Edge

Edge

I'm over it... Let's see where to start.

Ok..Yesterday 02.21.07 started out pretty good. Got up and jogged for 20 min in Teays Valley, after staying in my city abode.

Interestingly as I think I have the early morning hours to myself.. I just bumble along the sidewalks, without a care in the world. Those of you that have Polar HRM's, may have the feature that if you raise the monitor up to your chest strap, the light will come on. Well I do this frequently so that I know when to turn around sometimes - 10 min out + 10 min back = 20 min. You get the drift.

As I bumble along no care in the world.. holy shit I run into a fellow early morning jogger. Scared the shit out of me. That was my interesting thing for the day... collision.

That eve, I received in the mail my new HRM monitor - why did I purchase a new one? Taxes, extra monies burning holes in my shallow pockets. Obviously if I needed it I wouldn't have purchased it. However, I received my new Garmin Edge.

This thing is awesome. Uses GPS, to track your position, speed. Has a new sensor than my old GPS so it actually receives signals very good.. heck it worked in my house. Garmin has some sort of partnership with MotionBased.Com. Whereby you can upload your data to that site for free - least for most features.

MotionBased has all sorts of cool features... stores your route to Google Earth automatically. Profiles, wealth of info. The Edge 305 was expensive, but for gadget geeks you may like. If you get a chance to try it out.

For busting my cherry, did a night ride around Lower Creek. Fairly warm out for February - 40's. It was an overall nice ride. (if you noticed the last link I think your able to go and check out some of the workout specifics, if not, oh well you wasted your time, but not as much time as I in figuring that out)

The Garmin worked great.

02.22.07

This morning checked the Garmin out on another little trot around Teays Valley. This time it was basically around some of the local subdivisions - again for about 20 min.

No collisions.

3+

That's right...

3+

Hours down today.. almost 3.5. Ok so I'm tryin' to make up for lost time. Originally today I wanted to do a ride with the B'fat dudes... However the puss nature of me didn't. In my personal opinion, it wasn't my puss nature, it was more the time of the event. I think the group started ridin' at 11...

Wouldn't have made it.

So about 8 I managed to do another thunderous trot up at Susan's for 30 min. Basically jogged around sleepy hollow road. It was pretty scenic (sorry no camera no pic) but the snow covered golf course and adjacent fields, cool breeze and the snot dripping from my nose made for a magical moment.

Once back to Susan's I was ready for my fluffy pancakes and bacon. BTW folks TURKEY BACON IS NOT BACON. anyone with a passion for bacon will know this. Another hint DO NOT COOK BACON in the Microwave. Much less turkey bacon.

Pancakes were delicious.

Hung some curtain rods, then home to lift some weights about 12PM. After the weights I did another spinervals tape for an hour, then did a small 10 mile ride outside. finished up about 4 and took some pictures..

Nothing more to report..... I've gotten up to about 7 hours now out of 11. Looking forward to the Mexican Cantina again this eve.

Snow Day

This will be an exciting post...

4" to 5" of snow.... size matters. (just say that whenever someone gives a distance whether it makes sense or not)

Anyhow, last night did manage to lift, and do some "simulated" hill climbs on the trainer while it dropped the snow.

This morning I didn't run, as I forgot my tennis shoes. Plus I don't think it would be fun to run in 4" of snow. Interesting maybe, but I don't know about fun.

So far I have a couple rides planned for today, but we'll see how they go.

Till then...

Alps

This just in...

well it came in the other day....

Somewhere in Lincoln County, at some time in the future. Don't know when, but if it's cold, I'll be a puss and probably not do it. But it's a new goal. Thanks to Diesel.

So what's new...

yesterday...

Ran for 20" but got stared down by a dog that normally doesn't stare down, so turned around and only ran for about 16". Next time I'll win.

Came home, ate an apple, then lifted. Per the I'm doing the ME (what's that again Muscular Endurance) workout. A lot of the sets are lower weight with high repetitions 30 - 40 range. They feel like the Lactic Acid is burning from the inside out. I'm sure there's more to it and you could read the book to find out more. But because of the burn, I think I'm doin it right.

After lifting for about an hour, I then sat on the trianer to spin. Fast cadence and for a short 30 minutes.

Then I sat in the Hot Tub watching Engineering Disasters - hoping that one day I won't be the subject of an episode.

Not long it was off to Applebees in Teays Valley for a Chicken sandwich and some Michelob Ultra with Susan.

Today's plan is to do some hill climbs. I would like to do so outside, but as I mentioned, I'm a puss in the cold weather. So I have a workout set up on the trainer that will give me about 28 total minutes of climbing.

Let you know how it goes....

233

233

So says the scale today. That's about 17lbs in almost a month. At this rate I will have reached March's goal of 225 before the end of February. No complaint there.

Hopefully the result stays around for awhile, personally I think it's a Blip. But just to see that number was good. Inspiring.

Well missed a post yesterday so here goes...

