Monday, July 15, 2013

14 er, 13 Weeks to Go.

Looks like I missed a week.
July 4th week was a bit of a break week, which involved me attempting to play tri-athlete.
I tried this thing called “BRICK WORK” that they like to do.  It involved a Citibike and a run.  Um…not recommended.  Citibike was heavy and it was rather dangerous to bike with NYC cabs. 

I also successfully rescued a green turtle on 72nd Transverse.  He was all by himself wandering the street, where in a few minutes would have been open to vehicular traffic.  I picked him up and walked over to the pond.  I managed to get pee’d on in the process, but hey, he probably thought I was going to eat him.  I’d be scared too if a giant suddenly picked me up. 

Tuesday 7/2:  Faster Finish  http://connect.garmin.com/activity/336813133
I think it’s decent numbers.  This was far easier than the 800m at Great Lawn for some reason.

I’ve finally concluded that clockwise is easier than counter clock.

Turtle Rescue!  Don’t mind the splints.  I used preprogrammed workout for pacing purposes.

Nothing special.  It wasn’t the best but didn’t fade towards the end, so it’s good, I think.

WEEK 13.
We’re back to work on Week 13 with some MP’ed runs.  Which is good because I have been secretly practicing them on the TM.  I can’t seem to hold it for more than 4Ms which concerns me but I’m going to blame it on boredom…for now.

Monday 7/8:  6M on Treadmill, followed by Spin Class at night.

Tuesday 7/9:  Easy 5M on Treadmill in the morning, then FF.  
OK, the numbers are impressive, but it was downhill for the hard parts.  I think we got a break in this class.  Maybe Terry finally felt sorry for us…?!
“10K Tempo” is 7:18, 7:16, 7:09, 6:55, 6:57, 6:59.
“Finishing Pace” is 6:11, 6:04, 6:15, 6:20, 6:14, 6:19.  
I get faster on the “10K” and slower on the “Finishing” as I go along – not a good sign.

Wednesday 7/10: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/340616767 This was unbelievably hot and humid, but since I promised myself that I won’t complain about heat or fatigue this session, I had to work hard to keep the numbers as suggested. 

Friday 7/12:  This workout was supposed to be done on Thursday morning.  I just didn’t want to do another hot and humid run.  I knew the numbers will be crap and I’d rather have a morale booster than a downer…so I arbitrary moved it to Friday.  I was STILL not into it.  At the start, it felt like “ugh.  It’s going to be one of THOSE runs…” http://connect.garmin.com/activity/341513348

By Saturday, I’m feeling a little better.  The weather was humid but it wasn’t hot.  It also helped that I got rained on.  My shorts and my shirt stuck to me like glue, which was annoying…but I managed to get numbers in as requested.

Sunday 7/14: TM…I secretly did a 10K run, with  the second 5K being MP...wasn’t as hard as when I did it in the park (naturally).

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