Afternoon:
Did a short run with Mark on the South Field. I don't feel too bad but sadly that is faster than I've gone in a while.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
29/10/2009
Afternoon:
I am so tired today... I only got 6 hours of sleep total in the last 2 nights, and no more than 2 hours per block (1 nap and 2 actual "nights" of sleeping). Anyways I lent my watch out to G today, so I just did 8-10 laps on the track (should be 15 minutes or so). I actually lost count because I was really out of it. Afterwards I lifted. It was hard to get started, but once I did my muscles were actually okay. Did deadlift today, will do 100m of lunges tomorrow.
I am so tired today... I only got 6 hours of sleep total in the last 2 nights, and no more than 2 hours per block (1 nap and 2 actual "nights" of sleeping). Anyways I lent my watch out to G today, so I just did 8-10 laps on the track (should be 15 minutes or so). I actually lost count because I was really out of it. Afterwards I lifted. It was hard to get started, but once I did my muscles were actually okay. Did deadlift today, will do 100m of lunges tomorrow.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
28/10/2009
Afternoon:
I was on the bike today. I was supposed to do 7x(3 on, 2 off), but on the 6th one my right foot started feeling... just different. I didn't want to ruin my recovery, so I bailed at that point. Hopefully it's nothing but me being paranoid.
I was on the bike today. I was supposed to do 7x(3 on, 2 off), but on the 6th one my right foot started feeling... just different. I didn't want to ruin my recovery, so I bailed at that point. Hopefully it's nothing but me being paranoid.
27/10/2009
Afternoon:
It was pretty crappy outside today, and I have a ton of work over the next two days. Did a nice 15 minute run with Jess, then rushed home to finish homework. Didn't feel anything with the feet yet, hopefully it stays that way...
It was pretty crappy outside today, and I have a ton of work over the next two days. Did a nice 15 minute run with Jess, then rushed home to finish homework. Didn't feel anything with the feet yet, hopefully it stays that way...
Monday, October 26, 2009
26/10/2009
Afternoon:
So Facebook keeps telling me to write on Alyssa Deaver's wall. I don't know what kind of algorithm consistently tells me that (it has happened about 75% of the time if you include reloads, and a whopping 4/4 if you just count initial log ins), but I feel like it's missing some input data.
Anyways, did the 15 minute 3600 today; I felt like I had better form that I did even last Friday. Hopefully nothing crops up with the achilles, and I can continue training for Track. I think I can actually do best in the 1500, but I really didn't have any base last year so the 5000 times may be off by a good deal. Time will tell.
Also, I've noticed that I've gotten a lot better at the medicine ball exercises; 2 sets of 50 each with the 5kg ball! Although I was pretty tired on the last 7 or so.
So Facebook keeps telling me to write on Alyssa Deaver's wall. I don't know what kind of algorithm consistently tells me that (it has happened about 75% of the time if you include reloads, and a whopping 4/4 if you just count initial log ins), but I feel like it's missing some input data.
Anyways, did the 15 minute 3600 today; I felt like I had better form that I did even last Friday. Hopefully nothing crops up with the achilles, and I can continue training for Track. I think I can actually do best in the 1500, but I really didn't have any base last year so the 5000 times may be off by a good deal. Time will tell.
Also, I've noticed that I've gotten a lot better at the medicine ball exercises; 2 sets of 50 each with the 5kg ball! Although I was pretty tired on the last 7 or so.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
24/10/2009
Morning:
Woke up and went to practice. The kids are going to Prado today, and the gym doesn't open till later, but I thought I'd at least drop by.
Afternoon:
Did 3 x Rosemead to do the bike workout (10 x (2 on, 1 off)). It's really nice over there at night; even though it's dark there are so few cars it doesn't matter. I was slightly cold but that was my own fault. I think the squats/deadlift must be helping; the bike felt significantly easier than last time despite me not using it for a while. Or it could just be the fact that I am in the slightly higher gear.
