05022019 – Run

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Today’s long interval workout was 2 rounds of 600, 800, 1200 with approximately 1:1 rest. My phone didn’t charge correctly overnight so I couldn’t use it to gauge the time of each interval so I went more by recovery. My Garmin only lets me plug in one distance for intervals so I set it up for 26 x 200 and did my best to skip the rest between each 200. It was an additional mental challenge to the workout!

I decided to throw in a little new section and ran on the golf cart paths for some of it. The trails are still a little wet, but most of the cart paths are paved on the section I ran. It is a little weird because running there my mind was still seeing the ski trails. It is interesting that much of the ski trails is actually above cart paths! They were quiet and lonely as it was still dark at this time!

Because of the complex math involved in adding up my intervals I’m not going to! The overall distance was 5.82 miles in 1:04:29. All of the rest interval was walking.

04302019 – Run

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This morning my phone said that it was 46f outside so not too bad for long sleeves and shorts. But when I got home I actually looked at the temp and it was only 39f… no wonder my hands were so cold!!

The plan was 3 rounds of 200, 400, and 600 with 1:1 rest. I warmed up and started at it! My normal route usually means the first interval is uphill and this was no different! I ended up walking the 1:1 time rest. Each interval was approximately 1:00, 2:00, and 3:00 depending on the terrain. I wasn’t running all out and I definitely felt tired in the legs.

I caught a quick picture of the sunrise! And it was a good workout.

I finished 4.76 miles in 53:25!

04292019 – CrossFit

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Early morning!! After a short warm-up I did some deadlifts. It was a simple scheme – 5-4-3-2-1 with increasing weight for each round. I started with 135# on the bar, then 185#, then 205#, then 215# and finishing with 220#.

After the deadlifts I did 3 rounds of a hip thruster movement followed by a heavy suitcase march (holding a kettlebell in one arm). These were more accessory type movements than anything major.

The Conditioning portion was a 14 minute EMOM that I had to cut short as it was getting late. It had two movements – thrusters and swings. They didn’t want you to break anything up or to do so only in half so I did 55# thrusters and the 35# swings. I finished 3 rounds of each outside on the back patio before rushing inside to get ready for work!

I need to set my alarm for a little earlier so I have more time! But really 4:30am is already so early..

04282019 – Run

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Today’s “stamina” session was a 45 minute run using only Nasal Breathing. This week’s focus was on running while only using the nose to breathe and it is quite an interesting effort. It requires a slower overall pace and a more mindful approach to breathing and focus.

This actually meant that I walked a couple of the hills to keep from pushing past the nasal breathing. The breathes are longer inhales and exhales. I took a little bit different route around Wirth including a bathroom stop. I kind of lost track of the time as my watch screen didn’t have an elapsed time on it. So I actually ended up running for an hour and finished 5.6 miles.

Overall it felt good as it was a nice steady slow run. It felt like some of the lower heart rate runs or more of a true long run feel. I liked that I wasn’t pushing the pace and could enjoy more of the scenery as I ran!

04272019 – Bike and CrossFit

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Some of the Mountain Bike trails are slowly opening up. At one point we had snow in the forecast, it had been changed to rain in the late morning. I decided to get the Mountain Bike out and do some of the trails – the one open trail is an Expert. I did it once, but walked a lot of it. No point in trying it.  I rode the Karate Monkey section. It was nice to be out riding the trails.  There was one muddy section and the section by the creek was a little wetter than tacky.  Then I rode hard on the paved trails to the SW section of trails.  This is the Quaking Bog area. Its got a lot of hill and flow sections.  I struggle with confidence on some of the flow stuff but it was still fun to be seeing dirt and mixing up the training.  I definitely felt the heavy squatting yesterday!  After finishing this section I took off on the pavement again and did the Karate Monkey section one more time!  

Finished 8 miles in 57:53. 

Then just over 2 hours until CrossFit!!

We did another nice long warm-up and then started working on Power Snatching to a heavy set of 2. I actually did an overall PR for these! I had about 2 minutes left in the 12 minute time cap and was at 95 pounds. I added the 2.5# plates and a pair of 0.5# plates to bump it over my 100# PR. I could probably have done a little more, but felt better doing the 6# leap instead of a 10# one.

Then another short burner. 2 Rounds for Time (12 minute cap) of

10 Dumbbell (25#) Right arm cleans

10 Dumbbell Overhead Squats Right arm

5 Pull-ups

10 Dumbbell (25#) Left arm cleans

10 Dumbbell Overhead Squats Left arm

5 Pull-ups

This was a good one, we drilled the cleans as full depth so that’s what we tried to do with them. I think the 25# might have been a little light, but the 35# would have been too much. I finished in 7:06.

This afternoon we biked as a neighborhood group down to the Trailhead for their Spring Block Party. We had a lot of fun goofing around and enjoying what turned out to be a beautiful day!