Week 35: Day 6 - 2013

cardio:

• (@ 7am) trail/road run = 6.5 miles, time 1:13:24, pace @ 11:18
• (@ 12:15pm) karate = 1 hour
• "warm up" = 3/4 mile
• "cool down" = 3/4 mile

Why did I choose October to do a half marathon?!?! Now I remember why I can't stand running/training in hot and humid weather during the summer. I get very hot/uncomfortable and I do NOT enjoy drowning in sweat. If I am running for fun, just because or just for the sake of running, I can just run three miles and call it a day, or don't run at all. And why can't our June and July be the months with hot/humid weather while August and September are just hot (or cooler)? I think my next half marathon will be February 2015 so my training will all be during the fall/winter months where I'm comfortable running with below 55 degrees weather.

Week 35: Day 4 - 2013

cardio:

• (@ 7:15am) trail run = 5.15 mile run, time = 59:33, pace @ 11:34

I went running at the Chino Hills State Park this morning. I hadn't been there in a few weeks because I had been too lazy to drive. I know I need to change sceneries when I run so I won't get bored of running/training. I am bored of running, but I think it's because I'm running in the same area and looking at the same background all the time. I need to look at something different/new.

Week 35: Day 1 - 2013

cardio:

• (@ 9:30am) bike ride = 7.15 miles

I didn't time my ride this time, mainly because I couldn't find my stop watch which was probably a good thing because I knew that I would have put in a half ass effort into it. I just wanted to ride. During my ride, I realized that I couldn't get motivated to ride faster/harder on my last bike ride (last Monday) was because I did a nine mile run on the day before. I wasn't sore today, but some of my leg muscles ached a little bit on some of the hills I had to ride on. So I think if I'm going to ride on the day after a long run, I'll just enjoy the ride and just have fun with it without trying to work harder or faster.

Week 34: Day 7 - 2013

cardio:

• (@ 7:30am) trail/road run = 9.23 miles, time = 1:51:09, pace @ 12:03

Total Weekly Mileage: 21.21
Total Monthly Mileage: 80.01
Total Yearly Mileage: 362.79
Total Shoe Mileage: 92.86

My motivation crashed around 5.7 miles. Between mile 7 and 8, I took some walk breaks. I rarely ever take walk breaks unless there is something wrong with me (pain/injury and low motivation). I wasn't injured or in pain. I have six more weeks left until race day and I have to start playing mind games with myself, just so I can continue training. I will have to make myself get into my car and go somewhere else to run in more than once a week. Looking at the same scenery is probably not helping me either.

Training Week 6 Recap:
* Mon, Aug 19: REST
* Tues, Aug 20: 7.58 mile BIKE RIDE
* Wed, Aug 21: REST
* Thur, Aug 22: Karate + 2 mile WALK
* Fri, Aug 23: 5.47 mile RUN
* Sat, Aug 24: 6.51 mile RUN + karate + 1.5 mile WALK
* Sun, Aug 25 (today): 9.23 mile RUN

My Charity Page: http://tinyurl.com/runkaratekid
My Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/mylifeontherun
Race Website: http://www.runlongbeach.com

Week 34: Day 6 - 2013

cardio:

• (@ 7:00am) road/trail run = 6.51 miles, time = 1:00:29, pace @ 11:09
• (@ 12:15pm) karate = 1 hour
• "warm up" = 3/4 mile walk to class
• "cool down" 3/4 mile walk after class

It's suppose to be cloudy tomorrow. I hope it's cloudy in the morning so I can sleep in a little bit, but I also hope that it doesn't rain until after I do my run! I heard that it's suppose to rain tomorrow too. We do really need the rain...just not during my run.

My Charity Page: http://tinyurl.com/runkaratekid
My Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/mylifeontherun
Race Website: http://www.runlongbeach.com

Week 34: Day 5 - 2013

cardio:

• (@ 7:05am) trail/road run = 5.47 miles, time = 1:00:29, pace @ 11:03

I need to get into the habit of doing my runs in the middle of the week like on a Wednesday. I have to stop being so lazy when it comes to weekday runs because if I wait until Friday, I feel tired during the run. I used to like training for a half marathon...what happened??

Day 34: Day 4 - 2013

cardio:

• (@ 6:15PM) karate = 1 hour
• "warm up" = 1 mile walk to class
• "cool down" = 1 mile walk after class

I haven't been to karate class on a weekday in awhile due to my work schedule. It's nice for a change, but I think it may be awhile before I can go to class on a weekday again.

Week 34: Day 2 - 2013

cardio:

• (@ 10:30am) bike ride = 7.58 miles

I haven't done any bike rides in two weeks. I didn't time my ride and I don't want to record the time, just the miles, because I did a half ass job with it and I was slower than I normally was. Partially because I hadn't done a ride in two weeks and maybe I wasn't that motivated to put in the extra effort. I did enjoy the ride and the weather.

Week 33: Day 7 - 2013

cardio:

• (@ 7:30am) road/trail run = 8.95 miles, time = 1:44:58, pace @ 11:44

Total Weekly Mileage: 20.22
Total Monthly Mileage: 58.80
Total Yearly Mileage: 341.58
Total Shoe Mileage: 71.65

Nine miles, close enough...but I'm also a bit OCD, and must know the exact distance that I run. I also don't like to round up to the next 1/10 mile.

My motivation crashed around mile 7 when I had to make an emergency pit stop. I should have ran another mile to another restroom because I didn't need to go that bad and I could have waited. I didn't want to finish my run, but I didn't have a choice because I was two miles away from home. It also didn't help that I went later than I wanted to. I wanted to head out at 6:30am, but it didn't happen. It felt uncomfortably warm (to me) twoards the end of my run that I didn't have enough energy to finish continuously and took some breaks.

