Violated

I've been violated again. This time it was the tv and old stereo. No video or cds (or at least I don't think).

I didn't work out today b/c we're running at Surfside tomorrow morning. And, I had to get to work early since there was that trial. It was pretty tense since the plaintiff wouldn't take the settlement offer. Fortunately, today's jury panel looked much better than yesterday's. Luckily there was a break for lunch b4 the openings. They took the settlement. I think it helped that the weather is great and the plaintiff attorneys have young kids and they had weekend plans. But, what ever it takes, right?

The garmin is charging, so I hope everyting is going to be ok tomorrow. The race isn't until 8, but they have a 6:45 start for walkers. They claim we should do 30 seconds per mile slower. I'm not going to worry about my time, but I'd love to do under 2:30.

Too tired to go on

I really planned to get up to spin, ab & stretch. Unfortunately, I was exhausted from yesterday. And it wasn't just the workout since I thought I was going fall asleep driving there.

We got home late last night . . . the soccer game prevented the buses from going down Kirby. There's road destruction on San Felipe that make it only one lane. Once we got past the traffic, we flew. And of course mom didn't start cooking until we got there. So dinner wasn't until 7:30 last night. Tina didn't show up until we were about to leave, so we stayed for a little longer. It was almost 10 by the time we got home. Makes for a VERY long day when you leave that house at 5. So, I was simply too tired to go on. I woke up at 4:30 and decided that I needed more sleep. Seeing as how I slept until after 7, I think I needed it. Plus, there's that half marathon scheduled for the weekend.

And on top of all that, I knew that Kelly was going to want me to go down to the court house. It is simply out of control. I spent most of the day sitting in the little conference room. The case really needs to settle. Waste of a good suit day (although my hem was non-existent).

Time Trial . . .

. . . or as Roberta put it: a long continuous run. I had hoped to start the run a bit early, but there was a group start at 6. I had arrived before 5:30 and saw almost no cars, so I thought to myself, "Self, you probably should have checked the google map with the location." But alas, I was at the right spot. Things weren't looking too good when I opened the door to go to the car and found out how windy it was. I was freezing when I put my shoes on. The other not-so-good thing was that when I turned Garmin on, it said, "Low Battery." I was hoping it would last long enough for today's run. It didn't. It didn't even make half the warm up. I had to use my regular watch.

So, I did about a 1.4 mile warm up in about 15 minutes. It was really windy then--I almost lost my hat but caught it just in time. By the time I turned around, my hands weren't cold any more. Then there were some strides. When we finally did the group start, I waited to go at the very end. I was kinda hoping Kathryn would have been with me, but she didn't get to the start soon enough. I let everyone go ahead of me. By a quarter mile, I was starting to pass some people. By Mile 2, there were only 2 KWers that I could see ahead of me. I managed to pass one, only to have her pass me at Mile 2.5. When I finished my 3 miles, I immediately stopped, but I walked about a quarter mile to get my HR down before jogging for the rest of the 8 minute cool-down. I suspect it was pretty high for most of the last mile. It was a terrible last mile--I had to really slow down to catch my breath. And of course, since I got so overheated, I started sneezing during core and haven't stopped since. Oh, and I'm wheezing now too. Too bad I don't have an inhaler any more since it's probably a touch of exercise-induced asthma (which I haven't had in a long time, but tends to flare more when it's cold).

Ok, so here are the splits:
9:35.75 9:35.75
9:31.43 19:07:18
9:48.52 28:55.70

I wasn't too happy with the first too splits, but I could have lived with them. The third was terrible! I'm wondering if I had run the second mile a few seconds slower if I'd have done better overall. But, I guess I'm fairly pleased since my "rival" did a 9:17 for the first mile, but finished the 3 miles in 30:45. Her goal was under 30. Mine was under 28. It'll be interesting to see how we both improve since she's piling on the running milage and I'm trying to do more cross training. (It also helps that she's about 20-30 pounds lighter than I am, so if I can drop some weight, I'll gain some advantage). Kathryn also mentioned she was chasing me the whole time and couldn't get me, so that's good. Nevermind the fact that she's about 14 years older than I am.

