Before we took off I met one or two people from my running class. We all commiserated that the “Cruz” kicked our butt. It seems that we were all quite sore afterwards. Ruth even mentioned to me that she has seen my blog. So here’s my shout-out to Ruth – Integrate parts of the Cruz into the weekly workouts from day one [in other words, use the track and do the calisthenics along with elements of the Cruz every 400m] so that when we get to the real Cruz we’ll be able to handle it better. OK, enough said about that. I headed out about 7 AM with Kent, Aaron and Richard from Bobby’s class for the 12-mile South Austin Ramble. There was also a guy from India that’s been running with us, but I don’t know his name. He’s very quiet. Terry is on vacation and Celeste is running a 30K trail race today so both of them weren’t there to run with me. For some reason deep within me I wanted to push this one. Soon the guy from India and I were ahead of most everyone. We got to the 6-mile turn around point at Salem Hill Road, and headed back. It was a nice feeling passing the crowd, but soon we had to wait for a train, and a mile or two later they caught up with us. I was slowing down, and their young legs just seem to do that. So I let the guy from India run on ahead, and soon he was out of sight. I kept up with Kent, Aaron and Richard and we finished in 1:51 or about 9:15 per mile. We were not running at a conversational pace, but sometimes you just have to push it.
Kicking my butt
The running class tonight absolutely kicked my butt. We did a 1.5 miles warm up on the local roads around the Burnet Middle School. Then we did a series of eight stations where a station consists of a calisthenic followed by 100m run to the next station. The eight stations included: 30 jumping jacks, 30 cheerleaders kicks, 10 yard shuttle run x10, 30 second water ski, high knees: 60 total, 10 lunges, 2 times, walk back for recovery, 2 sets of 10 push ups, and 2 sets of 10 crunches. We did this three times. By the time I was done I was cooked, double cooked, double dog-dare-you cooked. My legs were quivering. It’s now been over a hour since class, after a shower, and my leg muscles are still weak. You think that you’re fit, but this just goes to show you that you are not fit at all. OH MY GAWD this was some workout.
P.S. Wednesday: It’s now been 24 hours and I’m still sore. I can barely bend over, sit down, kneel down, or reach up high. I don’t know how everyone else is feeling. Answer from my coach “Would it make it any better to know that Geezer (the other coach) is telling the story about you finishing the pushups during your final 400? Pretty cool.” My response: “I was to do 20 push-ups and I only got 15 done when I was supposed to do them, so on the last lap I stopped and finished the last 5 and then he high-5’ed me”
P.P.S. Totals:
90 jumping jacks,
90 cheerleaders kicks,
30 10-yard shuttle run,
90 water skis,
180 high knees,
60 lunges,
60 push ups,
60 crunches and now I know why I’m so sore.
P.P.P.S Thursday: Still sore, can barely move to sit down, but ran 4 miles slowly this morning with two 500mg Tylenols in my blood stream to help out.
P.P.P.P.S Friday: I’m beginning to come out of my crippling fog. Woohoo. And tomorrow I can re-enter it (actually I doubt this) by running 12 miles.
Running log week of 2008-09-28
09/28 – Sunday – off
09/29 – Monday – Neighborhood – 4 miles – 40 minutes
09/30 – Tuesday – Running class (very tough) – 3 miles – 30 miles
10/01 – Wednesday – off
10/02 – Thursday – Neighborhood – 4 miles – 40 minutes
10/03 – Friday – off
10/04 – Saturday – South Austin Ramble – 12 miles – 1:51
Weekly mileage: 23 miles
Weight loss is helping
I have noticed a new spring in my step since I’ve started Weight Watchers. So far I’ve lost about 7 pounds over the past three weeks. It makes me feel good and I feel like running more. The weather is getting cooler which is another reason to feel good about running.
Campus loop
Ran with Terry again. We also bumped into Aaron, Kent and Richard. We were really pushing it. Terry said it was his longest run so far. We completed 10+ miles in 1:37. My guess is that we really completed 10.7 miles, and were doing about 9 minutes/mile. By the end I was fully cooked.
P.S. Signed up Matthew and me online for the IBM 10K.
Crestview long run
I ran with Terry. Celeste was out of town. Terry is faster than me, so we took it easy, and he chatted about work which helped make the miles go by. We bumped into Kent, Aaron, and Richard along the way (They are in Bobby’s course so we’ll only see them on the weekends). Also the weather was great – it was cooler and in the 60s & 70s. With my recent weight loss (about 5 pounds last week) I’m feeling better when I run, but I still have a ways to go – hoping to drop 15 [gotta keep focused]. Afterwards I saw and talked to Barb E. who is doing the St. George Marathon, Utah in a month, and Ed B. who with Kevin K. are doing NYC Marathon.
Running log week of 2208-09-21
09/21 – Sunday – off
09/22 – Monday – Neighborhood – 4 miles – 40 minutes
09/23 – Tuesday – Neighborhood – 4 miles – 40 minutes + Running class – 5 miles – 50 minutes
09/24 – Wednesday – Stationary Bike – 30 minutes
09/25 – Thursday – Neighborhood – 4 miles – 40 minutes
09/26 – Friday – Neighborhood – 4 miles – 40 minutes
09/27 – Saturday – Campus long run – 10 miles – 97 minutes
Weekly mileage: 31 miles
Time Trial
Gosh, why do I hate these dang 2-mile time trials. Maybe it is because I try too hard. I looked back to last year and I ran it in 15:13. This year I did it in 15:46. It’s so much fun getting older and slower. Oh well suck it up “old man”, and keep on plugging – one foot in front of the other. Maybe if I just lose a bit of weight I’ll speed up – yeah right, I’m such a weirdo thinking that way. I just need to accept myself as I am and what I can do and move ahead.
Running log week of 2008-09-14
09/14 – Sunday – off
09/15 – Monday – Neighborhood – 4 miles – 40 minutes
09/16 – Tuesday – Class (time trial) – 3.5 miles – 40 minutes
09/17 – Wednesday – Staionary Bike – 30 minutes
09/18 – Thursday – Neighborhood – 4 miles – 40 minutes
09/19 – Friday – off
09/20 – Saturday – Crestview – 8 miles – 80 minutes
Weekly mileage: 19.5 miles
Running log week of 2009-09-07
09/07 – Sunday – off
09/08 – Monday – Neighborhood – 4 miles – 40 minutes
09/09 – Tuesday – Class – 3 miles – 45 minutes
09/10 – Wednesday – Stationary Bike – 30 minutes
09/11 – Thursday – Neighborhood – 4 miles – 40 minutes
09/12 – Friday – off
09/13 – Saturday – Class Run “Eastside” w/ Celeste – 7 miles – 77 minutes
Weekly mileage: 18 miles