Did another Tempo Ride - this time the plan was to go constant for 30 minutes in Zone 3. Of course warmed up and cooled down accordingly. Did the workout on a trainer, after a 10 minute trot down Howells Mill.

Sorry it's not the best image. I know your loosing sleep over it.

The run and the ride both felt good.

Here's graph of the trainer workout. You can see the little warm up during the first 10 minutes, then afterwards the elevated HR throughout the tempo. I know it's a wonderful pic and you will want to pin it to your fridge.

Maybe more later when/if the mood hits...

Oh yeah 22 miles on the trainer.

Over the Horizon

Joggin' With Skully
Originally uploaded by BottleOfPills.

Week 3

01.15.07 to 01.21.07

Again as I said.. just catching up as that's why this is posted late...

So for this week it was the third week of what from now on shall be called "The Plan".

This is the large week... remember all of that discussion about periodization, building, basing, resting etc??? If not go back and read it.

The large week was to consist of twelve hours of workout time. Most of it is still low to moderate intensity and still in the "Base Period", so I'm working on Endurance and Skills.

Monday started out very tired, but it was Martin Luther King day, and I was determined to make the most of it. That is - I was going to get a fair share of time in today, so that I can coast more through the week.

So started off with a ride around Barkers Ridge to Cooper creek... The weather was warm, but the ground was muddy, so hence the reason to stay on the road. For the record...I could write a book on reasons to not ride in the mud.

Anyhow, the weather was in the 60's for January, so decided to ride longer than planned. Grey skies finally broke with about 20 minutes left (6 miles from the homestead). But the small drizzle actually felt good.

Afterwards, came home, piddled, took a nap, and then decided to finish my workouts for the day. Did a 15 min run, then weights, then some spinning on the trainer for 45 minutes.

Monday's mission accomplished.

Tuesday - this was a rest day.. Started doing some walks at work with co-workers.. So today it was a short walk around town, up to the Farmer's Market in Charleston and back to the office.

Wednsday - got home from work late, and the weather is breaking, so it was cold out, and the lite wasn't charged up... did a small 15 min jog, and then rode on the trainer for an hour and 15 min. Made sure I got some time in the Zone 2 Heart rate.

Interlude:

Heart Rate Zone 2 - Zone two is after zone 1 according to the book. Zone 1 is an easy recovery heart rate - your normal active rate when not working out is included in this. Zone 2 is your starting to work a little bit - the book calls it "Extensive Endurance"... by that it's saying that your still Aerobic - and not working too hard but working. What does Aerobic mean - basically that your body is getting plenty of oxygen to the blood flow.

Back...

I ended up staying in the Z2 for about 20 min.. For me, my computed zone Two is 140 BPM to 152 BPM. (thats Beats Per Minute for those who may be wondering). Anyhow, considered the workout a success.

Thursday - Did get up prior to work at 5:00AM and do a short 30 minute spin on the trainer. Tried to get the HR up, but was not able to.

In the evening, this was another weight day... so did a 15 min run prior to doing my normal weight routine. Nothing much to say except I ran before dinner, and worked out after dinner. Whoopee. After the weight routine, did some 30 min spinning on the trainer. I also walked at work for about 25 minutes. Fairly busy day, but it wasn't too intensive.

Friday - Got home late.. Susan had to work over some.. Did ride outside around McComas Branch and Lower Creek. This was a cold ride, and because of the late start 20 minutes of it was performed in the dark. It's often asked why one rides in the dark when they have a $300+ light at home? When I find the answer I'll let you know. Needed around two hours, so once I got home from this I jumped on the trainer for another 50 minutes.

SPINERVALS - This 50 minute ride was a workout I found from the Spinervals website. Basically a bunch of intervals that ended up kicking my ass - and it had a low intensity rating. I'm going to post this workout when I get a chance but it boils down to 4 sets of two 3 minute intervals, with 60 second recoveries. The sets went something like 3 min at moderate intensity, 60 sec recover, 3 minutes hard intensity, recover, 3 min hard, 3 min mod, mod, hard, hard, mod. You get the drift. Well that kicked my ass, but it really felt like a workout that accomplished something.

Saturday - This is the Photo Day (see above you idiot). The day started off with a run in the morning.. Took the dog to the WVU Cabell County Extension track and did a couple of laps. Nice sunny day, cool and crisp. Came home and worked on the Trek 8500. It needed a new chainring and chain and well the whole drivetrain. So replaced it. Afterwards - took it on a ride around Barkers Ridge. Took some getting used to... but I hope to use this bike for the majority of the road riding now. Again wanted to ride longer outside, but cool and under dressed. So once I finished I once again jumped on the trainer. This was futile, and I only managed 15 minutes.. I think that "Spinerval" workout broke me down some.

Sunday - I'm stupid... plugged in the Guns N Roses video tape and did the spinerval workout from friday again for 1hr.

You know where you are.. your in the jungle baby.. your gonna die...

So how did this week do??? I don't know you be the judge....

Weight 239.5lbs

138 miles on a bike of some sort

7 miles of trotting my fat ass up and down the local roads jogging.

See you soon