What Was Your Work Out Today?
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11,137 pseudo-meters stationary bike, 10k+3'CD, averaging 90W including the CD, almost entirely Z2 (about 26 of 29' in Z2, with 2'ish Z3, remainder below). Winter trudging through workouts seems to have improved things a little for these, with a similar November bike ride costing about a third of the duration in Z3, and peaking 10bpm higher.MikePfirrman wrote: »(snip workout report and canine good stuff)
@AnnPT77 -- saw this today from one of my rower buddies. Thought you might find it interesting.
https://worldrowing.com/2022/04/05/one-rowing-stroke-at-a-time-surviving-stage-3-cancer-for-20-years-book-review/?fbclid=IwAR068mflalTSh7A1_vsSBCGa0ICwO5EJGgC3okl9YR8XzGq_mgPk333ArVc
That looks good, Mike: I'll note it for my "future reads" list! Thank you. Stage III as young as she was is really daunting . . . dare I say usually bad odds? I kind of did it in reverse order from the author, stage III breast cancer (at 44 in my case) then taking up rowing. We're both lucky to be here 20+ years on. I can't speak for her, but I admit they gave me good odds given circumstances: 60% or so likelihood of surviving 5 years. Alive is an excellent start on the rest of the day.2 -
I went climbing. It was good fun, I was in pretty good form. I lasted just over 2 hours, and left when the gym threw me out. The handful of us left then all started chatting. Amazingly, I was the youngest (at 50)- the others all seemed to be 52 or 53.3
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Outdoor ride last night with two other guys. I struggled to stay with them on the climbs, since they’re both strong climbers who were riding their road bikes vs my Tri bike. We got 30 miles in at a 17.4mph ave. (180watts) That’s a notch more intense than most of my early season work, but I needed the push.
Hope to swim today if I can break away during lunch hour.4 -
Another elliptical day. 45 minutes, with some intervals in the last 15 minutes. Felt good.
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9K on the rower today. Pretty easy on that but it was hot -- 86 at lunch. Also, spent a good chunk of the AM sweeping up my street with a push broom.
Having my backyard landscape renovated (as if taking care of my wife post surgery isn't stressful enough all while filing self-employment taxes -- I'm pulling my hair out this week!). They dropped off two huge piles of sand for the paver patio into the street out front. No cones, nothing.
I saw them do it and knew that the paver crews weren't coming till tomorrow so I got dressed figuring I'd put something orange in front of it so some yahoo wouldn't run into it -- it's pretty hard to miss seeing it. Before I could get dressed, some jackhole plowed into it and spread it for like 30 yards down the street. Drove off, of course. Left me with around a 1/4 ton of dirt to sweep back into a pile laid out way down the street. Took around 40 minutes to clean it all up. Quite a great workout though.3 -
Nice work on the distance record, plus accomplishing a weight milestone, @swimmom_1: That's excellent!
Thank you Ann.
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No time to swim at lunch yesterday, but squeezed in a 35 minute easy trail run last night. Legs were still a bit fatigued from strength/bike on Tuesday, so I went easy.
Second trainer session of the week this am. Three twelve minute rounds each consisting of two strength exercises and a quick cardio blast (:30 ropes, assault bike, erg skier, etc)
Will ride on the trainer tonight, then drop off the bike at the bike fitter for a spring tune up while I’m away next week.1 -
Noped out of working out yesterday for no good reason, just moody, I guess. I feel like I might be better off to switch things up, but can't find the enthusiasm, and the cold weather just keeps dragging on, here (river water temp is still low, plus it keeps raining/snowing/blowing a gale).
Today, back to stationary bike, 11,134m in 29:05 overall (10k + 3' CD), easy pace (about 1/3 Z3, 2/3 Z2, 93W average including the CD).1 -
I did an 8 km morning walk. I'm very sensitive to heat and humidity so I was struggling to get it done
I thought I'd lose 10 kgs by end of May but it seems impossible coz of the heat 
Did a 30 minute HIIT workout now
https://youtu.be/I6UCw2d7f6Q 3 -
Rowing machine, once again starting off with the idea of staying more moderate, once again ending up pushing it a little . . . I think not max effort, but the 3rd piece was a bit of a challenge.
