The roads are still not clear. Atleast the sidewalks are not yet. And from the looks of it, they are not likely to be soon. Piles and piles of snow stacked up.
So well, another day on the treadmill. Madhura went to her gym to do one of her classes...some Zumba thing. Determined as I was to stick to the schedule (6M today). Just not the best of situations. First dhingana was messing up. So I chucked that. Then the phone starts ringing. The damned microphone's messed up. So I have to go through all these circus acts of pulling the headsets off, and then yelling through the armband. And then attempt to restart the freakin music. I just gave up after 4M! Oh well...
Stats: 4.2M in 40min.
Meals: McD's breakfast burrito from the dollar menu + coffee for breakfast, leftover rice + रसम + (yummy) ठेचा + kala jamun for lunch, Olive Garden's Zuppa Toscana + salad for dinner.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Another snow day...hence...the f#@$%& treadmill...again! [Feb 10 2010]
I am so bummed out! Its been snowing the whole day! That's not a problem. The winds are worse. So another day of not being able to run out there. It's been a lethargic day. Good thing Madhura prodded me to go. 5M on the treadmill. 50min. Good thing I took my favorite 'powerdrink'. Took a couple minutes break to take a few swigs.
Played racquetball with Nehal after the run. Just for about half hour. He plays well. Felt great. Good thing is that I am close to the program.
Meals: Omelette + bread + tea for breakfast, leftover पुलाव + eggplant भाजी + frozen रोटी for lunch, rice + rasam + cabbage भाजी + half a cookie + 2 slices of orange + a glass of red wine (is that a lot to eat?)
Played racquetball with Nehal after the run. Just for about half hour. He plays well. Felt great. Good thing is that I am close to the program.
Meals: Omelette + bread + tea for breakfast, leftover पुलाव + eggplant भाजी + frozen रोटी for lunch, rice + rasam + cabbage भाजी + half a cookie + 2 slices of orange + a glass of red wine (is that a lot to eat?)
Feeling lazy [Feb 09 2010]
The snow is really creating havoc on the training schedule. All that planning and chalking out the training program, and I am unable to really follow it. It's just too crazy out there. I am sure even Frank must have hung his training shoes in this weather!
But we got on the treadmill nevertheless. Did ~15min on the elliptical. I don't know if the elliptical was broken or I am just plain dumb, but I really couldn't figure out what I was to do on the 15min 'Fitness Test' mode. So I just kept pedaling till I got bored. Then hopped on the treadmill for about 10mins. Between the darned elliptical and treadmill, I think I must have covered ~2miles (the training program says 5M)
Meals: 2eggs + tea for breakfast + yesterday's leftover पुलाव for lunch + red wine + yummy eggplant भाजी + चपाती + grapes for dinner.
But we got on the treadmill nevertheless. Did ~15min on the elliptical. I don't know if the elliptical was broken or I am just plain dumb, but I really couldn't figure out what I was to do on the 15min 'Fitness Test' mode. So I just kept pedaling till I got bored. Then hopped on the treadmill for about 10mins. Between the darned elliptical and treadmill, I think I must have covered ~2miles (the training program says 5M)
Meals: 2eggs + tea for breakfast + yesterday's leftover पुलाव for lunch + red wine + yummy eggplant भाजी + चपाती + grapes for dinner.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Regular run [Feb 05 2010]
Its started to snow. It has been termed "The Blizzard of 2010". I am determined not to get the snow better of me. So I decide to go to the gym. How I was planning on doing 5 miles on a treadmill, I have no clue. And frankly speaking, I am pretty sure I cannot do it either.
As I thought, I just could not go beyond 3M. And I didn't! :-)
3.3M in 35mins.
Feet were a little sore (don't ask me why? strange!).
Meals: 3 bulls-eyes + tea for breakfast, उसल + रोटी for lunch, one aweful pizza for dinner.
As I thought, I just could not go beyond 3M. And I didn't! :-)
3.3M in 35mins.
Feet were a little sore (don't ask me why? strange!).
Meals: 3 bulls-eyes + tea for breakfast, उसल + रोटी for lunch, one aweful pizza for dinner.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Regular run [Feb 03 2010]
The snow's been melting and the temperatures were in the high 30's.
Showed the training program to Frank and he said it looked good. Just need to incorporate interval training in it. So I decided to do the Saturday 3 miles as interval training. Since Saturday is the one day I can consistently maintain a schedule, might as well use that day for the interval training.
Started off at 7pm. Shin splint on my left leg at about 2mile. Stretched it to no avail. Just went on nevertheless. At about mile 3 it subsided. Then picked up on lost time. 45 minutes! I am happy!
Iced my calves - just for precaution.
Meals: Cereal + milk and honey in warm water for breakfast, heat-n-eat chicken biryani for lunch + Daal makhani, 3 frozen rotis, 3 slices of fruit-n-nut chocolate.
Showed the training program to Frank and he said it looked good. Just need to incorporate interval training in it. So I decided to do the Saturday 3 miles as interval training. Since Saturday is the one day I can consistently maintain a schedule, might as well use that day for the interval training.