Woke up and went to practice. The kids are going to Prado today, and the gym doesn't open till later, but I thought I'd at least drop by.
Afternoon:
Did 3 x Rosemead to do the bike workout (10 x (2 on, 1 off)). It's really nice over there at night; even though it's dark there are so few cars it doesn't matter. I was slightly cold but that was my own fault. I think the squats/deadlift must be helping; the bike felt significantly easier than last time despite me not using it for a while. Or it could just be the fact that I am in the slightly higher gear.
Friday, October 23, 2009
23/10/2009
Afternoon:
Did the 10:00 minute 2200 (sorry Ian!). Again I swear I felt something different in the foot, but no severe negative effects noted yet. I'm going to be on the bike tomorrow so that should help at least. Also lifted again; I can tell my arms are getting tired from bench press, but I can do at least one rep at 115lbs (almost precisely 101% of my body weight)!
Did the 10:00 minute 2200 (sorry Ian!). Again I swear I felt something different in the foot, but no severe negative effects noted yet. I'm going to be on the bike tomorrow so that should help at least. Also lifted again; I can tell my arms are getting tired from bench press, but I can do at least one rep at 115lbs (almost precisely 101% of my body weight)!
22/10/2009
Afternoon:
Did the 10:00 2k. I thought I felt something slightly different than yesterday, but it may just be me being paranoid. Then I did awesome things in the weight room.
Did the 10:00 2k. I thought I felt something slightly different than yesterday, but it may just be me being paranoid. Then I did awesome things in the weight room.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
21/10/2009
Afternoon:
Ran the 7:30 mile on the track today. Hopefully this won't turn out to be a bad idea. Then lifted and did awesome things.
Ran the 7:30 mile on the track today. Hopefully this won't turn out to be a bad idea. Then lifted and did awesome things.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
20/10/2009
Afternoon:
Did squats today and then the other set of exercises. I feel like a sprinter now; don't run too much, just lift and be kinda lazy most of the time.
Did squats today and then the other set of exercises. I feel like a sprinter now; don't run too much, just lift and be kinda lazy most of the time.
Monday, October 19, 2009
19/10/2009
Afternoon:
Did a bunch of things in the weight room; Ian showed me a new variant on the deadlift that I like better. Also did 2 sets of 40 with the 5kg medball, so that was awesome. Will be sore tomorrow.
Did a bunch of things in the weight room; Ian showed me a new variant on the deadlift that I like better. Also did 2 sets of 40 with the 5kg medball, so that was awesome. Will be sore tomorrow.
Friday, October 16, 2009
16/10/2009
Afternoon:
Learned dead lift. It's little weird and I'm worried about breaking my knees. Other than that did awesome things in the weight room, and then some medicine ball.
Learned dead lift. It's little weird and I'm worried about breaking my knees. Other than that did awesome things in the weight room, and then some medicine ball.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
14/10/2009
Afternoon:
Ian showed me to to do squats. It's been about 4 years since I last did them, but I mostly remember now. What I didn't expect was how much they would make my quads/hamstrings sore. I forgot about that part. Anyways did 45 minutes easy on the bike. It was pretty uneventful, kept the HR at about 145-150.
Ian showed me to to do squats. It's been about 4 years since I last did them, but I mostly remember now. What I didn't expect was how much they would make my quads/hamstrings sore. I forgot about that part. Anyways did 45 minutes easy on the bike. It was pretty uneventful, kept the HR at about 145-150.
13/10/2009
Afternoon:
35 minutes easy on the south field. Felt kinda miserable. Went fast for the first 20 minutes, then slowed considerably to avoid long term damage. I guess I have track to "look foward" to. But I hate track.
Lifted weights afterwards.
35 minutes easy on the south field. Felt kinda miserable. Went fast for the first 20 minutes, then slowed considerably to avoid long term damage. I guess I have track to "look foward" to. But I hate track.
Lifted weights afterwards.
Monday, October 12, 2009
12/10/2009
Morning:
Woke up today, felt pretty crappy. We'll see if I go to practice.
