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March 1, 2010: 2 mile run

mark — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:13:32 +0000

So my gf and I decided to go for a run. We originally thought that we were going to run at Miramar lake but since I was already sore we decided to run around the neighborhood.

We decided on a distance of two miles since she is comfortable with that distance. So we took off right when we got outside. My calves were already sore form the 2 previous days of cycling and snowboarding. I knew that I didn’t want to go out fast anyways.

We were running at a moderate pace of around 15 min/mile. She did well and it was nice. I am glad that the route isn’t too crazy but it is a nice run. We run along side the road though with the cars. It gives us something to see. I would rather not though. We did some part in the beginning in the neighborhood before getting out to the main road.

We finished around Palomar Hospital and then came back. It was good!

February 27, 2010: Spin Class

mark — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:14:21 +0000

Another rain day for us on a Saturday morning. It was earlier than last Saturday. 8am is the time. I got there and we had Kim Mueller come in to talk to us about Nutrition and what we need to do before, during and after our cycling. She gave us a lot of information about this. She is a registered dietitian and has a Master’s Degree in Exercise Physiology.

After her talk we continued onto our spin class. Our Coach Jay led the class. He is the ace coach and I had the luck of sitting right in front of him. Little did I know at the beginning of the class that I was going to get a crazy workout from him. He really pushed me that day and I was going through many things in my head and throughout my body.

In the end, the workout was awesome and I pushed it a lot. He made me go harder than any of the other previous workouts with the team.

I was able to pickup a new cycle computer from Garmin to pair with my Forerunner. It was the bike cadence/speed sensor. I had some issues at first but I was able to get it going to work with my watch. I think I like it more because I can see my whole workout on my watch and to help pair it with the running and now cycling. It has more advantages now.

Garmin Connect.

February 25, 2010: 4.5 mile run

mark — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:29:15 +0000

Wow, I never knew how tough running this distance at a pace that I normally would run would feel like after not running in two weeks. This run was tough. I felt rushed though. I would have liked to start earlier and stretch a little bit, but time was not on my side.

I drove home from work knowing I wanted to get in a run because it was early day for me. I told my gf that I was planning on running. We got home and were out by 5pm. I had to drop by my mom’s house to get my brother who was going to cycle.

We got to Miramar Lake around 530ish. I didn’t have a lot of time, it was going to get dark fast. I had to get out and go.

I started running and was going at a good pace. I felt like the first mile was ok. It was good. I stopped and walked for a bit and then got going again. The mile 2 was tough. I couldn’t keep my 9 minute pace and was slowing. As I got to around mile 1.5, I told myself to go some more but my legs started feeling tired. It was getting dark and I hate running in the dark without any lights.

I ended up getting to the 2.25 mile marker and turned around. I knew now that my pace was around a 10 minute pace. I was slowing down and couldn’t keep the pace. By the time I got to around a mile left, I felt spent and couldn’t finish. I was glad I finished but not in my performance. I need to get back into it.

Insanity Results Day 63 youtube video

mark — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:44:20 +0000

one hundred pushups: Week 3 Day 1 repeat

mark — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:38:47 +0000

I managed to get this workout in yesterday. I did them pretty early in the evening and not wanting to beat the bush and wait till later that evening after dinner. I was supposed to also go to a Team in Training spin class that night but I didn’t eventually go because it was raining and I didn’t want to deal with a wet body and wet bike in the class. I know I should have gone. Maybe this Thursday will be better.

The workout was easier than I expected. I don’t know what will be for tomorrow though. The reps really do go up. I did rest a lot between sets so I don’t know if that might have helped also. I think it was over 120 seconds between sets. The last set was tough but I slowly got the last 10 in. I guess we will see what happens next time for tomorrow on the new workout. Hopefully it won’t be so tough and I can finish the last set.

workout: 20,25,15,15,25
actual: 20,25,15,15,30

100 pushups: February 5, 2010

mark — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:32:18 +0000

This is a tough workout no matter what. I can’t seem to get all the reps in the last set. I wonder if I am supposed to be going to a lower week or just get to something that I can finish. I am feeling that I am getting stronger though. I think I will probably have to repeat Week 3. Even though this week is technically my week 3 I should be doing Week 3 I guess. I probably should be posting some videos along with them to see where I am and to show the peeps out there my progress.

