<p>^^ I might have been on my way back down around then!</p>
<p>I had a real athletic honor this weekend. I was invited to run as an alumni runner at Corporate Nationals for the Texas Instruments corporate track team. They wanted me to run the 5K and 10K on successive days. Since I turn 60 in the fall, I count in that age group and could have scored them some points. Unfortunately, it is this coming weekend and I have another travel conflict. I haven’t worked there since 1984, but ran in 1997 and 1998 as an alumni runner. They are only allowed a few of those. It would have been completely paid for- air/lodging etc. And in CALIFORNIA! Oh well. Maybe next year.</p>
<p>Congrats MOWC! That is an honor! :)</p>
<p>D2 learned a lesson last night. At mile 11 a friend met her with some ice cold water that she gulped as she ran. At mile 12 she was puking on the side of the road. When she finished at home on mile 14.3 she was struggling with her stomach. Legs were fine but stomach was a mess.</p>
<p>I probably would have turned around too (yes, I’m chicken when it comes to heights).</p>
<p>I’ve never heard of an alumni runner - I don’t think that we have this sort of thing where I work - we just have individual participation though I guess we represent the company.</p>
<p>Certainly sounds like a wonderful offer.</p>
<p>Corporate Nationals has very specific rules and a certain number of retirees and alums are eligible. I think you can’t be working for an employer of a size eligible to be in the event or something like that. There are events requiring certain level of employees (i.e. Vice President, Director etc) and events requiring certain ages and mixes of male/female. It’s all pretty intricate. The first year we went out to Berkeley to compete was 1980 and we thought we were pretty hot stuff with all our accomplished distance runners. We immediately ran into the black girls (and guys) from the PacTel track team swinging their track spikes. We were blown off the track in everything under 800 meters that year. TI did what TI does and regrouped. Brought in employees from all over the world (had some former Olympic Trials runners from Germany and Australia), hired a few ringers and won for the next 5 years or so. It moved from Berkeley to Stanford and now moves around every year but is usually in California for the weather.</p>
<p>Wow, MOfWC! Congrats. It is an honor, be very proud of yourself - even if you can’t attend.</p>
<p>Idad, that is an awesome hiking adventure. Great pictures, especially the one with the fit hiker!</p>
<p>Really warm and muggy in my neck of the woods today. We even had a rarely seen in our area thunderstorm last night. I only managed to run 4 miles, and I’m not happy about it.</p>
2 rounds
Samson stretches
15 pass throughs
10 push ups
toe to floor walks
4 rounds
3 deadlifts ( 110# bb, again too light, but I still haven’t figured out my weights on this stuff)
6 hand stand push ups (used a box as assistance)
12 diamond push ups (dropped to knees on more than one occasion)
36 double unders (getting pretty good at these)
Now I am heading to the mountains for some idad-type hikes and some bike rides.
<p>My legs have informed me that we are taking a day off from exercise today… :)</p>
<p>^ best to heed their input, they know whereof they speak ;)</p>
As we all know, my diet is not nearly as healthy as it could be, but I’ve always been pretty good at listening to my body when it seems to need something- e.g. protein, calcium, etc.
When I was going to hot yoga at lunch a couple of years ago I would feel a real need for salt with my post-yoga lunch and would get a bag of chips (which I never did otherwise).
Well, H and I decided that this extreme heat/humidity has caused me to “bonk” a couple of times in my long runs when usually I would not. I have been good about trying to stay hydrated, but haven’t been using gels or other nutrients during the run, since I didn’t think I was going far enough to need it. A lot of my friends use salt capsules during long runs or races. I just ordered some up.
Sunday afternoon I went to Pinkberry (really good natural frozen yogurt with fresh toppings) and ordered a small watermelon yogurt. When the guy asked me what toppings I wanted I blurted out “SALT” without even thinking. I hardly ever even salt my food! So- that was a little bit of a wake up call! I got salt on the yogurt, and did it ever taste good! Also kiwi and watermelon toppings.
