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Oh well, at least I’m running

Cheeseball — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Been bummed all week that I didn’t get to go swim after last Sunday. Running didn’t feel as fun this week because I kept thinking about not having been in the water. Hopefully I won’t be hit hard in tomorrow morning’s session. I kept a faster pace in today’s run.

1) 1.6 miles - 16:30 (10:18/mi) - I’m getting better with the uphill
2) 1.6 miles - 13:44 (8:35/mi)

Workout:

Type: Run
Date: 09/13/2008
Time: 09:00:00
Total Time: 00:30:14.00
Distance: 3.2 miles
Average Pace: 9:26.93/mile

Stress reliever run

Cheeseball — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:30:00 +0000

Nothing can stop me now.

1) 0.8 miles - 7:50 (9:47/mi)
2) 0.8 miles -8:13 (10:16/mi) - Kept a pretty good pace at the uphill:)
3) 0.8 miles - 7:23 (9:13/mi)
4) 0.8 miles - 6:53 (8:36/mi)

Workout:

Type: Run
Date: 09/10/2008
Time: 07:30:00
Total Time: 00:30:13.00
Distance: 3.2 miles
Average Pace: 9:26.93/mile

Morning Run

Cheeseball — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000

Good 3 miles on the sand.

1) .6mi - 7:10 (11:56/mi)
2) .6mi - 6:47 (11:18/mi)
3) .6mi - 6:41 (11:08/mi)
4) .6mi - 6:21 (10:35/mi)
5) .6mi - 6:11 (10:18/mi)

Workout:

Type: Run
Date: 09/09/2008
Time: 07:00:00
Total Time: 00:33:10.00
Distance: 3 miles
Average Pace: 11:02.98/mile

Bike path rules.

Cheeseball — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:00:00 +0000

I had two drumstick ice cream this afternoon. Chocolate and vanilla… LOVE those suckers!! With all that sugar and fat, I felt really antsy and wanted to get out and break a sweat. I tried my bike shorts that I’d bought two months ago. Wow, they’re comfy! (ya, it took me that long to try them)

Ode to today’s LA Tri that I didn’t participate:

Street 2.7km/1.7mi - 9min (11.18mph)
Bike path 8.8km/5.5mi - 33min (9.94mph) - Headwind killed me!
Bike path 8.8km/5.5mi - 25min (13.12 mph) - Nice wind from the back:)
Street 2.7km/1.7mi - 12min (8.39mph)
—–
Total: 23km /14.3miles - Now I am officially tired.

At the yacht harbor

Workout:

Type: Cycle
Date: 09/07/2008
Time: 15:00:00
Total Time: 1:19:24.00
Distance: 14.29 miles
Average Speed: 10.8 mph

Sunday Morning Swim

Cheeseball — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:00:00 +0000

Had a fun morning workout in my favorite big pool. If my coach heard me say it was “fun”, he’d make the workout harder on me, so shhhh! He was asking me towards the end, “Are you working hard enough yet, Sachi?” What makes you think I’m not working hard ‘nough?! Geez. …I have made the 1:45 on 100 interval with Steve and some of those faster gals in the same lane before, but I was using the bigger fins too… It would be pushing it, but I might be able to make it with my new smaller fins if I try really hard and follow those guys in the same lane. My excuse - they are not there on Sundays! (although there are plenty other fast swimmers:p)

The sun came out later and I got tan lines especially on my back. Great, now I look like I’m wearing a speedo suit all the time:( Sunblock next time.

Short course in yards:

1) Warm up
3 x 100
2 x 50 kick

2) More kick
4 x 50

3) “Predict your time”
3 x 100 - I was around 1:55 - kinda slow since we were still warming up
2 x 50

4) Warm up interval
1 x 150 on 2:20
2 x 50 hard

5) Main set - 2 sets of:
3 x 100 on 1:50
2 x 50 on :50
1 x 25 easy

6) One last bit (just when I thought we were done!!)
1 x 75 hard - took off my zoomers here
1 x 25 sprint

1 x 50 breast stroke cool down before I got out

Workout:

Type: Swim
Date: 09/07/2008
Time: 09:00:00
Total Time: 1:00:00.00
Distance: 2,250 yd
Average Pace: 2:39.8/100yd

Easy Run

Cheeseball — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000

Wanted to get a shorter run in after feeling like a zombie in pain for two days because of Aunt Irma. It was good to take a rest day yesterday because it gave me the feeling that I really wanted to get outside and move again. This morning’s run was fun as a result. I took it nice and easy to enjoy the moment.