We finished with 5 minutes of core.

Today is Lunar New Year's Eve, so it's off to mom's for "Chinese style Tur-ducken"--well it's more like a boneless stuffed duck.

I'm going to have to get my act together so I can add the graphics from my toys . . . if I can get them working again.

iSwim

The alarm buzzed at 5 this morning. I couldn't find it to turn it off. It went off again at 5:30. I figured I had better drag myself to the pool.

I swam this morning--the water wasn't too cold, but it was windy. I did 50 breast as a warm up. Then 3 x (25 breast-25 free-50 breast). I rested and did 4 more sets. Rested again and finally did 3 more sets before doing another 50 breast as a cooldown for a total of 1100m. Not only is this sans HRM (b/c the Polar doesn't work in the salty pool), but it's sans watch. I was pretty pooped after. I would have loved to have taken a nap. But today was a class day. After breakfast & shower, I had some time to kill, so I napped in the car before heading to class.

Class wouldn't have been so bad if we'd had a break! The 2 students who were supposed to present didn't get a chance to. But, before you knew it, class was over.

iRun

Today was the first day of Spring Track. I got there a bit later than usual . . . and then I had to write the check and fill out the paperwork. Then, there was no tp in the blue house, so I had to walk back to the table to get some. Still, I got to park in my favorite spot. There were lots of new faces and some that have returned after a hiatus.

I got Pamela W. to run over Waugh on the trail down to Shepherd and over the bridge. I saw Robert pull up and then we passed him near the Graveyard. It took us about 14 minutes . . . about a minute slower than would be ideal, but that's ok since we were able to chat the whole way. Plus, when we arrived at the hill, there were't very many people there yet.

Kathryn was hoping it'd be 8 minutes with 5 minutes rest. It was 2 x 10 minutes with 5 minutes rest, but I think we got an extra minute rest. I sorta lost count, but I think I made it up 12 hills each set (but not back down to the start). Of course, I waited and started at the very back of the pack (so I could pass people). I did this work out sans HRM and Garmin. I suspect I'll need Garmin for the time trial on Wednesday. Not looking forward to that. It looks like the Wednesday workouts are going to be rather long--5-8 miles.

Let's Try This Again . . .

I haven't been keeping up with any training logs. But then again, it's kinda tough (or more accurately, pointless) to log when you don't train. I think the only thing I did consistently was take 2007 easy. The first race of the season ended up not being much of a race. I wasn't too disappointed with my finish at the Aramco Half Marathon. Seeing as how I have had viral growths on the bottoms of my feet that regularly shoot pain up through my feet, I'm pleased to have even managed to finish with the time I did (2:30 and a bit). My left foot seems almost completely better . . . the right one still has a noticeable growth. At least it hurts less now. And, after yesterday's run, there was only minimal pain in taking my shoe off. BIG improvement.

I've also noticed that I didn't have any of the shin soreness. I suspect that is a result of both the improving feet and the fact that I have actually returned to abs and stretching, albeit only once a week. Since I dropped the Y membership, I don't have 4 classes per week to choose from. And since my Emerging Issues on Public Health class is on Tuesdays, I can't go then. I suppose I could go spin and to abs/stretching on Saturdays, but we're trying to do long runs then. This week is the Surfside Half.

Well, I'm also hoping to run regularly again. Spring Track starts tomorrow. I've been pretty good about spinning once a week and swimming once a week. With any luck, it will increase the calorie burn. I'm going to try to use this blog to record my mileage and stuff. We'll see how well I do.

I guess I'm not really keeping up . . ..

Well, I've been keeping up with my KW training log. I guess I should work on this one.

First Entry

Ok. I finally decided I should create a blog. Hopefully, it'll dovetail into the website.