of "killer margaritas" and saw some apple bottomed girls getting "low low low low" reminded me of slow squat therapy paul...
I've been working out but not recording but in a nutshell:
3/20 6 mi run with vacation dog (Mira)
3/23 2 mi run with hubby
3.24 5.5 mi run with Nike friends
3.26 crossfit...what did I do? I forget the name but 5 rounds of 5 pullups 10 pushups, 15 situps and 20 squat
3.27 run 3 mi in frickin' sleet. Like acupuncture gone bad...but I am a "lucky runner" for this weekends Shamrock Shuffle 8k. VIP baby!
3.28 Name? so amnesiac...3 rounds 400 m run, 20 kb swings (with 20 lb db) and 9 jumping pullups. Damn these killer margaritas!
The song has been in my head for ever....students today thought it was funny.
Just had a lot of "killer margaritas" and saw some apple bottomed girls getting "low low low low" reminded me of slow squat therapy paul...
I've been working out but not recording but in a nutshell:
3/20 6 mi run with vacation dog (Mira)
3/23 2 mi run with hubby
3.24 5.5 mi run with Nike friends
3.26 crossfit...what did I do? I forget the name but 5 rounds of 5 pullups 10 pushups, 15 situps and 20 squat
3.27 run 3 mi in frickin' sleet. Like acupuncture gone bad...but I am a "lucky runner" for this weekends Shamrock Shuffle 8k. VIP baby!
3.28 Name? so amnesiac...3 rounds 400 m run, 20 kb swings (with 20 lb db) and 9 jumping pullups. Damn these killer margaritas!
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
AZ workouts are nice!
Ahhh...green beer at the Brewers/Sox game for St. Patty's Day
...and a sausage race.
Hiking South Mountain with my vacation dog.
Running 3 mi at 8 in the morning and its already 72 out. The desert is blooming now.
Hiking Piestewa Peak (Squaw Peak) with my husband.
Fat funny lizard at the top.
Here we are at the top!
Here we are at the top!
Monday, March 17, 2008
Mira
Workout: 5 rounds of
400 m run
30 squats
15 pushups
Time: 18:51
I took my friends dog Mira running with me. She has excess energy and I thought this would be a great way to work some off. I was right. She really enjoyed herself...as did I. Weather is gorgeous. And...all my pushups were authentic.
400 m run
30 squats
15 pushups
Time: 18:51
I took my friends dog Mira running with me. She has excess energy and I thought this would be a great way to work some off. I was right. She really enjoyed herself...as did I. Weather is gorgeous. And...all my pushups were authentic.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Shamrock Run and Crossfit--Pole style
Well, its kinda cool in Arizona today...only 72 degrees! Life is grand...
So yesterday was the 4 mi Shamrock run. As previously stated, I wanted to run between 32-36 min. We arrived at the run and it was tiny! 200 people. Can't remember the last time a race was that small. In Chicago it seems like every race is in the thousands. The smallest race that I've run in Chi has a cap of 750 people for a half marathon. Anyhow I digress...
The race was along the banks of a canal. There was a 20 mph wind and we started into the wind. It was going good, I hit mile one about 8:15, but the dirt was blowing and it was so dry that I felt like my mouth was on fire. I skipped the first water stop, but had to stop at the other two just to rinse the grit out of my mouth. When we turned around and headed back, the wind was at our backs and it was HOT and dry. I was tired from battling the wind (it was like running uphill for 2 miles) and slowed somewhat. I knew I wasn't going to do 32 min, but that was alright. We turned around the last quarter mile and ran to the finish in the wind. In the last 100 m there were two people ahead of me and I was determined to beat them. I passed the guy and then the woman was ahead of me with about 50 feet to go. I reached down inside me and pulled out everything I had and passed her with less than 10 feet to go. I was at a dead sprint across that finish line, and I felt like I was going to puke. That's when you know you're giving it all! Final time: 34:45.
After about a 2 min recovery, I went back to look for Stephanie. I ran her in the last 1/4 mile, which was fun.
I ended up 10th in my age group, with the fastest woman coming in at 28 min. Had I done 32 I would've been in 2nd place. Maybe next time. Overall: 60/193 total.