First 1.3 miles - 14:15 (10:57 mi/hr)
Second 1.3 miles - 13:07 (10:05 mi/hr)

Workout:

Type: Run
Date: 09/05/2008
Time: 07:00:00
Total Time: 00:27:22.00
Distance: 2.6 miles
Average Pace: 10:31.58/mile

2k morning swim - part IM

Cheeseball — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000

Today’s work out was part IM. It was a nice change (and a surprise to me). Fly kills my back though.

Long course today (in meters):

1) Warm up:
1 x 100 free
2 x 50 kick
1 x 100 free
2 x 50 kick

2) Warm up stroke/free interval:
4 x 100 on 2:20 (consisted of 50 any stroke + 50 free)
I picked breast stroke for the stroke portion

3) Main set - can’t remember all the interval times. There were too many numbers. lol

2 sets of the following:

2 x 50 free on 1:15
1 x 100 (50 fly + 50 free)
1 x 150 (100 breast + 50 free)
3 x 50 free on 1:15
1 x 100 (50 back + 50 free)

Some people dropped out of the lane, I started out towards the back, and ended up right after the lane leader. This was the slow lane in the morning workout, but I don’t wanna know what is going on over in the other lanes.

Workout:

Type: Swim
Date: 09/03/2008
Time: 07:00:00
Total Time: 1:00:00.00
Distance: 2,187.23 yd
Average Pace: 2:44.96/100yd

3 mile beach run

Cheeseball — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:30:00 +0000

Running in the morning makes me very happy for the rest of the day:) I feel super energized. I’m hungry again!!!

Workout:

Type: Run
Date: 09/02/2008
Time: 07:30:00
Total Time: 00:30:45.00
Distance: 3 miles
Average Pace: 10:15.38/mile

Labor Day Morning Swim w/ Zoomers

Cheeseball — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:00:00 +0000

Holy moly, there were a gang of swimmers out this morning even though it was Labor Day! There were somewhere around 80+ of them, a pretty awesome view of the pool.
I was eager to try my new Zoomers fins (& my new swimsuit:) woohoo!) that I’d bought yesterday. The fins that I’d been using were for bodyboarding and I found them hard for swim training. Boy, am I happy I got Zoomers! They don’t give as much force as the big fins and make me work harder to keep the faster pace, but help me just enough to keep going. Because they are smaller and less powerful, they are easier on my thighs and ankles, and makes my turns more normal too. With these, I don’t think I’d get cramps like I did with the bigger fins.

Short course (yds) today:

1) Warm up
3 x 100
2 x 50 kick

2) Kicks
8 x 25

3) Breath control
6 x 25 on :40 w/1 breath (I took 2…)

4) Fast/Slow interval
10 x 50 (2 sets on :50, 2 sets on 1:00, repeat)

5) Fast/Slow interval main set
8 x 100 (2 sets on 1:50, 2 sets on easy 2:00, repeat)

6) Cool down
5 x 50 (was supposed to be 2 x 50 on 1:15, 2 x 50 on 1:00, and 1 x 50 sprint, but just went ahead and finished them faster)

Workout:

Type: Swim
Date: 09/01/2008
Time: 08:00:00
Total Time: 1:00:00.00
Distance: 2,300 yd
Average Pace: 2:36.14/100yd

Jog & hike on dirt trails

Cheeseball — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:30:00 +0000

I was going to take a rest day, but got out to a park with a girl friend to jog after a big bagle & locks brunch. The dirt trails were fun to jog in. Not a very intense work out, but it was a lot of fun in the sun:)

Workout:

Type: Run
Date: 08/30/2008
Time: 12:30:00
Total Time: 1:00:00.00
Distance: 3 miles
Average Pace: 20:00/mile