Monday, 25 October, 2010.
Off. MATLAB.
Tuesday.
Off.
Wednesday, 27 October, 2010.
4 miles.
I ate a whole pie today :(.
can you help me find a way to carry on again?
Monday, 18 October, 2010.
Off. Being productive after a sleepless night and too much done.
Tuesday, 19 October, 2010.
Dance mix.
Wednesday, 20 October, 2010.
Hiked up Arthur's seat with SCE, had a picnic of sorts, and walked around.
Then went swimming avec moi, 3800m. Indoor pools are suffocating. Swam clockwise today.
300 Fr/200 Str/ 200 kick.
3x250 (fl/50ba/75br/100fr)
3x300(pace/fast/pace), 1:43 for br, pace ~1:28-1:30 (1:22/100y). I'm getting there!
10x50 kick, 11x50 6 breaths,
300 easy
Thursday, 21 October, 2010.
be good, be good... have you ever played with fire? something so fascinating, beautiful, and so dangerous. I want to play with that metaphorical fire called love. my fire, my one desire. but I don't want to burn. because I don't like the way it hurts.
4000m in the pool today. I'm feeling stronger. Maybe it was because I was feeling happy. My emotional state seems to have a large effect on my training. For the sprints, did a 34 (31 for 50y) from a push! Awesome! My quads indicated that they wanted to cramp up while I was doing my kick set, so took it easy for the last 100, and then cooled down 300.
Friday, 22 October, 2010.
Off. Worky work.
Saturday, Sunday.
Hiked up Arthur's seat and walked around a bit. In the company of the lovely Perrin Considine.
you take the things you like, and try to love the things you took
24 terrestrial miles, 5100 aqueous meters.
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Monday, 11 October, 2010
3000m in the pool. Went swimming because I felt cold. Indoor pools are stuffy... my left eye was really red after getting out.
500 fr, 300 kick/swim, 200 pull
5x200: swim/kick/swim/kick/swim
300 free & breast drills, 200 fly kick, 200 free/br kick, 300 swim
and 4 to and from KB.
Tuesday, 12 October, 2010
4 miles + walking around and shopping in the PM. Sleeping still wack (from the weekend?) so today was just generally miserable. Today, I went to sleep around 11, but woke up at 2 and didn't sleep again until 7. Then I had class at 9am... fml. Then did the "dance mix" class at the gym with Aurora. Fun!
Wednesday, 13 October, 2010
4. blisters on ma heels :(. Was able to sleep normally. Dear lord, being rested feels fantastic. Shimmery dreams of flying.
Thursday, 14 October, 2010
4. Getting enough sleep feels good. This week has been kind of awesome, weather-wise. I've been inhaling a fair amount of junk this week: tube of digestive biscuits, box of chocolate fingers, box of custard tarts, these other disgustingly sugary raspberry tarts also from Tesco. And I ate a jar of jam last week. But there isn't really real food that I am wanting to eat. I'm not sure why. doh. :(
Friday, 15 October, 2010.
Off. Doing work and observing the world. Apparently it rained while I was in the library. Woke up before my alarm today. Was a tiny bit tired, but not sleepy. I like unit ops class. I feel so at home doing derivations. Was sleepy during EL1 in the PM, though... I think I fell asleep temporarily >.<. Cheese bread. Pasta. 3x15 weights. And some abs.
Saturday, 16 October, 2010.
2100m in the pool. 500fr/300IM kick/200drill.4x50fr,4x50br/fr,100kick,drills. I can't seem to get high enough out of the water on the in-sweep.
Sunday, 17 October 2010.
76 minutes, prancing through forests. Tight legs - lower calf/Achilles wrapping around to shins area. Too much heels? hm. And then this spot on the outer right ankle area was paining me. I think that was from my tights zipper though >.<. Legs seemed to loosen up as the run went on, though. Head is somewhat clearer now.
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Monday, 11 October, 2010
3000m in the pool. Went swimming because I felt cold. Indoor pools are stuffy... my left eye was really red after getting out.
500 fr, 300 kick/swim, 200 pull
5x200: swim/kick/swim/kick/swim
300 free & breast drills, 200 fly kick, 200 free/br kick, 300 swim
and 4 to and from KB.
