Sparrows Experiment

ha. Don't kid about it...I would ;) lol

Today I was too "twichy" to stay home and do nothin, and my kids wanted to see their friends at the gym (don't ya love it?!) so I went not really knowing what I'd do. I felt like I had a horrible night sleep. I get all freakish when I'm on my own alone at night. I had all sorts of weapons under my pillow and was ready and on guard most of the night. LOL.

SO I went and thought I'd do 11 miles ON THE TREAD. I mean, heck, if Drex can do it, why not me. haha. So I really tried, I gave it a good go...and even at 10 SORRY MIN PER MILE PACE I was so tired and my heartrate was well into the 140's (this is high for me at this pace). I increased my pace thinking I was just getting in a ditch. Sometimes that happens. The faster pace can actually feel easier. While it did relieve my sludge a little, not enough and I soon fatigued on that pace too. I eventually surrendered to my body at about 5 miles. I'm kinda bummed out. I wandered to the pool with my suit on....took a look at it, and it looked too hard. haha. so I went home. What an uncharacteristic day. I think the week was heavy and I'm a bit overtrained as indicated by my heartrate. My resting heartrate is a bit high too at 54. I'm normally around 43-45. I've also not eaten very "normally" the last 2-3 days. <sigh>
 
katie I got a great idea.
You get focus on one treadmill at 20mph and then I'll get another one and put it directly behind it in the opposite direction so that when he starts to fall of the first one, the second one will push him right back up.
IT'd be hillarious to watch, don't ya think?
 
miss_christi said:
katie I got a great idea.
You get focus on one treadmill at 20mph and then I'll get another one and put it directly behind it in the opposite direction so that when he starts to fall of the first one, the second one will push him right back up.
IT'd be hillarious to watch, don't ya think?
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LOL. You're so cool :cool:
 
Hey, wait, hold up. Who says I'm gonna fall? I'll die on my feet. Like a horse. And when I do, I hope you get chunks of my exploded heart in your hair and up your nose. Because you're mean. :bncry:

That's too bad about your day, sparrow. Maybe a stun-gun, a perimeter of proximity mines and some of those South African car "alarms" would help you get the rest you need to succeed? :p
 
sparrow said:
SO I went and thought I'd do 11 miles ON THE TREAD. I mean, heck, if Drex can do it, why not me. haha. So I really tried, I gave it a good go...and even at 10 SORRY MIN PER MILE PACE I was so tired and my heartrate was well into the 140's (this is high for me at this pace). I increased my pace thinking I was just getting in a ditch. Sometimes that happens. The faster pace can actually feel easier. While it did relieve my sludge a little, not enough and I soon fatigued on that pace too. I eventually surrendered to my body at about 5 miles. I'm kinda bummed out. I wandered to the pool with my suit on....took a look at it, and it looked too hard. haha. so I went home. What an uncharacteristic day. I think the week was heavy and I'm a bit overtrained as indicated by my heartrate. My resting heartrate is a bit high too at 54. I'm normally around 43-45. I've also not eaten very "normally" the last 2-3 days. <sigh>
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Hi Katie, just a reminder to be thankful of what you are able to do, and not to dwell on what you couldn't. Speaking for myself, I've not seen a 10 minute mile yet but I hope to.
 
stingo said:
Hi Katie, just a reminder to be thankful of what you are able to do, and not to dwell on what you couldn't. Speaking for myself, I've not seen a 10 minute mile yet but I hope to.
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so true and as the day went on I was grateful I at least got in SOMEthing this morning. I was able to rest easy knowing I really do need to take a day or two off. It made me happy knowing I wasn't going to be visiting the gym tomorrow. I've gotta find some balance, its ridiculous, especially at this stage of the game. My BIG deal race this summer isn't even within worry distance.

I think if I didn't work there it would be different but I feel like I live there between working morning and evening and doing my workout.

