We don’t have him yet. They need to do a quick home visit (to make sure we don’t have 100 animals or something) and since it is all volunteers, things move slowly. H and I are getting impatient. I have everything ready for Buddy! Thanks for all the well wishes. We are excited. My daughter wasn’t just thrilled about her new “brother”. She is much more of a cat person.
Oiselle is a good and interesting company. Thanks for the link. There have been some accusations of it being “clicky” with the beautiful elite female runners on the “team” (sort of “mean girls”), but I think they are trying to lose that image.
Funny experience last night with my Oiselle Stride shorts (tight). I put them on for my dreadmill run, headed downstairs and started my run and realized after about 1/4 mile that they were on backwards. The zipper pocket on the Strides is actually in the front, and with all my Lulu shorts it is in the back. It felt weird. I stopped, took them off and reversed them, and hopped back on the treadmill. Glad I wasn’t at the gym!
So great that you’re getting Buddy, MOWC. Enjoy him.
I’m spending lots of time chasing a puppy around. This morning (it’s rainy and very windy) I took her out and she stayed with me and peed under the big golf umbrella I had!
Worked out with my trainer today and followed it with 30 minutes on the Cybex Arc machine. Lots of rain and wind in my area for the next few days, I’m going to be in the gym for my fitness routines.
Got October off to a good start with 6.4 miles this morning - cool and misty. Not sure what our weather will be like for the next few days so it will probably be the dreadmill for the weekend.
C3Baker, I feel pretty safe on my runs. I use a headlamp and I stay on routes I know really well. I started out trying to be out the door by 6, and have gradually worked my way back to 4:45 start time.
No singing here, but yeah, they often say you should be able to carry on a bit of a conversation and be able to get the words out without gasping for breath!
When I ran with my daughter, we went slow enough (and did a run/walk ratio) that we were able to have some pretty good conversations. It made the time fly by! According to Jeff Galloway, the long slow runs where you are NOT gasping for breath are what burn fat. If you’re gasping you’re running anaerobically& creating lactic acid. I’m all for having a more comfortable run & burning some fat!
“Jeff: While you will hear a lot of opinions on how to burn fat, all of the significant research on fat metabolism I’ve seen shows that you must be exercising in the “aerobic zone” at a very easy pace, for you to burn fat. The higher the level of exertion, the less likely there will be enough oxygen available to the muscle, which is necessary for fat-burning. Even when the pace is a little bit too fast, the muscles start to shift burning glycogen as fuel (stored carbohydrate) which results in more huffing and puffing and worn-out muscles. Not only do you not burn as much fat during exercise, you can’t go as far, so you cannot burn as many total calories. Slower running, with more frequent walk breaks will shift you into to the fat-burning zone more effectively.”
My Fitbit Charge HR breaks down an exercise session by minutes spend in either of these heart rate zones:
Fat burn
Cardio
Peak
My question - how do I want this to balance out? Do I want to spend more time in peak or cardio??? I seem to hang out in “peak” quite a bit… I also need to check and see what my heart rate zone should be - haven’t checked that for awhile…
So this is what I find - have to say, it seems my max heart rate seems to be RIGHT at that sweet spot they talk about here - 220 minus my age. “It is recommended that you exercise within 55 to 85 percent of your maximum heart rate for at least 20 to 30 minutes to get the best results from aerobic exercise. The MHR (roughly calculated as 220 minus your age) is the upper limit of what your cardiovascular system can handle during physical activity.”
I think the singing is for easy pace. I thought it was talking in short sentences for regular aerobic pace. I have friends who can yak away for an entire run. I have to be going really slow (for me) to talk through a whole training run.
Also, some people are better at running with someone than others are. Back when I was fast and dinosaurs roamed the earth, I had some guy running friends who always seemed to stay one step in front of you. It was annoying. If you sped up, they did, too. OTOH, I have a female friend from my LLR running group who lives in PA who is just perfect at seamlessly adjusting to whoever’s pace she is with. She is faster/younger than me, but manages to run right by my side (we ran an entire marathon together in 2013 in Indiana) without you feeling like she is slowing down just for you. I admire that.
Kira and I definitely fall into the “we-must-stop-and-read-every-single-pee-mail” category. She’s a beagle. She can’t help it. As a result, I try to walk in the middle of the road so she can’t get to the mailboxes and shrubs. OTOH, I like having her with me when I do nighttime walks.
No danger of a non-aerobic pace with Sabadog and Sabapup - it’s a race down the street. One can also get a good upper body workout as well. For some reason, I never have to worry about strangers approaching me. Most people cross the street when they see us coming!
Same here @CountingDown. Beagle/Corgi mix - his nose practically SKIMS the ground! Charlie definitely has a little faster pace in the warmer weather - if you call that “fast”! I don’t count on his walks to be a workout for me - it’s just some fresh air time with more weight-bearing time for my body. That’s his “recreational time” of the day (well, usually 3 times a day!) so is he wants to sniff I oblige - for the most part! I make sure we cover enough blocks for it to be good exercise for him.
Last night my S pulled up on the road to the side of us as we were a block from home - Charlie KNOWS that car and he proved he CAN run as he bolted in a sprint the rest of the way home - we me behind him holding the leash!
