Lani's Training Journal

[Lani]

Great job on the treadmill! You sure have me whipped! I am only doing 4 miles at 4.7 - 5 right now!!! You have definitely just given me something to work towards!!!

You just take it one day at a time, and periodically do speed workouts to increase your pace. There are different ways to do speed workouts, and it doesn't matter what your normal pace is. Just try pushing your pace for say 30 seconds, and then slowing down for a few minutes, then push your pace another 30 seconds, and so on. It will help your body become accustomed to the sensation of going faster.

When I first got back into jogging (or "woggling," as I call it) in October 2001, 5mph would have been lightning fast! I think I started at 4.5mph. That was so disappointing to me, because I finished the 1992 Honolulu Marathon at 4:41:11, which was for me a blistering pace (it was even faster than what I'd be able to do now, since there were a good two miles there where I walked, so I know I ran faster the rest of the course). But I had gotten terribly out of shape and gained a ton of weight (in all honesty, I gained almost 70 pounds!!!). I'm still not down to that spritely weight, but I'm also older, and I'm taking my time.

 

[Lani]

1 hour on the treadmill for a 10K. Goal for today was making sure I could do a 10K in under a minute. I made it with about 20 seconds to spare. yay!

Went down to Disneyland over the weekend for some MousePlanet work. I was REALLY REALLY NAUGHTY and bought myself a box of "Hunny Caramel Popcorn" in Critter Country. It smelled SOOOO good. OMG, it was so yummy. Even better than regular caramel corn, since it was lighter and didn't have that smoky smell. Chewy goodness. I have sinned!!

 

[pettyone]

I have sinned!!

Absolution could be yours...just tell us all that IT WASN'T WORTH IT!!!

 

[Tasha+Scott]

Welcome to WISH, Lani! Your exercise is inspirational to say the least! Keep up the great work!

 

[sarahsmom73]

I think there were many of us who "sinned" this weekend!!!!

Thanks so much for keeping me motivated... I really am starting to love running. It is a part of the day I am looking forward to! I love the runners high!

Boy, I wish my job made me go to Disney!!! When I retire.... In about 30 years since NYS says I have to go until at least 2028 and then I woun't be old enough......

 

[Lani]

Absolution could be yours...just tell us all that IT WASN'T WORTH IT!!!

Oh um... yeah. "IT WASN'T WORTH IT!!"

[Does lying count as a sin?!?!?]

Thanks so much for keeping me motivated... I really am starting to love running. It is a part of the day I am looking forward to! I love the runners high!

Boy, I wish my job made me go to Disney!!!

I think the more you get into the habit of running/jogging, the easier it gets. I like to think so, anyway.

As for "my job," MousePlanet isn't my day job. For that I have another one that actually pays the bills.

 

[Lani]

After work PowerSculpt class.

I'm starting to get back into the routine, so it's not quite so tough as it was last week. I'm still pretty tired afterwards, though.

I got home, and dh had made a wonderful dinner for us for Valentine's Day! Crab-stuffed salmon filet and a cauliflower casserole, with fresh fruit and whipped cream (sweetened with Splenda) for dinner. It was wonderful!

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Tuesday, February 15, 2005

One hour on the elliptical machine this morning. My left heel has been bothering me (I suspect it's plantar fasciitus) so I thought I'd take it easy today.

 

[CarolA]

I don't think it is a sin if it was worth it. The sin is when you waste a splurge on something that is just so so. (Or as my mom will say "It's not worth the calories)

 

[pettyone]

Oh um... yeah. "IT WASN'T WORTH IT!!"

[Does lying count as a sin?!?!?]

But...I...believed...you...

Have a great day!!!

 

[pettyone]

The sin is when you waste a splurge on something that is just so so.

 

[sarahsmom73]

 

[Lani]

You guys just crack me up.

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Morning cardio: 6 miles on the treadmill (60 minutes) plus warm-up/cool-down, and stretching

After work: PowerSculpt resistance training class (60 minutes)

Breakfast: Low-carb strive bar and a can of Vienna sausage (don't ask; it's low in carbs).

Lunch: Big spinach salad with chicken, mushrooms, broccoli, green/red peppers, beet slices, tofu cubes, and Asian sesame dressing (which I know has sugar in it, but it's soooo yummy).

Turned away chocolate cake and ice cream at a co-worker's 15th employment anniversary party at 3 p.m.. I was good. Yay! (not worth the cheat... not like that yummy Disneyland hunny caramel popcorn, nosiree!)

