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Stars, bananas, footprint and 4,645 calories

Tuesday, 21 December 2010 | 05:16 pm

…aka my Workout Mashup!

Tuesday, 14 December: 3mi scheduled; 3mi completed. Small star!

Surprisingly did well during this midweek unshod run considering the IT band scare I had last weekend. I was on the side of caution as I went around the park, though and made sure that my knees and right IT band were supported (using KT Tape).  .5mi warm-up, 2mi pace(ish), .5mi cool-down. Average pace: 12:35 min/mile. Average HR 161 bpm. Max HR 184 bpm. Calories consumed: 1,352

Wednesday, 15 December: 6mi scheduled; skipped workout. Banana >_<

I’ve decided that I’m slapping banana stickers on my calendar for the days when I miss a workout/run. Why a banana? Because you “slip” if you step on one ;) Hehehe.. get it? That, and I didn’t really have any other stickers that would represent FAIL. Calories consumed: 1,902 O_O

Thursday, 16 December. 3mi scheduled; 4.21mi unshod completed. Footprint sticker. :)

Felt guilty that I missed my 6-miler that I really wanted to run it on Thursday but ended up with only 4 miles because it got too dark. :( Warmed up for 1mi, then went to 10:30 min/mile pace for another and the remaining 2 miles were done at an easy effort. Anyway, footprint sticker because, er, I didn’t think it warranted a star. Average pace: 11:54 min/mile. Average HR 166 bpm. Max HR 182 bpm. Calories consumed:  1,892

Saturday, 18 December. 12mi scheduled; 12mi unshod completed! Big star!

Holyrunningintherainbatman! Forecast said “light rain” and light it was in the Redondo Beach area. By the time I got to the Hermosa Beach strand, it was pouring! I thought I was bad-ass running in the rain, but then I came across others who were also running AND wore spring running clothes! WTH. I was nice and warm, though, wearing compression tights, a running skirt, long-sleeved compression shirt, a cap and rain jacket to boot! Took this run very easy and planned to keep my HR under 145 bpm but ended up having a higher average heart rate. I also walked at every mile “marker” so I felt no tweaks with my knee or legs or IT band throughout. Nice big star sticker slapped on Saturday. ^_^   Average pace: 14:14 min/mile. Average HR 160 bpm. Max HR 175 bpm. Calories consumed: 2,196!

Sunday, 19 December. Cross-Training scheduled. No activity. Peeled banana sticker. :(

Well, I was still very sore (mostly my calf muscles) from my long unshod run that I decided to rest instead… Rest and eat, actually. Calories consumed: 2,449* ACK.

*1,964 calories were from one meal at my friend’s Christmas party. I really have to balance the workouts this coming week as I continue this festive eating.

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Recap: Village Runner 5k

Saturday, 10 July 2010 | 10:40 pm

Nearly a week after this race, I still haven’t fully recovered! But more of that to come. I wanted to initially PR this race but a week before running it, I decided that I’d rather help my li’l bro PR it, instead of trying to get another one of my own.

On race morning, we were already running late (no one woke up early enough so we could have our pre-race day routine: coffee, oatmeal, bathroom) that we literally got dressed and drove ourselves to the race site. I’m glad we opted for this Village Runner 4th of July 5k instead of the Will Rogers 5k — the difference being the location! Will Rogers 5k was held @ Pacific Palisades (about a 40 minute drive north of our home) whereas the Village Runner 5k was less than 5 miles away.

Anyway, even if we got up late and missed brekkers, we got to the race site a full thirty minutes before the start. This meant we had enough time to (somewhat) warm-up and do some light ballistic stretching. Also, since it was chip timing, we didn’t have to stand extra close to the start line.

Before the race began, I ran into my friend, Cristina (we met each other at those Nike runs I used to pace) and her husband, Del was already around the start of the race (he’s a speedy guy!). Cristina wanted to PR the race herself and her goal was sub-30. I invited her to run with me and my li’l bro since that was our goal too but she ended up doing her own thing (during the first half of the race anyway!)

The national anthem was sung, the fake gun fired and off we went! I told my bro to go at a 10 min/mile pace at the beginning to warm up and then gradually speed up accordingly. I’m glad we took it somewhat slow in the beginning because this course had a few hills innit!

The course was also out and back, which I’m not keen of, btw, mostly because I don’t want to see people running back, especially since I haven’t the foggiest clue where the turn around point was! :)

Anyway, towards the 2nd mile, I tripped! Yes, as in full on “superman” on my tummy, nearly-kissed-the-ground, sort of spill. >_< I’m still not sure what happened or how I tripped (I might’ve been having a conversation with my friend, Cristina, who we ended up seeing around that time when somehow, I just tripped!). LMFAO. I actually got up on my feet right away since my Garmin never showed me stopping! The entire fiasco took seconds, but it felt like I was on the ground for 5 minutes! Read the rest of this entry »

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