Tonight I was registering my kids for some activities they want to do this spring/summer. My daughter wants to rejoin the summer swim league (she did it last year), my other daughter wants to do gymnastics which she did last fall, my son wants to try Karate and cub scouts. There is NO WAY I'm going to be able to coach evenings with that schedule. So today I made up my mind that I'll talk to management Monday and let them know they have to find someone to help share this with me. I cannot cover all of the classes. As it is I have no sub and thats such a burden knowing I can't really miss a day of work, even if I had to. I also may do some coaching for the 2 hours my daughter is swimming so that she's massively discounted, since I'll be there anyway. We'll see, it'll all work out. For now I just need to chill and stop feeling so overwhelmed.
 
running 2 days a week long runs is not good.
running 3 days a week, 2 long and one fast is not good
runnin 4 days a weeks 2 long and 2 fast is not good.

running 4-5 days a week, with one long, one fast, and the others "smooth" = IS GOOD.

how about a workout every once in awhile that is not a "head turner." You know, like a nice and cool 3 miles in 30-35 minutes.... Or maybe even 5 miles in 50 minutes-- good glory of god can you imagine wasting a whole hour on 5 piddly miles.... ;)

just keep yourself lubed up for the run- keep the joints alive.... - you can use the run for resting.... Keep in mind that you will be 4 solid hours into your 70.3 and still have 10 miles of running to go. REALITY - IRONWOMAN is worth gaining 'pace control'

maybe even an hour run that DOES NOT strain you at all. Think distance and comfort sometimes.

yer getting older now- accept it ahhahahahaahhaa
haghahaha

hhehehehee

hahahaha

FF'er'ed
 
flyinfree said:
running 2 days a week long runs is not good.
running 3 days a week, 2 long and one fast is not good
runnin 4 days a weeks 2 long and 2 fast is not good.

running 4-5 days a week, with one long, one fast, and the others "smooth" = IS GOOD.

how about a workout every once in awhile that is not a "head turner." You know, like a nice and cool 3 miles in 30-35 minutes.... Or maybe even 5 miles in 50 minutes-- good glory of god can you imagine wasting a whole hour on 5 piddly miles.... ;)
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uhhhhhhhh :eek: okay RUNNING MASTER only if it turns me into a sub 1:43 half mary :D
flyinfree said:
just keep yourself lubed up for the run- keep the joints alive.... - you can use the run for resting.... Keep in mind that you will be 4 solid hours into your 70.3 and still have 10 miles of running to go. REALITY - IRONWOMAN is worth gaining 'pace control'

maybe even an hour run that DOES NOT strain you at all. Think distance and comfort sometimes.

yer getting older now- accept it ahhahahahaahhaa
haghahaha

hhehehehee

hahahaha

FF'er'ed
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Well in my defense, I do think of non-strained running and besides my tempo run I practice it. The tempo run is the only thing that pushes my comfort zone. The long runs have been done at a percieved easy effort. Its just happened that the effort has turned into 8-8:15 min miles which is great. You're right about the more constant running. I have filled my other days with other cross training trying to avoid shin overload and get a jump on the tri season, but perhaps a 2-4 miler each day at an easy pace would be beneficial just to keep the feel of the road. I will try that this week and drop some of my other stuff. I'll focus soley on the run for the next 3 weeks.

Thanks FF
 
[Focus] said:
Hey, wait, hold up. Who says I'm gonna fall? I'll die on my feet. Like a horse. And when I do, I hope you get chunks of my exploded heart in your hair and up your nose. Because you're mean. :bncry:

That's too bad about your day, sparrow. Maybe a stun-gun, a perimeter of proximity mines and some of those South African car "alarms" would help you get the rest you need to succeed? :p
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keep talkin focus
 
stingo said:
By the way, are you still doing NROL?
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Yes but we're getting very bored and it takes a lot of our energy that we need for training. We've been doing it just 2 days a week, the A and B workouts of Fat Loss 3. We haven't seen any real gains for a while and the visual success we saw from starting something new is starting to plateau. I can't believe I'm saying it but I actually miss the simplicity of conventional weight lifting. We were thinking of going to a modified Body for Life plan and implementing the more strict diet as well since we both have GI problems that affect our training. lol, I laugh because we "tough" triathletes sound so pathetic. She has Chrons disease and Celiac disease and who knows whats wrong with me. I have really liked NROL, its just getting more tough to maintain as training increases.
 