Afternoon snack: 1 more Strive bar (because it was in my bag) after my PowerSculpt class because I was starving, a small handful of cashews nuts.

Dinner: Grilled salmon filet, leftover cauliflower casserole, with an ice cold tall glass of water. Yummm.

Forgot to eat any fruit today.

 

[sarahsmom73]

Great job on the exercize, Lani!!! That's awesome!

Vienna Sausages , huh?!

Have a great day!

 

[Lani]

No morning workout.

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After work workout: 48 minutes for 5 miles, plus warm-up/cool-down walk, total 1 hour. Sports Stretch class right after the run, half an hour. Stretttttch!!! Ooomph, I feel so tight. I got to the classroom sweating up a storm since I'd just finished running. I changed shirts, and I immediately got a web print from my bra! (I sweat when I run). Then I'm trying to bend over while stretching, and sweat is dripping off my forehead onto the floor. I put a little towel on the floor so I wouldn't slip! LOL.

Breakfast: Strive bar

Lunch: Catered meeting: they served sandwiches and pasta salad. Ouch! I grabbed a big sandwich then tossed the bread out and ate turkey slices and veggies. Picked out broccoli from the pasta salad, managed not to eat any pasta. Woot!

Dinner: DH made some awesome mini-quiches in muffin tins for dinner. Mmmmm. It tasted great, and it was full of healthy stuff like grated carrots and onions. By making them in muffin tins, the middle was all done and didn't taste mushy.

 

[sarahsmom73]

Go Lani! Your exercize certanly puts mine to shame!

 

[Lani]

I had a day off from work. But I didn't feel right taking a day off from exercise. Since I didn't want to drive to work just to use its gym facilities, I ran around the lake near my apartment. It's a 3.1-mile loop, and when I first started "jogging" again a few years ago, it used to take me around 47 minutes to complete it. Yesterday, I ran it in 30:49. Woo woo! It was a shorter distance than my practice runs now, so I tried to go for speed.

We went bowling after that, and I have come to realize my repetitive stress on my wrist from work makes it very difficult to bowl. I should've found a ball with a bigger thumb hole, too, but oh well.

My heels are NOT happy now, though. I ran on the sidewalk, which was cement. It's the worst surface you can run on, and I really need new shoes and new insoles. My heels were protesting pretty hard. Worse, I know I've had plantar fasciitus on my left heel for a few weeks, but my right heel was also complaining.

When I went to bed, I wore a splint on my left foot to keep the calf and heel stretched (plantar fasciitus, which causes heel pain, is often the result of not stretching one's calves well. The calf muscles pull up, pulling the heel with it, and the plantar fascia that's in the heel area. THAT's what causes the pain. So healing plantar fasciitus means lots of calf stretches.

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Tuesday, February 22, 2005

The splint seemed to have helped a little. My heel didn't hurt when I got up out of bed. But it still hurt when I tried to run this morning. It meant I had to run really light on my heels, which actually changes my posture. It turns more into a real running posture than a jogging posture. The up side of that is that I could run faster. But I need to heal these heels.

65 minutes (including warm-up and cool-down walking), consisting of 10k (6.2 miles) in 60 minutes. 5 minute stretch before, and 10 min after. LOTS of calf stretches. *sigh*

 

[sarahsmom73]

Sorry about your heels! That is the pits! Hope they feel better soon!
Congrats on the running though! I hope I will be able to do 10k in that time frame! Thanks for the inspiration!

 

[Lani]

sarahsmom -- thanks for your well wishes. I wore the splint for the second night last night, and it seems to be making a huge difference! Yay!

 

[sarahsmom73]

That is great Lani!!!! I hope with each day it gets better for you!

Jen

 

[Lani]

OK, this may be TMI but I'm no longer bloated.

And when I'm not bloated, my ... "bouncy bits" don't hurt compressed in my bra so much, so jogging is a much more pleasant experience.

Today, I decided to try to kick it up a notch (thanks to not feeling so bloated, and having worn the split last night again, my left heel seems to be feeling less pain).

I ran 6.2 miles (a 10K) at 58:11. So I was able to run six miles in just short of 57 minutes. Woo hoo!

Today, I will not be going to the PowerSculpt class. Our instructor hurt her back and had to go to the doctor's. Hope she's OK.