13km/8.1mi today, intervals on soft/smooth surface, luckily the weather was really nice, about 9C/48F.
Mileage Reporting 29th Week of 2013
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When I was doing my most running from 2007 to 2010, I always kept my log with the week starting on Monday, mostly because I would usually try to run long on Saturday, but if something pushed that back to Sunday, it didn't make it that the long run got pushed into the next week. It was just the way I would set things up, with an idea for goal mileage to a week and how many miles the long run should be.
It's all just how you want to structure it and view it. The big key is just making sure you aren't overloading yourself, and you could do the same by creating schedules of 5-day segments, or 4 days, or 10 days. We of course just tend to set it up with weekly schedules because it's a reasonable size of days within which you can set up a variety of runs and monitor how much is getting done, and the fact that the world mostly uses a calendar that has 7-day weeks.
I still wait for the adoption of metric time.
It's all just how you want to structure it and view it. The big key is just making sure you aren't overloading yourself, and you could do the same by creating schedules of 5-day segments, or 4 days, or 10 days. We of course just tend to set it up with weekly schedules because it's a reasonable size of days within which you can set up a variety of runs and monitor how much is getting done, and the fact that the world mostly uses a calendar that has 7-day weeks.
I still wait for the adoption of metric time.
Thursday morning
Skipped run and bike commute, due to tight calves, then walked bare for a couple of miles on some banking business and to check out a nearby, 24-hour gym. Calves felt fine, but I continued to massage and stretch them throughout the day.
Thursday afternoon
Zone 2 ST: Shoulders & Triceps. Wasn't really into it for the first portion of the session--the shoulder presses with a barbell and dumbbells--but then I started getting a good pump on the rest of the dumbbell and cable stuff, and worked in a few sets of Overhead Back Extensions at the end for the first time since I overdid it a month or so ago and got really sore. I do them straight up, like in this video, and also with more of a crucifix-like movement for variation.
I've also been hitting the clubbells again after a month or two of neglect. With these shorter st sessions it's easier to get to all the exercises on the list.
Debating today whether to give my calves another day of rest as a precaution, or try to at least get in a micro run. The heat will probably make the decision for me. I'll probably just do my st and bike commute to pick up the kids.
Skipped run and bike commute, due to tight calves, then walked bare for a couple of miles on some banking business and to check out a nearby, 24-hour gym. Calves felt fine, but I continued to massage and stretch them throughout the day.
Thursday afternoon
Zone 2 ST: Shoulders & Triceps. Wasn't really into it for the first portion of the session--the shoulder presses with a barbell and dumbbells--but then I started getting a good pump on the rest of the dumbbell and cable stuff, and worked in a few sets of Overhead Back Extensions at the end for the first time since I overdid it a month or so ago and got really sore. I do them straight up, like in this video, and also with more of a crucifix-like movement for variation.
Debating today whether to give my calves another day of rest as a precaution, or try to at least get in a micro run. The heat will probably make the decision for me. I'll probably just do my st and bike commute to pick up the kids.
Wait a minute, who are the rebels again? The Genesis Calendrists or the Hebdomadal Calendrists? Me, I have no stake in the great debate, despite Dama and Nick's insistence to the contrary, but it seems some calibrational consistency would be nice, given that we're spread out over the globe. I will continue my aloof, anthropological perspective as you natives try to sort this out.
Stationary aerobic exercise = no fun.
Going against the rebels? Rebelling against the rebels? Does that equal conforming or do the two actions cancel each other out and you end up doing nothing?
With your constant complaints of trigger points and your speedy dashes, I think you should take Jen's suggestion to change your line a bit more seriously.
REST THOSE CALVES!!! one more rest day won't undue your fitness since you due other stuff but of course you can do whatever you want if you feel like it.
Whole quote for Mike
NickW
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Funny, but you've trained me to search through the quote for whatever you may have written. This time you wrote outside the quote box. Tricky tricky...REST THOSE CALVES!!! one more rest day won't undue your fitness since you due other stuff but of course you can do whatever you want if you feel like it.
Whole quote for Mike
Funny, but you've trained me to search through the quote for whatever you may have written. This time you wrote outside the quote box. Tricky tricky...
