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June 29, 2011
WiW: Week 66
Weight: 144.6
Waist: 29.5
Hips: 36.5
Thigh: 23
I had an appointment with Dr. Dukes on Monday, and apparently explaining that I had barely budged off the couch for three weeks has motivated me to run in spite of the heat. I ran Monday and tonight, and I'm happy to report that I'm still good for 2.5 miles in spite of the break and the heat. It's time to add my ice-pack-in-a-sock and see if I can up that to 3!
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June 22, 2011
WiW: Week 65
Weight: 144.8
Waist: 29.5
Hips: 36.5
Thigh: 23
Another week of not much formal exercise. I did the Shred on Friday, and it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. I mean, it was hard, but at no point did I feel like I was going to keel over and die. I would never have guessed it by my body's reaction. I could barely moved without groaning for two days, and was still moderately sore for a couple more. My body's reaction really seemed over the top, and it kind of makes me wonder if there's something else going on...
I ran tonight, for the first time since the Firefly two and a half weeks ago. I went 5 minutes over my minimum, and I wasn't really exhausted until those last 5 minutes. My legs held up great, and my breathing wasn't too bad either.
It was a fairly cool night, though, and I have no idea how I'm going to manage to run all summer when the temps go back up.
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June 18, 2011
The upgrade that isn't
While the kids are out of town and I'm allowed to have a thought for more than 3 minutes at a time, I figured I'd update my blog software and try to master scheduled posts. Sure, I've done nothing more technical than reboot my machines in the last two years, but how hard can it be?
It took me several hours just to figure out how to do a backup, and in the end I sort of cheated and just copied everything to my desktop. I was nearly giddy when I figured out why the DB backup was freezing up my machine, and I finally got it to work.
Then I started the upgrade/install. I mucked something up but good, and rather than try to figure the whole mess out, I just deleted the whole mess of files and copied the whole thing back from my hard drive. Luckily everything seems to have recovered.
Back to the upgrade/install. I finally figured out what the instructions wanted from me, and I think I put everything where it belongs. The Configuration Wizard even came up! Success! No, wait, when I start the Wizard, I get a server error. The same error I've been working around for several years when I post (and which seems to occur only randomly, making it hard to diagnose).
The good news is, the blog is still readable, and the recovery has restored my ability to add posts.
The bad news is, nothing has been upgraded, and I'm sort of stuck on what to try next.
I'll keep muddling through, because that seems to eventually work, but right now I have to take a break to get some other work done on this machine.
Posted by me at 9:59 AM | Comments (0)
June 15, 2011
WiW: Week 64
Weight: 144.6
Waist: 30
Hips: 37
Thigh: 23
Yeah, haven't done a thing since last week. Considering the way I've been eating, I'm shocked that I've only gained a pound since I left for Maryland.
I need to start getting back into some organized exercise, but it's just too hot outside to want to run. I've been needing to get back into something that involves my upper body, so I'll probably start the Shred again, or possibly an interval workout I found online. I've been putting it off because I was afraid to derail my 10k training with the soreness from all those squats.
Posted by me at 9:53 AM | Comments (0)
June 8, 2011
WiW: Week 63
I'm out of town, I haven't exercised since the race (unless you count rock climbing and horseback riding, which FUN! but omg I'm so sore), and I have no scale.
And next week isn't going to look much better!
Posted by me at 9:50 AM | Comments (0)
June 4, 2011
Firefly 10K 5k: Take 2
clock time 32:46
I've been training to run this as a 10, but the heat has just really been killing my pace lately, not to mention the issues I've had in the last few weeks making my long runs. The 10k had a requirement to finish the first 5k in under 30 minutes, and before I even got to race day, I had figured out that I could run the first half in under 30, OR I could run a 10k, but at these temperatures it was unlikely that I could do manage both in one shot.
Of course today was ridiculously hot. I don't have a temp at race time, but I'd guess between 87-90 based on what the last few nights were like. The line for the porta potties was crazy. I waited 25 minutes to go, and almost didn't make it to the race start. Then, I couldn't get near the front, sort of a necessity if I were to have a chance of getting to the 10k course. I didn't even cross over the start line til about 1:10 after the start. The traffic was thick all the way through. Last year's race had like 350 people, this year was about 10 times that!
The first mile didn't feel so bad, but after that, it's uphill for what seemed like the next 2 miles. I didn't start really hurting until about 2.6 miles in, and I was sure by that point I wasn't going to make the cutoff anyway, so I stopped even considering it. When I finally dragged myself to the finish line, they were actually still waving 10k'ers on, but by that point, I was DONE.
My iPod time was 32:46. Chip time was 31:34. I placed 529/2376 in the 5k overall, 42/277 in my age group. There were 496 10k runners (they weren't ranked in the 5k scores.)
Results here.
Posted by me at 11:46 PM | Comments (0)
June 1, 2011
WiW: Week 62
Weight: 143.2
Waist: 29.5
Hips: 36.5
Thigh: 23
I finally managed another long run!! It wasn't particularly fast, but at this point I don't care if it took all night, I'm just on a high that I finally ran 6.2 miles without dying, collapsing, or needing a Depends. The rest of the week went ok. I did some walking with Angie, a short run that could have gone better (the wind/heat combo was INSANE) and a longer run that was alright. The rest of the week should go pretty easy, until the Firefly, which I'm still leaving open for a 10k, but I'm pretty sure I've already talked myself out of it.
Posted by me at 9:14 PM | Comments (0)