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Training Reports

More training news.

November 4, 2009

So, after nearly a month of weddings, blisters, rolled ankles, and non-standard gym practices, I’m finally back on a regular schedule. I feel about 1000 times better when I’m able to keep to that schedule, so hopefully no more monkey wrenches get thrown my way before Thanksgiving, anyway.
But, if they do, I’m working on managing [...]

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Training Goal – Week of October 19

October 16, 2009

Well, I was feeling down about this week’s accomplishments, until I realized I got in three good workouts and ran 1.25 miles at a pretty good clip without dying. That’s a long way from my 3.2 target for Jan 21..but, I remember from last time that it’s a huge milestone. The longer you run, the [...]

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Hey Married Guy – Get Back to Work.

October 12, 2009

For lack of a better idea, I’m going to call this training day 12. Unfortunately, day 11 was 13 days ago.  That’s what a wedding and a blister will do to you. No biggie though – just going to restart C25K week 3, and try to progress from there.  I already feel better after the [...]

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Training Update

October 5, 2009

Well, I said it would take a miracle to get through last week. I was right. Could I have pulled it off? Yes. Would it have been a little selfish to neglect time better spent with family and my wife? Yes.
So, I basically slacked off after Tuesday last week.  To top it off, my shoes [...]

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Training Targets – Week 3

September 28, 2009

And, Training Report, Day 11 – 9/28.
Despite my lack of weight lost over the previous week, I refuse to get discouraged. Today had a good reason for that, as my weight circuit required noticably higher weights to achieve the same level of fatigue.  I also moved my running intervals this week from the treadmill to [...]

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Training Day 10 – 9/25

September 25, 2009

Today, in keeping with my decision to start having a “longer” run at the end of each week, I skipped the C25K Program completely, and did a 10 minute interval followed by a 3 minute interval, followed by 2 90 second intervals.  The last two intervals were about 10% faster than I’ve been running them [...]

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Training Day 9 – 9/24

September 24, 2009

Today was pretty straightforward and boring – 45 minutes on the elliptical…yee-hah!
Basically, this day is just to let my body recover a little, burn some calories, and get my heart rate up.  Tomorrow is another run/weight circuit, and I’d be lying if I didn’t say I as a little stiff and creaky getting out of [...]

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Training Day 7 – 9/23

September 23, 2009

Wow – day 7 already? That’s nuts. Anyway.
Today was C25K W2D1 – which was, again, 90 second intervals followed by 2 minutes of walking.  I made the last interval (#6) 5 minute interval, and increased the speed every 30 seconds for the last two minutes.  This is part of my theory that, while I’m able [...]

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Training day 6 – 9/22

September 22, 2009

Ok – I’m taking suggestions for getting out of bed pre-7am. Because today is the second day in a row that I ended up sleeping in a bit, which just pushes my whole day back.
I suppose I should just be thankful that I’m able to absorb alterations in my schedule without any real problems and [...]

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Training Day 6 – 9/21

September 21, 2009

I need someone to explain to my why I can’t get out of bed before 7.  Even if I do, I sit in front of the computer until waiting to go to the gym. Not that it really matters, but I’d like to be back in the office before 9 after a workout.
Anyway – on [...]

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