Team in Training seems promising. I need to get on my letters and to create those and to also mail some of them out.

100 pushups Week 2 Day 2

mark — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:51:42 +0000

That workout was tough yesterday. My rep counts were supposed to be: 22,30,20,20,28. I was able to do 22,30,18,20,18. I didn’t read that I had to take 2 minute breaks in which I probably should have. I think I would have been able to pump out a little bit more reps if I did.

I think my progress is getting better. I have gotten a little bit stronger and still been able to keep up with the workouts. I just don’t know if I will do it in 6 weeks, but I guess I am ahead of the schedule so I am in some type of advantage. I guess this wasn’t going to be easy so I just have to work at it to get things done.

I missed my workout yesterday for Team In Training on the bike doing some spinning. I wanted to go but my car is having trouble.

It looks like it might rain on Saturday. I am a little bit skeptical though. I don’t like being in the rain running or on a bike. I guess we will see how it goes though.

January 28, 2010

mark — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:47:08 +0000

I am running the Rock N Roll Marathon half this year to run with my brothers. If you are looking to sign up before the end of January 2010 then let me know so I can give you the $10 off promo code.

I noticed my brother uploaded his stuff 1st walk on to the garmin website. I know he is going to be stoked and see how his progress improves.

100 push ups

mark — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:59:31 +0000

I decided to take a look at the 100 pushups website. I tried the first week. My initial test said that I was supposed to be at week 3. After doing all the sets yesterday, I feel that I need to start this week as a week 1 instead of a week 3. I did my best though. The first day required me to do 14, 18, 14, 14 and 20 for the final set with 60 seconds of rest in between each set.

My legs are still sore but feeling a lot better now since Sunday’s marathon. I need to continue to stretch.

Carlsbad Marathon 2010

mark — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:13:56 +0000

Wow what an experience. The marathon is a tough course especially because when you are training for it. I wanted more out of my body but couldn’t. I didn’t want to go too hard in the beginning and I may have. I was going at a 9 minute pace and I wanted to stay around the 4 hour pace guy. I eventually got ahead but was easily caught at the end along with the 4:15 pace and the 4:30 pace guy. Once I saw the 4:45 pace guy I had to push it. I was at the last quarter mile and saw one of the coaches and he helped me push it till the end.

I would say that the first half of the marathon was what I wanted out of it. The hill at mile 8 took a lot out of me. I was taking it easy there. Once I got down from there I took it easy also. It was good though because around mile 12 I had to go to the bathroom bad. I was busting the farts and I had to go pee. So I found the nearest porta potty and released all that I had and I was back on the road in 2 minutes. I knew I lost some time but I was ok. I felt the pain in the foot and I could deal with it. I think I have been running with shoes that have been tied to loosely. I tried to tie them later on around mile 14 and it helped. I think the damage was already done though and it was not too bad. I felt my left calf was tightening up and kept me from going as fast as I liked.

I think around mile 18 was where I hit the wall. I wanted to finish already. I kept at it and I didn’t stop. I knew a lot about this course and I wanted to go more at it. The run to La Costa Ave was tough. It was a long stretch and running with the half marathoners helped a little bit till we had to separate and I had to go farther down. It was a lonely race at this point with only the marathoners there. I remember before the turnaround the 4:00 pace guy passed me up. I couldn’t keep up with them.

The race support and people were awesome. I couldn’t get enough people to yell my name and yell for Team in Training. They were along the way throughout the course and I couldn’t be more thankful for their help and support.

Nutrition for me was hard to manage. I brought myself some GU and it helped. I think I needed more salt though. I don’t even know if I hydrated well throughout the course. I think my nutrition was a yo-yo. I think I need to look at some of those things for the next one if I choose to. I felt like the first half was good but the second half I was almost reaching for everything that they could throw at me. If they hadn’t had the GU there to use on the course, I think my marathon experience would have suffered more throughout. I need to take a chance and do a sweat rate test to see my sweat rate is to determine my hydration needs and I should have done that before this race.

I think I felt bad inside as some of my team mates passed me around the 23 mile marker. I was going so slow and couldn’t keep the pace I wanted. In the end I was glad to finish and now I know what I need to do to get a better time.