Thursday, February 28, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
Yoga and over training
I am so concerned about having a healthy body I have over trained. My knee is now injured and I am concerned about the other parts of my body that may be affected. I think the daily swimming is fine, fairly low impact, but I think I need to create a rotational type of "good" movements to help my legs and the rest of my body become par with each other. I think I will have to bring my runner's world cross training book with me and include some of the crossfit training stuff I have used before.
We shall see how this goes.Sunday, February 24, 2008
Another day of Yoga
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Yoga
So, no running? I have a couple of huge fixes. For the next few weeks I will be doing squats and attending yoga classes.
Went for my first Bikrams session today. Amazing. Fun too...
tomorrow with steve.Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Down for the count
Sunday, February 17, 2008
About running and Nike+
Just to be clear. my experience with the Nike+ system so far has been excellent. I lost a run two weeks ago, a nine miler, so no big deal. This week, though, I had a run that I thought I would lose, an eighteen mile. I was a bit perturbed.
I tried to deal with it myself, first. Failing that, I checked the forums. Thank goodness for the forums. I found the phone number for tech support.
I called the support line, talked to Tara. She helped me through everything. All I had to do was rename the .tmp file to an xml file and sync. When it worked I swore in happiness: "Fucking eh!" Sometimes I am a little too Canadian.
Anyway, I was impressed by the level of customer service provided and I was pleased. Very pleased.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Longest run, for me, ever
There is not too much to be said beyond that. I have purchased a book on cross training. That way I can increase my speed and reduce injuries. Maybe hill running at night. One hour a day. That would probably increase my speed.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Some challenges I am in
Long time to not say anything
This week was a week of trying new things. I slept in on Thursday and in the evening I went to the gym to do a little cross training. It would seem like this is going to be the best thing I have ever decided to do. It adds a few little things to my routine that will, hopefully, keep me on my toes and have me moving more. Okay, maybe not moving more, but doing a wider variety of things. I also think I want to try a climbing class. That will certainly add to my overall health and strength.
It is through exercise, religion, and personal peace that my life is getting better. I am so glad for it. I am glad for everything that is coming my way and all that will happen over the next year.
Please note that I have lost a few runs to the powers of the iPod. We shall see how it goes from here.
Monday, February 4, 2008
Weekends and a little rest
This past weekend I had a little rest session. I ran only a short distance on Saturday, fully intending to run on Sunday and I decided not to. So I have a new intended schedule for the coming week. Monday through Friday will all be swim/run/gym days. One cross training day with no run. I think it will add a little spice to the whole endeavour.
The running thing is becoming less of a fanaticism thing, and more of something I just do. Although I am wondering how I will be able to drop my times to sub 9:00 miles. I am hoping the cross training will help.