Tag: Training

Week 47- Rambling On 45

Upcoming Races
Holiday Half 12/9 ( more to come on this)

So, another week was lost to whatever the hell bug I am fighting. I completed 1 at home workout and ran a pretty good virtual Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving. So instead of dragging on and on about a crappy training week and how sick I am, let’s catch up via a Rambling On. It’s been a while.

I wish I could blame it all on the sickness but I have already watched a ridiculous amount of cheesy Christmas movies. And there are more on tap. Also, they have an app this year- so you can check off the cheesiness and not miss a single one! Yes, I downloaded it. 😛

Work has finally calmed down a little; I feel like I am wading in the water now not drowning. That said, we are being audited this week and I have to take my notary renewal seminar so fingers crossed I don’t go back under again. I seem to stress easier these days. I just keep telling myself I am almost to vacation, almost to vacation. Also, wish me luck for staying awake during the seminar. I have troubles with that- every single time.😒

I miss running. This time change and I aren’t getting along. Combine that with this stupid cold/flu and I haven’t made it out for a run after work since before the time change. I hate going to the gym. I just do. I pay monthly but honestly couldn’t tell you the last time that I was there. I recently checked out online treadmill prices and while there was one or two that I could afford, I have nowhere to put one. So that is a pipe dream that I can only dream about.

As much as I am fighting the beginning of December and therefor the end of 2018, all the trees are up. The big tree is up at home, the work tree is up at work. Work still needs more fine tuning- I don’t know if I am feeling inspired enough to wrap the garlands around the beams this year. That’s just a lot of work. I wasn’t feeling the decorations on my little tree this year though. Luckily my mother has kept everything from childhood so I was able to pull some and create a themed tree. Why haven’t I done this sooner????

I have added a Captain America and Harry Potter and have a Tardis ornament coming. Best tree ever!

How was your week?
How was your Thanksgiving?
Have you decorated yet?

Week 46: Well, I Tried?

Upcoming Races-

*Oakland Turkey Trot- (Thank you BibRave!) 11/22

Last week was a little up and down. Not gonna lie, I am a little stressed. Ok, maybe more than a little. I feel a little under water but lazy at the same time. How does that work?

The time change is adding to that as I have yet to run after work since the change. November and December are traditionally my lowest mileage months. However I just signed up for something in December that means I need to get my tush in gear. More on that soon.

So what did I do last week? No, wait, what did I do?

Monday- 5K
I love days off during the week. I was a little concerned how this run was going to go as it was my first run in over a week. Oops. It was surprisingly pretty decent. There was a little bit of smoke in the air but it wasn’t bad and my run felt decent;y paced.

Tuesday-Shaun T workout
As much as I love 3 day weekends, the Tuesday back is chaos. This was no exception. I managed an at home workout and oh boy did it kick my ass. I was toast.

Wednesday-Sick
Ok, so maybe the reason the previous nights workout felt so hard was because I wasn’t feeling well. I actually went home early from work. Say what? I was still in denial though. I was blaming my stomach.

Thursday- Sick
Ok, maybe I really was sick. Once again, I went home early from work. Damn it.

Friday- Liift4 workout- mostly
I still felt crappy but I made it through the full day of work. I was feeling super sloth like so I attempted Liift4 once I was home. I just went really slow and modified the hell out of the HIIT work. I felt like I sweated some of the funk out.

Saturday- 5 miles
I had originally wanted a real long run but with slightly smoky skies and a lingering feeling of crappiness I decided not to push it. I headed out in the late afternoon and even though the weather apps all said it was good to run, the skies seemed smokier than that. However my lungs felt great. What?? This was actually a pretty awesome 5 mile run. I finished it by dancing out the last 1/4 mile in public. The only downside to this run was that I somehow paused my Garmin in the beginning so I under recorded by 1/4 mile. Boo.

Sunday- Shopping
Shopping counts as cardio right? I planned on finishing the day with a hike but ran out of daylight. Womp womp. However I did pick up some shiny new kicks, so all was not lost, right?

So that’s like 8.1 miles for the week and 2 cross training workouts? Better than the previous week and could have been worse since I was sick but it was still kind of crappy.

How was your week?
Are you Turkey Trotting this week? I have the Oakland Turkey Trot (virtual)!

Week 44: Monterey Bay Half Prep

Upcoming Races-

Monterey Bay Half Marathon (Thank you BibRave!)- 11/12
Oakland Turkey Trot- (Thank you BibRave!) 11/22

Another week on the road and I admit I was mentally fried. I spent the week feeling like I was fighting something and just overall very tired. I liked working in the San Diego office and the people I was working with but I missed home.

Monday- Rest
I had thought about running on the treadmill after work- I really needed to do laundry but I wasn’t feeling well after work. I went back to the hotel and just kind of zoned out.

Tuesday-2ish miles
I did laundry in the hotel laundry again and hopped on the treadmill for a bit while I was waiting on the wash load. Seriously less than impressed with those washing machines. And my mileage. I was also feeling sorry for myself missing the Kip Moore concert back home.

Wednesday- Mes de Mas
Well, kind of. I was modifying things so as to not sound like a herd of elephants to hotel room below me. Then I was about 20 minutes in when I had a repeat of Sunday and was running to bathroom. Yay.

Thursday/ Friday- Nothing
My stomach was an asshat for the next 2 days. Fun. I kept a smile on my face and just kept working.

Saturday- Driving
I left San Diego early in the morning and arrived home in the afternoon. Home! After laundry and some errands, I was so happy to sleep in my bed.

