November 2009

abs/chest/pullups.  good workout.  enjoying the pullups.  next workout will be a couple small warmup sets then the downside of the pyramid starting from either 9 or 10, descending by 1s or 2s.

and the sulcata is still the cutest thing ever.

Workout:

• Type: Strength Training
• Date: 11/25/2009
• Time: 20:15:00
• Total Time: 00:40:00.00
• Calories: 262

abs/arms.  really good bi workout… did 10 x 15lb, 8×25lb, 6×35lb, and 3×45lb, standing dumbbell curls.  then i just did 3 easy sets of 21s with a 40lb cambered barbell.  really good.  i mean, those 45s really pushed me!  really liked it.

still looking forward to getting back to running.  especially as it gets chillier.  that’s the best time to burn fat, which i am accumulating…

sully is still cute.  and he moving around more.  i think he likes his heat lamps…

Workout:

• Type: Strength Training
• Date: 11/24/2009
• Time: 15:20:00
• Total Time: 00:40:00.00
• Calories: 262

let’s see… back was just some rows, pullups was a 1-3-5-7-5-3-1 pyramid.  better than i thought i’d do.  didn’t feel like chest after that.

need to start running!  tummy is getting fat.

i have my sulcata… he is the cutest thing EVER.  i got his interim holding area finished up.  he’s just walking laps inside of it right now.

working lots of overtime this week.

Workout:

• Type: Strength Training
• Date: 11/23/2009
• Time: 14:55:00
• Total Time: 00:30:00.00
• Calories: 196

did NOT want to wake up.  went to work.  decided to accept the offer of leaving a few hours early cuz it’s such a beautiful day!!!  gonna run, haven’t decided where.  i really don’t like running around here.  i’m a little too lazy to put the bike back together to go for a ride.  probly hit the gym later, too, cuz i need to go out for food anyway.

abs/back/chest.  did a few small sets of pullups.

came home to find out that i’m getting a sulcata soon!  i am SOOOO excited.  like, uber ultra mad crazy excited.

might go for a run…

Workout:

• Type: Strength Training
• Date: 11/20/2009
• Time: 13:55:00
• Total Time: 00:40:00.00
• Calories: 262

swim/abs/bis/tris.  fun time.  then laundry.

Workout:

• Type: Strength Training
• Date: 11/19/2009
• Time: 16:00:00
• Total Time: 00:39:00.00
• Calories: 255

swim / chest/back/abs.  good today.  did incline/flat/decline dumbbell press… finally got the whole spectrum in.  feelin motivated.

Workout:

• Type: Strength Training
• Date: 11/18/2009
• Time: 11:30:00
• Total Time: 00:45:00.00
• Calories: 295

abs/bis/tris.  brought stuff to swim, but didn’t feel like it.  i’l do that tomororw along with chest/back/abs.

Workout:

• Type: Strength Training
• Date: 11/17/2009
• Time: 15:45:00
• Total Time: 00:30:00.00
• Calories: 196

it’s 60 degrees out, and i ran without a shirt… in the middle of november.  maybe there IS something to the global warming thing…

had some arrhythmia, light fluttering around 190 bpm for a couple minutes.  i think it was because i wasn’t breathing deeply.  i started to do that and my heart got on a regular slower rhythm.  i actually wasn’t worried this time :-P  not sure why it happened, maybe because i was slightly dehydrated.  that’s really the only reasonable excuse i can imagine.

hitting the gym now… gonna come back and take my mac apart to clean it up a bit!  hopefully i don’t break it… if i do, there’s always applecare (which i haven’t had to use yet… still another 2 yrs left on it)

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 11/17/2009
• Time: 12:55:00
• Total Time: 00:00:00.00
• Distance: 4.6 miles

abs/hamstrings (barely)/chest/bis/tris.  i WANT to run/bike, it’s so perfect out, but i really need to study and watch the office.

Workout:

• Type: Strength Training
• Date: 11/13/2009
• Time: 14:00:00
• Total Time: 00:30:00.00
• Calories: 196

bit heavy on the abs today.  just did light chest/back.  i’m really protective of my shoulders, don’t really want to come close to daring them to pull out of their sockets.  did a few back exercises, then just some light dumbbell flys.  funfunfun.  think i might run tomorrow… there’s been a curious absence of MTSS pain over the last few days, especially considering i ran 2 days in a row earlier this week.  i can’t wait for it to start snowing and being cold, so i can run in it.