Week 33: Day 6 - 2013

cardio:

• (@ 7:50am) 6.27 miles, time = 1:11:57, pace @ 11:29
• (@ 12:15pm) karate = 1 hour
• warm up to class = 3/4 mile WALK
• cool down after class = 3/4 mile WALK

Today was the first time I had been to karate class in four weeks. My work schedule had affected my running schedule because I was always tired, missing my scheduled runs during the week and I always made up a run on Saturday mornings. So while my running schedule isn't where I want it to be, I seem to do ok as far as getting all of my necessary runs/mileage for each week.

Week 33: Day 5 - 2013

cardio:

• (@ 7:30am) road run = 5 miles, time = 55:14, pace @ 11:03

Today is the first work out of this week! I partially blame work...today is the only day off I get this week. The last day off I got was last Friday. I also work late at night and I'm always tired to wake up in the morning. Running in the morning would be easier for me because it's too hot for me to run later in the day. I can't win. Except for the two breaks (I had to stop/wait at a red light) that I had to take during my run this morning, I did just fine and was able to run continuously.

Week 32: Day 7 - 2013

cardio:

• (@ 8:15am) 8.27 miles, time = 1:34:07, pace @ 11:23

Total Weekly Mileage: 19.41
Total Monthly Mileage: 38.58
Total Yearly Mileage: 321.36
Total Shoe (purple) Mileage: 253.32
Total Shoe (blue) Mileage: 51.43

I have eight more weeks until the race. Mentally, I think I'm ready and want to get it over with. I'm somewhat unmotivated, but I hope this will pass and it'll change in a few weeks. This has happened to me before where I was unmotivated to run/train for the first half of the training, but was happy and really motivated to run during the second half of the training. I hope this will happen again.

Training Week 4 RECAP:
* Mon, Aug 5: 10.15 mile BIKE ride
* Tue, Aug 6: REST
* Wed, Aug 7: REST
* Thur, Aug 8: 5.14 mile RUN
* Fri, Aug 9: REST
* Sat, Aug 10: 6 mile RUN
* Sun, Aug 11 (today): 8.27 mile RUN

My Charity Page: http://tinyurl.com/runkaratekid
My Facebook Fanpage: http://www.facebook.com/mylifeontherun
Race Website: http://www.runlongbeach.com

Week 32: Day 6 - 2013

cardio:

• (@7:40am) trail/road run = 6 miles, time = 1:08:13, pace @ 11:22

What happened to the sun in the morning? It was sunny at 6am on Thursday morning! I didn't get a run in yesterday because I had to go to work earlier than usual and didn't have time. Although it is nice to sleep in a little bit (and then run at 7:30am or 8am) and it's easier for me to run continuously because there's no sun out, but it's also easier for me to find some motivation to run at all when there is sun at 6am.

Week 32: Day 4 - 2013

cardio:

• (@ 7:15am) trail run = 5.14 miles, time = 59:02, pace @ 11:29

The sun came out this morning! I made sure that I actually started my run before 7:30am and I did just fine.

Week 32: Day 1 - 2013

cardio:

• (@ 11:25am) bike ride = 10.15 miles, time = 49:54, pace @ 12.2 mph

I didn't exactly want to go out for a ride because I have some reading to do for work, but it is a nice day outside. I'm so glad for a mild summer this year!

Week 31: Day 7 - 2013

cardio:

• (@ 8:15am) trail/road run = 8.06 miles, time = 1:32:05, pace @ 11:25

Total Weekly Mileage: 22.57
Total July Mileage: 70.71
Total August Mileage: 19.17
Total Yearly Mileage: 301.95
Total Shoe (purple) Mileage: 245.05
Total Shoe (blue) Mileage: 40.29

Hills are killer for me on runs. My endurance isn't as good as it usee d to be, so I don't run on hills as good anymore. I think I can do an eight miler just fine if it's flat during the whole way. But I know hills are good for me and they are my friends. The race course is flat with easy hills, so I'll be in better shape by race day because I'm running on so much hills during my training.

Training Week 3 RECAP:
* Mon, July 29: 11.23 mile BIKE ride
* Tues, July 30: REST
* Wed, July 31: 1.1 mile HILLY RUN + 7.15 mile BIKE ride
* Thur, Aug 1: 6 mile RUN
* Fri, Aug 2: REST
* Sat, Aug 3: 5.27 mile RUN
* Sun, Aug 4 (today): 8.06 mile RUN

My Charity Page: http://tinyurl.com/runkaratekid
My Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/mylifeontherun
Race Website: http://www.runlongbeach.com

Week 31: Day 6 - 2013

cardio:

• (@ 7:40am) trail/road run = 5.27 miles, time = 58:35, pace @ 11:07

I have to remind myself not to be so strict with my running schedule or have my mind set to go run at 6am or 7am. Lately, it has been overcast in the morning which is great and the clouds seem to burn off by 10am. I have to tell myself that it's ok to sleep in a little bit and run at 7:30am or 8am because I'll be fine, but I have to remind myself not to wait too late where I'll run at 10am and it's too hot for me.

Week 31: Day 4 - 2013

cardio:

• (@ 10:50am) trail run = 6 miles, time = 1:09:16, pace @ 11:33

I was so happy when it was overcast/cloudy this morning that I decided to sleep in, but I waited too late/long that the sun came out when I got to the Chino Hills State Park for my run! I was so disappointed at myself. I wasn't so hot that I was drowning in my own sweat, but I lost some motivation/energy during the second half of my run that I made frequent stops and walks. I rarely take walk breaks during a run. If I ever take any walk breaks, it's because of a leg/foot injury or really low motivation/energy. At least, I got a run in today.