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28-10-2009 5:04pm#1Right this is my brand new sparkly training log, for my brand new sparkly year of training.
I've already posted for a year over in Fitness, and am now moving to a new home for the next stage of whatever the heck I decide to do.
The original log is here
To recap on who I am, female, 38 (never gets easy saying that). Weight has become irrelevant, not too skinny, not too big. I go by my shape, these days. Mostly been running up to now, with some kettlebell and circuit training thrown in.
Completed various 10ks, with pb of 45.40 or so. 10 mile pb is 1.17, Half marathon pb is 1.41, and my only marathon, Dublin, just completed, 3.59.27. Tough guy winter 2009 in 2.38, (partial course closure) and TG Summer 3.01.
My aims this year are:
To learn to swim properly
To start to cycle for training
To add the above to running and do a sprint tri.
Continue with kettlebells and increase weight.
Will do TG Winter again.
At least one marathon, with a better time.
TG summer or Gaelforcewest.
In a nutshell, I want to see how much further (and faster) I can push this.
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Glad youre getting back to normal. I did a cycle this morning on the static bike. Just 20 mins, but it helped. Ran next door though, and 20 seconds of running, my legs felt like lead!Best of luck Oryx, will keep an eye on this. I'm just back from a massage, legs feel fine, just have to find a new challenge and start my own log now that the allstars have been disbanded. :eek:
I have a feeling the allstars will be back together for another go in 2010. 0 -
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Hey best of luck with the log Oryx and congrats on DCM.
For some reason i thought you were male
oh well ...
Best of luck with the swimming. I am pretty much in the same boat swimming wise. The bike and road fitness is there but god, for the life of me, i swim like a castrated donkey. I can swim but have atrocious technique!
Ill be keeping on eye on here to see how ya get on with it.0 -
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Thanks very much, littlebug and ULstudent. Got to try and keep the gains now, it never ends.
Did circuit and Kb classes last night. 45 mins of one, half hour of the other. One of the circuits was catching a medicine ball thrown from a height. Caught it badly, and my little finger went snap*. Very painful. Made the rest of the sessions interesting. Other than that found it all ok, no real fatigue problems, tho couldnt go deep on the squats, my quads werent up to it.
*Today the poor digit is black and wont move. But sure I hardly use it anyway.0 -
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Me and the girls got together for girlie weight night. Didnt do a hard session, mostly practicing kb technique (jerks are a new move). Also some getups, situps, a bit of bike, stretching.
No run yet since dcm, and Im getting twitchy.
I don't know why but this post has me LMAO this morning, dunno if it was the "...girlie weight night" (a phenomenon I've never heard of) or "...Im getting twitchy!"
Well done on your first Marathon, I'd say that sub4 was satisfying!
Actually, just had a read through your fitness log and I have to say its an excellent balance of cross training, core, resistance, and running... I'd hazard a guess and say you have sculpted quite a figure for yourself;) Funny log too!
Best of luck with your log Oryx all the best for 2010. I'll follow with interest...0 -
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Girlie weight night is my own copyright.I don't know why but this post has me LMAO this morning, dunno if it was the "...girlie weight night" (a phenomenon I've never heard of) or "...Im getting twitchy!"
Bloody amazing. Didnt aim for or expect it.Well done on your first Marathon, I'd say that sub4 was satisfying!
Ta very much. Im a woman, so Ill never be happy with the figure. Up to July I was quite 'sculpted' but with more running than weights your shape changes accordingly. Back into weights mode now, to get my biceps back.Actually, just had a read through your fitness log and I have to say its an excellent balance of cross training, core, resistance, and running... I'd hazard a guess and say you have sculpted quite a figure for yourself;) Funny log too!
Yup, heres hoping a busted pinky is my only injury this year. Thanks for the good wishes.Best of luck with your log Oryx all the best for 2010. I'll follow with interest... 0 -
Thursday:
Finally got my legs under me and went out for a short run. 4 miles on a beautiful morning. Thought it would be cold but was warm once I got going. Didnt time it. No point. Felt pretty ok, a little heavy in the legs towards the end.
If anyone had told me 18 months ago I would be outside at half seven in the morning, in November, in shorts, Id've been sick from laughing.
