I rode on my bike for thirty minutes of “crosstraining” as requested by Hal. I biked out to the lakefront and then north until fifteen minutes had passed. I made it just to the 47th street overpass, chose to bike UP the steep hill instead of around it (the path splits into “hardcore” and “wussy” and I chose “hardcore,” of course!). Biking the route that I’ve been running reminded me why I’ve always liked biking so much– it’s FASTER! And EASIER! I flew along with the wind in my face, working moderately hard but nothing like the hard work of running that same route. My heart rate monitor needs a new battery. When I get that going again I’ll be curious to see how my biking heart rate compares to my running heart rate. Last summer “pushing it” on the bike brought my heart rate into the 160s. “Pushing it” while running takes my heart rate into the 180s, and if I’m really “dying,” the 190s (personal max seen while running: 195).
This was my first ride on my new bike. 6 miles in 30 minutes. I need to get some handlebar tape because my hands hurt. My butt hurt a little, too, while riding, which is typical when getting used to a new saddle. My arms, shoulders and back are quite sore from weight training yesterday. My lower body is not sore from weight training at all.
Hal says: Thursday: 2 mile run, followed by strength. I say: 2 miles? Ha! In my sleep!
Oh, PS: I finally found an aspirational photo to post on my fridge:
Just kidding! Just kidding!
April 23, 2008 at 11:13 pm
How cool that you are tansitioning to the 10K plan. Do you have a race picked?
Had I been drinking I would have blown it out my nose, with that picture.
Re: the HH10K modifications: I’ve really only eliminated stretch and strength. I don’t talk about it much, because the blog entries would be boring, but I walk the dog between 2 and 3 miles (normally closer to 3) 3 to 4 days a week. So I figure that checks off cross training. To swim, I’d have to figure out pools, etc. and to ride, I’d have to buy a bike.
I’m not doing stretch or strength because I’m being lazy and stubborn, honestly. I’m probably going to start adding some pushups, pullups and situps to the mix pretty soon though.
I upped the runs to 3 miles on the short days because I like the distance, it maps to the Marathon Novice program, and I figured I needed to make up for not doing strength workouts.
April 24, 2008 at 4:52 am
Look at you and your 10K training!! Awesome. It gives me so much hope to watch you progress. It helps me believe that if I stick with it (and I WILL stick with it) I will be there too in 10 weeks time. It is very exciting. It is so inspiring to read your story. Thanks so much.
April 24, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Oh that picture … that poor girl.
That’s it, I’m just going to have to move. I have nowhere to bike, no hills to run … I’m jealous of all you folks with good running and biking places!
You’re doing SO well.
April 24, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Ha! How cute that Happy thinks we have hills in Chicago. Happy, the City of Chicago BUILT a sledding hill near the football stadium so that little kids could understand what sledding is all about. Real runners are forced to do intervals on the bridge over the highway because it has a slight incline.
Speaking of pictures, Andrew gave me an old Runner’s World from July 2007 (maybe he was hiding it under the bed with the Penthouse) which says “5 weeks to your first 5-K.” The most inspirational thing about the magazine (which is full of advice for freakin’ RUNNERS — not me) is the front cover. The woman is oh so fabulous beautiful. What a pair of legs! What abs! So cheerfully running! I check out the fine print and it turns out she is a nationally ranked 800 meter runner. Well of COURSE she looks that good. Her name is Frances Santin, but I couldn’t find another equally fab. picture of her. I’ll drop the magazine off at work.
See http://www.athletemodels.com/samples.asp for some pretty buff babes. But since you have to pay to see the real pictures, it might be pretty close to porn.