Afternoon:
Felt a lot better in the afternoon than the morning physically, but I still have serious doubts about the point of this season. Ian brought up an excellent point, one that I had actually considered, and that is that even if I "quit", I will end up doing mostly the same things EXCEPT going to races. That's really not too big of a difference. Also, I hate quitting.
Did 45 minutes easy on the bike. It was boring.
Woke up today, felt pretty crappy. We'll see if I go to practice.
Afternoon:
Felt a lot better in the afternoon than the morning physically, but I still have serious doubts about the point of this season. Ian brought up an excellent point, one that I had actually considered, and that is that even if I "quit", I will end up doing mostly the same things EXCEPT going to races. That's really not too big of a difference. Also, I hate quitting.
Did 45 minutes easy on the bike. It was boring.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
10/10/2009
Morning:
Did a bike workout. Was supposed to do 4x(Rose Bowl loop), but after 10 or so minutes was still cold and decided I would be miserable, so I did the stationary bike instead:
15 warmup
10 on, 2 off
8 on, 2 off
6 on, 2 off
4 on, 2 off
2 on, 2 off
10 cooldown
The HR monitor in the bike is surprisingly accurate.
Did a bike workout. Was supposed to do 4x(Rose Bowl loop), but after 10 or so minutes was still cold and decided I would be miserable, so I did the stationary bike instead:
15 warmup
10 on, 2 off
8 on, 2 off
6 on, 2 off
4 on, 2 off
2 on, 2 off
10 cooldown
The HR monitor in the bike is surprisingly accurate.
Friday, October 9, 2009
09/10/2009
Morning:
Went for a short-ish run to Madre and back. The achilles seemed to do a lot worse than before, but only on the toe-off motion. I've decided this season is over; I honestly feel like I should quit, wait for my achilles to get better, and wait for track to roll around. But I don't like track nearly as much, so I don't know if I should even do that. Taking a year off seems excessive; continuing to train seems pointless.
Went for a short-ish run to Madre and back. The achilles seemed to do a lot worse than before, but only on the toe-off motion. I've decided this season is over; I honestly feel like I should quit, wait for my achilles to get better, and wait for track to roll around. But I don't like track nearly as much, so I don't know if I should even do that. Taking a year off seems excessive; continuing to train seems pointless.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
08/10/2009
Afternoon:
Messed up the workout. I was supposed to do Lacey 5x800 with 1 min rest at 2:50 on the 800 part, but I ended up doing 2:42, 2:40, 2:39, 2:37, 2:30. I always felt like I was getting tired across the halfway point so I tried to pick it up... and ended up going a lot faster. Then I continually got faster because I thought that "okay, this is the one you'll ACTUALLY be tired on, so better go hard for the last half". Still, I didn't feel great about it; I think I still have a lot of speed left but I need to build up endurance before I'll feel comfortable racing.
Messed up the workout. I was supposed to do Lacey 5x800 with 1 min rest at 2:50 on the 800 part, but I ended up doing 2:42, 2:40, 2:39, 2:37, 2:30. I always felt like I was getting tired across the halfway point so I tried to pick it up... and ended up going a lot faster. Then I continually got faster because I thought that "okay, this is the one you'll ACTUALLY be tired on, so better go hard for the last half". Still, I didn't feel great about it; I think I still have a lot of speed left but I need to build up endurance before I'll feel comfortable racing.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
07/10/2009
Afternoon:
Essentially wandered around Pasadena/Alhambra for an hour on the bike. On the way back, I saw Dennis hobbling along so we went to Nathan's house. Unfortunately I had SRS BSNS (dinner) to attend to, so I couldn't stay to catch up with Nathan, although I would have liked to.
