My legs were doing a little better Thurday. The extra protein is probably helping... building up the muscles a bit more. I pushed myself for the 3-mile non-stop run again. This time it was a bit hard on the lungs. I'm sure my body will do fine with 3 miles in another week.
16:00:00 start
16:10:15 1st mile (10:15) - again, started VERY slowly, as Darrell suggested
16:20:15 2nd mile (10:00) - Actually did the 2nd mile faster than the first!
16:31:10 3rd mile (10:55) - I wonder why this mile was a full minute slower?!
Temp: (didn't check) - (WeatherUnderground)
Humidity: (didn't check - seemed a bit humid)
... It was a pretty nice day. Perhaps a bit on the humid side.
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Friday, March 23, 2007
Friday, September 22, 2006
onward
Starting to push onward a little more.
Still a ways to go to catch up to where I left off, but I don't want to push too hard too soon.
14:57:00 start
15:07:28 1st mile (10:28) - walked first 2 minutes, jogged rest
15:18:45 2nd mile (11:17) - walk/jog combo
15:29:08 3rd mile (10:23) - walk/jog combo
WeatherUnderground reports temp is 94.2F with 5% humidity. Very hot...
MY guage shows 58% humidity which seems much more realistic.
I didn't have any problems with my leg today, but was not pushing hard
at all. I DID have some cramps right under my lower ribs. Maybe from
the heavy sit-ups I did two days ago? Anyway... gave me a little problem
during my jogging.
Still a ways to go to catch up to where I left off, but I don't want to push too hard too soon.
14:57:00 start
15:07:28 1st mile (10:28) - walked first 2 minutes, jogged rest
15:18:45 2nd mile (11:17) - walk/jog combo
15:29:08 3rd mile (10:23) - walk/jog combo
WeatherUnderground reports temp is 94.2F with 5% humidity. Very hot...
MY guage shows 58% humidity which seems much more realistic.
I didn't have any problems with my leg today, but was not pushing hard
at all. I DID have some cramps right under my lower ribs. Maybe from
the heavy sit-ups I did two days ago? Anyway... gave me a little problem
during my jogging.
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
muscles
Felt pretty good today.
9:25:00 start
9:33:40 1st mile (8:40 wow!) - stage2 breathing (stage1 first 2 minutes)
9:43:22 2nd mile (9:42) - stage3 and stage2 breathing
9:53:27 3rd mile (10:05) - walk/jog combo
WeatherUnderground reports temp is 85F with 71% humidity, and yes... i could feel it today!
I am having some problems with one of the muscles below my calf muscle in the back of my right leg. I could feel a bit of soreness (pain) yesterday evening.. just walking on it, and this morning also. I could feel it a bit, but as you can see I did pretty well with the run anyway. I think it might have to with just the small amount I've been eating recently. I'm not TRYING to eat light, but just have not been very hungry. Anyway, I think it could be a lack of protein intake needed to replenish/rebuild the muscles due to all this jogging. After each run I DO take a 24 grams of protein with some whey protein powder mix.
As for the vinegar.... found a recipe for some cleansing thing that is suppose to help (maybe) with love handles, so I'll see what that does for me. 2 tbps apple cider vinegar, 2 tbps lemon juice, as much cayenne as you (I) can stand. Drank it in two gulps. "YUM"
9:25:00 start
9:33:40 1st mile (8:40 wow!) - stage2 breathing (stage1 first 2 minutes)
9:43:22 2nd mile (9:42) - stage3 and stage2 breathing
9:53:27 3rd mile (10:05) - walk/jog combo
WeatherUnderground reports temp is 85F with 71% humidity, and yes... i could feel it today!
I am having some problems with one of the muscles below my calf muscle in the back of my right leg. I could feel a bit of soreness (pain) yesterday evening.. just walking on it, and this morning also. I could feel it a bit, but as you can see I did pretty well with the run anyway. I think it might have to with just the small amount I've been eating recently. I'm not TRYING to eat light, but just have not been very hungry. Anyway, I think it could be a lack of protein intake needed to replenish/rebuild the muscles due to all this jogging. After each run I DO take a 24 grams of protein with some whey protein powder mix.