Tuesday, 12 October, 2010
4 miles + walking around and shopping in the PM. Sleeping still wack (from the weekend?) so today was just generally miserable. Today, I went to sleep around 11, but woke up at 2 and didn't sleep again until 7. Then I had class at 9am... fml. Then did the "dance mix" class at the gym with Aurora. Fun!
Wednesday, 13 October, 2010
4. blisters on ma heels :(. Was able to sleep normally. Dear lord, being rested feels fantastic. Shimmery dreams of flying.
Thursday, 14 October, 2010
4. Getting enough sleep feels good. This week has been kind of awesome, weather-wise. I've been inhaling a fair amount of junk this week: tube of digestive biscuits, box of chocolate fingers, box of custard tarts, these other disgustingly sugary raspberry tarts also from Tesco. And I ate a jar of jam last week. But there isn't really real food that I am wanting to eat. I'm not sure why. doh. :(
Friday, 15 October, 2010.
Off. Doing work and observing the world. Apparently it rained while I was in the library. Woke up before my alarm today. Was a tiny bit tired, but not sleepy. I like unit ops class. I feel so at home doing derivations. Was sleepy during EL1 in the PM, though... I think I fell asleep temporarily >.<. Cheese bread. Pasta. 3x15 weights. And some abs.
Saturday, 16 October, 2010.
2100m in the pool. 500fr/300IM kick/200drill.4x50fr,4x50br/fr,100kick,drills. I can't seem to get high enough out of the water on the in-sweep.
Sunday, 17 October 2010.
76 minutes, prancing through forests. Tight legs - lower calf/Achilles wrapping around to shins area. Too much heels? hm. And then this spot on the outer right ankle area was paining me. I think that was from my tights zipper though >.<. Legs seemed to loosen up as the run went on, though. Head is somewhat clearer now.
open my eyes, yeah; it was only just a dream.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6O2ncUKvlg&feature=related
wake me up when September ends. well, how about that, it's October.
36 miles running,1000 yards swimming.
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Sunday, October 3.
87 minutes, perhaps 9 miles? Wet shoes, peeling feet (ew...), and smiles all around. Had a pretty fantastic run in the Pentlands with a few orienteers. Not a kind run... quite hilly, and I was pretty much walking at times (so steep that the achilles were complaining), and it was horizontal rain so I was covering my ears with my jacket, my shoes finally got kissed, ankles took a beating (the left one was painful when I landed on it sometimes). Nonetheless, a fantastic run. It was a run with sheep and highland cows, through rolling green hills of lore. I'm not sure what the feeling is. Just something incredibly pure, exhilarating, and altogether simply wonderful. It's been a little while. Running makes me happy, I guess.
And this is really weird: the inside of my knee is twitching. It was kind of bothering me while walking around yesterday, and then started twitching at night after I got back. It didn't hurt at all while running.
Monday, 4 October, 2010
62 minutes. perhaps 7? After getting out of the city, went exploring forests today. It is so so so beautiful here. It was reminiscent of running through Redwood. There were a lot of paths that went off - will definitely go back; I hope to explore all of those, eventually. I pretty much did an out-and-back. Got a little bit of a stitch that I can still feel (partially from yesterday) but it was mostly fine, because I was maintaining a pretty leisurely pace. Felt great for the first half, then legs started getting a little heavy on the way back. Took a detour and did half a loop around the meadows before retracing the route back home. I wish the forest were a bit closer to me - it's a bit annoying getting out of the city, because there are so many people on the streets, but there's not really a way around it (that I've found yet, at least). Not that I'm complaining... this is pretty fantastic.
Tuesday, 5 October, 2010
4 miles, just to and from KB. Tendon on the inside of my right leg is still bothering me when I walk around; kind of clicks sometimes.
Wednesday, 6 October, 2010
Hopes, dreams, and setting reasonable immediate goals. 64 minutes by and around Arthur's seat. Estimate 7. Felt that sharp twinge on my left ankle on the landing of some foot strikes. Explored a little bit by taking some single tracks off the trail. I don't think I can get on foot to the far side of the Loch where the marshes are - darn. Light abs.
Thursday, 7 October, 2010
4 + ~5 (46 mins) in the meadows. Finally went and got a gym membership today! 62 quid is a bit pricey... oh well - I plan to make use of the pool fairly regularly, and maybe venture into the rest of it. Tired legs (slightly sore from squats and lunges)... the run felt really long - I wanted to head back at some point, but it was only 28 mins when I checked my watch, so I willed myself to do another one before trotting back. I don't like running at night by myself as it's getting dark. On a mission to get stronger.