Thanks big sister, but I've successfully internalized you to the point where the decision has already been made.REST THOSE CALVES!!! one more rest day won't undue your fitness since you due other stuff but of course you can do whatever you want if you feel like it.
Whole quote for Mike
Funny, but you've trained me to search through the quote for whatever you may have written. This time you wrote outside the quote box. Tricky tricky...
That's how I roll just want to keep you on your toes so don't relax
In case you didn't notice I was quoting rightly all this week up till now or was it yesterday but WHATEVER!!
NickW
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I think this week you've kind of mixed it up a couple times. Little of both. Silly Dama, Mike is going to have a heyday with you because he will struggle to read your posts.
Lee, I will be taking today off from a run too. Those damn vff's yesterday kind of messed up my legs a bit. They are mostly just sore, but by yesterday evening my right shin was horribly sore and it made it hard to walk without cringing. I rolled on the softball last night and it feels quite a bit better today, but I may be better served to not run today and just do the bike. Errrrrrrggggggg!
Lee, I will be taking today off from a run too. Those damn vff's yesterday kind of messed up my legs a bit. They are mostly just sore, but by yesterday evening my right shin was horribly sore and it made it hard to walk without cringing. I rolled on the softball last night and it feels quite a bit better today, but I may be better served to not run today and just do the bike. Errrrrrrggggggg!
Darkand
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Whoa! How cool is that! Tar footprints! That some seriously hot weather, especially barefoot! Kudos!We've been having the hottest weather of the year around here so far. Last evening, after dinner, I took a short walk and noticed that the tarry patches of the chip-seal road were a bit soft in places.
Anyhow, I walked about 1.25 miles this morning and ran about 400-450 yards of that, mostly on the uphill sections but some on the level too. It definitely helps a lot if you maintain a good tempo with the feet, try to relax and try to achieve a feeling like you're floating over things.
My tar footprints didn't survive the night though. Don't know if I'll try laying them out again this evening, today it might get so hot the road will turn into something like the La Brea tar pits.
NickW
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um...... Dama, I don't think I'm reading that correctly...
I don't understand it either Nick but mike seems to like it. 
Remember, no hablo ingles.
Remember, no hablo ingles.
Geeesh, I send my time giving people crap that I forget to post my workouts.
Yesterday,
ran up a flight of stairs(about 100 steps) followed by a set of 15 reps dips and some whimpy pushups.
Rinse and repeat for 35 mins
Today's workout,
jumping rope for one minute followed by some st exercise set.
Rinse and repeat for 45 mins.
I tried to do jumping sets on one leg at the time but I only did one set of those because I could tell that if I continue with those my calves where going to pay dearly for it so I didn'y do any more of those but I planning on slowly build up to it.
Wow, I wrote a lot today I am either becoming Lee or Nick hard for me to decide which one at this point
Edit:
forgot to mention that I walked down the stairs backwards to save my calves.
Yesterday,
ran up a flight of stairs(about 100 steps) followed by a set of 15 reps dips and some whimpy pushups.
Rinse and repeat for 35 mins
Today's workout,
jumping rope for one minute followed by some st exercise set.
Rinse and repeat for 45 mins.
I tried to do jumping sets on one leg at the time but I only did one set of those because I could tell that if I continue with those my calves where going to pay dearly for it so I didn'y do any more of those but I planning on slowly build up to it.
Wow, I wrote a lot today I am either becoming Lee or Nick hard for me to decide which one at this point
Edit:
forgot to mention that I walked down the stairs backwards to save my calves.
I think you guys might be approaching it wrong!
I always find things to do on the stationary bike. Everything from chatting with people, either in person or on phone, to studying Chinese by watching a movie in that language! Things can be done differently on a stationary bike, than a treadmill, I think. busy, busy.
I think you guys might be approaching it wrong!
Kudos to you, I have tried so many things to keep me occupied during the indoor biking but to no avail, I feel the same way as Nick and Lee.
Easy run/walk at Little Mulberry park, ran all the paved, gravel and horse trails plus a little extra...14.5 miles total in 2 hours 36 mins. Ran with no Garmin or shirt/hat just shorts, watch and water bottle...one water bottle was just right...walked 9 or 10 hills and did nose-breathing the whole way to keep the pace easy. One of the best runs I've had in a while...trails were wet, muddy and fun...temps good low 80's with lowish humidity 60%.
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