The evening had us bar hopping. At the last bar we went to, there were dancing poles. Oh boy...needless to say, crossfit should consider adding pole routines for squats. Paul...talk about a perfect tool for slow squat therapy... :)
So yesterday was the 4 mi Shamrock run. As previously stated, I wanted to run between 32-36 min. We arrived at the run and it was tiny! 200 people. Can't remember the last time a race was that small. In Chicago it seems like every race is in the thousands. The smallest race that I've run in Chi has a cap of 750 people for a half marathon. Anyhow I digress...
The race was along the banks of a canal. There was a 20 mph wind and we started into the wind. It was going good, I hit mile one about 8:15, but the dirt was blowing and it was so dry that I felt like my mouth was on fire. I skipped the first water stop, but had to stop at the other two just to rinse the grit out of my mouth. When we turned around and headed back, the wind was at our backs and it was HOT and dry. I was tired from battling the wind (it was like running uphill for 2 miles) and slowed somewhat. I knew I wasn't going to do 32 min, but that was alright. We turned around the last quarter mile and ran to the finish in the wind. In the last 100 m there were two people ahead of me and I was determined to beat them. I passed the guy and then the woman was ahead of me with about 50 feet to go. I reached down inside me and pulled out everything I had and passed her with less than 10 feet to go. I was at a dead sprint across that finish line, and I felt like I was going to puke. That's when you know you're giving it all! Final time: 34:45.
After about a 2 min recovery, I went back to look for Stephanie. I ran her in the last 1/4 mile, which was fun.
I ended up 10th in my age group, with the fastest woman coming in at 28 min. Had I done 32 I would've been in 2nd place. Maybe next time. Overall: 60/193 total.
The evening had us bar hopping. At the last bar we went to, there were dancing poles. Oh boy...needless to say, crossfit should consider adding pole routines for squats. Paul...talk about a perfect tool for slow squat therapy... :)
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Blondus Imperfectus
Nike Shamrock training run
5.88 mi in 51:56 (8:49/mi)
So I ran with the 9 min pace group, planning on doing 5 mi. Briefly thought of 7, but then changed my mind when I found Jackie on the trail. Gotta save up for Saturday's race. Close to Niketown I decided to go plug my meter on my car so I don't get a ticket. Its a pretty good deal, $1/hr in downtown Chicago. So I turn of on what I thought was St. Clair Av. I went down to where my car was parked and couldn't find it. I ran up and down the street (made up my 2 repeats from yesterday), and then finally figured out that I had turned on the wrong street. It took me .6 mi to figure this out, and a total of .88 extra miles to get back to Niketown. You can't win them all.
5.88 mi in 51:56 (8:49/mi)
So I ran with the 9 min pace group, planning on doing 5 mi. Briefly thought of 7, but then changed my mind when I found Jackie on the trail. Gotta save up for Saturday's race. Close to Niketown I decided to go plug my meter on my car so I don't get a ticket. Its a pretty good deal, $1/hr in downtown Chicago. So I turn of on what I thought was St. Clair Av. I went down to where my car was parked and couldn't find it. I ran up and down the street (made up my 2 repeats from yesterday), and then finally figured out that I had turned on the wrong street. It took me .6 mi to figure this out, and a total of .88 extra miles to get back to Niketown. You can't win them all.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Tommy V and incomplete speed repeats
So I got home from my Green Teacher Network meeting about 8 and was very tempted to stay planted on the couch. But I said, "Self, get up and work out that lazy butt" and I did. I got on the treadmill. Plan was 6*400 at a 5K pace (8min/mile) with a 1/2 mile warmup and cool down. Super. I was feeling great, just finished my 4th repeat, when the treadmill started to make a funny noise. Then the belt did something funky which made me lose my footing. Good thing it was during the recovery at a 9:30 pace rather than the 8 min pace. So BOO I was unable to finish my last 2 repeats though I would have if not for mechanical failure. 2.47 mi in 24:44 which is slow due to the included warmup time. Those last 2 repeats would've helped the time. The good news is that I have a warranty on the tready, so I will be calling those peeps in to take a look see. And loss of footing does not mean I fell. I do not fall while running, at least not for 5 years. And that was only one time.
The one time I fell, I was running in grass to avoid pavement and I did not see the water main thing sticking up. Next thing I knew I was spreadeagled through the air. I landed on pavement (of course) in front of 3 people (of course). I just got up and kept on jogging like nothing had happened. I waited until I was out of sight of the people to pick the gravel out of my road burns.