As long as I don't abandon weights I'm not particular on what we do. However, NROL is the only program I have seen great strength and no size (increased shape-yes, size- no). thats exactly what I was looking for...not sure I want to ditch that method. We'll see.
 
sparrow said:
As long as I don't abandon weights I'm not particular on what we do. However, NROL is the only program I have seen great strength and no size (increased shape-yes, size- no). thats exactly what I was looking for...not sure I want to ditch that method. We'll see.
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Maybe trying one of the strength programs would help - since they're set up so differently from the Fat Loss workouts... Or you could get NROL for Women - but that's a six month program divided into stages that build on each other. Just a thought.
 
ahem----

excuse me there missy, but it'll get you to-

1:41:56 - chip time

I take the ego right back- that is God's time- that is way beyone me.

nevermind

p.s. you have never just taken any advice without at least a lil fight. yer just like that. It's kind of fun- at least you only embarrass yourself.

*ducking*
hahahaha
 
ha. no I like to show you that I have a method to my madness... :) I never do things without knowing why I do them. Kinda sucks the "fun" out of life sometimes. I'd like to be more spontaneous and not so "type A" all the time...but ah well. I am who I am.

I ditched spinning for running today. I started my day off with what I used to do all the time-protein powder and natural applesauce mixed together. I have NEVER had a bad workout after I've eaten that, its a bit weird.

I'm trying Body For Life eating plan. It lines up with the "inflamatory" diet I've been prescribed by my dr. and gives me more focus. I just needed a plan to keep my energy up, some fat loss continuing, weight steady and shin pain and stomach pain at bay.

Today I did 6.1 mi on the tread and didn't look at it as I was increasing the intensity. I stopped increasing when I felt a comfortable stride and then put my towel over the controls so I could only see how far I'd gone. I'm really trying to run more on percieved effort than looking at numbers. I get very anxious if I'm looking at my watch too much during a race, especially if I'm off my game. I'd rather know my body well enough to just know-which I can do in swimming. That way I also know how much it can really handle in the midst of some pain in a race.

anyway, my pace was 8:27 today. I'm swimming 3000 tonight before Masters.

I need new running shoes. My big toe is poking out of the top of my Asics! I've been such a bad girl not keeping up on my shoe shopping. I've had these shoes for about 10 months and way too many miles :( I'd like some Asics Cumulus 9 or Nimbus 9 anyone have one of these? I tried both on yesterday. The Cumulus have much more support for supination-which is me and more bounce over all. The nimbus are a bit lighter and really feel like racing flats.

B-1/2c applesauce, 1 scoop whey vanilla
L-1.5c chopped steamed broccoli, 5 oz chicken, 1/2 avocado
S-scoop protein, 2 carrots juiced
D- 5 egg whites, 1 egg, serving oatmeal
S-scoop protein in milk, strawberries (this is PW)
 
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I have the cumulus and they are fantastic.

when I did the gate analysis at the expo even the Nike guy said is the years most under rated shoe.

I can not believe what I have read here today- :(

I'm not talkin to you any more.
 
what the heck are you talking about? The bad shoes? Well...yeah...if thats it...kids clothes win out over my running shoes :(
 
ooops..... dang women! they kill me every time. yes kids clothes do. I will vouch for the cumlus and they are about 80.00

jeeez! you are such a gauger! you killed me with the kid comment.

spankin for you!

better to run bare footed, than to run with bad shoes.
 
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