Mauri's Training

Normal run in Zone 2 today.  For some reason it was alittle hard to keep my HR down.  But, overall it was a good run.   Made sure and did some weights and stretched afterwards.  I can sure tell that my hips need to be stretched more.  And, I'm not nearly as flexable as I used to be.  Will just keep working at it.  Good day.

I sure didn't feel like working out today!  I wasn't really tired, just didn't feel like working out.  It was cold this morning and it's been hectic at work.  But, went ahead and did a speed workout.  I warmed up for 1 mile.  The first couple of intervals I had a hard time getting my HR up there.   6 x 1200 x 400 cooldown. .05 incline.  1 mile wu. 7:53 (165), 7:53 ( 168), 7:42 (168), 7:42 (172), 7:35 (177), 7:53 (177). 

I need to work on getting my HR up there more where it should be in the first couple of intervals. I was very glad after the run.  Made sure to stretch afterwards.   

Another day at the gym.  I'm looking forward to start running outside soon.  Ended up going 10 miles today.  Felt pretty good.  I should have kept it in Zone 2, but I know I was up around Zone 3 at times. Felt alright tho.  I was happy to be doing a 8:34 mile.  Lowered it down to around a 9 min mile to lower my HR at times. 

Went to the gym after work today. After warming up for a mile I started to increase the pace. Had a hard time getting my HR up for the next couple of miles. Stayed in Zone 2. Slowly increased my pace each mile and then kept it at 8:34  min mile for the last couple of miles.  Not to bad of a run.Glad it's getting towards the end of the week. Tomorrows Friday!

Today I just wanted a normal run.  Kept it at 7 miles. Hoping to have a good day tomorrow. I'm thinking about running outside. I knew Marlin and I were going out to eat afterwards so didn't have a  ton of time. Marlin and I have paid quite a bit of attention on calories at restaurants lately. It's amazing how many some things have! I'm not sure if I can eat at Olive Garden again unless I get basic spagetti. Almost everything they have has a ton of fat.  We ended up going to eat chinese. Back to how the run went.  Pretty happy with my HR.  It did get in the upper end of Zone 2 a couple of times, but overall it was pretty low. Average was 148 which is low for me. That HR is in my Zone 1 range.  Things may be starting to pay off.

Looking forward to tomorrow. We do the local co-op in town that we just found out about a month ago.  For $15 we get our fruit and vegs for the week. We actually don't know what we'll get until you pick it up.  They bring the fruits/veggies up from Ariz, Calif & Mexico.  It's so much better than buying it out of the store.   After we pick that up we have a few errands to run. Marlin didn't go fishing this weekend  so he'll be able to do errands with me. Nice! 

Long day on the TM today.  It was to windy by the time I was ready to run. Kept my HR at 147 for the first half and then went up alittle at 156 for the second half.   Today my 52yr sister ran her first half marathon in Sacremento!  My other sister is running her first full in a couple of weeks. Hope she does alright.  She doesn't have a ton of time to train.