Workouts:
Monday: Ballet class (75 min) + easy-ish run 3.0 miles (12:50 pace)
Wednesday: Ballet class (75 min) + run 2.35 miles (12:06 pace)
I started the run just to get a couple easy miles, but after hitting a faster than I expected easy-ish (while downhill) pace which happens to be about marathon goal pace (12:32), I decided to see how far I could negative split on the second mile headed home - i.e., uphill. Actually got under my half marathon goal pace! (11:23). Plus a little cooldown to finish the loop.
Friday: Treadmill run 2.5 miles (13:05 pace) + ballet workout (30 min)
Saturday: Twilight 5k in 32:17 (10:25 pace)
Sunday: Play short round of disc golf (45 min) + long-ish run 7.0 miles (12:51 avg pace), with last mile at HMGP (goal = <11:30, actual = 11:13)
Total running: 17.95 miles
Have had a few moments (Wednesday's run, Saturday's race), that have instilled a little confidence, but I'm still not sure how I'll do at the race - less than a week away now! I've done ok overall for total weekly mileage, but not as many double digit long runs as I planned to. I can blame the heat for some of my slower paces during the long runs - but it'll be just as hot for the race itself!
Showing posts with label ballet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ballet. Show all posts
Monday, June 29, 2015
Sunday, October 5, 2014
A Week of Only One Early Morning
Workouts:
Monday pm: Easy run 3.5 miles (14:03 pace)
Tuesday am: K-Fit weeks 1/2 workout #2
Tuesday pm: Ballet class (75 minutes)
Wednesday pm: Progression run 3.0 miles (12:23 pace) + bike trainer 20 minutes (est 5 miles)
Goal = 13:30, 12:30, 11:30
Actual = 13:19, 12:31, 11:18
Thursday pm: Easy run 4.0 miles (14:11 pace) + swim 1,000 yards
Friday: Rest day
Saturday: Easy run 4.5 miles (13:57 pace)
Sunday: Easy run 2.0 miles (13:48 pace)
Total swimming: 1,000 yards
Total biking: 5 miles
Total running: 17 miles
I've been trying to get up early to exercise before work, thus leaving my evening open for other activities, and to make sure I actually get in a solid workout (especially for in the near future when we switch off (on?) daylight savings time and it's dark at 4:30 in the afternoon). Last week I did this more successfully than this week.
I also finally got back to the pool, after three weeks of skipping it!
Monday pm: Easy run 3.5 miles (14:03 pace)
Tuesday am: K-Fit weeks 1/2 workout #2
Tuesday pm: Ballet class (75 minutes)
Wednesday pm: Progression run 3.0 miles (12:23 pace) + bike trainer 20 minutes (est 5 miles)
Goal = 13:30, 12:30, 11:30
Actual = 13:19, 12:31, 11:18
Thursday pm: Easy run 4.0 miles (14:11 pace) + swim 1,000 yards
Friday: Rest day
Saturday: Easy run 4.5 miles (13:57 pace)
Sunday: Easy run 2.0 miles (13:48 pace)
Total swimming: 1,000 yards
Total biking: 5 miles
Total running: 17 miles
I've been trying to get up early to exercise before work, thus leaving my evening open for other activities, and to make sure I actually get in a solid workout (especially for in the near future when we switch off (on?) daylight savings time and it's dark at 4:30 in the afternoon). Last week I did this more successfully than this week.
I also finally got back to the pool, after three weeks of skipping it!
Sunday, September 28, 2014
A Week of (Some) Early Mornings
Workouts:
Monday AM: Bike trainer 20 minutes (est 4.5 miles)
Monday PM: Easy run 4.15 miles (13:14 pace)
Tuesday PM: Ballet class (75 minutes)
Wednesday AM: K-Fit weeks 1/2 workout #1 + bike trainer 10 minutes (est 2.5 miles)
Wednesday PM: Tempo run 3.0 miles (12:10 overall pace, 11:34 tempo pace)
0.5 mile warm-up: 13:34
2 miles tempo (goal = <12:00): 11:36, 11:32
0.5 mile cool-down: 13:08
Thursday PM: Easy run 2.5 miles (14:21 pace)
Friday AM: Bike trainer 10 minutes (est 2.5 miles) (better than nothing, right?)