As for the vinegar.... found a recipe for some cleansing thing that is suppose to help (maybe) with love handles, so I'll see what that does for me. 2 tbps apple cider vinegar, 2 tbps lemon juice, as much cayenne as you (I) can stand. Drank it in two gulps. "YUM"
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV)
Today was indeed pretty good!
I got up a bit early, and got right to my run:
9:15:00 start
9:24:22 1st mile (9:22) - stage2 breathing
9:33:25 2nd mile (9:03) - stage2/3 breathing
9:43:18 3rd mile (9:53) - walk/jog (mostly jog)
I managed to get a handle on my breathing during that second mile a bit more. After the first 1/4 mile (uphill) I was able to slow my breathing back down to stage2 for 1/2 mile.. before the final 1/4 mile uphill again. I am starting to get the feeling that it my breathing needs to be in check before I will be able to run the entire third mile.
The temperature at this time of day was 85F... I didn't check the humidity, but it didn't seem too bad, which probably helped a bit also.
As a side note (for now), I've done a LOT of reading about the health benifits of apple cider vinegar (AVG) and am going to start trying to get about 1/4 - 1/2 cup a day (taken with water, salads, juice, etc). I'd suggest reading: Home Remedies To Lose Weight. It's mostly about weight loss, which I don't think I need, exept for these love handles I STILL have not shrunk after 2 months of running. Many other health benifits are listed too, and seems like something ELSE I should experiment with. :)
Anyway, it's suppse to work FAST, so if I see such results I might break the vinegar experiment off in to it's own topic.... we'll see.
I got up a bit early, and got right to my run:
9:15:00 start
9:24:22 1st mile (9:22) - stage2 breathing
9:33:25 2nd mile (9:03) - stage2/3 breathing
9:43:18 3rd mile (9:53) - walk/jog (mostly jog)
I managed to get a handle on my breathing during that second mile a bit more. After the first 1/4 mile (uphill) I was able to slow my breathing back down to stage2 for 1/2 mile.. before the final 1/4 mile uphill again. I am starting to get the feeling that it my breathing needs to be in check before I will be able to run the entire third mile.
The temperature at this time of day was 85F... I didn't check the humidity, but it didn't seem too bad, which probably helped a bit also.
As a side note (for now), I've done a LOT of reading about the health benifits of apple cider vinegar (AVG) and am going to start trying to get about 1/4 - 1/2 cup a day (taken with water, salads, juice, etc). I'd suggest reading: Home Remedies To Lose Weight. It's mostly about weight loss, which I don't think I need, exept for these love handles I STILL have not shrunk after 2 months of running. Many other health benifits are listed too, and seems like something ELSE I should experiment with. :)
Anyway, it's suppse to work FAST, so if I see such results I might break the vinegar experiment off in to it's own topic.... we'll see.
Monday, August 21, 2006
progress
Well, even though I DID wake up a bit earlier today, I still didn't get out to jog until 10:50. I think tomorrow I'll make it a point to get out before 8:30.
10:50:00 start
10:59:02 1st mile = 9:02 (all stage2 breathing)
11:08:03 2nd mile = 9:01 (all stage3 breathing)
11:18:35 3rd mile = 10:32 (walk/jog combo)
Looks like I finally made some good progress on the total time for all 3 miles! Legs didn't give me any trouble... it's that stupid out-of-breath thing. I'm gonna have to see if the time of day/temperature has something more to do with that.
The temp was about 97F during the time of my run, with 40% humidity (according to Weatherunderground - I think I should check my own reader).
10:50:00 start
10:59:02 1st mile = 9:02 (all stage2 breathing)
11:08:03 2nd mile = 9:01 (all stage3 breathing)
11:18:35 3rd mile = 10:32 (walk/jog combo)
Looks like I finally made some good progress on the total time for all 3 miles! Legs didn't give me any trouble... it's that stupid out-of-breath thing. I'm gonna have to see if the time of day/temperature has something more to do with that.
The temp was about 97F during the time of my run, with 40% humidity (according to Weatherunderground - I think I should check my own reader).
Saturday, January 28, 2006
Fell off the face of the planet
Well, if anyone was keeping up...
