April 14 - 20

Another week already? jeez...

Monday

A brief swimming session, followed by weights (endurance). We've moved up to 30 reps now. While swimming was short, I think Charlie got something out of it. He's been having trouble breathing, and I didn't know what to tell him, so I asked the swim coach to help him out. I think that was useful.

Tuesday

crappy run, 3-4 miles. also biked around some, maybe that counts for something.

Wednesday

30 min swim, weights (strength)

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April 7 -13

Monday

30 min swim. did weights (endurance) either this day or tuesday

Tuesday

30 min swim

Wednesday

rest.

Thursday

30 min run, 30 min swim, 1 hr weights (strength). We moved up on weight for this workout. Tired! Also made sweet potato biscuits, which were delicious.

Friday

I don't really remember what happened today. I remember eating chinese takeout for dinner, which is a good indication of laziness.

Saturday

30 min tempo to 9:15, then about half an hour hitting up the various machines in the weight room. After doing all those free weights, it sometimes feels nice to just concentrate on the big strong muscles.

Sunday

Felt bleh, so I didn't do anything today. bike is done now, which is great because that means no more walking to the gym. Disposed of a respectable amount of PBR.

March 31 - April 6

Monday

30 min. swim.

Tuesday

8x100 on the track, followed by weights (strength). Tired.

Wednesday

Was going to do some sort of cardio, but I screwed up my legs yesterday. The top sides of my thighs ( Rectus femoris according to wikipedia) which hurt mildly yesterday, were full of knots and just generally in terrible shape. Heat, massage, rest...

Thursday

30 min swim and weights (endurance). Legs seem okay, though still healing. Probably be fine to go on a run tomorrow.

Friday

laziness. no workout.

Saturday

I ran for about an hour and Charlie did sprints. Then we did a free weights workout (strength). Both of us are feeling pretty good, so I think we'll start moving up on weight and reps on the strength and endurance days, respectively.

It's been a month since the marathon, and I'm lamenting my loss of running skill/strength/endurance/etc. I think a better plan than these long, meandering hour long runs is to do shorter, more controlled runs where I concentrate on running well.

Sunday

3 mile run. Felt pretty good.

Spring Break (March 24-30)

In TX Sunday through Friday.

Monday

At my parents' house. Went for an easy jog around the neighborhood, maybe 30-45 min? Flat, windy, sunny... plenty of space. I think Texans generally don't like other states because they feel claustrophobic.

In german club in high school, some friends and I made a video for a German Club competition. I looked for the tape when I was home, but couldn't find it. However, I did find the original video camera footage so I put that on my computer. I've started to re-edit it and I plan to put it on youtube eventually.

Also saw my uncle for the first time in a while (wanderlust on his part), which was very cool.

Tuesday

Went to Bally's with my dad and had a great workout! I finally felt on top of things again, I guess I'm over the whole finals week/jetlag stuff (assuming I believe in jetlag). Did a tempo workout on the treadmill and then random free weights for another half an hour.

Went to Babe's for dinner--the Carrollton location. It was about the same as Roanoke, except the waitresses were way too perky and not as fun, and the biscuits were lame. Not that I'm complaining, though--the chicken fried steak hit the spot like always.

Wednesday

I took this day off ate all of my little sister's Easter candy.

Thursday

Crappy run. I went around noon, and it was hot hot hot and super windy. I didn't believe that the wind could have a significant effect, but I was wrong... ended up taking a detour through some neighborhood streets to try to avoid the south wind. Allergies killing me, like the rest of the week. Oh well.

Friday

Flew home, then went to the gym. 20 min on bike to warm up, then free weights for about 45 min to an hour. Had BBQ for lunch on the way to the airport. The place was called Bone Daddy's (http://www.bonedaddys.com/) and was basically a Hooter's except with good food. I think I was the only female there, other than the waitresses. Not that that kind of ratio is unusual for me....

Saturday

Easy jog down to lacy and back, about 5 mi. DDR later in the day.

Sunday

About 30 min of swimming, then weights (endurance).

Finished the german club video. Let me know if you'd like to see it!