All about that pace.

5:00pm

I spent another 80 minutes on the REX machine at the Y today. This time all in one session on the same progressive hilly course. I also learned something really simple today: the longer you set the overall time, the longer each hill lasts, duh. I was drenched in a puddle of sweat by the time I finished. I seriously looked like someone threw a bucket of water on me! And I'm pretty sure I grossed out everybody that walked by after the first 20 minutes. REX does calculate distance and it seems fairly close considering that I'm putting way more effort into this than it takes to run for 80 minutes. I may go back before work tomorrow morning if my quads are up to it.

5:00am

Another 80 minutes on the REX machine today before work. I'm actually off on flex time for most of the day now(except for a couple meetings) since I was there all day on Sunday. This was a great workout, but the sweat issue has to be dealt with. It is out of control! I'm going to walmart today to find a fan I can set up next to me. There is an electrical outlet in the floor right by the machine, I hope they don't mind me using it. I am so relieved that this is working for me, I think it's about as close as I can get to running with out stressing the hams. I'm getting my cardio now and my leg is feeling better each day. I may keep doing this in addition to running if I even get back to running before the race.

5:00am

80 minutes on the REX again. I used my new fan today so it was a little cooler and easier to mop up when I was done. I think my quads are starting to assimilate all this new activity. I may go for 90 minutes tomorrow.

5:00am

I decided to simulate a long run today. I set the resistance down from 10 to 8 on the REX machine and put in 2.5 hours. 13.6 miles in the first 99 minutes and 7 miles on the next 51 minutes. As I was cleaning up the machine one of the staff came up to me and said she had never seen anyone on that machine so long before. I explained that I'm training for a marathon and we had a nice chat. I even got in a plug for FRB. I'm starting to wonder if this machine is doing enough for me now, it seems to be working my legs a lot harder than my heart. I'm working up a good sweat but recovery is very quick. I wonder if less resistance and more speed would be a better combination. Maybe I'll wear my HRM next time too. Now I kind of wish I had been wearing it before so I would have a baseline to compare. Oh well, at least I'm not just sitting around while my hamstring is healing. I'm resting tomorrow and running for real with my PT on Friday. He will see to it that I take it easy for a few miles. I hope it doesn't hurt afterwards like it did last week...

6:00am

8 easy miles this morning with Preston and Paul. The pace was slow, but the time and miles seemed to go by very quickly. Preston did a good job setting the pace and so far I'm still felling pretty good. Kym and I are going on a bike ride this afternoon and maybe a visit to the Y tonight for a workout and some time in the hot tub. Kym just got a new tri-bike and this will be the inaugural ride of "white lightning". I hope I can keep up on my clunky urban assault bicycle :)

I got my confirmation sheet for the Rock and Roll Marathon today! Race number: 2086 Corral number: 2 Predicted finish time: 3:15:00

Pace 8:19

Avg HR 158

Distance    Split pace
1.00    8:06 running solo to meet the guys
2.00    8:34
3.00    8:26
4.00    8:13
5.00    8:27
6.00    8:34
7.00    8:34
8.00    7:49 this is where I left the guys to go home. I tried to keep it slow...