2008- Run 59

just 3 miles..
ran easy with a friend who is new to running, and planned on doing another 5 later on, BUT, my friend is no stranger to the pool.. so away I went to the Vancouver Aquatic Center! What a beautiful pool!! AND, my friend gave me a tip that improved my stroke like unbelievably!!
she noticed that I wasn't holding my breath at all, and was gasping when I did take air.. so she suggested I try
Breathe-Hold-Blow-Blow-Breathe other side..
WOW! I got to the other end of the pool and didn't feel winded at all.. It's like I was exhaling so much, that I had to gasp when I did take air.. she also mentioned that the closer your breathing to your regular breathing, the better, which obviously makes sense!! ... look out pool!! I'm super motivated to swim more!!
Then, after swim, went to power yoga and sweated like a dog in a car.. didn't have anything left in tank for run.. knees a bit sore from long day and didn't want to push it too much harder.. will try to swim again maybe on Thursday... Tomorrow: long run + yoga.. then go to show!
Breathe-HOLD-Blow-Blow-Breathe (other side)-HOLD-Blow-Blow

2008- Bike VI Vancouver

18.8 miles in 1:18...
put seat up inch and a half mid ride.. made spinning easier..
off to yoga.. yoga was power yoga.. need to practice handstand more often with elissa..
some good hip openers! 3 mile run in 30 minutes.. "nice and slow, see, that's the way to do it.. nice and slow"..... plan for rest of week..(3)+ 10+15+5+9.. sat and sunday off.. tomorrow's 10 will be tricky.. 5+swim+yoga+5.. will see how that goes :D

2008- Run 57 End Week 12

9.16 miles in 1:24:40
Good run.. steady..
After yesterday morning's yoga, which was HOT, I was wiped out. It's so hard to re-hydrate after hot yoga... I feel completely wiped out, so I missed out on a good sunny day. Oh well, there was lots of hockey on television and the couch felt great. Unfortunately, my AV's lost to Calgary but there are a bunch of games left. Hopefully, they won't miss the playoffs by 1 point like they did last year.
So, this brings a close to 2008- Week 12.- 56.69 Miles in 8 hours and 58 minutes. This is the biggest mileage week I have ever done and then some! Next week, I will be backing it off a bit.. Week 13 is a recovery week, backing down to 42, which will be good because there is a concert mid week: The Greyboy Allstars and my buddy from back East is coming on Friday for the weekend on his way to Australia. Also, on Friday, I'm planning on going in The Critical Mass Bike Ride. Should be a fun week!!
End Week 12- Year Running Mileage to date: 451.18 Miles

2008- Run 56 Vancouver

9 miles in 1:25... knees a little squeaky.. tomorrow, going to go to yoga, run and either bike or swim..
9+20+9+9= 47

2008- Run 55

9 miles in 1:22...

It was a good run.. felt like i was really flying at times.. knees were good, no awesome but good.. little twinges here and there, but overall, terrific run!
week so far: 9+20+9

Wednesday- March 19, 2008

Went for a long walk with my friend Beth and her dogs in North Vancouver.. right knee was a little stiff.. well, maybe stiff isn't the right word. It felt like some of the tendons inside were strained a bit.. sore inside the knee, but that's to be expected after 20 miles .. Tuesday night, after the long run, I went to Anusara yoga. Then last night, I took Beth to Flow yoga after our walk. It was a great day. This morning, my knee feels good so I am heading out to try a 9 miler.. then, yoga tonight, and Jill and Matthew Barber after that! I am so pumped to see these guys!

Up to and not including today's run:
2008 totals:
423.76 MILES
65 Hours 42 minutes
Average Moving Pace: 9:12/ mile

2008- Run 54 LSD XII- 20 Miles

20 miles in 3:17...

started out slow and had a good run.. water/ gatorade, gel pack and organic energy bar all came in handy..

2008- Run 53- Vancouver

9 miler in 1:25.. not a very good run.. never really got into good groove.. going to try for a long run tomorrow... the plan for today was run, swim, yoga... just didn't have the legs.. so it was run- yoga

2008- Brick IV- Vancouver (Run 52) + (Bike 5)

bike . 14 miles in 58 minutes
run 3 miles in 28 minutes.. didn't do the planned 10 today because of a bit a twinge in my left shin.. don't want to splint it..

So this bring my mileage this week to 51 miles running and 14 miles on the bike.. need to hit the bike a little harder and get in the pool next week!

2008- Run 51 Vancouver

7 miles.. 1 hour..

bit sore.. left shin.. uh oh..

2008- Run 50- Vancouver LSD XI 13 miler

13 miles in 2:09.. tough tough slog.. couldn't get monkeybrain to settle down in to the present moment.. not a very fun run!.. monkey mind..
skip yoga today. ***

2008- Run 49 Vancouver 9 Miler

9 miles in 1:25...

never really got into a good rhythm on this run. Legs were pretty dead. Off to yoga.
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yoga was just ok today..

