2 semesters DONE!

Well, another week done....pretty much done with grad classes (minus one). feels pretty good. Oh minus the fact i have a 3 hours exam thursday but trying not to think too hard.

Monday: study study study....final then let off some steam with 1 hour and 15 min bike followed by some core work. about 4 people got on and off the bike next to me in the gym haaaa.

Tuesday: work, study, bike 1 hour 50 minutes. by the way bad idea to bike 2 days in a row. apparently the pool is closed for the rest of the summer. WTF. im tired.

Wednesday: worked again then had my last final of the semester (number 7...) didn't workout, but went straight to the bars at ...well around 3 45 pm. ended the night with a giant piece of pizza from the penguin. score on my part.

Thursday: my body is conditioned to sleep till 6am maybe 7am. i "slept in" till 8, but feeling pretty dang tired from all that drinking. i had the day off which is AMAZING. so much i wanted to do today...even though work called me to see if i wanted to come in. nah. i eventually did a split run....2 miles to the schools gym where i lifted (whoa) and did core, then 2.2 miles back. grand total: 4.2. verdict...feeling the beer. oh well. afterwards was a classmates bbq...so much fun! Had to leave early bc i had to work early friday....however that didn't work out. there was an electrical fire right where i had to go (park street T) to get home...stations were in flames apparently. to make a long story short it took me over 2 hours to get home....i feel asleep in one of the train stations while waiting...but none the less in bed right before 2am to be up at 6am. boo. trains would be in flames when i go home..right?

Friday: worked in the morning then felt pretty tired rest of the day...got my new pedals for my bike tho! only did 45 min on the bike (new pedals are ..different. but good). cant wait for group rides to start. resting up for a day off tomorrow, a good run and maybe more.

Saturday: over 10 hours of sleep!!!!!!! i got asked by 2 people to work for them but said no haha. i really wanted today to relax and enjoy the nice weather out. anyways, went for a 6 mile run...which was interesting. my hip kept popping in and out at the beginning then my hips and back just hurt the entire time. I've been wearing my vibram five fingers more and i LOVE them. it's like shoes are killing me. sometimes at work when i wear them i don't even think about my back...that's how they are helping!

Sunday: stayed up way too late , slept way too late worked and now ready for bed....nothing.

Totals:

Run: 10.2 miles

Bike: 3 hours 50 min

swim: none...damn pool times.

first week of finals done.

Monday: HAPPY MARATHON DAY!!!!!! I was able to get up close to the finish area....i worked at 11am down the street so i came in early to study then check out the finish area. I got to see the wheelchair men's finish, but then had to go to work where i just watched people trickle into the finish. it was chaos around there.

Right after i took this picture I was on TV!!!!!!!!! haha. they showed part of the crowd. good times

Yeah wheelchair racers! I can't imagine doing that for 26.2 miles!

Great job Bree and Roxy! :D

Tuesday: Honestly, the back had been killing me...I knew exactly why though. I had been working a lot more lately at Citysports, which means standing for 7 hours straight. Anyways I downed some ibuprofen after I woke up early to study some and headed out for a run. It felt okay for a while, then my back felt like it was going to fall into my pelvis (haha...that's about right). However, my legs didn't give a shit...they wanted to go faster and keep me under 9 min pace. I tried to stay around 9 but at the end just went what my legs wanted to and held 8.15s..ish. None the less I went a 10k (6.2 miles) in around 57 minutes...not bad considering i walked some because of my back.

Funny thing, back felt better the rest of the day. exercise is medicine (that and ibuprofen :P )

2 finals down...went pretty well. pahtophysiology is over...loved that class.

Wednesday: woke up early, study, bike 1 hour 5 min, core, study, lab final, swim 2300 (haha so little), study. story of my life.

Thursday: study, work, final, beer, feeling buzzed off 1 beer, bike 1 hour, run 2 miles (ave pace= 7.48 min/mile), passsssss out.

By the way, the winner of the Boston Marathon this year who broke the record (2.05.52) came into Citysports. I met him and said congrats. I got excited to meet sucha celebrity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NEFxmLLSkA&feature=channel

Friday: work 7-3, then take home final which is taking FOREVER. someone shoot me. so, nothing workout wise. can you tell im crazy busy?

Saturday: Sat at a CPR class for 4 hours and continuing to work on my take home final which is quite the pain in the ass. nothing workout wise. im getting antsy not working out. aslkjf;askdjf;lasjfl;ka;

Sunday: 5 mile run, ave pace 8:30...finally felt good to get out there. faced some wind and my HR was higher than normal (stress...hahah). back to the school business!

Totals (or lack of in this case)

2300 swim

2 hour 5 min bike

13.2 run (finally increasing the mileage!)

Chaos

Cheers to finishing a rough week, more to come.

Monday- Woke up feeling AWFUL. I was feverish, felt like someone was sitting on my ribs, achy, and stuffy. Where did this come from? Oh I know. So apparently when I don't have a chaotic life and settle down for a few days I get sick. So I opted out on any sort of workout and fell asleep before 9 to prepare for a 5am wakeup Tuesday for work.

