Last night, my combo team had an overall win! This is only our second win of the season. However, my partner, Michele, and I did not win. We lost 4-6, 6-3, 0-1. In the first set, we made a lot of mistakes, hitting the ball out. We calmed down a bit, and won the second set reasonably easily. However, we went back to making a lot of mistakes in the match tie-breaker and threw it away pretty quickly. That was frustrating, but at least the other two courts won!
This morning, I did the next workout in The Master's Hammer and Chisel, which was Total Body Hammer. This is a heck of a workout. I increased my weights on the squats. I can feel this one all over already - I'm going to be sore from it. I burned about 130 calories.
Monday, February 29, 2016
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Mile Repeats
Yesterday morning, I did the next run on my training schedule, which was mile repeats. I did 6 x 1 mi at 6.7 mph (8:58 min/mi), alternating with 6 x 0.5 mi at 5.0 mph (12:00 min/mi). I did this run on the treadmill. It took 90 minutes, and the distance came to 9.0 mi. I knew this was going to be a hard run, and it was. I took a lot of breaks on the rails. Somehow I don't like to run as hard on a treadmill as I might when I'm outside or on a race. Maybe because the pace is absolute?
In the afternoon - actually, less than 2 hours after the run - I had a practice with my tennis team. In the first round, my partner, Randy, and I won 4-3. In the second round, my partner, Whitney, and I lost 5-7, 2-3. In the last round, my partner, Libby, and I won 6-0, 3-0. I didn't always do the best pairings to get competitive matches, but I have to work with the players present.
The run and practice right afterward really wore me out! I sent to bed extra early, and slept over 9 hours! This morning, I did my usual boxing class. I was still feeling a bit worn out, but it was a good class.
My back has been getting really stiff again, especially in the mornings. I need to keep doing the stretches I was doing for awhile, I guess. There's only so much time in the day sometimes! I've been really valuing my sleep, but I guess I need to work the stretches back in where I can.
In the afternoon - actually, less than 2 hours after the run - I had a practice with my tennis team. In the first round, my partner, Randy, and I won 4-3. In the second round, my partner, Whitney, and I lost 5-7, 2-3. In the last round, my partner, Libby, and I won 6-0, 3-0. I didn't always do the best pairings to get competitive matches, but I have to work with the players present.
The run and practice right afterward really wore me out! I sent to bed extra early, and slept over 9 hours! This morning, I did my usual boxing class. I was still feeling a bit worn out, but it was a good class.
My back has been getting really stiff again, especially in the mornings. I need to keep doing the stretches I was doing for awhile, I guess. There's only so much time in the day sometimes! I've been really valuing my sleep, but I guess I need to work the stretches back in where I can.
Friday, February 26, 2016
Tennis Loss
Last night I had a tennis match with my 3.5 team. Unfortunately we lost 3 of the 5 courts, so we lost the match overall. My partner, Whitney, and I lost 0-6, 4-6. We played so badly in the first set - it seemed like we just couldn't hit anything and keep it in play. Fortunately we pulled ourselves together in the second set. I started playing a lot more at the net to cut off rallies and keep our opponents from having as much time to get into position for put-away shots. We were neck-and-neck with them in the second set until 4-4, and then they managed to win the last two games. We did feel better about being competitive, at least, in the second set.
Today is my rest day. This morning before work, I did some stretching and foam rolling. My lower back has been feeling a little worse lately - not the horrible "don't want to bend over" pain I had last fall, but worse. I need to bring back the stretching I was doing for it, I guess.
Today is my rest day. This morning before work, I did some stretching and foam rolling. My lower back has been feeling a little worse lately - not the horrible "don't want to bend over" pain I had last fall, but worse. I need to bring back the stretching I was doing for it, I guess.
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Flood!
Yesterday after work, I did the next run on my training schedule, which was a 100-min easy run. I ran at 5.6 mph on the treadmill, and it wasn't as hard as I was expecting. The distance came to 9.2 mi. I don't usually do such long runs after work, because it means a late dinner, but this wasn't too bad.
This morning I did the next workout in The Master's Hammer and Chisel, which was Chisel Balance. Some of these moves are so hard! Particularly the exercises where you do a 1-legged sit down and up on the bench, and the 1-legged row-pistol squats. I am getting better on them, however, I burned about 170 calories.
Today after work, I did a run on the treadmill. I ran for 50 min at 5.6 mph, so the distance came to 4.61 mi. This was OK.
While I was running, we had a pretty severe thunderstorm come through. The surprise came when I turned off the treadmill and could hear "normally" again. I could hear running water! There shouldn't be any water running in our basement, so I knew something was wrong. Rain from the thunderstorm had flooded the backyard and filled up the window well outside one of our basement window, and the water was cascading in through the window. (Yes, the window was closed!) So I had to figure out any way to at least contain the incoming water. This had me in a bit of a panic for awhile. Fortunately, the storm moved through very quickly, so things did not flood as much as they could have, or as much as they have in the past.
