Yesterday afternoon my husband and I played tennis here at our plantation complex in Hilton Head. We played singles for two hours. I managed to win a total of five games out of maybe 3 dozen. It was my best effort ever against him!
This morning I did P90X+ Kenpo Cardio+. It's a good workout to travel with, since it doesn't need a lot of space and doesn't need equipment. I burned about 250 calories.
Around lunchtime, we played a round of golf. Not my favorite sport, but I have certainly played worse than I did today. The weather was nice, at least.
Monday, May 25, 2015
Sunday, May 24, 2015
Another Easy Run
Yesterday we drove down to Hilton Head for vacation, so I didn't do much activity. We took a short walk after dinner.
This morning, I did another very easy run outside. I ran 3.46 mi in 41:07, which was an average speed of 5.04 mph. I watched my heart rate during the run and tried not to let it get too high. If I didn't pay attention, I tended to speed up.
I hope I get faster pretty quickly, because I feel like I'm not getting anywhere on these runs!
This morning, I did another very easy run outside. I ran 3.46 mi in 41:07, which was an average speed of 5.04 mph. I watched my heart rate during the run and tried not to let it get too high. If I didn't pay attention, I tended to speed up.
I hope I get faster pretty quickly, because I feel like I'm not getting anywhere on these runs!
Friday, May 22, 2015
Very Easy Run
Yesterday before lunch I did an easy run with my new easy run pace. So I ran for 30 min at 5.1 mph. Well, it was pretty easy. The distance came to a whopping 2.55 mi. I suppose the point in fact is for it to be easy.
Last night, I had a match with my 3.5 team. Unfortunately, my partner, Jill, and I got crushed, 6-0, 6-0. Our opponents were just very, very good. It seemed like every shot we hit to them, they took advantage of it and put it away somewhere we couldn't get it. We tried hitting with more pace, but neither of us is really great at that. We tried playing both at the net, which was more successful, but obviously didn't work THAT well, since we didn't win a single game! The players on #1 singles and #1 doubles won, so at least we won a couple courts.
This morning I did P90X3 Eccentric Lower, preceded by Cold Start. This is a good workout, although I don't like it that much because it's hard. Ha. I burned about 150 calories.
Last night, I had a match with my 3.5 team. Unfortunately, my partner, Jill, and I got crushed, 6-0, 6-0. Our opponents were just very, very good. It seemed like every shot we hit to them, they took advantage of it and put it away somewhere we couldn't get it. We tried hitting with more pace, but neither of us is really great at that. We tried playing both at the net, which was more successful, but obviously didn't work THAT well, since we didn't win a single game! The players on #1 singles and #1 doubles won, so at least we won a couple courts.
This morning I did P90X3 Eccentric Lower, preceded by Cold Start. This is a good workout, although I don't like it that much because it's hard. Ha. I burned about 150 calories.
Thursday, May 21, 2015
P90X3 Incinerator
Yesterday evening I had a practice with my tennis team. I just played OK. In the first round, I lost in singles 6-2, but then started the second set up 2-0. In the second round, my partner, Whitney, and I ended up 4-4 against our opponents.
This morning I did P90X3 Incinerator, preceded by Cold Start. I didn't change my weights or reps on most moves. This is definitely a good workout, thought. I burned about 85 calories. Afterward, I did a shortened version of P90X3 Dynamix, focusing on the lower-body range of motion moves.
This morning I did P90X3 Incinerator, preceded by Cold Start. I didn't change my weights or reps on most moves. This is definitely a good workout, thought. I burned about 85 calories. Afterward, I did a shortened version of P90X3 Dynamix, focusing on the lower-body range of motion moves.
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
P90X3 Triometrics
Yesterday afternoon and evening I was grading final exams, so I didn't have time for any more activity.
I did get my blood test results back yesterday. My iron level is up, and now is in the lower end of normal. My iron saturation is still below normal. My hemoglobin is on the low end of normal, where it has been for awhile. I am supposed to go back to taking the normal does of my iron supplement (I had been on a double dose) and get tested again in three months.
So, apparently I am getting out of my anemia. It's still not clear what the problem is. But I can't blame it for my poor race performance, I suppose.
This morning, I did P90X3 Triometrics, preceded by Cold Start. This is the third time I've done this workout, but I still find it harder than I think it should be. Compared to something like P90X2 Plyocide, there isn't nearly as much jumping, and yet I don't feel I do this workout well. I burned about 150 calories.
I did get my blood test results back yesterday. My iron level is up, and now is in the lower end of normal. My iron saturation is still below normal. My hemoglobin is on the low end of normal, where it has been for awhile. I am supposed to go back to taking the normal does of my iron supplement (I had been on a double dose) and get tested again in three months.
So, apparently I am getting out of my anemia. It's still not clear what the problem is. But I can't blame it for my poor race performance, I suppose.
This morning, I did P90X3 Triometrics, preceded by Cold Start. This is the third time I've done this workout, but I still find it harder than I think it should be. Compared to something like P90X2 Plyocide, there isn't nearly as much jumping, and yet I don't feel I do this workout well. I burned about 150 calories.
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Monday Night Doubles
Yesterday morning I didn't do a work out because I had to give an early final exam.
