On Wednesday after writing my last post, I hit the pool to get some laps in. I was a little disappointed when I got to the pool and saw that they changed the lanes around to be 50yards instead of 50meters, but I survived. I warmed up with some drills for 250yards, then ended up swimming 36 laps, resting for ~30 seconds after every 4 laps (100 yards). It took me a while to get into a rhythm, but once I was on my 10-11th I felt really comfortable with my pace and breathing. Therefore, I just kept going. After 40 minutes of swimming, I felt a little fatigued so I called it quits.
Later that evening, Heather and I did 30 minutes of Denise Austin's Power Yoga at Nargle's house. I slept like a baby that night!
Yesterday, I took it down a notch and ended up biking for 30 minutes and then doing some light core stuff (pushups, situps, etc). And today is my day off since I will be playing in volleyball tournaments all weekend. I made the decision not to go to Chicago this weekend because my best friend who was going to run it with me decided not to run it afterall. I also don't feel like my body is in shape to handle 13miles comfortably. I mean, don't get me wrong, I can do it. But it will be really painful!!! I'd rather ease into it to avoid overtraining and a possible stress fracture (that's my worst fear by the way!!!)
I've also been having some knee issues (mainly tendonitis) which is THE WORST right after I stop running. I iced my knees a little last night, and they are in no shape right now to go for a run today. They just need some rest, more icing, and a good dose of glucosamine, and I'll be good to go for my weekend of volleyball! Playing co-ed grass doubles on Saturday and Sunday with 2 great and super fun guys so I'm really pumped. I've never played doubles in grass before, but I think I'll be alright since I'm used to being slower in the sand. Let's just hope the weather is good!!
Time to get back to being productive, TGIF!
99 days!
Friday, June 11, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Swagger wins the GOLD!
Last Monday I ended up doing an intense upper body workout which caused a lot of extra soreness throughout the week. By the time Thursday rolled around (after 2 days (5 matches) of volleyball), my upper body needed some serious massaging. Luckily, there was a full training staff at the tournament so they were my best friends while working on the knots in my muscles.
Let me just take a moment here to brag about my volleyball team, Swagger. We dominated at Nationals and ended up winning the gold medal! Talent-wise we have A LOT of depth. We had 9 girls contributing to the win, and each girl did their job almost flawlessly to pull out an undefeated record (10-0). Aside from talent, however, my team is super fun and I am in love with every single one of them! We all get along REALLY well, and habitually laugh hysterically at everyone's ridiculousness and stupid comments. It was an amazing week, I met some great people and ended it all with a pretty intense celebration on Saturday night. So intense, in fact, that it took me almost 2 whole days to recover from it (and from the long trip back to Boston as well).
I've decided that Saturday was the last night that I will be drinking until after my half-marathon on Sunday. Yesterday, I went for my first run in over a week. My goal was to run 5 miles, but once I hit the 5 mile mark, I didn't want to stop. I probably could have ran at least 10 yesterday, but since this is my tapering week and my shins were starting to ache, I called it quits after 6.3 miles. As soon as I stopped running, I started walking back to my house and it was REALLY painful on the knees. I've been given some great advice to ice those guys right after I run, so I'm going to start doing that. I've also been slacking in the stretching department -- I can't tell you the last time that I did yoga! So I'm going to have to fix that this week.
Today is a great day to hit the pool and relieve some muscle tension. Also, I think an tall glass of yoga is in order for this evening!!!
Only 103 days until the Half-Ironman!!!
Let me just take a moment here to brag about my volleyball team, Swagger. We dominated at Nationals and ended up winning the gold medal! Talent-wise we have A LOT of depth. We had 9 girls contributing to the win, and each girl did their job almost flawlessly to pull out an undefeated record (10-0). Aside from talent, however, my team is super fun and I am in love with every single one of them! We all get along REALLY well, and habitually laugh hysterically at everyone's ridiculousness and stupid comments. It was an amazing week, I met some great people and ended it all with a pretty intense celebration on Saturday night. So intense, in fact, that it took me almost 2 whole days to recover from it (and from the long trip back to Boston as well).
I've decided that Saturday was the last night that I will be drinking until after my half-marathon on Sunday. Yesterday, I went for my first run in over a week. My goal was to run 5 miles, but once I hit the 5 mile mark, I didn't want to stop. I probably could have ran at least 10 yesterday, but since this is my tapering week and my shins were starting to ache, I called it quits after 6.3 miles. As soon as I stopped running, I started walking back to my house and it was REALLY painful on the knees. I've been given some great advice to ice those guys right after I run, so I'm going to start doing that. I've also been slacking in the stretching department -- I can't tell you the last time that I did yoga! So I'm going to have to fix that this week.
Today is a great day to hit the pool and relieve some muscle tension. Also, I think an tall glass of yoga is in order for this evening!!!
Only 103 days until the Half-Ironman!!!
Monday, May 31, 2010
10.3 miles. Woa.
My lower body was pretty sore after Thursdays workout so I thought a swim would be in order to relieve some of the achiness.