Essentially wandered around Pasadena/Alhambra for an hour on the bike. On the way back, I saw Dennis hobbling along so we went to Nathan's house. Unfortunately I had SRS BSNS (dinner) to attend to, so I couldn't stay to catch up with Nathan, although I would have liked to.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
06/10/2009
Afternoon:
Did some sort of modifed Huntington today where I started at lacy, went to San Marino/Sierra Madre, then did normal Huntington back on Los Robles up to Oak Grove, then going back down to lacy and meeting the team again and running back. Took about 55 minutes (a little longer than I expected, but oh well), which according to this works out to a little over 7:30 pace. My achilles feels a lot better than it had before, but there's a little bit of swelling. I'll be on the bike tomorrow so hopefully it won't get any worse.
I don't like this season at all. I realized a short while ago that I don't do XC for the running part. Yes, I train, and I race, but I am nowhere near good enough to do it just for the winning (and by extension, the running). I like XC because it gives me time to not worry about school, to be with friends, and to push myself hard when I know I have to. Being injured for so long has completely destroyed most of those. I still don't really worry about school when I'm in the trainers or on the bike or hobbling along the north field, but my school worries are replaced by injury worries. Also, except for a few of my injured teammates (I'm looking at you, G), I don't really get a chance to be with the rest of the team. I don't even have to explain the 3rd one (who tries to go hard when they're injured? Certainly not me...). I know I'll have to work on breaking out of this line of thinking as much as if not more than I have to get back in shape.
Did some sort of modifed Huntington today where I started at lacy, went to San Marino/Sierra Madre, then did normal Huntington back on Los Robles up to Oak Grove, then going back down to lacy and meeting the team again and running back. Took about 55 minutes (a little longer than I expected, but oh well), which according to this works out to a little over 7:30 pace. My achilles feels a lot better than it had before, but there's a little bit of swelling. I'll be on the bike tomorrow so hopefully it won't get any worse.
I don't like this season at all. I realized a short while ago that I don't do XC for the running part. Yes, I train, and I race, but I am nowhere near good enough to do it just for the winning (and by extension, the running). I like XC because it gives me time to not worry about school, to be with friends, and to push myself hard when I know I have to. Being injured for so long has completely destroyed most of those. I still don't really worry about school when I'm in the trainers or on the bike or hobbling along the north field, but my school worries are replaced by injury worries. Also, except for a few of my injured teammates (I'm looking at you, G), I don't really get a chance to be with the rest of the team. I don't even have to explain the 3rd one (who tries to go hard when they're injured? Certainly not me...). I know I'll have to work on breaking out of this line of thinking as much as if not more than I have to get back in shape.
Monday, October 5, 2009
05/10/2009
Afternoon:
Did a "hard"ish workout with Ian. Could really tell I was out of shape, but oh well. At least it doesn't feel like I'm injured anymore (knock on wood). Here is approximately what happened:
15 min warmup
4 x (1 lap on, 1 lap off @ North Field)
4 lap cooldown.
Took about 40 minutes; Ian had the HR monitor going so I should be getting some interesting stats soon.
Did a "hard"ish workout with Ian. Could really tell I was out of shape, but oh well. At least it doesn't feel like I'm injured anymore (knock on wood). Here is approximately what happened:
15 min warmup
4 x (1 lap on, 1 lap off @ North Field)
4 lap cooldown.
Took about 40 minutes; Ian had the HR monitor going so I should be getting some interesting stats soon.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
04/10/2009
Afternoon:
Felt a lot better today. Got a full 9 hrs of sleep last night, and I just feel a lot better in general. Did 30ish minutes on the North Field with Ian, Jasper, and Julian, then did 4 strides and lifted in the gym. Achilles does not hurt at all! However I am terribly out of shape and that is what I'm going to devote the next 2 weeks to. At least it's La Mirada so I don't care too much if I get a slow time...
Felt a lot better today. Got a full 9 hrs of sleep last night, and I just feel a lot better in general. Did 30ish minutes on the North Field with Ian, Jasper, and Julian, then did 4 strides and lifted in the gym. Achilles does not hurt at all! However I am terribly out of shape and that is what I'm going to devote the next 2 weeks to. At least it's La Mirada so I don't care too much if I get a slow time...