Sunday- 3.1 miles
I slept in. I did wake up and follow the New York Marathon on Twitter but I did not get out of bed. 😛 I headed out in the afternoon for a short run, I knew I should probably do a long run but didn’t want to. Could someone tell me where the fall weather is? It was 85*- why? This run was not easy, it felt so much harder than I had hoped. I guess after a week of slacking that was to be expected.
5.1 miles for the week. Go ahead, laugh- I’m laughing too. If I travel like this again, I will be better prepared.

How was your week?

Week 43: Monterey Bay Half Prep

Upcoming Races-

Rock n Roll Los Angeles 13.1 (Thank you BibRave!)- 10/29
Monterey Bay Half Marathon (Thank you BibRave!)- 11/12
Oakland Turkey Trot- (Thank you BibRave!) 11/22

Haha, I think I underestimated just how this week was going to go.

Don’t get me wrong, things are going well at work but we are so much busier and a little more stressed than I figured we would be. Running and working out fell by the wayside as I was often so tired I was falling asleep on the couch way earlier than normal. Also, I won’t lie, it’s very hard to motivate myself to run on a treadmill.

Monday/ Tuesday– Nada
Didn’t get off work until almost 7 and then it was getting back to the hotel. Sometimes I’d pickup food on the way, other times it was EZ Mac.

Wednesday–Dizzy
This was the latest night all week but I was still going to try and run when I got back to the hotel. However, I was starting to have a little vertigo issue. It actually stayed around the rest of the week but that day was the worst.

Thursday– 2.3 miles
I squeezed in a few treadmill miles while I was doing a load of laundry in the hotel washing machine. I had learned that I was staying in San Diego for another week and I did not pack for that. Laundry time it is!

Friday– Nada
I worked. Then I spent my time getting organized for the drive up to LA for the race on Sunday.

Saturday– Drive
I lost my shit. So the race expo is at the LA Convention Center. Sounded easy enough. Except nowhere in the race information did it say that it was also the weekend of LA Comic Con. The traffic was nuts and I circled for 30-40 minutes trying to find a place to park. The stress of the week caught up to me and I was the emotional crying driver and I may have punched my steering wheel every time a convention center employee gave me wrong information again. I finally found a spot in a garage and made my way down to the expo for my bib. Then I went and hid at the hotel for the rest of night. I also possibly made a poor choice for dinner.

Sunday- Rock n Roll Los Angeles 13.1
Such an early morning! Race recap to come soon

15.5 miles for the week.

How was your week?

Week 42: Monterey Bay Half Prep

Upcoming Races-

Rock n Roll Los Angeles 13.1 (Thank you BibRave!)- 10/29
Monterey Bay Half Marathon (Thank you BibRave!)- 11/12
Oakland Turkey Trot- More to come!

Oy vey. I thought I was prepared for this week. I wasn’t.

I had it planned when I was going to run, when I was going to pack and I when I was going to run to the store for last minute road trip supplies, but you know….life.

Then Friday through me a curve ball with some hotel issues that didn’t get squared away until Saturday afternoon so I wasn’t able to make the long run that I had planned with Mai and Nicole. Oh, and I got stuck in the hotel elevator. I was more than a little stressed and may have had something in my eyes.😛

Monday- 3 miles
The one day that went according to plan. I ran the the river path and just it super chill for a few miles. I ended up negative splitting but then that’s not hard to do when you start uphill. The weather is confusing as I could have run in shorts but I needed my Knuckle Lights. What?

Tuesday- Nothing
I was supposed to get in my second run of the week but it was also my little brother’s birthday. We ended up doing a family dinner at a local steakhouse and I never turn down tri-tip. Except maybe I should have as I was super sick all night after dinner.

Wednesday- Laundry
It was a coworker’s last day- boo and donuts were involved. Probably not the best idea for my stomach. I headed straight home after work to get in all my laundry in an effort to make packing easier. It didn’t help. How do you pack for 10 days?

Thursday- Packing
I finalized packing and tried to make sure that I didn’t forget anything. I filled my car with gas and tried to get to sleep early as I knew I had an early morning. It didn’t work.

Friday- Travel/work
I was on the road by 6 and arrived in San Diego a little after 1. The Bibrave podcast kept me company and I stopped at the largest In n Out I’ve ever seen for lunch along the way. This office is in a high rise so I kind of feel like a country bumpkin. We worked until 7 ish an then it was off to the hotel where I had some drama. And the elevator incident. By the time I got into my hotel room, I was fried and the thought of going back out for food was not appealing. I was glad was one of the last minute “supplies” I had picked up at the store the night before had been some EzMac. Yes.

Saturday-Nothing
The hotel situation finally got squared away and I left for some groceries and water. Why is there no water dispenser???? I found the fitness room but just wasn’t feeling it after missing the planned long run. I had been so looking forward to running with people. I ended up taking a long nap, oops.

Sunday- 4.8 miles
I worked until 1ish- again more elevator drama, this time the work building. The lobby is under construction so the elevators were off. The guard sent me up in the service elevator but later one of the employees got stuck in the service elevator on the way down. Yikes! I came back to the hotel and fell asleep again. Oops! I finally made myself get up and head down to the fitness room and try out the treadmills.
I hate treadmills but the area around the hotel is not run-able. I tend to be wobbly on treadmills and hurt myself so I either have to run really slow or run really fast and I didn’t think these could handle really fast. Ok, I wasn’t feeling really fast either. I started out walking for 10 minutes while I adjusted to the belt and then ran for 50 minutes. That brought me to 4.8 miles. It didn’t suck.

7.8 miles for the week. Not the plan but better than I thought it was going to be on Sunday morning.

How was your week?