This morning I did P90X+ Kenpo Cardio+. I burned about 265 calories. I have no idea why today I burned 10+% more than the previous couple times. Maybe because I was still tired from my long run yesterday?
I didn't do much of anything else today, as we drove back home from our vacation.
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Friday, May 30, 2014
Easy Trails
This afternoon, Bill and I visited the Hilton Head Audobon Preserve for the first time. It is a cute little preserved space, with several nicely-mulched trails and a pond. It's small, though. We walked pretty much all of the paths, and it came to about 1 mile. We then went to a park area nearby at Haig Point and walked a little less than another mile there. Just enough to shake out our legs a bit and enjoy the area here before we drive home tomorrow. It was also still really humid, which did not inspire us to be too energetic.
High-Humidity Run
Yesterday morning, I did P90X+ Kenpo Cardio+ and burned about 240 calories.
After breakfast, we played a round of golf. I did reasonably well. Later in the afternoon we took an easy 3-mile walk.
This morning I did a 10-mile run. I ran 10.02 miles in 1:46:21. I had intended to run at my goal pace of 6.0 mph, but ended up with an average of about 5.7 mph. I did manage not to start out too fast. I took a lot of breaks, which added to my time, as RunKeeper doesn't always detect a break right away. Besides that, two things that slowed me down. First, I haven't run that far in almost a month, and not outside, so it was just hard. Second, the humidity is so, so high. I was dripping almost instantly, and I felt like the water I drank by-passed my stomach and just popped right back out as sweat.
For this vacation, I got a hydration pack for my long runs: the Sidestream Running Hydration Pack . I've used it twice now. It's OK. I like that it's not a backpack, which is why I got it. It only holds 45 ounces, and in practice it's more like 36 ounces or so, but that was OK with me. The most annoying thing is that the drinking tube, which sticks out on my right side, is in the right place for my right arm to hit it. Every time I swing my arms, I bonk it. It's not hard, so it doesn't really do anything - it's just a bit annoying. I'm also not sure how well it's going to dry out and store, since I don't think I can take the bladder out of the pack or remove the end of the tube that you suck on. We'll see.
After breakfast, we played a round of golf. I did reasonably well. Later in the afternoon we took an easy 3-mile walk.
This morning I did a 10-mile run. I ran 10.02 miles in 1:46:21. I had intended to run at my goal pace of 6.0 mph, but ended up with an average of about 5.7 mph. I did manage not to start out too fast. I took a lot of breaks, which added to my time, as RunKeeper doesn't always detect a break right away. Besides that, two things that slowed me down. First, I haven't run that far in almost a month, and not outside, so it was just hard. Second, the humidity is so, so high. I was dripping almost instantly, and I felt like the water I drank by-passed my stomach and just popped right back out as sweat.
For this vacation, I got a hydration pack for my long runs: the Sidestream Running Hydration Pack . I've used it twice now. It's OK. I like that it's not a backpack, which is why I got it. It only holds 45 ounces, and in practice it's more like 36 ounces or so, but that was OK with me. The most annoying thing is that the drinking tube, which sticks out on my right side, is in the right place for my right arm to hit it. Every time I swing my arms, I bonk it. It's not hard, so it doesn't really do anything - it's just a bit annoying. I'm also not sure how well it's going to dry out and store, since I don't think I can take the bladder out of the pack or remove the end of the tube that you suck on. We'll see.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Tempo Run & Biking
This morning I did a 6-mi tempo run. My goal was to run at about 6.2 mph. I'm still having problems getting the right BPM for my pace on Pace DJ. I am starting to think that the problem is that I run too fast for the beat when the beat is slower. I did run 6.04 mi in 58:48, which averages to 6.16 mph. However, my 1-mi splits were crazy: 6.18 mph, 6.74 mph, 6.57 mph, 6.55 mph, 5.51 mph, and 5.68 mph. I really worked hard on the last mile to slow myself down to the actual beat. I was going way too fast in the first miles, and I could feel that I was, but I couldn't seem to keep myself slowed down.
My leg didn't stop my run this time, but I started feeling it 3 - 4 miles into the run. Hopefully it will recover before the long run I want to do on Friday. I also hope I can not run so fast!
After breakfast, Bill and I biked around the condo complex. We biked about 20 miles in a little less than 2 hours. It was pretty leisurely, but fun to do. I cut it a little short because I felt my leg hurting a bit more. It seems to be OK a few hours later as I write this.
My leg didn't stop my run this time, but I started feeling it 3 - 4 miles into the run. Hopefully it will recover before the long run I want to do on Friday. I also hope I can not run so fast!
