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Barefoot Training: 4 miles

Tuesday, 04 May 2010 | 10:40 pm

What a (negative) difference no running during the weekend makes. :(

I didn’t do my 18-mile run on Saturday because of the self-defence class that was practically the entire day. And I didn’t know what I was thinking when I thought I could run on Sunday (was too sore!) and then was still feeling the after-effects of the class on Monday (hey, so I got in three [controlled] fights on Saturday! It really took a toll on my body!)

Anyway, after all that, I guess my body was reverting back to its lazy self, especially when it has not run in three days! Eek.

I already felt sluggish the entire day and nearly didn’t feel like going out for my run but my virtual training bestie, Sheryl, did her “work” with motivating me to just get going. When I finally got to the park, it didn’t help that my Garmin wouldn’t find any satellites and only did, nearly a mile into running. UGH.

I’m glad I kept going, though, and completed my run because I feel better now. In fact, I’m kinda wired that I don’t think I’ll be able to sleep in a while. ROFL. You win some, you lose some (sleep!)

Stats (as recorded by Garmin Forerunner 201 and Forerunner 50 [HR only])

Time: 00:50:28
Distance: 4.01 mi
Elevation Gain: 5 ft
Calories: 349 C
Avg Pace: 12:34 min/mi
Avg Moving Pace: 11:03 min/mi
Avg HR: 167 bpm
Max HR: 178 bpm

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Carbo-load!Hash tag! One Good Earbud!

Friday, 16 April 2010 | 09:31 pm

I made some pasta tonight (instead of ordering from Macaroni Grill and picking it up!) and came up with something rather delicious. Fusilli col buco pasta with chicken breast, drops of truffle oil over white/Alfredo sauce. I’m sure there’s a proper recipe out there, but I ended up just going off whatever we had at home (again). Hehe.

Fusilli col buco with truffle oil Alfredo sauce

Fusilli col buco with truffle oil Alfredo sauce

My meals definitely need more greens, reds, and shades other than beige but I really didn’t feel like having a salad tonight. That, and extra roughage (I’ve read) before long runs is a no-no, unless you want to get, er, the runs! Hahaha TMI.

In other news, Sheryl, my virtual training buddy, and I have come up with a hash tag for when we tweet about each other’s training. We have now dubbed ourselves, VTB’s (#VTB) “Virtual Training Buddy” or if we somehow annoy each other during the next few months, “Virtual Training B*tches” (or if you’re a guy, Virtual Training Bast*rds). LOL. Please use it. It’s fun and safe and non-habit-forming; OK, maybe it is habit-forming, but it’s the good kind of habit! Even better, find yourself a VTB or perhaps several VTB’s and watch that training discipline get stronger. :)

Finally, before I get my beauty sleep, I just found this really neat product for your MP3 player called the “One Good Earbud” — it’s not just your regular earbud (apparently) but one that actually carries both left and right channels. I wish I had known about this sooner! Then I wouldn’t have suffered through half-arsed music streaming through just one ear with headphones made to be worn on both ears! That, and my shoulder will thank me for not stuffing the other earbud down my bra strap! LOL. Still, until I try it, I can’t really say that it’ll be an improvement but if and when I get it, I’ll definitely post the review here.

G’night!

p.s.,
AHHHHHHHHHHH! I’m doing 17 miles tomorroz!*ded*  >_<

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Swim Training (1000m Wed; 450m Fri)

Friday, 16 April 2010 | 12:01 pm

I went to do my lunchtime workout on Wednesday — 1000m swim! I was particularly encouraged to workout by my “new” virtual training buddy Sheryl! Yesh, we have a shareable Google calendar and each entered our training timetables into it. It’s one of the better ideas that either of us had had (yet)! LOL. Anyway we’re hoping that this will help us get back to fitness and obtain the “personal records” we crave for this year: me for the San Diego Rock ‘n’ Roll marathon and Sheryl for the California Int’l Marathon. I think that by being accountable to someone else’s training, you’ll find renewed vigour to your own daily schedule and you definitely won’t feel so alone when doing it! Plus, if either of you skip a workout, it’s METAL SPATULA (1:09) time! ;)

Unfortunately, that being said, I skipped my scheduled “Strength and Stretch: P90X” workout last night. Eek. But I have two good excuses:

  1. Sisy was hungry and I had to make her and my little bro supper
  2. Sisy wanted to go swim at 6:30AM on Friday (today)

So what does a good li’l sis do? Comply. Resistance was futile. ;) Checkout the delicious (yet easy) meal I made for them last night:

Marinated chicken over tortilla strips

Marinated chicken over tortilla strips

I was literally about to begin the P90X workout when my sis came home and forget to grab some take out. >_< Thank goodness that I had just gone to the market to buy food; otherwise, we would’ve been eating my “nuked salmon” dish.

In any case, since I was able to go swim with her at six-friggin-thirty this morning, I guess missing my workout last night wasn’t so bad. It turned out great that we were there when the pool just opened as there were only a handful of (senior citizen) swimmers and I got my *own* lane! At the same time, I hadn’t swam that early in the morning (and was still too sleepy!) and the fact that I have my long run training tomorroz (17 miles!), I ended up doing some sort of mini-workout with 100m drill and some paddle-board exercises (450m total for nearly 25 minutes).

Overall, a great workout week. Two and a half stars on my calendar and one big star will be slapped (for sure) after my long run tomorrow.

TGIF!

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