Yesterday afternoon I did a short run. I ran 4.0 mi in 40:00 min at 6.0 mph on the treadmill. I'm really trying to do less in order to rest a bit, but that's kind of hard for me to do. Thank goodness I didn't have to do this run outside, though, because it was extremely hot and humid.
This morning I did my usual Sunday boxing class. We had to do a bunch of suicide jumps, which was a bit different.
Sunday, September 7, 2014
Saturday, September 6, 2014
Saturday Practice
Yesterday I did not do anything active in the afternoon or evening. It's the first complete rest day I've had in a long time. I'm trying to actually rest some before my race!
This morning I was down to 127 lb. It's progress!
This morning I had my usual practice with my teams. It was really, really humid. I didn't feel like I played that well, but I did win all my rounds with my partner. Anda and I won our first round 5-2. Susie an I won our second round 7-5, 4-0. Michelyn and I won our last round 4-2.
This morning I was down to 127 lb. It's progress!
This morning I had my usual practice with my teams. It was really, really humid. I didn't feel like I played that well, but I did win all my rounds with my partner. Anda and I won our first round 5-2. Susie an I won our second round 7-5, 4-0. Michelyn and I won our last round 4-2.
Friday, September 5, 2014
Evening Practice
At my annual physical, I found out that I am slightly anemic. Some follow-up blood tests confirmed this. I already take a women's multivitamin with iron, so I'm taking an additional iron supplement. Since the symptoms of anemia are fatigue and difficulty breathing (among others), I'm wondering if this will help me out a bit. My training runs have been tougher than it seems like they should be, so maybe this is part of the reason. I don't know if the supplement will help me out in time for my half-marathon on Sep. 14, though.
Yesterday evening, I had a practice with my tennis team. I played so-so. I lost my singles round pretty badly 1-5. Don't really have a good explanation for that, because my opponent is not the strongest 3.5 player we have. In the doubles round, my partner and I won the first set 7-6, and stopped at 1-2. Not too bad. The waxing gibbous Moon was gorgeous around sunset while we were playing.
This morning, I was back under 128 lb again. Who knows if I'll stay there. I have been very hungry this week. At least I've been busy enough with the start of classes that I haven't been able to dig up extra food.
This morning I did my shortened version of P90X2 Recovery + Mobility. I burned about 110 calories.
Yesterday evening, I had a practice with my tennis team. I played so-so. I lost my singles round pretty badly 1-5. Don't really have a good explanation for that, because my opponent is not the strongest 3.5 player we have. In the doubles round, my partner and I won the first set 7-6, and stopped at 1-2. Not too bad. The waxing gibbous Moon was gorgeous around sunset while we were playing.
This morning, I was back under 128 lb again. Who knows if I'll stay there. I have been very hungry this week. At least I've been busy enough with the start of classes that I haven't been able to dig up extra food.
This morning I did my shortened version of P90X2 Recovery + Mobility. I burned about 110 calories.
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Evening Boxing
Yesterday afternoon I went to a boxing class at the gym I belong to. The pro that teaches it always does nearly the same things, so it was a bit boring. However, he does love having us do high knees, and so I did get a good calorie burn.
Last night when I uploaded my BodyMedia data for the day, I could see that some of the calorie burn readings were just crazy high. There's no way they were correct. Obviously, the disintegration of the plastic casing has allowed the sensors inside to be affected. So I switched back to my older device. I had stopped using it and gotten a new one because it had not been reading my sleep correctly. Except now I wonder if that was really something with my body temperature or something related to overtraining, because the new device did the same thing for awhile. At any rate, the old device that I switched back to today seems reasonable so far.
I was back to 128 lb this morning. Bah. Even though I thought I looked leaner.
This morning I did FOCUS T25 Gamma Speed 3.0. I needed something short because this is a teaching day. Originally I was also going to do Asylum vol. 2 Ab Shredder, but I got going a little late, and I didn't really feel like it, so I didn't. I burned about 190 calories in the workout.
Last night when I uploaded my BodyMedia data for the day, I could see that some of the calorie burn readings were just crazy high. There's no way they were correct. Obviously, the disintegration of the plastic casing has allowed the sensors inside to be affected. So I switched back to my older device. I had stopped using it and gotten a new one because it had not been reading my sleep correctly. Except now I wonder if that was really something with my body temperature or something related to overtraining, because the new device did the same thing for awhile. At any rate, the old device that I switched back to today seems reasonable so far.
I was back to 128 lb this morning. Bah. Even though I thought I looked leaner.
