3/31

Swimming! This workout was INTENSE!

500 warm-up
We were supposed to do 12 x 100; 1-4 on 2:00, 5-8 on 1:55, and 9-12 on 1:50, but I couldn't sustain that speed... so I modified it and ended up doing at least 10 x 100 (maybe more) around 2:00 each time- which I felt was a moderate/fast pace, but rested in between when I needed it. It doesn't sound that bad, but even Jannalynn said that it was a really hard workout. I'll be able to shave off several seconds once I can flip turn without drowning!
2 x 50 all out sprint
1 x 50 cool-down

3/30/10

I was feeling frustrated with homework (again), so went on a walk with 3 sporadic 3-minute-ish jogs. It was about 2 miles.

3/29/10

So last week was spring break and it was AMAZING! Despite its amazingness, I didn't exercise much. I swam in a hot springs (which was a lot of work! I swear my buoyancy was different- I had to fight to not sink), went on a couple of rather short runs, plus a 3 mile walk to the park with my dear friend Jamie. This week however, I am back in the game!

Cycling
Arrow position -> Normal position -> Out of the saddle
Starting at like a minute for each position, then getting increasingly faster until we were doing intervals of 2 seconds! Then lots of recovery.
We then did ten second power starts (super high resistance, then peddle hard and fast)

Later that evening I was feeling particularly frustrated with homework, so I went on a walk that turned out to be around 3 miles.

3/16

Today was a less intense workout... so basically a rest day. I still had a good workout but it wasn't terribly difficult.

In the Field House-
Stretch
1 lap walk, 1 lap jog, 1 lap jog faster/run x 4 (total 12 laps)
Stretch

3/15

Mom's still sick, so we didn't go this morning. I went on a jog by myself this evening and it was SO gorgeous! Perfect temperature, everything.

5 minute walking warm-up
40 minute jog (uphill from 15th to 21st East, straight from 15th to 9th South, and back)
5 minute walking cool-down
2 minute stretching

It was hard and my legs got really sore really quickly, but I kept on going and the triumph of doing more than I thought I could far outweighed the pain. Yay!

3/12

In the morning Mom had a bad earache, so we slept in. I went jogging on my own later.

5 minute warm-up
30 minute run (uphill 10, even ground 10, downhill 10)
5 minute cool-down

I feel like I'm getting faster! The 30 minute run was about two miles, but some of it was uphill so I'm super proud of myself :)

3/10

Swimming! Still working on reach and cupped hands pulling an imaginary ball. Jannalynn (who is awesome by the way) is saying we're looking way better. She's having me do this funny stroke though- instead of streamline position like speed swimmers do, I'm reaching to the corners of the pool. I'm in more of a "Y" shape than a line, and it felt funny at first but I'm already feeling more power in my stroke, plus I'm getting faster. Mom is doing an incredible job and she's an excellent swimmer, so it makes me really happy that I'm totally faster than she is now. I don't remember all of what we did, but I remember that afterward I counted and we swam 1750 meters.

400 warmup
10 x 50, 50 drill 50 swim
5 x 75, 50 easy 25 sprint w/o losing form
something else
200 cooldown

3/8

We spun today! I kind of feel like a spider whenever I say that, and it makes me giggle. Anyway, we did ladders and it was intense. My butt got seriously sore, but by now I'm kind of use to it.

3/5

Running

This morning we woke up to snow! It's March, and I'm ready for spring. I must say though that the snow was gorgeous and we do desperately need it. Anyway, it kept us running inside. Here's what we did:

2 laps around HPER complex, straight jog (by self)
6 laps around HPER complex, jog 1 leg, walk 1 leg (with Mom)
Squatters diagonally across gym
Wall sit, plank, swimmers x 2

3/3

Swimming!

400 warm-up, focusing on body rotation- form!
50 x 10 kicking, 25 easy 25 all-out sprint, 1:15 intervals
circuit- flutter kick 30 seconds, 10 pull-ups, sprint 25, easy 25, x 3
cool-down

...And it was nice outside, so I walked home. I had a lovely walk, and as always I'm excited for spring. One incident- this teenage boy rolled down the window of his van and screamed (literally) "OBESITY!" at me while driving by. Not very nice! Rather pathetic actually. I feel sorry for him. What a sad, shallow, lonely existence.

3/1

Monday was spinning!

Warm-up, taking it to "push point"
Ladders- 5 minutes hard, 1 minute rest, 4 minutes hard, 1 minute rest, 3 minutes hard, 1 minute rest, 2 minutes hard, 1 minute rest, 1 minute hard, 1 minute rest x 2
Cool-down and stretch

2/26

Yeah yeah, this was last Friday I know. I've been busy! Anyway, here's the back story: It was atrociously cold and I started sniffling earlier that morning, so my being slightly ill combined with being super cold on top of a hard sprint was a recipe for disaster. Pretty soon I got this funny taste in my mouth. I realized that it tasted metallicy, like blood. After telling my teacher, she said to take it easy because a bloody taste is really really bad. So I took it easy, still doing the workout. Here's what we did-

Ran to Legacy Bridge, up and down stairs x 2 (at which point I started taking it easier)
Hop (two feet) up stairs, jog down
Lunges up stairs, jog down
Jog up bridge, walk back x 6
Back to gym, ab work (plank pose, swimmers, imaginary ball balancing)