Sunday, November 23, 2008

The training continues

I managed another week in which I logged 6 days of activity. I ran 4 days and swam 3 days. I know that sounds like 7 but I actually swam and ran on the same day on Friday. You can see my dailymile widget that keeps my miles logged on this same page. Rob and I are gearing up for the Turkey Trot on Thursday and we are both excited about it. I am hoping to crush my PR by at least 2 minutes, but it's going to be tough.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Dailymile

Ravished after a run.

Went for a little run with Rob today after work. The temp at start was about 43. I decided to run the first mile at a pretty fast pace and wound up running 7:19 for the first mile. Rob and I ran together on a course that he had been telling me about and it wound up being the exact same way I had been running during the summer. After we got back to his house I had run 5 miles, so I decided to take it up a notch for the way home. I pushed it very hard and finished the last mile in 7:15 which leads me to wonder if I am going to be able to break 23 minutes in the Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving. I haven't used my inhaler in over a year, but the air was cold today and I almost went for it, but decided against it.  We had supper shortly after I got back to the house and I felt like my body absorbed every calorie in about ten minutes, which left me very hungry and searching for calories. I went to Wal-Mart after I took the girls to dance and I bought a box of Snyder's of Hanover Bavarian Pretzels, ate three of them and had a Diet Mt. Dew. I realize it wasn't necessarily the best choice considering I had candy already today and I am trying to lose 10 pounds. I know that I need to drink more water. I am really enjoying my training and can truly envision one day completing a triathlon.  I have increased my swimming to three days a week and can swim a half mile without stopping. 

Tuesday, November 11, 2008


Very windy run with
Rob 2.0.

Activity
Route:--Elev. Avg:1259 ft
Location:Springfield, MOElev. Gain:+3 ft
Date:11/11/08Up/Downhill: [+239/-236]
Time:09:00 AMDifficulty:2.9 / 5.0
 
Weather:Overcast and Windy
 47 F temp; 82% humidity
 47 F heat index; winds SE 26 G 36
Performance

Distance: 6.23 miles
Time:1:04:51
Speed:5.8 mph
Pace:10' 25 /miHeart Rate:148 bpm (Avg)
Calories:1076180 bpm (Peak)
Map
 
Elevation (ft)
 
Pace (min/mile)
 
Heart Rate (bpm)
 
Heart Rate Zones
ZoneRange
(bpm)
Time
In Zone
Distance
In Zone
Zone 5176 - 1950h 00m0% 0.04 mi
Zone 4156 - 1760h 25m39% 2.65 mi
Zone 3137 - 1560h 32m49% 3.22 mi
Zone 2117 - 1370h 06m10% 0.54 mi
Zone 198 - 1170h 03m5% 0.12 mi
(none)out of range0h 00m0% 0.00 mi
Splits
MilePace (min/mile)Speed (mph)Heart
Rate
Elev
Gain
actual+/- avgactual+/- avg
19' 59-0' 266.0+0.2137-7 ft
29' 51-0' 346.1+0.3141-16 ft
39' 52-0' 336.1+0.3148-10 ft
410' 01-0' 246.0+0.2154+10 ft
510' 06-0' 195.9+0.2159+20 ft
68' 59-1' 266.7+0.9164+4 ft
end24' 53+14' 282.4-3.3127+4 ft
Versus average of 10' 25 min/mile

Thursday, November 06, 2008


Was a little windy but after about a mile started to really loosen up. A stupid dog chased me at about the 1/2 mile mark. I wore my Heart Rate monitor for the first time in a long while.

Activity
Route:--Elev. Avg:1279 ft
Location:Republic, MOElev. Gain:+3 ft
Date:11/06/08Up/Downhill: [+193/-190]
Time:08:10 AMDifficulty:2.1 / 5.0
 
Weather:Fair
 52 F temp; 83% humidity
 52 F heat index; winds W 17 G 22
Performance

Distance: 4.50 miles
Time:0:38:45
Speed:7.0 mph
Pace:8' 37 /miHeart Rate:162 bpm (Avg)
Calories:786178 bpm (Peak)
Map
 
Elevation (ft)
 
Pace (min/mile)
 
Heart Rate (bpm)
 
Heart Rate Zones
ZoneRange
(bpm)
Time
In Zone
Distance
In Zone
Zone 5176 - 1950h 00m1% 0.07 mi
Zone 4156 - 1760h 35m91% 4.12 mi
Zone 3137 - 1560h 04m11% 0.49 mi
Zone 2117 - 1370h 00m0% 0.00 mi
Zone 198 - 1170h 00m0% 0.01 mi
(none)out of range0h 00m0% 0.01 mi
Splits
MilePace (min/mile)Speed (mph)Heart
Rate
Elev
Gain
actual+/- avgactual+/- avg
18' 49+0' 126.8-0.2157+23 ft
28' 47+0' 106.8-0.1160+20 ft
38' 32-0' 057.0+0.1164+10 ft
48' 24-0' 137.1+0.2165-19 ft
end8' 30-0' 077.0+0.1165-30 ft
Versus average of 8' 37 min/mile

Sunday, November 02, 2008

Bass Pro Half Marathon





The temperature at the start was about 60 degrees. If you look at the data below you will see that I went out too fast. I have got to learn to be a better overall pacer. I was starting to get a little dehydrated by the end of the race, but I felt like I finished strong. However, I finished under my goal time of 1 hour and 50 minutes. All of the miles are accurate except the last 0.1 because I forgot to hit the stop button on my GPS watch.

Activity
Route:--Elev. Avg:0 ft
Location:Springfield, MOElev. Gain:+0 ft
Date:11/02/08Up/Downhill: [+0/-0]
Time:06:02 AMDifficulty:0 / 5.0
 
Weather:Fair
 60 F temp; 89% humidity
 60 F heat index; winds S 10
Performance

Distance: 13.14 miles
Time:1:49:45
Speed:7.1 mph
Pace:8' 25 /mi
Calories:2489
Map
 
Elevation (ft)
 
Pace (min/mile)
 
Splits
MilePace (min/mile)Speed (mph)Elevation
Gain
actual+/- avgactual+/- avg
17' 39-0' 517.8+0.8-- ft
28' 01-0' 297.5+0.4-- ft
37' 56-0' 347.6+0.5-- ft
47' 55-0' 357.6+0.5-- ft
58' 23-0' 077.2+0.1-- ft
68' 29-0' 017.1+0.0-- ft
78' 17-0' 137.2+0.2-- ft
88' 47+0' 176.8-0.2-- ft
98' 21-0' 097.2+0.1-- ft
108' 46+0' 166.8-0.2-- ft
118' 47+0' 176.8-0.2-- ft
128' 52+0' 226.8-0.3-- ft
138' 34+0' 047.0-0.1-- ft
end19' 10+10' 403.1-3.9-- ft
Versus average of 8' 25 min/mile