Friday PM: Easy run 3.5 mile (13:56 pace)
Saturday: Rest day
Sunday: Run 2.3 miles (13:56 pace) + ballet practice (20 minutes)
Total biking: 9.5 miles
Total running: 15.45 miles
Monday AM: Bike trainer 20 minutes (est 4.5 miles)
Monday PM: Easy run 4.15 miles (13:14 pace)
Tuesday PM: Ballet class (75 minutes)
Wednesday AM: K-Fit weeks 1/2 workout #1 + bike trainer 10 minutes (est 2.5 miles)
Wednesday PM: Tempo run 3.0 miles (12:10 overall pace, 11:34 tempo pace)
0.5 mile warm-up: 13:34
2 miles tempo (goal = <12:00): 11:36, 11:32
0.5 mile cool-down: 13:08
Thursday PM: Easy run 2.5 miles (14:21 pace)
Friday AM: Bike trainer 10 minutes (est 2.5 miles) (better than nothing, right?)
Friday PM: Easy run 3.5 mile (13:56 pace)
Saturday: Rest day
Sunday: Run 2.3 miles (13:56 pace) + ballet practice (20 minutes)
Total biking: 9.5 miles
Total running: 15.45 miles
Sunday, September 21, 2014
A Week of Ballet
Workouts:
Total biking: 12.5 miles
Monday: Easy run 2.5 miles (13:57 pace), with some strides in the last half mile
Tuesday: Ballet class (75 minutes)
Wednesday AM: Bike trainer 15 minutes (est 3.5 miles) - 5 min easy, 5 min high cadence, 5 min easy
Wednesday PM: Interval/hill run 4.0 miles (12:20 pace) - 4 x 0.25 uphill - goal = <10:00 pace, 0.25 recovery downhill
1 mile warm-up: 12:55
4 x 0.25 intervals: 9:52, 9:50, 9:51, 10:13
4 x 0.25 recovery: 12:40, 13:03, 13:44, 13:28
1 mile cool-down: 13:12
1 mile warm-up: 12:55
4 x 0.25 intervals: 9:52, 9:50, 9:51, 10:13
4 x 0.25 recovery: 12:40, 13:03, 13:44, 13:28
1 mile cool-down: 13:12
Thursday: Easy run 4.1 miles (13:51 pace)
Friday: Ballet practice (20 minutes)
Saturday: Bike 9.0 miles (10.4 mph)
Sunday: Rest day. Planned on a long run, but just wasn't feeling it, especially with no definite plans yet for my next race and some still summery-hot weather.
Total biking: 12.5 miles
Total running: 10.6 miles
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Three Things Thursday: Never Thought I'd Own Part 2
I took my first ballet class on Tuesday. :) I did do "ballet" in preschool, and then jazz and tap classes through high school, but it's been years since I've done dancing, and never had a solid technical foundation. Every summer I watch SYTYCD and wish I could do that (I mean, I know I won't ever be at that level, but I miss dancing at all).
It's a 10-week "absolute beginners" workshop through Oregon Ballet Theatre. It appears they do a season of adult workshops two or three times a year; after doing the absolute beginners class for a few seasons, you can move up to the "beginners" class.
A lot of the terms introduced in the class are familiar to me from my jazz experience (chane turns, chasses, rond de jambe), but my muscle don't fully remember how to do them as well as they used to. I'm concerned the tendonitis issue with my left ankle might be a hindrance; while plieing and jumping it was not too happy. But overall, it was quite fun! I'm glad I finally got around to doing this.