After breakfast, Bill and I biked around the condo complex. We biked about 20 miles in a little less than 2 hours. It was pretty leisurely, but fun to do. I cut it a little short because I felt my leg hurting a bit more. It seems to be OK a few hours later as I write this.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Tennis
This morning I did P90X+ Kenpo Cardio+ again. I burned about 245 calories. I felt a little more energetic doing it today.
This afternoon, Bill and I played some singles for about two hours. I definitely had a lot of energy after the relatively easy day yesterday, but that doesn't mean I played better. It was about 100% humidity, so we were just dripping sweat almost immediately, even though the temperature was in the low 80s F.
This afternoon, Bill and I played some singles for about two hours. I definitely had a lot of energy after the relatively easy day yesterday, but that doesn't mean I played better. It was about 100% humidity, so we were just dripping sweat almost immediately, even though the temperature was in the low 80s F.
Monday, May 26, 2014
Easy Day
This morning I did P90X+ Kenpo Cardio+. I only burned about 240 calories. The room here that I use for exercising is kind of small, so I'm always worried that I'm going to run into something. Also, the thick carpet is hard to move around on. But it's certainly better than nothing!
Later in the morning we played a round of golf. I didn't do too badly, which is good. We barely finished before some thunderstorms came through.
Later in the day, after the thunderstorms, we went for a 3-mi walk. It was a pretty easy day.
Later in the morning we played a round of golf. I didn't do too badly, which is good. We barely finished before some thunderstorms came through.
Later in the day, after the thunderstorms, we went for a 3-mi walk. It was a pretty easy day.
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Shorter Run Than Planned
Yesterday was a travel day for our vacation, so I didn't do much except sit in the car.
This morning I had an 8-mi goal-pace run planned. It was to be my first outside run of more than 7 miles. It was also my first run with my new insoles and shoes.
Well, it didn't quite go as planned. First, I started off too fast, despite adjusting Pace DJ downward. So I kept stopping every half miles to adjust it. It turns out that you need to change the BPM a lot to get a relatively small pace change. I think that 125 BPM will be about 6.0 mph - I had started at about 147 BPM!
My adjustments on Pace DJ kept going through about 6 miles. By then, my IT band and calf were starting to hurt. I stopped for a break at 7 miles, and when I started to run again, my leg was very unhappy. I decided it would be better not to push it and walked the rest of the way back. So I did 7.13 miles in 1:10:46. I did end up averaging right around my goal pace.
In good news, I did not have any problems with the new insoles and shoes. Sadly, they did not magically fix my IT band.
This afternoon my husband and I planned to play tennis (against each other). I was a bit wary of this, since my IT band did hurt so much after the run. I had less than 5 hours between the run and tennis. I put my new insoles in my tennis shoes and wore my knee brace. I took the tennis a bit easy in the warm-up and first games to make sure my leg was warmed up, but it didn't end up bothering me much at all. And afterward, no serious pain or limping. I really can't figure out what the problem is. Originally I thought it was lateral movement from tennis since it developed while playing tennis, but now it seems like maybe its overuse from running. I don't know! Overall I think it is very slowly improving, so hopefully that will keep up.
I was also happy during the tennis that I managed to keep my energy level up until really the last 15 minutes or so of the two hours that we played - even though I'd ran 7 miles that morning! Good to see my stamina is still good.
This morning I had an 8-mi goal-pace run planned. It was to be my first outside run of more than 7 miles. It was also my first run with my new insoles and shoes.
Well, it didn't quite go as planned. First, I started off too fast, despite adjusting Pace DJ downward. So I kept stopping every half miles to adjust it. It turns out that you need to change the BPM a lot to get a relatively small pace change. I think that 125 BPM will be about 6.0 mph - I had started at about 147 BPM!
My adjustments on Pace DJ kept going through about 6 miles. By then, my IT band and calf were starting to hurt. I stopped for a break at 7 miles, and when I started to run again, my leg was very unhappy. I decided it would be better not to push it and walked the rest of the way back. So I did 7.13 miles in 1:10:46. I did end up averaging right around my goal pace.
In good news, I did not have any problems with the new insoles and shoes. Sadly, they did not magically fix my IT band.
This afternoon my husband and I planned to play tennis (against each other). I was a bit wary of this, since my IT band did hurt so much after the run. I had less than 5 hours between the run and tennis. I put my new insoles in my tennis shoes and wore my knee brace. I took the tennis a bit easy in the warm-up and first games to make sure my leg was warmed up, but it didn't end up bothering me much at all. And afterward, no serious pain or limping. I really can't figure out what the problem is. Originally I thought it was lateral movement from tennis since it developed while playing tennis, but now it seems like maybe its overuse from running. I don't know! Overall I think it is very slowly improving, so hopefully that will keep up.
I was also happy during the tennis that I managed to keep my energy level up until really the last 15 minutes or so of the two hours that we played - even though I'd ran 7 miles that morning! Good to see my stamina is still good.
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