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.