2. A baby gate.
Well, I suppose I knew we'd buy one eventually, but this is a couple years early for needing it for kids. To help Imogene and Hera get to know each other, we got a gate (Abe found one used, it's one of the nice ones with an actual gate, so you don't have to step over it or remove it) in the doorway to Hera's room. It allows Imogene to see into the room without access for attacking, and makes us feel better about not completely shutting Hera in a room when we're not closely supervising.
However, the other day Abe left the door open, baby gate shut, while we were out of the house for a few hours. I come home, glance in the room to say hello to Hera, and don't see her anywhere. Not super weird, she sometimes hides under a blanket or could have been in the closet using the litter box. Then I happen to glance to the side into our bedroom, and there she is, sitting on our bed!
The next morning I witnessed how she did it - she has to turn her head sideways to fit in between the rails of the gate, but she can fit through. I caught her halfway out, and once I shouted no and she knew she was in trouble, she adorably wriggled her way back into the room. I'm sure she's also capable of jumping over the gate, but I don't think she knows it. For now, I think we'll only leave the door open when we're at least in the house to hear if anything is going on.
Well, I suppose I knew we'd buy one eventually, but this is a couple years early for needing it for kids. To help Imogene and Hera get to know each other, we got a gate (Abe found one used, it's one of the nice ones with an actual gate, so you don't have to step over it or remove it) in the doorway to Hera's room. It allows Imogene to see into the room without access for attacking, and makes us feel better about not completely shutting Hera in a room when we're not closely supervising.
However, the other day Abe left the door open, baby gate shut, while we were out of the house for a few hours. I come home, glance in the room to say hello to Hera, and don't see her anywhere. Not super weird, she sometimes hides under a blanket or could have been in the closet using the litter box. Then I happen to glance to the side into our bedroom, and there she is, sitting on our bed!
The next morning I witnessed how she did it - she has to turn her head sideways to fit in between the rails of the gate, but she can fit through. I caught her halfway out, and once I shouted no and she knew she was in trouble, she adorably wriggled her way back into the room. I'm sure she's also capable of jumping over the gate, but I don't think she knows it. For now, I think we'll only leave the door open when we're at least in the house to hear if anything is going on.
3. Skinny pants.
I've been successfully (albeit gradually) losing some weight, and finally got to the point where my work pants were too loose. I'm not super creative in my wardrobe, especially when I'm hoping to change sizes in the near future, so I mostly just stick with a couple pairs of plain black slacks, replacing them as needed, and mix it up with more fun colored sweaters and tops.
After a couple weeks keeping my waistband up with safety pins, I finally made it to Target to get a couple cheap pairs of pants. I bought one basic, trouser, straight-leg pair, and then another style stood out to me. Skinny pants. (Is that the correct term? I know if they're denim, it's "skinny jeans", "skinny pants" doesn't seem to quite have the same ring, but follows the same convention.) I tried them on mainly because they were ankle length, and I hoped that meant if they fit I wouldn't have to hem them.
Alas, I still had to hem them an inch and a half, but I found them surprisingly flattering! The fabric helps - it's a nice stretchy, thick but not too thick, twill - but I think the cut somehow actually works on me!
I've been successfully (albeit gradually) losing some weight, and finally got to the point where my work pants were too loose. I'm not super creative in my wardrobe, especially when I'm hoping to change sizes in the near future, so I mostly just stick with a couple pairs of plain black slacks, replacing them as needed, and mix it up with more fun colored sweaters and tops.
After a couple weeks keeping my waistband up with safety pins, I finally made it to Target to get a couple cheap pairs of pants. I bought one basic, trouser, straight-leg pair, and then another style stood out to me. Skinny pants. (Is that the correct term? I know if they're denim, it's "skinny jeans", "skinny pants" doesn't seem to quite have the same ring, but follows the same convention.) I tried them on mainly because they were ankle length, and I hoped that meant if they fit I wouldn't have to hem them.