Friday, 8 October, 2010
~1000 yards, swimming with Emma in the AM. Well, we kind of did our own thing in the pool. Oof, feel out of shape, weak, and inefficient in the water. Forgot my cap & goggles the first time, so ran back to get them in my flip flops. Set out to do a workout, but scrapped that plan pretty quickly, and didn't really keep track of what I did in that 45 mins. I think it included 200 fr, 400 kick, 200 various free drills, 200 free, 25 fly somewhere in there. I want a swimming lesson. I always feel like I'm injured (right groin) when I do breast kick. But the apple-blackcurrant pie afterward was delicious, even though it meant a brisk walk to KB to get to class on time.
Saturday, 9 October and Sunday, 10 October.
Off... way off. Being a wee bit too silly.
wake me up when September ends. well, how about that, it's October.
36 miles running,1000 yards swimming.
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Sunday, October 3.
87 minutes, perhaps 9 miles? Wet shoes, peeling feet (ew...), and smiles all around. Had a pretty fantastic run in the Pentlands with a few orienteers. Not a kind run... quite hilly, and I was pretty much walking at times (so steep that the achilles were complaining), and it was horizontal rain so I was covering my ears with my jacket, my shoes finally got kissed, ankles took a beating (the left one was painful when I landed on it sometimes). Nonetheless, a fantastic run. It was a run with sheep and highland cows, through rolling green hills of lore. I'm not sure what the feeling is. Just something incredibly pure, exhilarating, and altogether simply wonderful. It's been a little while. Running makes me happy, I guess.
And this is really weird: the inside of my knee is twitching. It was kind of bothering me while walking around yesterday, and then started twitching at night after I got back. It didn't hurt at all while running.
Monday, 4 October, 2010
62 minutes. perhaps 7? After getting out of the city, went exploring forests today. It is so so so beautiful here. It was reminiscent of running through Redwood. There were a lot of paths that went off - will definitely go back; I hope to explore all of those, eventually. I pretty much did an out-and-back. Got a little bit of a stitch that I can still feel (partially from yesterday) but it was mostly fine, because I was maintaining a pretty leisurely pace. Felt great for the first half, then legs started getting a little heavy on the way back. Took a detour and did half a loop around the meadows before retracing the route back home. I wish the forest were a bit closer to me - it's a bit annoying getting out of the city, because there are so many people on the streets, but there's not really a way around it (that I've found yet, at least). Not that I'm complaining... this is pretty fantastic.
Tuesday, 5 October, 2010
4 miles, just to and from KB. Tendon on the inside of my right leg is still bothering me when I walk around; kind of clicks sometimes.
Wednesday, 6 October, 2010
Hopes, dreams, and setting reasonable immediate goals. 64 minutes by and around Arthur's seat. Estimate 7. Felt that sharp twinge on my left ankle on the landing of some foot strikes. Explored a little bit by taking some single tracks off the trail. I don't think I can get on foot to the far side of the Loch where the marshes are - darn. Light abs.
Thursday, 7 October, 2010
4 + ~5 (46 mins) in the meadows. Finally went and got a gym membership today! 62 quid is a bit pricey... oh well - I plan to make use of the pool fairly regularly, and maybe venture into the rest of it. Tired legs (slightly sore from squats and lunges)... the run felt really long - I wanted to head back at some point, but it was only 28 mins when I checked my watch, so I willed myself to do another one before trotting back. I don't like running at night by myself as it's getting dark. On a mission to get stronger.
Friday, 8 October, 2010
~1000 yards, swimming with Emma in the AM. Well, we kind of did our own thing in the pool. Oof, feel out of shape, weak, and inefficient in the water. Forgot my cap & goggles the first time, so ran back to get them in my flip flops. Set out to do a workout, but scrapped that plan pretty quickly, and didn't really keep track of what I did in that 45 mins. I think it included 200 fr, 400 kick, 200 various free drills, 200 free, 25 fly somewhere in there. I want a swimming lesson. I always feel like I'm injured (right groin) when I do breast kick. But the apple-blackcurrant pie afterward was delicious, even though it meant a brisk walk to KB to get to class on time.
Saturday, 9 October and Sunday, 10 October.
Off... way off. Being a wee bit too silly.