I know BCE has talked about salt before. I think my electrolytes are getting out of balance. Fortunately, it is cooling off some, but still humid.
<p>MOfWC, my friend recommended Endurolyte capsules, and they were real lifesavers for me during my training in hot weather. I sweat a lot and lose electrolytes easily. They are easy to swallow, too.</p>
<p>I was torn between the Endurolyte capsules and the S-Caps and I decided to go with the S-Caps this time since fewer people reported stomach issues with them. I think the Eudurolytes are better in that they have other “stuff” in them, but I tend to be a little sensitive to things. I will experiment, though.</p>
<p>BB- when did you use them? Before or during? How many?</p>
<p>I did not adhere to any scientifically developed scheme for taking my electrolytes - just took a couple before hitting the trail and would pop one in my mouth every mile or two towards the end of my long runs (washed them down with my favorite lemon lime Gu Brew).</p>
<p>What? No charts or graphs? ;-)</p>
<p>Nothing against charts or graphs, really. I am something of a numbers and patterns girl myself, too…</p>
<p>blown away by the workouts some of you guys do! and the speeds at which you do them, too!</p>
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<p>My big fail yesterday was not ending up with a complete Garmin heart rate and elevation graph for yesterday’s hike. I started out with the AUTO PAUSE feature that I use when I’m walk/jogging. It automatically stops timing when you physically stop – so you can stop and talk to a neighbor or give somebody directions. But, it was constantly stopping the workout as my pace over rocks and stuff looked like I was stopped. So I switched to manually stopping it and, of course, forgot to restart it several times. I’ve got to come up with a different strategy of using the Garmin on hikes like these.</p>
<p>I did figure out that the average incline on the 2.25 mile climb was 17%. So it was, on average, like setting a treadmill to the highest incline and walking for 2 miles. No wonder I was seeing high heart rates. 17% is about the steepest part of the steepest hill on any walks I usually do.</p>
<p>Cybex workout for 50 minutes today–interval hills at mid-level difficulty. Temperature was in the 80s outside and not much better inside. My oldest D is visiting and she persuaded me to do a body sculpting class. Did another hour of squats and lunges with weights, burpees (I did a modified version–walking in and out instead of jumping) upper body (mostly shoulder) workout, abs, followed by stretching. I’m worn out.</p>
<p>3 miles, 8:29 pace. A bit of free weights and my morning stretching routine.</p>
<p>I usually feel great for about five hours after my morning stretching routine. Today, I just felt okay. That means that I’m way too tight in the back, calf and hamstrings and some other areas and that it will take daily stretching for a while to counteract tightness built up over time.</p>
<p>Tomorrow is 5 x 400s and I will probably do them on a treadmill until my Garmin arrives. I’m a bit leery of the track given the corners. It’s not so bad on a 1/4 mile track but I get knee problems on the indoor tracks at the YMCA. they are somewhere around 1/8th of a mile around and I definitely get knee problems at speed - usually doing something dumb like racing my son.</p>
<p>It is possible that the Garmin will arrive tomorrow. Amazon has a warehouse in Northborough, MA and it left early this morning so it should be local already. It’s just a matter of whether or not the post office waits an extra day or not to ship the package. With USPS, a package can be less than a mile away but still take a day or three to get delivered.</p>
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<p>So this is a 2.5 to 3 hour workout?</p>
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<p>No surprise there. That should make for a very sound sleep.</p>
iDad- Are your quads sore at all?
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<p>Yes. Last night it was the outside of my hips… I think from all the stepping up. Today, quads are sore… I think from the downhill steps.</p>
<p>The good news is that my calves and achilles areas aren’t sore at all.</p>
<p>It’s a good soreness, but it’s the kind that is very clear in saying, “let’s take a day to recover, here…”</p>
<p>Today I stretched and walked a little under your total miles for hiking yesterday, iDad, but with no inclines, rocks, or roots. I’m not going to be running (jogging) tomorrow.</p>