Ran 16 minutes with the kids the workout was a ladder, run 3 min. hard, 3 min. easy, 2 min. hard. 2 min. easy, 1 minute hard, 1 min. easy. The we did some down hill striders working on running techniques and relaxation when tired.
When I got home I wanted a little more of a workout in, but I didn’t have running legs. I did an indoors strength workout I used to do in hotel rooms when I traveled a lot for work. Push-ups, sit-ups, and stretching. Truth be told I put my IPOD on and dance like a teenager, luckily my own teenager was not aware of my display of ”grinding it out”. Hard to put that in a category on my workout chart, broke a sweat, heart-rate up and lots of abs and hips.
Workout:
- Type: Run
- Date: 09/23/2008
- Time: 15:00:00
- Total Time: 00:16:00.00
- Distance: 1.6 miles
- Average Pace: 10:00/mile
Wanted to get a flexibility workout in to finish up a good first week back in training. My hot yoga friends were not around to go to class with, and I did not want to go alone, so I dialed up yoga on my cable on demand feature. Pretty good yoga for free and in my living room. I barely got out of my pajamas into some of my old not so flattering old 1990s style shorts. This was a good alternative to heading out and spending time from home. My 14 year old harassed me for a while and then joined for a while. Once we were finished we spent some time together in the kitchen, something we both enjoy, but don’t do enough.
Workout:
- Type: Flexibility
- Date: 09/21/2008
- Time: 12:00:00
- Total Time: 1:00:00.00
90 minutes 26 poses 102 degrees, this is what the doctor ordered.
Workout:
- Type: Flexibility
- Date: 07/20/2008
- Time: 08:00:00
- Total Time: 1:30:00.00
The question for me was how tight are my hamstrings really? I know being a long distance runner and a non stretching kinda girl my hamstrings would be ubber tight. Today in yoga, after running 5 miles on the treadmill, I found out how rigid they really are.
I cannot sit with my legs outstretched in front of me without bending my knees. When the instructor said “now do your forward fold”, I could not even make a 90 degree angle with my torso and legs, much less reach for my toes. She looked at me as if I was ignoring her request to bring my head toward my knees. Just the act of getting the back of knees close to floor without leaning backwards caused shaking in my quads and pain, yes pain, in my upper hamstring. Now that’s tight!
The morale of my story is: I fully acknowledge to achieve optimal results and the best chance of finishing the Western States 100 mile race this summer my training must include yoga. A truly humbling experience
Workout:
- Type: Run
- Date: 02/26/2008
- Time: 10:00:00
- Total Time: 00:44:58.00
- Distance: 5 miles
- Average Pace: 8:59.73/mile
Digg! this story.
