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.

Marathoner….

Today was a bit exciting.

While at a doctor’s appointment today I was referred to as a “marathoner” by the doctor. I have never been referred to as such and it really stuck out in my mind…marathoner…!  WOW.

I have only run one marathon, I know, but my plan is, again, to run three this year. I made a call today to find out about marathonfest training and am waiting on hearing back about a late sign-up. I am currently washing my running clothes to take to work with me tomorrow so i can leave from work and go running with the group if I get approved. Apparently they have both 5 am and 6 pm runs on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I am very excited about this.  If I do not hear from them I will most likely stay at work a little late and then go for a run over on that side of town. I have never run around where I work and thought it would be a nice change of pace. Im thinking 5 to 3 miles depending on which option is going to be available.

Another exciting thing happened today….my shoes came in! Now I can start getting used to the new orthotics and I can use my shoes with my old inserts to start running again!  WHOOT!!!

My workout today consisted of NOTHING. My legs are toast! Monday, strength training, Tuesday 20 mile bike….OUCH! I tried to roll out my legs…lets just say it was extremely painful and I was very happy that my fiancee was not around to film (she likes to film me rolling my legs because apparently I make crazy sounds).

Tuesday 1/24/12

Worked

Came home and did animal chores….then the fun started.

Went on a 20 mile bike ride. I have been doing 10 miles at around 15 mph and tonight thought it would be nice to do an easy long 20. Turns out that I averaged 14 mph!

I had to ride tonight in regular shorts as opposed to my compression shorts. Once you get used to riding (or running or working out for that matter) in compression shorts where everything stays in one place it is not fun to go without. My shorts were wet from swimming in them the previous day and me not taking care of getting them dry.

My shoes came in today but the called the house instead of my cell so I have to try to get them tomorrow if I can.

I am also considering taking the leap and joining a run training group called marathonfest that is put on by a local run shop here in Orlando called Track Shack.

I am excited about doing this and hopefully getting better at everything about running.

Finally, this is day two of me choosing to cut out sugar from my diet. I am planning on not eating or drinking anything that is sugared unnaturally. For example soda, popsicles, candy…etc.  Foods that are cooked with sugar as a normally added ingredient (not cake….) I will still eat. Ill tell you ….this is really hard!  The craving that I am having for sugar is unreal! I never knew it would be like this.  There is like this absence from my mouth that could only be filled with sugar. We will see how long this lasts.