I digress. I did a modified Tommy V. then after my truncated run. Do you know how sad it is that the V stands for Valentine and he died the day before Valentine's Day? So these thrusters were for him.
3 sets with 40 lbs for thrusters
Thruster 12
Pushup 12 (kinda...it was more like 8 and 4 after the thrusters)
Thruster 9
Pushup 9(5-4)
Thruster 6
Pushup 6. I grunted through the last one. And boy are my arms tired.
Not to be outdone, I topped my thruster torte with some stability sit ups (50) and back extensions (20).
And in exciting news, I am signed up for a 4 mile race in Scottsdale AZ on Saturday afternoon at 4:30. Goal time: Sub 35 min. Wishful thinking: Closer to 32 min.
The one time I fell, I was running in grass to avoid pavement and I did not see the water main thing sticking up. Next thing I knew I was spreadeagled through the air. I landed on pavement (of course) in front of 3 people (of course). I just got up and kept on jogging like nothing had happened. I waited until I was out of sight of the people to pick the gravel out of my road burns.
I digress. I did a modified Tommy V. then after my truncated run. Do you know how sad it is that the V stands for Valentine and he died the day before Valentine's Day? So these thrusters were for him.
3 sets with 40 lbs for thrusters
Thruster 12
Pushup 12 (kinda...it was more like 8 and 4 after the thrusters)
Thruster 9
Pushup 9(5-4)
Thruster 6
Pushup 6. I grunted through the last one. And boy are my arms tired.
Not to be outdone, I topped my thruster torte with some stability sit ups (50) and back extensions (20).
And in exciting news, I am signed up for a 4 mile race in Scottsdale AZ on Saturday afternoon at 4:30. Goal time: Sub 35 min. Wishful thinking: Closer to 32 min.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
I've got friends in different places
In following Katie's lead, I have started my thread with a song to the tune of "I've got friends in lowly places". (Do you like that first name shout out K?? Did it make you smile??)
So its funny how life can bring you new friends. I have developed two new groups of "friends" in the past 6 months. While I am gregarious, it is still hard to make new friends at this time in life, for some reason. Too much work and too few social events perhaps??
Group 1: My Nike friends. And yes, I actually call them my Nike friends. Ken, Matt, Daniela, and John are the regulars. There's also Jackie, Lynn, Jessica, Maria, Danny, Michael, and so many others. Amy doesn't really count as a Nike friend since we've been friends for almost 8 years, well before Nike. Neither does Marisa, who I've known for what...5 years now?? This group of friends was due to my participation on the Nike Southside marathon team which has turned into a regular Thursday social event. It has also kept me running through this insanely cold and snowy winter (except Feb, which wasn't my fault). They are ALL faster than me, and this has helped me pick up my speed. Perhaps some day I shall BQ...
Group 2: My Crossfit friends. The only one I actually see on a daily basis is Paul. He has the pleasure of having a room across from me and pirating fruit snacks from me every chance he gets. Its like crack for crossfitters. We work out at "Crossfit Hancock", our little gym in our school. Then there is Brad and Katie, my blog readers and commenters. Hooray! (I like that word).
So it is dorky the small pleasure I get from reading my comments on the blog and making comments as well, but its fun! And it gives me a purpose for procrastination. When at this point I should be sleeping...
So instead of doing yoga, I packed for my vacation this upcoming week.... *sigh* life is tough...though I shall crossfit tomorrow AM and run tomorrow PM, if I'm not too tired from my meeting.
So its funny how life can bring you new friends. I have developed two new groups of "friends" in the past 6 months. While I am gregarious, it is still hard to make new friends at this time in life, for some reason. Too much work and too few social events perhaps??
Group 1: My Nike friends. And yes, I actually call them my Nike friends. Ken, Matt, Daniela, and John are the regulars. There's also Jackie, Lynn, Jessica, Maria, Danny, Michael, and so many others. Amy doesn't really count as a Nike friend since we've been friends for almost 8 years, well before Nike. Neither does Marisa, who I've known for what...5 years now?? This group of friends was due to my participation on the Nike Southside marathon team which has turned into a regular Thursday social event. It has also kept me running through this insanely cold and snowy winter (except Feb, which wasn't my fault). They are ALL faster than me, and this has helped me pick up my speed. Perhaps some day I shall BQ...