Saturday, October 3, 2009
03/10/2009
Morning (Pomona Regional Preview Meet):
Did Not Run... I thought the freshmen did pretty well for us in this meet, but when Travis is not sick and I'm not injured/out of shape this course should be fun... if I can make it.
Afternoon:
Didn't want to do stationary bike so I rode the actual bike around. It was weird not having access to statistics like HR and RPM. I actually prefer high resistance low RPM on the real bike more than low resistance high RPM as I do on the stationary. I guess I like to feel like I'm going fast. Anyways, despite the change of scenery, I still was mentally and physically drained today. I'd hoped to avoid at least the mental part of it by not using the stationary but to be honest I still felt like crap. I can't really say how fast I was going but on a per-effort basis I think it was about right (I felt like my heart was going nuts on the hard parts just like with running).
~15 min warmup down San Pasqual
10 on, 2 off
8 on, 2 off
6 on, 2 off
4 on, 2 off
2 on, 2 off
~15 minute cooldown down Del Mar
There's actually a pretty fun place to do "laps" although they'd be a little long if running; Madre->San Pasqual->Rosemead->California.
Did Not Run... I thought the freshmen did pretty well for us in this meet, but when Travis is not sick and I'm not injured/out of shape this course should be fun... if I can make it.
Afternoon:
Didn't want to do stationary bike so I rode the actual bike around. It was weird not having access to statistics like HR and RPM. I actually prefer high resistance low RPM on the real bike more than low resistance high RPM as I do on the stationary. I guess I like to feel like I'm going fast. Anyways, despite the change of scenery, I still was mentally and physically drained today. I'd hoped to avoid at least the mental part of it by not using the stationary but to be honest I still felt like crap. I can't really say how fast I was going but on a per-effort basis I think it was about right (I felt like my heart was going nuts on the hard parts just like with running).
~15 min warmup down San Pasqual
10 on, 2 off
8 on, 2 off
6 on, 2 off
4 on, 2 off
2 on, 2 off
~15 minute cooldown down Del Mar
There's actually a pretty fun place to do "laps" although they'd be a little long if running; Madre->San Pasqual->Rosemead->California.
02/10/2009
Afternoon:
Ran pre race with the guys today. Felt okay on the run but still out of shape... However the gym was a different story. I felt sapped so I didn't do as many lifts and things as I would have liked. Hopefully I'll just need a good day of recovery (Saturday or Sunday).
Ran pre race with the guys today. Felt okay on the run but still out of shape... However the gym was a different story. I felt sapped so I didn't do as many lifts and things as I would have liked. Hopefully I'll just need a good day of recovery (Saturday or Sunday).
Thursday, October 1, 2009
01/10/2009
Afternoon:
Did some biking. I think my body is actually starting to adapt to the bike as I couldn't get my HR past 180 or so. Did a hard workout:
15 minute warmup -> 3 x (3 on, 3 medium, 3 on, 2 off) -> 10 minute cooldown
Averaged around 115 RPM, 160 HR for easy/off, 125 RPM, 170 HR for the first hard section, 120 RPM, 170 HR for the medium section, and 130 RPM, 180 HR for the second hard section. On the last 3 minute thing I gunned it at 150 RPM but surprising my HR held approximately constant at 185ish. Increasing resistance only made me go slower and actually drop heartrate so I put it back to normal. Went 21.02 pseudomiles.
Did some biking. I think my body is actually starting to adapt to the bike as I couldn't get my HR past 180 or so. Did a hard workout:
15 minute warmup -> 3 x (3 on, 3 medium, 3 on, 2 off) -> 10 minute cooldown
Averaged around 115 RPM, 160 HR for easy/off, 125 RPM, 170 HR for the first hard section, 120 RPM, 170 HR for the medium section, and 130 RPM, 180 HR for the second hard section. On the last 3 minute thing I gunned it at 150 RPM but surprising my HR held approximately constant at 185ish. Increasing resistance only made me go slower and actually drop heartrate so I put it back to normal. Went 21.02 pseudomiles.
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