Workout:

• Type: Strength Training
• Date: 11/12/2009
• Time: 15:30:00
• Total Time: 00:30:00.00
• Calories: 196

abs, bis/tris.  good.  my bis are getting more endurance/stronger, i noticed last time how my 21s didn’t make the muscles sore the next day.  so i did a little different today… i don’t know how effective it was.  we’ll see tomorrow?  that’s the problem with weight training… you don’t know how good it is until the next day.  as opposed to running, you know EXACTLY how good it was. 

Workout:

• Type: Strength Training
• Date: 11/10/2009
• Time: 12:33:39
• Total Time: 1:00:00.00
• Calories: 393

gym was back/chest real fast, then i went back to highbanks.  it was more a walk than a run, i was having fun hiking.  did pretty much the reverse of the loop i did yesterday.

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 11/09/2009
• Time: 14:50:05
• Total Time: 00:00:00.00

started out by warming up with abs, then hitting back extensions, then bis/tris.  then straight off to high banks… it was more packed today than i’ve ever seen it.  i  had to park in an area that i didn’t know existed.  and with good reason… it was 72 today… pretty crazy AWESOME for november 8th in columbus ohio.

so the run/adventure walk was great.  i got myself lost, found some goregous terrain, then got myself found again.  i really need to take my camera along on the adventure portion of these trips to the park.  maybe i can make it back there this week if the weather stays gorgeous.  i really found some beautiful stuff, and went where people don’t go.

so now for tonight… just relaxing.  really wanted to bike today with that WARMness.  but i resisted.  kept the bike in pieces.  continue studying tonight, wake up for a short day at work tomorrow.  then gym tomorrow, more studying, and getting the new apartment, maybe even moving out.  i am wasting no time in getting out of THIS joint…

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 11/08/2009
• Time: 13:00:00
• Total Time: 00:00:00.00
• Distance: 6 miles

chest/back/little bit of abs.  might run… it’s a gorgeous day, almost 60.  if my tires didn’t need replacing, i’d put my bike back together and RIDE!!!  but they do… i don’t want to risk a flat anymore, and my tires are getting thinner and starting to fall apart.

jackets won last night in regulation.  and my turtles right now are in the bathtub, with the little one trying to drown the big one.  she’s been at it for about 15 minutes now… i don’t think she’s serious about killing the big one, but she’s certainly persistent.  she’s definitely got a very dry sense of humor.  serves the big one right… he’s quite the attention whore.

Workout:

• Type: Strength Training
• Date: 11/06/2009
• Time: 15:29:02
• Total Time: 00:00:00.00

elliptical warmup, legs, abs, bis, tris.  i’ll hit chest/back tomorrow.  might run later today.  definitely cleaning the drivetrain of my bike 3 seconds after i’m done typing.

more studying tonight, watching the office

Workout:

• Type: Strength Training
• Date: 11/05/2009
• Time: 12:30:00
• Total Time: 1:15:00.00
• Calories: 491

didn’t feel like going for a longer ride… i realized this right as i got out the door.  plus i realized my tires are really old, so i didn’t want to go too far away.  so i kept it short.  didn’t even plan my route, and i didn’t get lost once.  yay for me!

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 11/02/2009
• Time: 15:00:00
• Total Time: 00:00:00.00
• Distance: 16 miles

so i just read an article about the NYC mara… yay for meb for winning!… and i guess i didn’t know that meb ‘found out’ he’d been suffering from a stress fracture of his hip during his training for the olympic trials.

seriously?  how do you not know that?  maybe that’s not my point… why would you ignore that?  how do you overcome that?  i can totally understand blocking out pain.  but for me, the sense that i’m irreparably damaging my body is what makes it so tough to run through pain.

i’ve learned that there’s a difference between discomfort and pain.  discomfort is what happens when your muscles are tired.  pain is when you feel those twinges that you know you’re going to regret tomorrow.  my question, after reading that article (http://www.examiner.com/x-23608-Columbus-Running-Examiner~y2009m11d1-The-2009-ING-New-York-City-Marathon–First-American-Win-Since-1982) is… is there a difference between pain and injury?  can there be such a thing as ‘what doesn’t kill me only makes me stronger’?  i’ve always adhered to the philosophy that as soon as realy pain starts to occur, it’s time to be nice to my body.  but to get a stress fracture and continue training 100+ mile weeks, and fast enough and hard enough to qualify for the olympics…

which brings me to the Ultimate Question… am i being a little girl by being sensitive to the MTSS in my left leg?  every time the pain starts, i have the choice of ignoring it and going forward or backing off, and i always back off (after a fashion :-P)… something to think about…

totally unrelated, i got my turtles a water heater, cuz it’s getting down to the 30s outside and my room is quite uninsulated, but i had to fill the tank up to about 3x the depth i had been filling it up to.  i think they like it better this way… never thought they would have.  didn’t realize that they don’t mind craning their heads to breathe.