Last night was my usual Monday night doubles at TCCP. I actually played pretty well and wasn't as tired as I expected to be. In the first round, my partner, Michelyn, and I won 6-5. It was an excellent match-up, with lots of good points. In the second round, my partner, Julie, and I lost 6-1; we played a hard opponent. In the last round, my partner, Donna, and I won 3-1.
This morning I did P90X3 Eccentric Upper, preceded by Cold Start. I kept my weights the same as previously. I need to get weight gloves that are more grippy, as my hands slide on the weights sometimes. I burned about 80 calories.
Last night was my usual Monday night doubles at TCCP. I actually played pretty well and wasn't as tired as I expected to be. In the first round, my partner, Michelyn, and I won 6-5. It was an excellent match-up, with lots of good points. In the second round, my partner, Julie, and I lost 6-1; we played a hard opponent. In the last round, my partner, Donna, and I won 3-1.
This morning I did P90X3 Eccentric Upper, preceded by Cold Start. I kept my weights the same as previously. I need to get weight gloves that are more grippy, as my hands slide on the weights sometimes. I burned about 80 calories.
Sunday, May 17, 2015
Back to Normal
Today I went back to my normal routine, with my Sunday boxing class in the morning. Of course, my legs were still really sore. I took it kind of easy at boxing.
I ended up not being very active the rest of the day, just doing chores around the house. I took a nap that ended up being over an hour long, which was nice.
Yesterday, I had still been frustrated over my race, so I was doing some searching online for the possibility of online trainers. I thought maybe it would help if I had someone more experienced looking over my races, my training schedule, and my other activity to see where I am having problems.
While searching for that, I ran (ha ha) into something else that may have been a big problem for me: I have been running my "easy" training runs way too fast. I know that easy runs are supposed to be slow and, well, easy, but no one ever tells you how slow they should be. All of the training plans I've used, and even read through just for interest, have said that when you're doing an easy run, you should be able to hold a conversation. Well, I've never really been able to judge that, because I never run with anyone, so I don't converse! I have to say, this really makes me mad - I've been doing something totally wrong because of this stupid way of stating the guideline!
At any rate, I found a few articles like this that give a better guide to how fast your easy run should be. The article I linked said that it should be about 65% of the pace of your 5K pace. The goal time I just set for myself for my next 10K was 55:00. Using a race prediction calculator, that tells me I should do a 5K in 26:23, which is a pace of 8:30. If I ran my easy runs at 65% of that pace, I'd be running a 13-min mile or 4.6 mph!
However, another resource I found said that you should try to run 1 - 2 min slower than your projected marathon pace. Again, if I can run a 10K in 55:00, my projected marathon time is about 4:13:00, which is a pace of 9:40 min/mi. Two minutes slower than that is 11:40 min/mi, which is 5.1 mph.
Whichever guideline you follow, it's clear that I've been running my easy runs way too fast. And as those resources show, that compromises development of aerobic conditioning, stamina, and recovery. So, I think I will start out with my easy runs at 5.1 mph for a month, then increase to 5.2 mph, and then 5.3 mph. Fortunately my current training schedule is by time, not by distance, so I won't be running absolutely forever. If this is really helping me out, I think I should see a noticeable difference in how I run my 10K in September. We'll see!
I ended up not being very active the rest of the day, just doing chores around the house. I took a nap that ended up being over an hour long, which was nice.
Yesterday, I had still been frustrated over my race, so I was doing some searching online for the possibility of online trainers. I thought maybe it would help if I had someone more experienced looking over my races, my training schedule, and my other activity to see where I am having problems.
While searching for that, I ran (ha ha) into something else that may have been a big problem for me: I have been running my "easy" training runs way too fast. I know that easy runs are supposed to be slow and, well, easy, but no one ever tells you how slow they should be. All of the training plans I've used, and even read through just for interest, have said that when you're doing an easy run, you should be able to hold a conversation. Well, I've never really been able to judge that, because I never run with anyone, so I don't converse! I have to say, this really makes me mad - I've been doing something totally wrong because of this stupid way of stating the guideline!
At any rate, I found a few articles like this that give a better guide to how fast your easy run should be. The article I linked said that it should be about 65% of the pace of your 5K pace. The goal time I just set for myself for my next 10K was 55:00. Using a race prediction calculator, that tells me I should do a 5K in 26:23, which is a pace of 8:30. If I ran my easy runs at 65% of that pace, I'd be running a 13-min mile or 4.6 mph!
However, another resource I found said that you should try to run 1 - 2 min slower than your projected marathon pace. Again, if I can run a 10K in 55:00, my projected marathon time is about 4:13:00, which is a pace of 9:40 min/mi. Two minutes slower than that is 11:40 min/mi, which is 5.1 mph.
Whichever guideline you follow, it's clear that I've been running my easy runs way too fast. And as those resources show, that compromises development of aerobic conditioning, stamina, and recovery. So, I think I will start out with my easy runs at 5.1 mph for a month, then increase to 5.2 mph, and then 5.3 mph. Fortunately my current training schedule is by time, not by distance, so I won't be running absolutely forever. If this is really helping me out, I think I should see a noticeable difference in how I run my 10K in September. We'll see!
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