5.25 on the elliptical after doing chest and stomach strength training at the gym. An hour and a half lifting weights, and 50 minutes on the elliptical. Burned 800 calories on that. Heart rate is staying lower, and it's easier to work the higher resistance. Definitely getting my vo2 max back up as well as endurance.
7.25 mile night run. Didn't have GPS with me, but I think it was a pretty good pace. Felt really good. Started off with a bit of soreness in my shins and calves again, but for the most part that went away and was not an issue. Pace was definitely strong. Considering 4 weeks ago, I would have been working really hard to maintain this pace, as well as go just 5 miles instead of 7.25, I am definitely advancing back to my previous level of fitness. Looking forward to this weekend.
Pretty fast run tonight. was taking small strides, but very quickly. My heart rate was pretty high up, sweating a lot. Knees were good, but shins and calves are sore. Probably should give them a rest, but it's not really unbearable or anything. Overall pace was around 8:00/mi but I had some pretty quick ones in there too. Probably around 7:30/mi for at least 4 miles or so.
Looking forward to trail running this weekend in upper park!
11.25 mostly on the trails. Slower pace, but had about 4 miles at around 7:50-8:00/mi. Calves were a little sore at the beginning but settled in, i should probably give them a rest, but they dont keep me from running. And once I warm up after 3 miles or so, they dont keep me from going fast either.
Chest and Shoulders at the gym for an hour and a half and then Elliptical for about 45 minutes.Burned 700 calories on the Elliptical. Was working the maximum resistance for about 3 minutes with a heart rate of 185 while burning 21 calories per minute. Averaged at around 169 HR and burning 16 calories per minute. It's a lot easier to do higher resistance for longer than when I first started. Also my 11 mile run last week was no problem, had plenty of energy at the end and felt like I easily could have gone at least 3 more miles comfortably.
Got in a really fast run this time. My GPS said I did 7.75 miles in 59:34 for a pace of 7:39 but I think it was a little off and it was more like 8 miles total. Felt great to run at a relatively fast pace for 8 miles. I'm still not to where I was was, but this was definitely a breakthrough in getting back to it. 8 miles at sub 8:00 is definitely a big deal. Knees felt great, though i did feel a litttttle bit of the effect on them towards the last mile or so, but it's hard to tell if it was anything more than just fatigue. I was also running on pavement. I'm thinking I should keep my pavement runs slower.
3 miles on the Precor AMT at the gym. Did it in 25 minutes, resistance setting was mostly at 15, but also put it at 18 and then 20 (max) for about 8 minutes. Got a good sweat out of it.
Started off the run at a fast pace and decided to slow down after about 3 miles. It was beautiful out on the trails in upper park. I ran to the top of monkey head and down and then continued in down the hill. Went pretty far down it. I slowed down a bit but then started picking up speed again in the last couple of miles. My right knee started getting a little unhappy around mile 9. It was very mild but if i had been running faster it most likely would have been worse. Im thinking i might be coming back a little strong with my long runs and should keep the speed and distance down. It could be the shoes though especially considering they are nearing 400 miles.
6 slow miles on the trail. Wanted to take it really easy after the 12 miles yesterday. Felt really good and like I could have handled a lot more, so that was good. Probably couldn't have handled it at a faster speed though. Rest tomorrow and gym on Tuesday.
6 miles on the AMT at the gym. Burned 850 calories. Not bad. Was a little surprised to see that I weighed 163 coming into the gym when I weighed only 162 on Friday and this weekend I had dont 18 miles of running plus the Friday workout. I'm guessing cause I had some food in my stomach and water weight. Probably will be back at 160 on Thursday.
8 Miles in my New New Balance 410 Trail shoes. Right away my left foot was getting sore, but it started settling in. Was running on about half and half soft ground and half pavement. These shoes will be nice on the trail.
I think I need to keep my speed down and just focus on getting the miles in for the next few months.
4.25 miles on the AMT at the gym after biceps and triceps. good workout. WAs at the gym for 2 hours and 15 minutes total. Was liffting heavy weight, really good workout.
Well my GPS said I did 8.25 miles in 7:39/mi pace, but it really didn't seem like I was going that fast. Maybe im just getting into the groove finally. I dunno I'll have to see how easy it is doing 8 miles on my normal trails where i know the distances accurately.
My knees did do fine throughout the whole run in the new shoes. The left shoe seemed a little out of place to start, but i think they settled in and are taking shape well. I am pretty optimistic that they will not cause any knee pain.
8 Miles at a decent pace. GPS was saying I was going way faster than I was, but I definitely wasn't going slow. And this was more or less effortless too. It was the pace that I barely could maintain for 2 miles when I first started back up. Nice to be getting it all back. Felt pretty good. Kristy also ran great. I usually start off behind her and further back and catch up to her at just half way, and then i run ahead and up a quarter mile hill and back down, and usually she hasn't reached the hill by the time i come down, but this time she had beat me by a minute or so, so she has been doing great! She also is coming off a cold and sinus infection and hasnt been able to run much the past 2 weeks for various reasons so this was a really good run for her!
3.5 very slow miles with kristy. She got in a good 25 minute workout doing strength training while I did some ab stuff, but not a whole lot. Then we decided to go for a short run. It turned out to be really good for her and she had an average pace of around 9:45/mi except going up hills. We did about half a mile of all up hill and she did great on them and she never stopped once. I am very proud of her and I know she'll do great in her 10k in April.
5 Miles on the AMT after a pretty good bicep and tricep workout. Felt a little dehydrated so stopped after 45 minutes instead of going 50+ like I planned, but still got a good 5 miles in and burned 700 calories. Almost below 160 lbs.
About 9 miles on a new trail in Redding. It was all dirt and pretty nice. A beautiful day for a trail run too. I liked the trail and it has access to a lake to swim in so it would be a great hot summer day run. Kristy ran 8 miles and was only a few minutes behind me. She did a great job. I am a bit worried it may have been too far for her, though she has been doing 4 and 5 miles pretty consistently for the past 3 months with no issues. She's been doing hills as well and her speed is improving and obviiously her endurance as well. She's definitely ready for her 10K and going to work on speeding up her time. It would be awesome if she could finish it in under an hour.
8.5 miles on the pavement. Started off slow and then got into a groove and turned up the speed for a few miles. 3 hills mixed in for almost a mile total of uphill, that was pretty good. i need to start doing the hills faster cause the current pace ive been doing them is getting too easy.