I hit the pool on Friday and worked on swimming 100m straight without stopping. I did that 10 times, and I had a pretty short recovery time between each set (>30 seconds). I didn't stop there though. When I got finally got home from getting work done on campus, I ended up taking the dogs for a 90 minute walk to Castle Island because it was gorgeous out. By the time I got home from the walk, I was ready for bed! I ended up going out, but called it a night around 10:30 because I couldn't stand in my heels anymore!
I took it easy on Saturday and other than playing a little volleyball on the beach with Mike and Liz, I only did about 30 minutes of P90X yoga. Then on Sunday, I ran 10 miles along the Charles River. It was a little rough...especially since I started losing steam at 5 miles. But I pressed on, and realized that once I hit 8 miles it was kinda difficult to stop. I probably could have ran the full 13.1 miles yesterday, but decided to let my body recover from the stress that I just went through. Plus, I was hungry and getting dehydrated (It was 80 degrees!). When I finally stopped after 10.3 miles (1h 44min), I could hardly walk. My knees throbbed and my hips were pretty sore. I walked around for about 5 minutes and got a good stretch in before taking a cold shower.
This morning when I woke up, I had some trouble walking down the stairs because my knees were so sore! I took Jack up to the park after breakfast, and that seemed to help loosen them up. They are fine now, but definitely think I should have iced them after the run yesterday.
I was going to take today and tomorrow off completely, but I just can't. So I'm on my way to the gym to get an upper body and core workout in. Tomorrow will be my off day since I'll be traveling for the majority of it. Can NOT wait to arrive in Phoenix tomorrow with my Swagger ladies!!!! WOOOOO!!!
I hit the pool on Friday and worked on swimming 100m straight without stopping. I did that 10 times, and I had a pretty short recovery time between each set (>30 seconds). I didn't stop there though. When I got finally got home from getting work done on campus, I ended up taking the dogs for a 90 minute walk to Castle Island because it was gorgeous out. By the time I got home from the walk, I was ready for bed! I ended up going out, but called it a night around 10:30 because I couldn't stand in my heels anymore!
I took it easy on Saturday and other than playing a little volleyball on the beach with Mike and Liz, I only did about 30 minutes of P90X yoga. Then on Sunday, I ran 10 miles along the Charles River. It was a little rough...especially since I started losing steam at 5 miles. But I pressed on, and realized that once I hit 8 miles it was kinda difficult to stop. I probably could have ran the full 13.1 miles yesterday, but decided to let my body recover from the stress that I just went through. Plus, I was hungry and getting dehydrated (It was 80 degrees!). When I finally stopped after 10.3 miles (1h 44min), I could hardly walk. My knees throbbed and my hips were pretty sore. I walked around for about 5 minutes and got a good stretch in before taking a cold shower.
This morning when I woke up, I had some trouble walking down the stairs because my knees were so sore! I took Jack up to the park after breakfast, and that seemed to help loosen them up. They are fine now, but definitely think I should have iced them after the run yesterday.
I was going to take today and tomorrow off completely, but I just can't. So I'm on my way to the gym to get an upper body and core workout in. Tomorrow will be my off day since I'll be traveling for the majority of it. Can NOT wait to arrive in Phoenix tomorrow with my Swagger ladies!!!! WOOOOO!!!
Thursday, May 27, 2010
5 Days Until Nationals
Well I didn't do p90x, but I did run up to the track for a x-training workout.
- 0.5 mile warmup
- 15 pushups, 20 forward lunges, 20 backward lunges, 50 bicycles, 30 situps w/ twist
- 400m run
- side plank walk up the bleachers: 3x each side (pretty sure I made this one up, and it's freeking AWESOME)
- 400m run
- 2x100m sprint w/ 100m recovery
- 15 pushups, 30 V-sits
- 400m run
- 10 burpees with prisoner squat
- 400m run
- 10 mountain climber pushups
- Oblique crunches (20 each side)
- 20 hip-ups
- 0.5 mile cool down
Just finished my post-workout protein shake and I'm feeling great!!! I actually feel like I could workout for another hour or so..... But I will give my body a break so that I can bike more than 20 miles tomorrow. :) Only 5 more days until the Swagger ladies are tearing it up on the court in Phoenix!!! Can't wait!
- 0.5 mile warmup
- 15 pushups, 20 forward lunges, 20 backward lunges, 50 bicycles, 30 situps w/ twist
- 400m run
- side plank walk up the bleachers: 3x each side (pretty sure I made this one up, and it's freeking AWESOME)
- 400m run
- 2x100m sprint w/ 100m recovery
- 15 pushups, 30 V-sits
- 400m run
- 10 burpees with prisoner squat
- 400m run
- 10 mountain climber pushups
- Oblique crunches (20 each side)
- 20 hip-ups
- 0.5 mile cool down
Just finished my post-workout protein shake and I'm feeling great!!! I actually feel like I could workout for another hour or so..... But I will give my body a break so that I can bike more than 20 miles tomorrow. :) Only 5 more days until the Swagger ladies are tearing it up on the court in Phoenix!!! Can't wait!
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
And I'm back...
