President’s Day Shenanigans

Today, I would have to say, has been a pretty nice day. Very productive, in my mind anyway.

It started with an amazing breakfast. A “heart healthy” bowl of oatmeal with a spoonfulof peanut butter, raspberries, blueberries, banana, and honey accompanied by two cups of bulletproof coffee.

I don’t know if the coffee is that healthy for you or not. The blog says that it is very good for you, but I just felt as if I was drinking a whole ton of cholesterol and clogging my arteries. I did like the taste and perhaps it could be a treat every once in a while.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And then I had this itch to go for a bike ride. So I did. Turned out to do 15 miles, and boy was it a trek! The wind was crazy strong no matter what direction I went in. I often felt as if I was just standing still on the bike!

After the bike ride I went to Track Shack and updated my shoes. I was in desperate need of new shoes. Good bye Beats 1.5 and hello Beasts 2.0. I was experiencing odd knee pain and also some shin split feeling pain. Time to trade in.

Beasts 1.5

Beasts 2.0

I gave my Beasts the 1.5 designation as the first beasts I owned I modified just a bit to add more cushion to the tongue. I have not decided if I am modding the next generation yet or not. Right now they are fitting like gloves and my knee pain is completely gone!

Then, it was off to strength train at the Y. Here is what I did:

Seated leg curl – 70 x 3/10

Leg extension – 70 x 3/10

Hip abductor – 80 x 3/10 ??

Hip adductor – 80 x 3/10 ??

Back extension –  80 x 3/10 ??

Dead lifts – 25 x 3/10

Single leg Step-ups – 10 x 3/10

Side step-up w/ kick – 10 x 3/10

Push ups 10

Balance board squats – 3/10

Planks – 3/1:00

Stretcher – back, glutes/piriformis, calves

I did all of my note taking on my iPhone. The first number is usually a weight and then it is how many reps of 10 that I performed. The question marks indicate that I may want to increase the weight next time as it was just a bit easy.

The Rest of the Week

While I feel as if most of this week was a loss, because of lack of running, I have to think that this time off will hopefully result in a stronger me.

Thursday resulted in no aqua jogging but instead a late night 10 mile cycling trek. While this was disappointing it felt great once I was on the bike and almost done. My bike route is becoming a bit boring so I need to probably start finding something  bit more interesting. I did not have to dodge cars this time, but I did almost take a face plant because of a curb. I think I need a lamp. One thing I really like about the route though is the remoteness of it. There is about a 3 mile stretch that is on a four lane highway with sidewalks (just sitting there waiting for development) that is really dark (no street lights) and desolate.

On another note, my bike is making crazy weird sounds when I peddle and also when I punch it it the gears slip. I called a place close by for some work and they are only available during the week.  ARG! Going to have to creatively plan on how to get it into the shop for adjustments.

Friday I went to work, just a teacher work day (no students), got all my work done early so I got to go to the YMCA and do 30 minutes of aqua jogging. I chose to try 30:30 second intervals. It started out hard but then got a bit easier. My goal is to work up to 1:1 intervals. I still seem to get a weird swelling in my left knee.  I don’t really understand what it is and I don’t even know where to start to figure out who to see for something like this.

Today and tomorrow….dont know yet what I am going to do.  Probably cycle today and aqua jog tomorrow.  Tuesday I am supposed to get my shoes back (fingers crossed!).  Then I will get back into running with my current insert and walk for that week with my new custom insert.

GOAL THIS YEAR: 3 Marathons

1: Disney Marathon

2: ?

3: ?