This morning I did the next workout in The Master's Hammer and Chisel, which was Chisel Balance. Some of these moves are so hard! Particularly the exercises where you do a 1-legged sit down and up on the bench, and the 1-legged row-pistol squats. I am getting better on them, however, I burned about 170 calories.
Today after work, I did a run on the treadmill. I ran for 50 min at 5.6 mph, so the distance came to 4.61 mi. This was OK.
While I was running, we had a pretty severe thunderstorm come through. The surprise came when I turned off the treadmill and could hear "normally" again. I could hear running water! There shouldn't be any water running in our basement, so I knew something was wrong. Rain from the thunderstorm had flooded the backyard and filled up the window well outside one of our basement window, and the water was cascading in through the window. (Yes, the window was closed!) So I had to figure out any way to at least contain the incoming water. This had me in a bit of a panic for awhile. Fortunately, the storm moved through very quickly, so things did not flood as much as they could have, or as much as they have in the past.
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
No Tennis!
Yesterday morning, I did the next workout in The Master's Hammer and Chisel, which was Hammer Power and 10-Min Hammer Abs. I think I "got" the moves a bit better in Hammer Power, although I didn't increase the weights much. The shoulder press part of most of the moves is a limiting move for me in terms of weight. I kind of wish I knew how much weight the woman in the video was using. Overall I burned about 180 calories.
Yesterday after work, I was hoping to sub in for our Monday night tennis doubles at TCCP, but apparently they didn't need me! I went home and did an easy run instead. I ran at 5.6 mph on the treadmill for 50 min, so the distance came to 4.75 mi. This run felt OK.
This morning, I did my next workout, which was Iso Speed Hammer. This is a short workout, but I definitely feel it. I didn't increase any weights this time. I did take advantage of the short workout to do some foam rolling. I burned about 90 calories.
Yesterday after work, I was hoping to sub in for our Monday night tennis doubles at TCCP, but apparently they didn't need me! I went home and did an easy run instead. I ran at 5.6 mph on the treadmill for 50 min, so the distance came to 4.75 mi. This run felt OK.
This morning, I did my next workout, which was Iso Speed Hammer. This is a short workout, but I definitely feel it. I didn't increase any weights this time. I did take advantage of the short workout to do some foam rolling. I burned about 90 calories.
Sunday, February 21, 2016
Long Run
Today I went to my usual Sunday boxing class. It hasn't been so usual lately, as I've been changing my schedule around a bit to accommodate my long runs. Anyway, it was good to go.
This afternoon, I did the next run on my training schedule, which was an 80-min easy run. As I mentioned yesterday, I have decided to cut back to a speed of 5.6 mph on the treadmill for my easy runs. I definitely think that was a good idea. In 80 min at 5.6 mph, the distance came to 7.45 mi. It felt better. Hopefully I'll be able to work back up to 5.7 mph and eventually even faster.
This afternoon, I did the next run on my training schedule, which was an 80-min easy run. As I mentioned yesterday, I have decided to cut back to a speed of 5.6 mph on the treadmill for my easy runs. I definitely think that was a good idea. In 80 min at 5.6 mph, the distance came to 7.45 mi. It felt better. Hopefully I'll be able to work back up to 5.7 mph and eventually even faster.
Saturday, February 20, 2016
Outside Run
Today was forecasted to be unseasonably warm, so I thought I'd do a run outside before lunch. Well, it wasn't all that warm yet, but it wasn't bad. I did my run on the Rock Creek Park Trail, since I haven't been there in quite awhile. I ran 5.08 mi in 55:58, so the average speed was 5.45 mph. A little slow, but I had a number of road crossings to stop and wait for, and I think Runkeeper tends to keep going a bit for those, which adds time but not distance.
My heart rate was supposedly really high for a lot of this run, even though I certainly wasn't panting for breath. I don't know if that was real, or something my Basis Peak was dreaming up. Anyway, since my so-called easy runs have seemed to hard lately, I think I'm going to pull back to a treadmill speed of 5.6 mph for awhile for the "easy" runs and see how it goes.
This afternoon, I had a practice with my tennis team. In the first round, my partner, Jill, and I lost 4-5, but we had been much farther behind, so it was good that we were catching up. In the second round, my partner, Whitney and I scored 7-6, 2-2, which was essentially a tie. In the last round, my partner, Joan, and I tied our opponents 5-5. It was a fun and competitive practice!
My heart rate was supposedly really high for a lot of this run, even though I certainly wasn't panting for breath. I don't know if that was real, or something my Basis Peak was dreaming up. Anyway, since my so-called easy runs have seemed to hard lately, I think I'm going to pull back to a treadmill speed of 5.6 mph for awhile for the "easy" runs and see how it goes.
This afternoon, I had a practice with my tennis team. In the first round, my partner, Jill, and I lost 4-5, but we had been much farther behind, so it was good that we were catching up. In the second round, my partner, Whitney and I scored 7-6, 2-2, which was essentially a tie. In the last round, my partner, Joan, and I tied our opponents 5-5. It was a fun and competitive practice!
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