First of all, let me just say that I haven't been doing nothing. However, since I haven't written in so long, I can't remember everything. I've also found that because I wasn't writing about it, I wasn't as motivated as normal. I will admit that I've been slacking a little bit, and I'm getting a little frustrated trying to get back to the point I was at before I took a week off -- very stupid move. It set me back a ton!
Since I'm pretty much starting over, I've decided to just start with what I did today and go from there.
During my lunch break, I headed to the pool and swam 500 meters just to clear my mind. It worked and I was fairly productive for the rest of the afternoon. Then I ran 5.61 miles up to Castle Island (with a short pit stop at the 1.2 mile mark to visit my Wednesday night VBallers). Since my partner was in Cancun, we didn't play women's doubles tonight. Would have been nice to play, but glad I got some tri-training in.
I was planning on riding my bike this evening, but had some trouble with putting air in the tires. I tried 2 different pumps, so I think it's a valve problem. I think it's about time to take it to the bike shop and maybe invest in some new wheels for it so I can finally get it on the road and not have to worry about getting a flat. Until then, I will have to settle for riding on the stationary bike in the gym.
Less than 18 weeks to go until the Half-Iron man, but only18 days until the Half-Marathon in Chicago with Marre. I plan on running a 10 mile run before next Monday because I'm leaving for Phoenix for VB nationals on Tuesday evening.
A little cross-training and P90X is in store for tomorrow....my favorite! :)
Since I'm pretty much starting over, I've decided to just start with what I did today and go from there.
During my lunch break, I headed to the pool and swam 500 meters just to clear my mind. It worked and I was fairly productive for the rest of the afternoon. Then I ran 5.61 miles up to Castle Island (with a short pit stop at the 1.2 mile mark to visit my Wednesday night VBallers). Since my partner was in Cancun, we didn't play women's doubles tonight. Would have been nice to play, but glad I got some tri-training in.
I was planning on riding my bike this evening, but had some trouble with putting air in the tires. I tried 2 different pumps, so I think it's a valve problem. I think it's about time to take it to the bike shop and maybe invest in some new wheels for it so I can finally get it on the road and not have to worry about getting a flat. Until then, I will have to settle for riding on the stationary bike in the gym.
Less than 18 weeks to go until the Half-Iron man, but only18 days until the Half-Marathon in Chicago with Marre. I plan on running a 10 mile run before next Monday because I'm leaving for Phoenix for VB nationals on Tuesday evening.
A little cross-training and P90X is in store for tomorrow....my favorite! :)
Sunday, May 2, 2010
I'm a slacker.
Holy moly. I have been slacking. Not only with the blog writing but with the training too.....I will write more tomorrow after I'm done with my last final!
Finally ran more than 6 miles!!!
Monday (4/26): swam 1200m in about 45 minutes
Tuesday: biked 16.6 miles in 62 minutes
Wednesday: p90x Core Synergistics (my favorite of the p90x workouts!)
Thursday: Recovery day
Friday: Ran 7.4 miles!!!! For the first time ever, I ran more than 6 miles on Friday. I ran the first 1.3 with my dogs so it was a nice little warmup for the remainder of the run. Needless to say, it was great and I felt awesome when I was done!!! Can't wait until I hit 8!!!
Saturday: off day. I SHOULD have swam, but it was 80* and sunny, so I opted to spend some time at the beach with the roomies working on my tan instead
Now for Today's workout:
Walked up to the track
Ran 800m to warm up
20 pushups, 40 bicycles, 20 v-sits
20 walking lunges (front)
15 walking side lunges (each side)
300m jog, 100m sprint
200m jog, 100m sprint
300m jog, 100m sprint
20 inclined Santana pushups (with leg lift)
20 box jumps
20 dips
300m run
100m sprint
30 prisoner squats
20 mountain climbers (front)
20 mountain climbers (side)
20 knees to elbows (standing)
300m jog, 100m sprint
15 burpees.
walked home. :)
Tuesday: biked 16.6 miles in 62 minutes
Wednesday: p90x Core Synergistics (my favorite of the p90x workouts!)
Thursday: Recovery day
Friday: Ran 7.4 miles!!!! For the first time ever, I ran more than 6 miles on Friday. I ran the first 1.3 with my dogs so it was a nice little warmup for the remainder of the run. Needless to say, it was great and I felt awesome when I was done!!! Can't wait until I hit 8!!!
Saturday: off day. I SHOULD have swam, but it was 80* and sunny, so I opted to spend some time at the beach with the roomies working on my tan instead
Now for Today's workout:
Walked up to the track
Ran 800m to warm up
20 pushups, 40 bicycles, 20 v-sits
20 walking lunges (front)
15 walking side lunges (each side)
300m jog, 100m sprint
200m jog, 100m sprint
300m jog, 100m sprint
20 inclined Santana pushups (with leg lift)
20 box jumps
20 dips
300m run
100m sprint
30 prisoner squats
20 mountain climbers (front)
20 mountain climbers (side)
20 knees to elbows (standing)
300m jog, 100m sprint
15 burpees.
walked home. :)
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