Monday 2/16: Ran on the trails for 52 minutes.
Tuesday 2/17: Biked 1 hour and did full-body weights
Wednesday 2/18: Ran 1 hour 8 minutes, mostly around the center of town. I hadn't been able to find my Garmin for a few days. I was desperately looking for it on Tues. night to use on my run Wed. morning. I looked in and all around the desk shelf where I keep it. We have a trash can by the desk. I looked in there, but realized I had emptied it earlier in the day. After searching for several more minutes, I decided to go get the bag of trash out of the trash bin outside. I did, and sure enough, there was my Garmin watch! I said many prayers of thanks that it didn't get taken to the dump Wed. morning when the garbage truck came by.
Thursday 2/19: Biked 40 minutes and did full-body weight workout.
Friday 2/20: Took the day off, hoping to give my body a chance to heal some. I have pulled a muscle or something in my rib-cage area from coughing so badly, and every-time I cough, blow my nose, or bend certain ways, it hurts terribly.
Saturday 2/21: Ran 10.75 miles. Averaged about 8:12 pace. The first half was mostly at a sub 8 pace, but I slowed toward the end, especially on the hills.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Hair Dudes
Who says only girls primp and preen? Here are some pics of the results of Eli and Brandt's hairbrush adventures this evening... (Brandt has more to work with, but Eli definitely made the most of what he has!)
Workouts 2/9- 2/14
Monday 2/9: Ran 51 minutes at an easy pace.
Tuesday 2/10: Biked 50 minutes and did 90 pushups (1 set 40, 1 set 50)
Wednesday 2/11: Ran 48 minutes with Ashley.
Thursday 2/12: Ran 45 minutes pushing Asher in the stroller. Did full-body weight workout
Friday 2/13: Biked 52 minutes--16 miles--downstairs on the stationary.
Saturday 2/14: Woke up at 3:45 am and did speed work on the treadmill: 14 minute warm-up jog, 1 and 2 minute intervals with 1 minute rests at 9-10mph pace for 25 minutes. 5 minute cool-down jog. Did about 70 push-ups. I had to leave at 5:30 for Memphis to go to a funeral. I slept like a baby Saturday night. Still have this nasty cough. I think I'm going to go to the Dr. on Monday. 3 weeks and I'm only feeling worse.
Tuesday 2/10: Biked 50 minutes and did 90 pushups (1 set 40, 1 set 50)
Wednesday 2/11: Ran 48 minutes with Ashley.
Thursday 2/12: Ran 45 minutes pushing Asher in the stroller. Did full-body weight workout
Friday 2/13: Biked 52 minutes--16 miles--downstairs on the stationary.
Saturday 2/14: Woke up at 3:45 am and did speed work on the treadmill: 14 minute warm-up jog, 1 and 2 minute intervals with 1 minute rests at 9-10mph pace for 25 minutes. 5 minute cool-down jog. Did about 70 push-ups. I had to leave at 5:30 for Memphis to go to a funeral. I slept like a baby Saturday night. Still have this nasty cough. I think I'm going to go to the Dr. on Monday. 3 weeks and I'm only feeling worse.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Yowzers!!
So I show up to registration at the Trak Shak about 5 minutes before it is supposed to start. There are already several parents and kids standing in the store. "This is scary," I tell Melyssa, who came to help me sign kids up. It was absolute pandemonium!! Jeff, the Trak Shak owner, had to get out a second table, and had to print out more registration sheets when the 50 I had brought were gone!! I was feeling a mixture of excitement and fear. Similar to when I first went downhill skiing. I loved the initial thrill of success, but I feared what would come as I continued to gain velocity and realized I didn't know how to stop.
We had originally planned (and advertized) a late registration date, but had to cancel that. We had 67 register. YIKES!! I had 15 regulars last year. Don't even tell me the percent increase on that--I know it's insane.
If it wasn't for the narcotic for my cold, I wouldn't have slept that night, I'm sure. I woke up at 3 am feeling quite alert. I laid in bed and thought about what I had gotten myself into, and how to manage it. I considered all the successful big groups I had seen managed well. One was Eli's swim team. Kids ages 5 to 18 all under one coach. She broke them up into smaller groups and had assistant coaches working with each group, though she still designed the workouts and schedule. Another successful big-group management I experienced was BYU's cross-country camp. I went when I was 17. There were about 60 kids, and we were divided into 4 groups according to our speed.
