11/29/12: I'M BACK!

After taking a looooong break from posting, and after finally achieving a pullup (!!!), I've returned with renewed enthusiasm for logging my workouts!

Without further ado...
TODAY:

1 mile run
Then, 5 rounds of:
10 dumbbell deadlifts
10 squat cleans
10 push presses

(Forgot to stop watch, no time recorded)

No run today- right 1st metatarsal still irritated

Week of 4/8/2012

Sunday

8 miles

Crossfit workout:

200m run

90 lunges

70 box jumps

50 situps

30 thrusters (50#s, dumbells)

10 burpees

200m run

~13min

Monday

2 mile warmup + 90 min run of 3min faster, 3min easier

Right foot (metatarsal-ish) starting to be more bothersome- have to start wearing new trainers all the time.

Crossfit workout: Group! (With Allyson and Jamie)

3 Rounds:

500m row (timekeeper)

KB swings (25#)

burpees

~22min

New ab workout (from Eyal)

Tuesday

No run- figured I'd give the foot a rest for today, plus a lot of work

Crossfit: (With Jamie and Jennet)

12 min AMRAP

200m run

15 jumping lunges (16#)

12 box jumps (16#)

9 overhead situps (16#)

6 burpees (16#)

1/2 burpee short of 4 full rounds

Wednesday

8 miles, started out pretty slow, a little tight, but wound up rolling through the last few miles pretty quickly and easily.

Saturday, 4/7/2012

Rough week, training-wise due to excessive lab/work/study time.  Time to stop making excuses and find the time every day to either run, crossfit, or both, no matter what.  Avoiding the snooze button for something that's not "mandatory" is tough, but it's time to get tougher.

I also apparently need to keep up with logging because I already forget what I did for most of this week so I'll record just the past few days I remember..

Thursday
AM: 4 miles + Snake hills from stadium + 2 miles
Crossfit WOD:
5 Rounds: 1 min max mountain climbers, 1 min max wall walks, 1 min max  flutter kicks

Friday
9 miles, second half quicker than first


Saturday
6 miles
Crossfit WOD:
100m sprint
90 lunges
70 box jumps
50 AMSUs
30 thrusters, 50# total, dumbells
10 burpees
100m sprint
13:23

Pretty sure this refers to people who are lacking sleep due to partying... but I'll take it.

Saturday, 3/31/2012

Monday

No run, early start to the day and late night last night

Tuesday

Last morning in Atlanta- got up at 5am (thinking it was 6am), but that left me with plenty of time to get in a run. Since it was still dark, I hit the treadmill for 8 miles.

Piedmont Park, near midtown Atlanta

Wednesday

8 miles, Echo loop back at home

Thursday

Summit Rd run (~9 mi?).  Felt great- tackled the hills pretty easily.

Friday

Attempted a mile repeat workout.  Did this a few weeks ago and made it through 7 (workout is to run mile repeats at 6:30 pace with 200m jogging recovery- do as many as possible without dropping off pace by more than 5 seconds).  Today? Only made it through 2!! First was too quick (6:20ish?) then dropped to almost 6:40 for the second- oops! Cookies are probably not the most energizing breakfast food, so lets blame it on the poor diet of spring break!

Later in the afternoon, I hit up a crossfit workout with Carmine, as follows:

15 min AMRAP

3 box jumps, 3 push-ups, 3 pull-ups

6,6,6

9,9,9

12,12,12

etc...

Made it through 21 21 21 plus 5 box jumps

Sunday 3/26/2012

~10 miles in HOTlanta!!

Got to Georgia Tech this morning around 10AM and decided to lace up the kicks and head out for my kind of tour.  I headed over to Piedmont Park and the surrounding area and everything was absolutely beautiful.  It was nothing like the rough city everyone makes it out to be.  In the weeks leading up to this trip I had been so hesitant, and really wasn’t giving Tech much of a consideration because of the location and distance from home.  But, so far, I couldn’t ask for a better opportunity- here’s to stepping out of your comfort zone and giving it a shot!   

Saturday 3/25/2012

Today was the NJ Trail Series 50 miler I had signed up for but decided not to run due to the recruitment weekend at Georgia Tech tomorrow.  Though I’m confident I was physically prepared for the race, I was convinced by my parents and labmates that participating in the race would be a poor decision.  The weekend at Georgia Tech is important in terms of making the best decisions for my future with a clear mind, which would have been much more difficult as an exhausted, limping runner.  I still have my regrets about not running, but that’s neither here nor there at this point.

Equally as difficult as the decision not to race was attending without running.  I remembered back to my  Irish dancing days, and how, following my last competition, it was really tough watch others participate in competitions or shows without feeling pretty awful about not participating.  But today at the race, I wanted to be there for Rebekah, so I showed up to cheer.  The entire time I felt pretty awful, and seeing someone else run in my place was a million times worse, but it wasn’t until the drive home that I realized the path to my goals will be analogous to the 50 miler I missed out on today.  I’m about to embark on a sort of ultramarathon of higher education.  While running will always be a huge part of my life, it will never be the only thing.  Running an ultra is still something I’d like to do at some point, but it just didn’t work out this time.  In 5 weeks I’ll get to prove myself in running the marathon in Providence, but for now it’s time to head to Atlanta and prove myself as a confident, smart chica!

Friday, 3/24/2012

10 miles
Crossfit workout: EMOTM: 5 min of 10 overhead lunges (45#), 5 min of 7 power snatch (I think?) (55#), 5 min of 4 strict chin up (assisted, not sure of the setting)

Definitely could have gone higher on the weight for the lunge and snatches- way too easy.