Exercise 6 x Week

Staring this goal in the face with extreme resistance and no idea why exactly. When did I become a slug? The thought of moving makes me tired. Who is this person? With all the stereotypical diseases that run through my bloodline, (associated with obesity), it’s time to put feelings and low motivation aside: because they really have nothing to do with it. The proof is in the family lifespan. Thanks for allowing me to sit here and get over myself. Bad feeling is still there, but I’m doing it anyway. Ok Pilates, here I come. 2 months ago

Day 1 (M) – Run
To the blueberry farm and back. Ran all of it except for the bit where I took off my jacket.

3.3 miles. 39:20
Avg speed – 11:4 min/ mile
Avg HR – 162
Max HR – 175

Day 2 (T) – Yoga
Did a yoga for abs tape with mom. Very beginner but plenty of challenge for me. I never can keep inhale and exhale matched to what they’re supposed to be.

Day 3 (W) – Bike
The hw was 20 min. w/u then 3 spinning intervals on flat road, then 20 min. c/d. GG and I went out on Guerneville Rd but the traffic was too much to feel comfortable pushing (hello trailer-trucks at 60 mph!) so we went over to Hall Road. Good but hard. Looking forward to having a cadence sensor so I have some idea of what I’m doing.

16.78 miles. 1:19
Avg speed – 12.7 mph
Avg HR – 152
Max HR – 168

Day 4 (TH)- Run
Started the couch to 10K program at Wk 9, Day 1. Felt good about it even though one whole 7 minute run was uphill. Oof. Made it to Forestville and touched the end of trail sign.

Run 7/ Walk 2 – 7 times.
5.6 miles. 1:07
Avg speed – 12.05 min/ mile
Avg HR – 162
Max HR – 182

Day 5 (F) – Bike
Did 2 yoga tapes with mom (45 minutes) was able to do the abs better this time.

Then first TSQ ride. All around E. Santa Rosa in places I can’t map mentally. Not super fast but very close together and intense. Worked on paceline riding so supposed to be 2 feet back from the person ahead of you? And not break? Or change speed? Um, yeah. But I made it through and though the least skillful person in my group, not embarrassingly so.

18.75 miles. 1:50 with traffic stops and stops for lecture.
Avg speed – 10.3 mph (including the stops – with the group was about 13-14)
Avg HR – 142
Max HR – 177

Day 6 (SA) – Run
Wk 9, Day 2 of the C210K. I shortened the walk segments since GG had somewhere to be at 5 and I started late. Also may have run out of distance on the last segment but heart rate was too high to figure that out. Not sure how high, since I got weird HR readings the last 13 minutes. I refuse to believe I hit 215. Felt like crap pretty much the whole time. Running in the afternoon, never a good idea.

Run 7/ Walk 1.5 – 6 times.
4.26 miles. 50:33
Avg speed – 11.5 min/ mile 3 years ago

Day 1 (M)
Ran the blueberry loop. A few brief walks.
3.38 miles. 39:39
Avg speed – 11:43 min/mi
Avg HR – 165
Max HR – 177

Day 2 (Sa)
Biking. HW was 2×10 minutes in HR zone 3 with 90-100 RPM with 7 minute recovery. I tried, but I can’t say if I was at 90 RPM. I got out really early and there wasn’t much foot or road traffic. Nice.
12.1 miles. 58:20
Avg speed – 12.4 mph
Avg HR – 153
Max HR – 175

Day 3 (Su)
Biking. HW was endurance with 90-100 cadence but HR in zone 2. Right. Also working on climbing in and out of the saddle. I’ve never tried to pedal standing, so that was interesting. Quite a lot of lube on my calves.

A hard ride. Lots going wrong – helmet getting wind, people, tried going down Green Valley Road which is way too advanced for me, etc. Came home, cried, and went back out.
10:82 miles. 56:12
Avg speed – 11.3 MPH
Avg HR – 144
Max HR – 170 3 years ago

Day 1 (M)
Small run at low speed as recommended when one has a cold.
1 1/4 miles. 16:16
Avg speed – 12:14 min/mi
Avg HR – 150
Max HR – 158

Day 2 (W)
Bike ride to Forestville and back with GG. Tricky – I was in the small ring for a lot of the time when I meant to be in the big ring. And vice versa. Also push-ups.

Day 3 (Th)
An hour and a half of planting trees in the mud. Much very difficult shoveling. Ouch.

Day 4 (Su)
Biking to town and back with the chum on the BB42.
9 miles – 30 minutes in, 25 back. 3 years ago

Spent all of February being sick of one sort and another. Even a huge bedridden one. Whee! Happy March!

Day 1 (Su)BB42 with the chum. To Graton and the other bike trail and back for a park photo shoot but then, it was so nice, we went to Forestville and back too. Over 6 miles. Whee!