So determined I needed to divide the team into smaller groups. After looking over the numbers and ages of the kids who registered, I decided to break them into 4 groups, according to age: 4-6 year-olds, 7-8 year-olds, 9-12 year old girls, and 9-12 year old boys. My mom, Melyssa,and room-mom-in-crime, Kanita have all agreed to be permanent assistant coaches. I've also had several parents offer to help, which I'm sure I will utilize.
I have decided to assign a color to each group and get flags of those colors. At each practice, we will place the flags at the area of the track where the kids will be beginning practice (shot-put, long-jump, 200m start, etc.). Hopefully that will help keep some order.
We'll also call roll and require the kids to check in if they are late and check out when they leave. They will have to tell their coach when they go to the restroom and will have to take a friend along. 67 kids is ALOT to keep up with.
Anyone with experience managing this kind of thing--please pass along your advive. Heaven knows I need it!
I just hope I can learn the kids names and get to know them. Last year I felt like I really knew my team well. This is SO many more, but I still want them to feel individually important.
We had originally planned (and advertized) a late registration date, but had to cancel that. We had 67 register. YIKES!! I had 15 regulars last year. Don't even tell me the percent increase on that--I know it's insane.
If it wasn't for the narcotic for my cold, I wouldn't have slept that night, I'm sure. I woke up at 3 am feeling quite alert. I laid in bed and thought about what I had gotten myself into, and how to manage it. I considered all the successful big groups I had seen managed well. One was Eli's swim team. Kids ages 5 to 18 all under one coach. She broke them up into smaller groups and had assistant coaches working with each group, though she still designed the workouts and schedule. Another successful big-group management I experienced was BYU's cross-country camp. I went when I was 17. There were about 60 kids, and we were divided into 4 groups according to our speed.
So determined I needed to divide the team into smaller groups. After looking over the numbers and ages of the kids who registered, I decided to break them into 4 groups, according to age: 4-6 year-olds, 7-8 year-olds, 9-12 year old girls, and 9-12 year old boys. My mom, Melyssa,and room-mom-in-crime, Kanita have all agreed to be permanent assistant coaches. I've also had several parents offer to help, which I'm sure I will utilize.
I have decided to assign a color to each group and get flags of those colors. At each practice, we will place the flags at the area of the track where the kids will be beginning practice (shot-put, long-jump, 200m start, etc.). Hopefully that will help keep some order.
We'll also call roll and require the kids to check in if they are late and check out when they leave. They will have to tell their coach when they go to the restroom and will have to take a friend along. 67 kids is ALOT to keep up with.
Anyone with experience managing this kind of thing--please pass along your advive. Heaven knows I need it!
I just hope I can learn the kids names and get to know them. Last year I felt like I really knew my team well. This is SO many more, but I still want them to feel individually important.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Workout log 2.02.09 - 2.07-09
Monday 2/2: Ran around 5 miles--did the Sherman Oaks hill loop. I had trouble with having to stop to cough a lot during this run. My body felt tired.
Tuesday 2/3: Biked 55 minutes downstairs and did full- body weights.
Wednesday 2/4: This was a super-cold morning. The windchill was like 10, so I chose not to run outside. I did speedwork on the treadmill: 14 minute warmup jog, 2 minutes hard, 1 minute easy for about 25 minutes. My speed bursts began at 9mph, and the last 4 or so were at 10mph. The last couple of burst were one minute. Jogged a 8 minute cool-down.
Thursday 2/5: Biked 50 minutes and did full-body weights.
Friday 2/6: Ran with Ashley. WE went 7.4 miles. Our first half was faster (I think we averaged under 8 minute miles for about 5 miles, but the ginormous hill leading back to her neighborhood slowed us down quite a bit, so we averaged about an 8: 23 pace.
Saturday 2/7: Ran 1 hour, mostly on the trails. Felt okay, but still having trouble with coughing.
Tuesday 2/3: Biked 55 minutes downstairs and did full- body weights.
Wednesday 2/4: This was a super-cold morning. The windchill was like 10, so I chose not to run outside. I did speedwork on the treadmill: 14 minute warmup jog, 2 minutes hard, 1 minute easy for about 25 minutes. My speed bursts began at 9mph, and the last 4 or so were at 10mph. The last couple of burst were one minute. Jogged a 8 minute cool-down.
Thursday 2/5: Biked 50 minutes and did full-body weights.
Friday 2/6: Ran with Ashley. WE went 7.4 miles. Our first half was faster (I think we averaged under 8 minute miles for about 5 miles, but the ginormous hill leading back to her neighborhood slowed us down quite a bit, so we averaged about an 8: 23 pace.
Saturday 2/7: Ran 1 hour, mostly on the trails. Felt okay, but still having trouble with coughing.
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