Year to Date Running: 372

Rest Day

yoga pose of the day:

keep elbows heavy..sirsana.. yoga was awesome!
today was an active rest day..tomorrow.. 9 miles

2008- Run 48 LSD X Vancouver

18 Miles in 2:57..........

Tenth Long Run of the year.. 18 miles! Actually, it wasn't so bad.. same routine.. Carry water to 40 minutes out; stash water and have a piece of chocolate bar (Snickers), run 20 more minutes, turn around, return to water stop; have another bite of Snickers Bar & water. Careful not to eat too quickly. Returning home . Another bite of Snickers at 100 minutes.. Arrive at start after 2 hours, or 13 miles... Finish Snickers bar.. Then only another 5 mile gets you to 18... It wasn't so bad really. Key was to start out very slow. Even ran a couple miles on trail in the first leg. The hardest part of the day was the hot yoga tonight! 90 minutes of "sweating like a dog in car!" Came home and ate too much but hard to avoid! Tomorrow, day of rest, but will hit up another yoga class! Just maybe not a hot one! :)

Run 47 Vancouver

3 miles.. 30 minutes.... was a rest day.. just put in the 3 miler to make 50 for the week.. it was tough to put in 50 with that hot yoga kickin my but.. plus I was up late! The big plan to go biking didn't come to fruition, it wasn't exactly raining but it wasn't exactly warm either...
So, my weekly total was 50 miles.. going to try for another 50 this week!

Tomorrow, new diet begins!

2008- Run 46

9 miles in 1:21 ........

Nice leisurely run. Again with the slow start and the same usual split/ lap times. I didn't do anything yesterday due to overdoing it on Thursday with Bikram's hot yoga after the 16 miler, THEN going out and drinking mojitoes until 1 a.m.!! I probably would have been ok but my friend Beth was in town and needed to visit a Buddhist Temple for as a class assignment, so I tagged along. The Temple was very interesting as was lunch afterwards at Earl's. The most interesting part about this place, Earl's, besides all the beautiful waitresses in black cocktail dresses was how lightheaded I got off one beer. It made me positively silly! So, after Beth dropped me off, I ended up taking a long nap and just wasn't feeling like a run later on. Besides, Jpod was coming on so I laid low and watched that. Another brilliant episode! Jpod is the best thing on TV since the Simpsons! I'll write more about it someday soon. www.cbc.ca/jpod

All the episodes are available online... It is totally brilliant!!

Mileage this week: 9+13+16+9= 47 miles .. going to brick tomorrow for 50! gotta go buy more tubes :)

2008- Run 45 Vancouver LSD IX- 16 miler

16 miles.. 2:30.. was simply a great day.. ran some trails, some road, some beach, some meadows.. the tulips are coming out.. it was a beautiful day! going back for another kick at the can on the hot yoga tonight.. tomorrow, will bike or maybe brick.. should be able to hit 40 this week without too much trouble.. maybe even a swim tomorrow

Wednesday- Hot Yoga

Well, today i went to hot yoga. Hot Bikram's yoga and man was it hot.. It was smoking hot.. It's 8 pm and I'm not feeling like the run will happen today.. Tomorrow morning, I will go early! promise myself!!

2008- Run 44 LSD VIII

13.19 miles.. 1:59:48

Long Slow Distance 8 started out as a 9 miler, but i was a little tight so i started out quite slowly... as I was running along listening to Sweating to the Indies, interview with Peter Reid, Canada's most famous triathlete, and the most successful triathlete in the history of the sport, he says that he learned some things about running from the Kenyans, namely, that you start out very slowly... do the first couple miles slow and easy... This is probably a good idea for me since I don't stretch nearly enough when I head out the door to run.
Funny thing is, that even with the deliberate slow start, I was right back on pace around 45 minutes.. I think I may be onto something here... The continuing tummy troubles lingering from the weekend didn't even slow me down too much..
Half Marathon training run in under 2 hours, with 2 bathroom breaks, 2 water breaks, and one immense hill to run up on a 2 mile trail loop (that was slippery and wet, meaning go extra slow).. is well, not too shabby!
Thanks Peter Reid and CBC Podcast, "Sweating to the Indies" (Episode 1 I think).. Off to yoga, then tomorrow morning, HOT Bikram yoga, then the 9 miler later in the day... will be easier to swing than a 13 miler after the hot stuff! Peter Reid Wikipedia

Hayden- New Album.. buy it

Lyrics to Song: Damn This feeling:

I have been wrestling with the thought of it all
since you left me out in the cold last fall
I wake up lonely and go to bed the same way
people they call me just to make sure I'm O.K.

But I think I'm healing, damn this feeling
I have been reeling, since last season
It's the one thing I had left
from everything i'd kept
I'm going to miss how bad this has felt.

Women adored me for the sad look in my eyes
and now they ignore me for getting on with my life

'Cause I think i'm healing, damn this feeling
I have been reeling since last season
It's the one thing I had left
from everything I'd kept
I'm going to miss how bad this has felt
How bad this has felt
How bad this has felt

Leaves they are falling, just as I let go of you
winter is calling, and I have no memories to lose


cbc podcast link.. what a song.. makes me cry everytime I hear it

2008- Run 43

9 miles in 1:22 .. very wet but nice relaxed run.. had some cramps at end .. hundred pushups and CBC Sweating to the Indies! Love it!
Going for another 170 this month?.. Basically, 170 means, 9+9+12+9+4 per week (the 4 being part of a brick).. bring it baby! need to find a pool.. maybe the tuesday 9 should be a 3 speed-work, then a 6 normal.. and brick is speed-work.. going to start trying to bike more often as well.. need more tubes!

JUST HIT 300 MILES FOR THE YEAR!

Whistler

whistler is a crazy place!

Run 42- Vancouver

got run in to finish up weekly mileage before Friday so I could go up to Whistler..
9 miler.. in 1:19:36
I think this is the fastest I have ever done 9 miles that wasn't during a race.. will double check
Makes Weekly Mileage 40.52 Miles for 2008-Week 9 and 170 MILES for the Month of February!! :)