Group 2: My Crossfit friends. The only one I actually see on a daily basis is Paul. He has the pleasure of having a room across from me and pirating fruit snacks from me every chance he gets. Its like crack for crossfitters. We work out at "Crossfit Hancock", our little gym in our school. Then there is Brad and Katie, my blog readers and commenters. Hooray! (I like that word).
So it is dorky the small pleasure I get from reading my comments on the blog and making comments as well, but its fun! And it gives me a purpose for procrastination. When at this point I should be sleeping...
So instead of doing yoga, I packed for my vacation this upcoming week.... *sigh* life is tough...though I shall crossfit tomorrow AM and run tomorrow PM, if I'm not too tired from my meeting.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Lynne and Shamrocking
Lynne
5 rounds of max pullups max pushups
Ok, I am not sure how to get to max pullup when I do a jumping pullup and work the reverse. I count it as when I can't control the reverse anymore. Is this right? I don't know. Is this working out some muscles that need working out?? Absolutely!
Max Reps (pull/push)
11/17
11/9
7/9
7/8
6/9
The pushups are actually max because I get to the point where I can't push up anymore, I collapse and giggle at myself because its so ridiculous!! Better than 1/17/08 though which looked like this:
8/8
10/8
8/7
6/7
7/6
That was my morning. In the evening, I went for a run with the Nike Shamrock training program. We ran 4.25 mi in 36:42. Ran with Marisa, Michael, and his wife Grace. I was tired and heavy at the end of the run due to yesterday. Tomorrow is going to most likely be yoga...hooray!
5 rounds of max pullups max pushups
Ok, I am not sure how to get to max pullup when I do a jumping pullup and work the reverse. I count it as when I can't control the reverse anymore. Is this right? I don't know. Is this working out some muscles that need working out?? Absolutely!
Max Reps (pull/push)
11/17
11/9
7/9
7/8
6/9
The pushups are actually max because I get to the point where I can't push up anymore, I collapse and giggle at myself because its so ridiculous!! Better than 1/17/08 though which looked like this:
8/8
10/8
8/7
6/7
7/6
That was my morning. In the evening, I went for a run with the Nike Shamrock training program. We ran 4.25 mi in 36:42. Ran with Marisa, Michael, and his wife Grace. I was tired and heavy at the end of the run due to yesterday. Tomorrow is going to most likely be yoga...hooray!
Sunday, March 9, 2008
3 miles of adventure + 5 miles of running = 8 miles
I convinced Marisa and Daniela to go run Palos Hills today. I figured that since it hasn't snowed in a while, and everything melted, that the paths would be clear. HAH! If only I had remembered to bring my Yaktrax...this was the perfect run for that. We decided to go for it anyhow. We made it about 1.5 miles, with Daniela falling 3 times and Marisa falling twice (and yours truly falling NOT EVER!! I know this is unbelievable to some of you!). It was truly an ice skating rink! Then we said screw this and turned around. We got back to the car and drove to another place I knew about that was close.
Here we were able to put in a blissful 5 miles with an average pace of 8:55 per mile. Hooray!
Total run time: 1:17:04
Here we were able to put in a blissful 5 miles with an average pace of 8:55 per mile. Hooray!
Total run time: 1:17:04
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Today is a day of rest--kinda
So after yesterday's "Terrible Twenty" I have majorly sore shoulders and thighs. The "I just ran a marathon and its difficult to sit on the toilet" thigh feeling. If you have had it you know EXACTLY what I mean. If you haven't had that feeling, you think I am strange and disgusting.
So today is a day of rest. Meaning: Garden class from 9:30-12:30, Ghost Ranch meeting from 1:30-2:45 and hair appt. from 4-5:30. Now I am just skulking around my blog, wasting time I should be using to grade papers or something. I am doing an 8 mile run tomorrow, so I must save my resources.
My corned beef and cabbage is almost done...yummers!
So today is a day of rest. Meaning: Garden class from 9:30-12:30, Ghost Ranch meeting from 1:30-2:45 and hair appt. from 4-5:30. Now I am just skulking around my blog, wasting time I should be using to grade papers or something. I am doing an 8 mile run tomorrow, so I must save my resources.