This morning I did FOCUS T25 Gamma Speed 3.0. I needed something short because this is a teaching day. Originally I was also going to do Asylum vol. 2 Ab Shredder, but I got going a little late, and I didn't really feel like it, so I didn't. I burned about 190 calories in the workout.
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Cardio Tennis
Yesterday was my first day of classes for the semester. I had forgotten how many calories I burn and how much I sweat in a full-size lecture, even though I'm usually cold! It really pushed my burn up for the day.
Yesterday afternoon I did the cardio tennis class at CPTC. I haven't done it for awhile, mostly because of time conflicts. It was a good class, although not too hard. The pro definitely took it a little easy on us because it was very hot and extremely humid. I was dripping sweat before we even got started. Whew.
This morning my weight was under 128 lb for the first time in days! Why is it that I'm having to dig myself out of vacation weight gain again? I just don't understand, but hopefully I'm making progress.
This morning I did P90X+ Kenpo Cardio+, one of my favorite workouts. I'm still trying to be a bit careful about my ankle, but so far, so good with it. I burned about 360 calories according to my BodyMedia device, which is a little unbelievable. The plastic casing on my device has been gradually falling apart from prolonged contact with my sunscreen, and so I wonder if that's messing it up somehow. I have an older one that's not so bad, and I may have to switch back to it soon. I was hoping to use this one until it completely stopped working, because I was hoping by then I'd be out of suncreen season.
Yesterday afternoon I did the cardio tennis class at CPTC. I haven't done it for awhile, mostly because of time conflicts. It was a good class, although not too hard. The pro definitely took it a little easy on us because it was very hot and extremely humid. I was dripping sweat before we even got started. Whew.
This morning my weight was under 128 lb for the first time in days! Why is it that I'm having to dig myself out of vacation weight gain again? I just don't understand, but hopefully I'm making progress.
This morning I did P90X+ Kenpo Cardio+, one of my favorite workouts. I'm still trying to be a bit careful about my ankle, but so far, so good with it. I burned about 360 calories according to my BodyMedia device, which is a little unbelievable. The plastic casing on my device has been gradually falling apart from prolonged contact with my sunscreen, and so I wonder if that's messing it up somehow. I have an older one that's not so bad, and I may have to switch back to it soon. I was hoping to use this one until it completely stopped working, because I was hoping by then I'd be out of suncreen season.
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Short Tempo Run
Yesterday afternoon I did a short tempo run, since I'm tapering before my race. I ran 3.0 mi at 6.5 mph on the treadmill, which took 27:45. This run was not too hard, which I was glad about, since I had really sweated and worked a lot on the mixed doubles earlier that day. I'm going to have to run at this pace on average to meet my goal time for the half-marathon - that's going to be tough!
My weight is still up. Grr. I thought I'd at least get a drop today from loss of water weight yesterday, but no luck.
This morning I did P90X2 X2 Core. I'm trying not to do really hard workouts for this last couple weeks before my race, so doing core work is good. I burned about 200 calories in the workout.
My weight is still up. Grr. I thought I'd at least get a drop today from loss of water weight yesterday, but no luck.
This morning I did P90X2 X2 Core. I'm trying not to do really hard workouts for this last couple weeks before my race, so doing core work is good. I burned about 200 calories in the workout.
Monday, September 1, 2014
Mixed Doubles
Yesterday afternoon I ended up not doing any other activity. My husband and I had possibly planned on doing some biking, but then severe thunderstorms were supposed to be coming. Of course, they did not arrive until after we probably would've gotten home, but better safe than sorry. I dusted the whole house - it really needed it - to try to get a few more steps in for the day.
This morning Bill and I played tennis with another couple for fun. Jessica is on my team, and her husband, Chris, is also a 4.0 player, so we thought it would be a good match up. It would've been even better if Bill and I hadn't made so many unforced errors! We lost the first set 6-4, and then also lost the second set 6-2. They offered to play a third set, which we managed to win 7-6. It was really pretty hot, and extremely humid from the thunderstorms last night and more rain over night. I wish we had played better, but it was a lot of fun.
This morning Bill and I played tennis with another couple for fun. Jessica is on my team, and her husband, Chris, is also a 4.0 player, so we thought it would be a good match up. It would've been even better if Bill and I hadn't made so many unforced errors! We lost the first set 6-4, and then also lost the second set 6-2. They offered to play a third set, which we managed to win 7-6. It was really pretty hot, and extremely humid from the thunderstorms last night and more rain over night. I wish we had played better, but it was a lot of fun.
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