Alas, I still had to hem them an inch and a half, but I found them surprisingly flattering! The fabric helps - it's a nice stretchy, thick but not too thick, twill - but I think the cut somehow actually works on me!
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Sport-Specific Clothing
Before this summer, my physical activities consisted mostly of running, with some occasional yoga and strength training (circuit training type stuff, not max out lifting type stuff) mixed in. For the most part, I wore the same clothes for any of these, though I did tend to save any bottoms with zippered key pockets for running, and use the less technical fabrics for yoga (not that it's necessary, I just feel like the vibe of yoga works better in softer, more cotton-y feeling fabrics).
Then this summer I added biking and swimming. Swimming, of course, requires some specific apparel and gear, but for the most part that just lives in my gym bag. Biking could be done in generic workout clothes, but especially as you increase the distance, padded bike shorts or tri shorts become fairly necessary, and if I were able to eat while moving (which I can't), the bike jerseys with pockets that I bought would also be quite useful.
One perhaps odd thing I'm proud of is having a condensed wardrobe, with just enough items that I need, and use all of it, and keeping in contained in as few drawers as possible. At the moment I only use one drawer for underwear, etc., and one drawer for workout clothes.
But, tonight I'm starting ballet classes, and though I was able to pull together one suitable outfit from my yoga items, I expect to buy a few more things if I continue dancing again (I'll have to see what other students wear and if the teacher has any specific requirements beyond what's on the website, but I expect these to be similar to yoga wear, but tighter fitting). And I don't have a place for them!
(If it seems like I'm a bit manically trying out new hobbies lately, I am. In large part because we now have a timeframe set for starting to have kids, so I'm trying to fit in all the things now that I can before I have different priorities on which to spend my time and money, and for the physical hobbies before I have to take a break from intense goals during pregnancy.)
Here's what's taking up all the space in my workout clothing drawer right now:
Back row:
Then this summer I added biking and swimming. Swimming, of course, requires some specific apparel and gear, but for the most part that just lives in my gym bag. Biking could be done in generic workout clothes, but especially as you increase the distance, padded bike shorts or tri shorts become fairly necessary, and if I were able to eat while moving (which I can't), the bike jerseys with pockets that I bought would also be quite useful.
One perhaps odd thing I'm proud of is having a condensed wardrobe, with just enough items that I need, and use all of it, and keeping in contained in as few drawers as possible. At the moment I only use one drawer for underwear, etc., and one drawer for workout clothes.
But, tonight I'm starting ballet classes, and though I was able to pull together one suitable outfit from my yoga items, I expect to buy a few more things if I continue dancing again (I'll have to see what other students wear and if the teacher has any specific requirements beyond what's on the website, but I expect these to be similar to yoga wear, but tighter fitting). And I don't have a place for them!
(If it seems like I'm a bit manically trying out new hobbies lately, I am. In large part because we now have a timeframe set for starting to have kids, so I'm trying to fit in all the things now that I can before I have different priorities on which to spend my time and money, and for the physical hobbies before I have to take a break from intense goals during pregnancy.)
Here's what's taking up all the space in my workout clothing drawer right now:
Back row:
- Long sleeve shirts - primarily for running during the winter. I get warm very quickly while exercising, so I can't imagine when I would wear long-sleeves for anything indoors.
- Non-running bottoms - i.e., those without zippered key pockets, for yoga and strength training.
- Running bottoms.
- Bike bottoms.
Front row:
- Tank tops x 2.
- Short-sleeve tees x 2.
- Bike jerseys.
(Sports bras live in the generic underwear drawer.)
Despite the preference I stated for technical versus softer fabrics for certain activities, I actually have those mixed together, which means I tend to be digging around for exactly what I'm looking for. Which then means remaining items get flounced around and often unfold. So now, the dilemma is whether I should expand to another drawer, or simply figure out a better organizational system. First world problems, I know.
How you do organize your workout gear, especially if you participate in multiple types of sports? Am I weird for overthinking this, and/or for having specific preferences on what to wear for different workouts?
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