As you can see.. I disappeared for a bit.
Actually, I tried it for a bit longer, but
got bored with posting the same stuff each time,
so thought I'd post less often. However, I only
worked at this for another 2-3 days and then
decided to quit.
A few factors came in to play.
1) I realized that even though my time is very
flexible working from home mostly, that I
really did LIKE the flexibility. Which meant
that having to work around so many naps was
a bit of a chore. And then several spontaneous
plans/invites came up, which were hard to work
around.
2) I don't get sick very often at all, but every
couple of years when I do... I'm told to take
lots of vitamin C and get plenty of sleep.
That type of sleep needed is not REM, but rather
the "other" types that obviously have a lot to
do with healing and recovery and our immune system.
Since little long term research has been done on
how cutting out those other phases of sleep are
going to affect us over the long term, I started
to think this might not be such a great idea.
3) Even though I had not gotten to many days of this
under my belt, I was not seeing some of the MAIN
advantages I wanted to see... the remembering of
my dreams, and lucid dreaming.
When added all up.. I was starting to come up with a
lot of negatives, and not seeing any of the positives.
I've decided to try something else that was suggested
which is to set my alarm for 5 hours from whenever
I go to sleep for the night.
I also might consider making an adjustment so that I
take a single nap somewhere around 2-4pm... Many other
countries call this a "siesta" and is part of their
regular daily cycle.... fitting it properly in to
their normal workday.
As you can see.. I disappeared for a bit.
Actually, I tried it for a bit longer, but
got bored with posting the same stuff each time,
so thought I'd post less often. However, I only
worked at this for another 2-3 days and then
decided to quit.
A few factors came in to play.
1) I realized that even though my time is very
flexible working from home mostly, that I
really did LIKE the flexibility. Which meant
that having to work around so many naps was
a bit of a chore. And then several spontaneous
plans/invites came up, which were hard to work
around.
2) I don't get sick very often at all, but every
couple of years when I do... I'm told to take
lots of vitamin C and get plenty of sleep.
That type of sleep needed is not REM, but rather
the "other" types that obviously have a lot to
do with healing and recovery and our immune system.
Since little long term research has been done on
how cutting out those other phases of sleep are
going to affect us over the long term, I started
to think this might not be such a great idea.
3) Even though I had not gotten to many days of this
under my belt, I was not seeing some of the MAIN
advantages I wanted to see... the remembering of
my dreams, and lucid dreaming.
When added all up.. I was starting to come up with a
lot of negatives, and not seeing any of the positives.
I've decided to try something else that was suggested
which is to set my alarm for 5 hours from whenever
I go to sleep for the night.
I also might consider making an adjustment so that I
take a single nap somewhere around 2-4pm... Many other
countries call this a "siesta" and is part of their
regular daily cycle.... fitting it properly in to
their normal workday.
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Day 5 (cycle #0025 - #????)
01:00 - Start cycle #0025 (lay down for nap)
01:20 - Wake up with phone alarm.
Food: juice/water
03:00 - Start cycle #0026 (down for nap)
03:20 - Wake up with phone alarm.
Food: potato, water/juice, grapes
05:00 - Start cycle #0027 (down for nap)
05:20 - Don't think I fell asleep, so wanted to try again
05:45 - Didn't fall asleep again! - let's try again
06:10 - Just didn't get out of bed. Hmm
08:07 - Got up on my own
Food: cucumber, water/juice
10:00 - Start cycle #0028 (nap)
10:25 - Wake up (phone alarm)
Food: vitamins, juice, cottage cheese/protien/banana
01:20 - Wake up with phone alarm.
Food: juice/water
03:00 - Start cycle #0026 (down for nap)
03:20 - Wake up with phone alarm.
Food: potato, water/juice, grapes
05:00 - Start cycle #0027 (down for nap)
05:20 - Don't think I fell asleep, so wanted to try again
05:45 - Didn't fall asleep again! - let's try again
06:10 - Just didn't get out of bed. Hmm
08:07 - Got up on my own
Food: cucumber, water/juice
10:00 - Start cycle #0028 (nap)
10:25 - Wake up (phone alarm)
Food: vitamins, juice, cottage cheese/protien/banana
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