Tuesday- Early morning, but was feeling functional. 6 ams have advantages...being done at 2pm. Doesn't matter that much when you have lab in the evening. However, I manage to get on the bike for 1 hour and do some core at the gym. Man I hate the gym.

A picture from Pathophysiology Lab. I am holding an infarcted Lung.

Wed- Worked again early in the morning then class...then felt up for a run...3.1. didn't let myself go over 9 mile/hour pace. my legs wanted to.

Thurs- another early 8 hour work day. Got to see some crazy fast marathon teams come in. getting pumped at this point for marathon weekend. had my last day of class (which was stupid..EKG) then did 1 hour 20 min on the bike. I was dead by the time i came home. bed early...

Friday- yet another 7am work start...felt great somehow. i purchased my first pair of vibram fivefingers. I LOVE THEM. my toes are tired right now. They are awesome, highly recommend them. They help strengthen muscles in your toes that you have hardly used before...thus helpign to improve balance, posture, leg strength, etc. We will see how they go and i will let you know.

http://birthdayshoes.com/vibram-five-fingers/

After a busy day at the store...and working in the shoe department (LOVE IT)...came home and did 4.6 mile run. Held solid 8/sub 8 min miles with my HR not exceeded to 182...mostly in the 170s which is good...not above my threshold. not that i know what my threshold is (2 years ago it was about 88% of my max..and im in better shape now). So, yeah. yahoo.

In other Friday-like news..... horrible news that is...UC Davis cut the mens swimming program as well as 3 other athletic teams. I'm ashamed and very disappointed.....

http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=79576&provider=top

Saturday: well, i slept like 11 hours and studied for most of the day. the weather made me extra arthritic so i opted on a day off. Got my stretch on though....bed early for a busy day at CS pre-marathon! and hats off to the collegiate triathlon nationals competitors in Texas....horrible weather. kinda glad i opted out on that!

Sunday: CRAZY workday!!! crazier than Christmas! And i have to admit... every other person was from Canada! Those Canadians really like to run. Anyways, Boston is prepped for the marathon tomorrow...it's goin to be awesome!

On a strange note, on my lunch break i saw a taxi cab blow up into flames. that was random. smoke, fire trucks everywhere

After work I got to stop by the Run Expo then got on the bike for an hour and ran 1.5. For how shitty i felt standing at work, the workout didn't feel too bad. My sprint work really seems to be paying off...its a lot easier to run 8 min/mile pace than it used to be! My goal for my sprint tri in may is to hold 7 30s for the 3.1 run. hmm...

TOTALS

3 hours 20 minute bike

9.2 run

ZERO swim- the pool was closed when i wanted to go...wtf. ok, not an excuse.

This weeks is going to be a long one.

NEWWWW- this is now my training log!

Long time no talk. Anyways, I decided to follow the stinky trend of she who shall not be named and turn this into my training log (plus a few fun stories here and there). BERGEN, i want you to make one too so we can stay motivated and i can make fun of you easier :P

Anyways, rough week.... only got in 4 days of actual working out..unless i decide to do something tonight (maybe).

Monday I drove back with a friend from New Jersey, then worked 8pm till 3am. That really threw off my schedule. so nothing

Tues- Usually i train with the team, but lab was in the way. Still managed to bike 1 hour 15 minutes and do a sprint run 1.2 miles.

Wed- NOTHING. I ended up passing out instead.

Thurs- bike 1 hour 30 minutes/run 1.3. best workout in a while. HR was a bit higher than normal (probably lack of sleep). Was having a rough time sleeping due to a bad back. the heat pad is my friend......but i sprinted the run and at the end was going 6 20 pace which is crazy good for me. never knew i could do that. heart rate got up to 197 but that's another story. at least i didn't go into SVT this time.

Friday- happy birthday to me? I actually had the day off, it was a good break. I swam a pitiful 2500 yards of crap (didn't feel so hot and was so unmotivated) then went to the gym and lifted (WHAT?). i am attempted to prevent any swimming type problems this time around. the night ended with some wine and passing out early.

Saturday- 5.3 mile run around JP pond, which was still flooded but i hopped around the water. This actually felt great....held in the 8s for pacing. LOVE LOVE boston running.

Sunday- well i haven't done anything yet...i have been sitting at various panera breads typing up papers and shopping at REI (new pedals). sorry lisa poop i got rid of the cleats you gave me.

totals: bike 2 hours 45 min, run 7.8, swim 2500

not exactly a great week. actually, pretty pathetic. the next two weeks will be rough...40 hours of working and finals coming up. i should take advantage of my day off tomorrow.

on another note...please please please be careful riding outside. i witnessed a biker fatality from a bus on the road and my teammate just got hit too (hes ok...banged up..maybe a broken shoulder). the one time i have been out on the road i fell and almost got hit by cars...group rides to come. so wear your helmet. if you are in boston, don't let the massholes get you. if your somewhere else...well be careful.