Day 2(M)
2 mile run – 24 minutes. 10 min R/ 1 W/ 12 R. Not sure about HR, over 180 on several occasions.

Day 3 (Tu)
20 minute aerobic DVD, also push-ups 1,1.

Day 4 (W)
Blueberry farm run – much impeded by deep floodwaters. Squish.
3 1/4 miles. 41:31.
Avg speed – 12:22 min/mi
Avg HR – 164
Max HR – 179 (not good!)

Day 5 (Sa)
The goal for this run was to try to a pace at about 5.5 – 6 mph and run for 10 minutes bursts 3 times with 1 min walks. Quite hard to do.
2.9 miles. 32:25
Avg speed – 11:03 min/mi
Avg HR – 169
Max HR – 182 3 years ago

Felled by another cold. But back to it as soon as the fatigue segment passed.

Day 1 (W)- Bike
To Forestville and back then to Occ road and back with GG
Freakin’ potholes everywhere. Ow, my crotch.
8.25 miles, 41 minutes
Avg speed – 11.8 mph
Max HR was 230 bpm so I’m going to say the data is questionable.

Day 2 (Th)- Bike
To Forestville and back – all on the bike path
First time on the newly unflooded path. Lots of puddles and slippery!
5.4 miles, 30 min.
Avg speed – 10.7 mph (slip, slip)
Avg HR – 149
Max HR – 204??? That can’t be right.

Day 3 (F)- Bike
The standard Forestville Loop with GG.
Some rain. The world is still slippery and I was skittish.
6.2 miles, 34 min
Avg speed – 10.9 mph (huge gnat in my eye. Had to stop and spend good time getting it out.)
Avg HR – 133
Max HR – 158 (that I believe) 3 years ago

Day 1 – Run
Blueberry loop. 39:48. Walks at 1 and 2 miles and as needed after that. A bit better.
Avg pace – 11:50 min/ mile
Avg HR – 164
Max HR – 178

Day 2 – Run
Blueberry loop. 39:15. A bit less walking, but that didn’t really make me faster!
Avg pace – 11:43 min/ mile
Avg HR – 150!!
Max HR – 167!!!

Day 3 – Run
Occidental Road Loop. 3.1 miles. 33:31.
Much flatter path. But less fun. Walked at 15 minutes and once later.
Avg pace – 10:48 min/ mile (!)
Avg HR – 167
Max HR – 178

Day 4 – Run
Around the block and then back again since the road was flooded and I couldn’t get through. Lots of hills. Quite grim really. Quite exhausted the rest of the day. 3.75 miles. 44:37.

Data includes period of standing in consternation, considering depth of water, and watching trucks almost get stuck.
Avg pace – 11:43 min/ mile
Avg HR – 166
Max HR – 179

Day 5 – Run
Occidental Road loop. 33:04. Only one walk break, at the 2 mile mark. My legs hurt.
Avg pace – 10:39 min/ mile
Avg HR – 165
Max HR – 178 3 years ago

Day 1 – Run
Blueberry Loop (3.3 miles) in 41 minutes. 1 min. walks every 10 minutes to start and more frequently near the end.
Avg pace – 12:15 min/ mile
Avg HR – 163
Max HR – 181 (Felt it, too.)

Day 2 – BB42
To Gavin’s house, play date, then home. Hard there – really felt the hills!
Distance – 4.8 miles each way
Time – approx. 30 minutes each way

Day 3 – BB42
Just to school and back which is just under a mile each way. Oh, that hill! And maybe 15 minutes of biking all together.

Day 4 – Bike
With GG and Lance to Forestville and back. On Mistral! Bliss! After dragging that damn BB42 all around, Mistral was a dream. Could have gone much further.
5.3 miles, 32 minutes. 3 years ago

Not really well, by any criteria (really must consult doctor about this sort of thing – also sinus pressure making me want to pull my eye out – nice), but well enough, I suppose. Not feeling any ill effects.

Day 1
2 miles in a blistering 24 minutes
1 mile/ 1 min walk/ 1 mile.

Day 2
To Forestville and back on the BB42. Unpleasant in the extreme. 3 years ago

Week 1 – 4 Days
Sick for the first part of the week
Day 1 – 2 mile run
Day 2 – Blueberry Loop run
Day 3 – BB42 to Sebastopol and back with the chum – 9+ miles
Day 4 – 5K Race Against Hunger

Week 2 – 3 days
Day 1 – 20 minute kickboxing tape with the chum
Day 2 – Forestville Loop on the BB42
Then fighting off cold
Day 3 – 2.5 mile run

Week 3 – 2 days
Day 1 – Blueberry Loop run
Day 2 – BB42 to and from fruit stand

Week 4 – 4 days
Day 1 – Blueberry Loop run
Day 2 – 1 mile run with the chum on bike
Day 3 – 5K Save a Turkey Trot
Day 4 – 2 mile run 3 years ago