My corned beef and cabbage is almost done...yummers!
Friday, March 7, 2008
Commitment is the Key word...right???
It is true that life got a little difficult on me.
It is true that I had to take a month off of running. That messed with my head.
It is true that I stayed with Crossfit, but didn't put as much into it and didn't record.
It is true that none of this is an excuse!
So its March 7th. 7's are lucky for me (along with 3 and 13). And now I shall get back to recording. And I will give you the whole week in one post. Starting this weekend I willl start posting regularly.
A summary: I've been running again for 3 weeks as of tomorrow. I've logged about 33 miles in that time. My friend Marisa (see my marathon blog) is training for a half on April 4th in NYC, so I have designated myself as her long run trainer. We did 5 two weekends ago and 7.5 mi this past Sun. We're doing 8 this upcoming weekend.
I'm doing 2-3 weekday runs. Niketown on Thursday, of course, for 5 miles, and then a run or two on my own on Mon-Wed.
I have two races coming up: A St. Patrick's day 4 miler on Mar 15th in Scottsdale AZ and the Shamrock shuffle 8k in Chicago on March 30th. I am eyeing the Green Bay half marathon on May 18th, and I will decide by April 15th. Have to make sure that the ol' bones can handle it. Don't want to have to take time off of running.
Crossfit (this week, the other previous weeks are recorded in my "little book" which isn't here right now.
Wednesday 3-5
Cindy
3 jumping pullups
4 pushups
7 squats
12 min = 12 rounds. I was slower than in the past due to two reasons. #1--I was feeling kinda lazy and #2--I did all full pushups for the first time for Cindy instead of having to drop my knees around round 8. So yay for that.
Friday 3-7
Terrible Twenty
20 box jump (2o in)
20 jumping pullups
20 walking lunges
20 dumbbell swing 25 lb
20 situps
20 pushpress 25 lb
20 back extensions
20 thrusters (with 15 lb bar)
20 burpees
20 jumprope jumps
time: 18:12
That was quite the workout to start the school day. I started with the wall ball shots but injured myself with my own fingernail (crossfit causes bleeding!), so I switched to the thrusters.
Yeah and I really need to go grocery shopping so I can start eating better again!
It is true that I had to take a month off of running. That messed with my head.
It is true that I stayed with Crossfit, but didn't put as much into it and didn't record.
It is true that none of this is an excuse!
So its March 7th. 7's are lucky for me (along with 3 and 13). And now I shall get back to recording. And I will give you the whole week in one post. Starting this weekend I willl start posting regularly.
A summary: I've been running again for 3 weeks as of tomorrow. I've logged about 33 miles in that time. My friend Marisa (see my marathon blog) is training for a half on April 4th in NYC, so I have designated myself as her long run trainer. We did 5 two weekends ago and 7.5 mi this past Sun. We're doing 8 this upcoming weekend.
I'm doing 2-3 weekday runs. Niketown on Thursday, of course, for 5 miles, and then a run or two on my own on Mon-Wed.
I have two races coming up: A St. Patrick's day 4 miler on Mar 15th in Scottsdale AZ and the Shamrock shuffle 8k in Chicago on March 30th. I am eyeing the Green Bay half marathon on May 18th, and I will decide by April 15th. Have to make sure that the ol' bones can handle it. Don't want to have to take time off of running.
Crossfit (this week, the other previous weeks are recorded in my "little book" which isn't here right now.
Wednesday 3-5
Cindy
3 jumping pullups
4 pushups
7 squats
12 min = 12 rounds. I was slower than in the past due to two reasons. #1--I was feeling kinda lazy and #2--I did all full pushups for the first time for Cindy instead of having to drop my knees around round 8. So yay for that.
Friday 3-7
Terrible Twenty
20 box jump (2o in)
20 jumping pullups
20 walking lunges
20 dumbbell swing 25 lb
20 situps
20 pushpress 25 lb
20 back extensions
20 thrusters (with 15 lb bar)
20 burpees
20 jumprope jumps
time: 18:12
That was quite the workout to start the school day. I started with the wall ball shots but injured myself with my own fingernail (crossfit causes bleeding!), so I switched to the thrusters.
Yeah and I really need to go grocery shopping so I can start eating better again!
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