In other news, last night I spent most of the night dreaming I was doing Tough Guy, very badly. Just goes to show how much its on my mind, and I woke up thinking I really really dont want to do that stupid event (which Ive already entered). Most likely will do it, though. 0 -
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Saturday:
Out early for my usual short run. 4 miles 34 mins. Slow, but not bothering with speed at the moment. Im supposed to be resting. Tried out my new Brooks Launch shoes, they feel bouncier and more cushioned than the burns, but prob cos the burns are knackered. I think tho, that these will turn out to be a good shoe once I wear them in, better than the Ghosts. 0 -
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Whatever you think you saw, however bad you thought it was, its worse.Thanks for the encouraging post - I'm doing my little best!
Just looking through your goals there - I also briefly had the idea to do a triathlon but I can't swim for nuts and didn't want to be the first triathlete to be 'lost at sea'. Which is a shame as I used to love cycling. Discretion, cowardice, valor, etc.
As for you and your Tough Guy stuff - that's insane alright! I watched it on Setanta and it looked like the guys at front were ok because they could keep moving and (maybe) keep warm - but those at the back were having to stand around and queue in freezing mud and water at every section!? Is that what actually happens!?! Mud I can take. Water I can take. Even muddy water I can take - but hypothermia?!?!? Ah now... Think of cold so bad, it doesnt feel cold, it just hurts.
Ha, and re triathlon, I cant swim OR cycle. Should be fun.
Wow, I need to update.
Sunday 8th.
Hungover. No training
Monday 9th
Circuit class, kb class. Nice and strong, all good.
Tuesday 10th.
Hmmm. Feel like sh!t. No training
Wednesday 11th.
Headcold coming on... I think. No training.
Thursday 12th to Sunday 15th.
Full on flu is what it was, dammit. No training. No getting up at all, in fact. This is what I get for doing a marathon, apparrently.
Missed my chi running course. <insert multiple swear words here>
Sigh.
Lets start again, shall we?
Monday 16th
Circuit class and kb class. Better than expected considering it was my first active, leave the house day in a week. Managed it all, felt fine afterwards.0 -
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Tuesday:
Girlie weight night. Turning into a bit of a gossip session instead of a training session at the mo, cos I tend to lead what goes on and Im knackered most Tuesdays. Still, did stretches, 10 mins on tready, some kb weights.
Thursday:
Today is a stormy day! Went out for a run in all that weather. Took a bit of a deep breath to make myself go, but once out, it was nice, not at all cold. Wind was a bit of an issue, but only in certain spots. Short route, 34mins. Not fast, but generally Im not right now.0 -
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Saturday:
Another run planned on one of the worst days of the year. Ho hum. Out at half eight this morning. At first I thought, this aint too bad.... half way around the wind caught me full on, along with pelting rain, which hurt!! I couldnt even keep my eyes open, it was insane. I kept repeating 'Just gotta get home...' Very tiring running into the wind. So much so I had to walk the last steep hill a half mile from home. My lungs were shot. 34 of the roughest minutes Ive put in in a while. Four miles. 0 -
Saturday:
Another run planned on one of the worst days of the year. Ho hum. Out at half eight this morning. At first I thought, this aint too bad.... half way around the wind caught me full on, along with pelting rain, which hurt!! I couldnt even keep my eyes open, it was insane. I kept repeating 'Just gotta get home...' Very tiring running into the wind. So much so I had to walk the last steep hill a half mile from home. My lungs were shot. 34 of the roughest minutes Ive put in in a while. Four miles.
Sounds like a gentle warm up for a TG training session:)0 -
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Monday:
Circuits. For the first time since DCM, I gave it as much as I could, almost 100%. Really felt it, it was a good session.
Followed by kettle bell class, which included swings, single 12kg and double arm 16kg, deadlifts 16kg, snatches 12kg, double arm row 2 x12kg (?) push ups, bench press 16kg/12kg(?) squats with military press 16kg. And a few other things Ive forgotten. (?) means Im not sure what the proper names are. A really hard class, at one stage I was bent double trying to get my breath back. You gotta love that.
I hurt all across my chest and in my arms today, which I see as a good sign. 0 -
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Thanks MCOS. That was the kb session after the circuits. Circuits were four rounds of: squats/military press (10kg), skipping, pushups, sprints, situps using medicine ball against a wall, deadlifts, lunges, more situps lying on a swissball, and a weird one that involved jumping while throwing a heavy medicine ball. Roughly 40 seconds per station. Warm up cool down before and after etc. God, it sounds easy written down. 0
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