Started off at 7pm. Shin splint on my left leg at about 2mile. Stretched it to no avail. Just went on nevertheless. At about mile 3 it subsided. Then picked up on lost time. 45 minutes! I am happy!
Iced my calves - just for precaution.
Meals: Cereal + milk and honey in warm water for breakfast, heat-n-eat chicken biryani for lunch + Daal makhani, 3 frozen rotis, 3 slices of fruit-n-nut chocolate.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Regular run [Feb 01 2010]
It was really chilly. Got back a little early from work (since I will be staying late this Thursday). Was excited to go out today after I chalked out the training plan. 3 miles to do today.
Put on my base layer and stuff. Did some good stretches. Forgot to take the ear muffs, but was too lazy to go back up to get them.
After what I learnt on the treadmill, I decided to take it really slow at the beginning. I don't know as yet how to time intervals, but I am pretty sure I did a negative split. Did the usual 3 mile run in 29 minutes. Felt great. Achilles tendons of both feet a little sore (very little). But that is to be expected with the Fivefingers. I LOVE them. No pain other than that. Iced the tendons while watching TV. Very refreshing run overall.
Meals: A gigantic burrito from McD's + hashbronws + coffee for breakfast (wrong order...but well...), Buffalo chicken salad for lunch and heat-n-eat पाँव-भाजी + rotis + fruit-n-nut Cadbury's (3 pieces) for dinner. (I think I really over ate today.)
Tomorrow's rest day. And it's going to snow. I hope its not too bad for a Wednesday night run.
Put on my base layer and stuff. Did some good stretches. Forgot to take the ear muffs, but was too lazy to go back up to get them.
After what I learnt on the treadmill, I decided to take it really slow at the beginning. I don't know as yet how to time intervals, but I am pretty sure I did a negative split. Did the usual 3 mile run in 29 minutes. Felt great. Achilles tendons of both feet a little sore (very little). But that is to be expected with the Fivefingers. I LOVE them. No pain other than that. Iced the tendons while watching TV. Very refreshing run overall.
Meals: A gigantic burrito from McD's + hashbronws + coffee for breakfast (wrong order...but well...), Buffalo chicken salad for lunch and heat-n-eat पाँव-भाजी + rotis + fruit-n-nut Cadbury's (3 pieces) for dinner. (I think I really over ate today.)
Tomorrow's rest day. And it's going to snow. I hope its not too bad for a Wednesday night run.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Weekend treadmill running & 7 week half marathon program
Its really really cold over the weekend and snowed quite a lot too. Now if this were Michigan, I wouldn't have complained about the snow. They do a good job of cleaning the streets and sidewalks there. Unfortunately thats not the case in Virginia. So I just ran indoors on the treadmill.
Ran 2.5 miles on Friday with pace of 10min/mile and
ran 2.0 miles on Saturday with pace of 10min/mile.
The program says I should have run 5M on Friday, 3M on Saturday and 7M on Sunday. But I wasn't sure I could do it. Hence ramping it up.
Since I didn't run on Sunday, I will run 3M today (Monday) and let Tuesday be the rest day. Got to do 5M Wednesday. Then 3M on Thursday, 5M Friday, 3M SaturdayLets see how that pans out.
Summary for January 2010:
Ran 2.5 miles on Friday with pace of 10min/mile and
ran 2.0 miles on Saturday with pace of 10min/mile.
The program says I should have run 5M on Friday, 3M on Saturday and 7M on Sunday. But I wasn't sure I could do it. Hence ramping it up.
Since I didn't run on Sunday, I will run 3M today (Monday) and let Tuesday be the rest day. Got to do 5M Wednesday. Then 3M on Thursday, 5M Friday, 3M SaturdayLets see how that pans out.
Summary for January 2010:
Got an email from Active.com about the Sun Trust National Marathon in DC on March 10th. Asked Madhura to register us. We have pre-qualified (half marathon in 2:30). So we are good.
Chalked out a 6 week running program on LogYourRun starting next week. Let's see if I can follow it.
| Week | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
| 1 | 3 miles | Rest | 5 miles | 3 miles | 5 miles | 3 miles | 7 miles | 23 mi total |
| 2 | Rest | 5 miles | 3 miles | 6 miles | 6 miles | 3 miles | 8 miles | 31 mi total |
| 3 | Rest | 5 miles | 4 miles | 6 miles | 6 miles | 3 miles | 9 miles | 33 mi total |
| 4 | Rest | 4 miles | 4 miles | 7 miles | 7 miles | 3 miles | 10 miles | 35 mi total |
| 5 | Rest | 4 miles | 4 miles | 7 miles | 7 miles | 4 miles | 11 miles | 37 mi total |
| 6 | Rest | 6 miles | 5 miles | 8 miles | 7 miles | 4 miles | 12 miles | 42 mi total |
| 7 | Rest | 4 miles | 4 miles | 6 miles | 4 miles | 3 miles | 13 miles | 34 mi total |
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