3 x (2k on, 2' off/CD), negative splitting the pieces at 2:27.5 pace/21 spm/109W; 2:24.9/19spm/115W; 2:23.6/20spm/118W. About 35' and 6725m overall, including the row out/in and CD, 38% of the time in each of Z3 and Z4, remainder below.2 -
Elliptical, 45 min. The usual. No strength training today because I had some yard work and other household chores to do today.
I see @AnnPT77 's complaints about winter, and I'll follow that with a complaint about early summer. It was 90F here today. In a couple of months, I'll be wishing for the weather to get down to only 90F, so I guess I should stop whining. haha I'm just not mentally prepared for the heat yet.3 -
Worked today, so I usually don't do a work out, but I ended up thinking I would do 90 minutes on the Elliptical. Instead I did 143 minutes for 10 miles1
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Stationary bike, the usual 10k + 3' CD, very easy pace, only 25 seconds of 29:20 in Z3, remainder almost entirely Z2. 11,110 pseudo-meters overall, 91W average on the 10K piece, max HR about 70% max and a little under 60% reserve.1
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Elliptical, 2 sessions 330 minutes total for 22.51 miles.0
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30 mins of low impact aerobics, 15 mins of weight training, 15 minutes of standing yoga.
It was my first time doing yoga and I was surprised at how well it kept my heart rate up in the aerobic range.1 -
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Easy 3 mile trail run yesterday.
Traveling to Florida for vacation today. Planning to get in 150 miles on the bike, plus a few swims and runs this week.2 -
I did a blogilates workout (YouTube)1
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Today was supposed to be a rest day, but it was beautifully sunny, and above 50F (10C) - a thing that's been slow/rare to happen here so far this Spring . . . so I took a walk, roadside then trail and back, from home: 4.2 miles (6.8 km) at moving average 3.7 mph (6 kph), easy pace. Looks like I hit Z3 (barely) for about 2' total on some minor hills, otherwise Z2 & below.1
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Elliptical, 1 session today, 272 minutes for 17.54 miles.2
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Didn’t do my usual end of the week easy Sunday 30 minute workout. After a 29 year hiatus I ran the 45th Austin Capital 10k… so got a 10k done early in the day…
You know I think I can’t complain that I got my work out done early and overall did pretty good…5 -
I did a 9 km walk in 87 minutes and burned 600 cals.0
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Didn’t do my usual end of the week easy Sunday 30 minute workout. After a 29 year hiatus I ran the 45th Austin Capital 10k… so got a 10k done early in the day…
You know I think I can’t complain that I got my work out done early and overall did pretty good…
@mrmota70: I can't even tell you how inspiring, motivational, and all-round excellent this is, IMO. Go, you! (I've been seeing you on this and other threads, cheering in my head.)
You rock, fer serious.0 -
1.5 hours at the public pool playing with the grandchildren. They beg to go to bed at night. 3
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I spent the weekend caving in Wales. I traveled down on the Friday after work, leaving at about 8 and arriving just after midnight. Saturday was Pant Mawr for some SRT practice. It's a lovely cave; it gets way nicer after the first boulder choke.
We set off later than intended on the Sunday, so we decided for a smaller trip. We did the round trip at Ogof Ffynnon Ddu 1. Although it's short, it's quite challenging with plenty of climbs and traverses, You need cow's tails at a few points, to clip onto wire, as there are some large drops over some of the hairier bits. We left Wales at about 5, and I was home by 9.2 -
First ride of the vacation week in Florida, including a scenic section along Jupiter Island. Pancake flat terrain but a stiff breeze during the return trip. Got in 43 miles at a 17.2 ave.
Planning a short ride and pool swim for today.2 -
Agree. Well done! That’s a solid result!Didn’t do my usual end of the week easy Sunday 30 minute workout. After a 29 year hiatus I ran the 45th Austin Capital 10k… so got a 10k done early in the day…
You know I think I can’t complain that I got my work out done early and overall did pretty good…
@mrmota70: I can't even tell you how inspiring, motivational, and all-round excellent this is, IMO. Go, you! (I've been seeing you on this and other threads, cheering in my head.)
You rock, fer serious.
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Today - 12 Apr 2022
Walk - 2km - 24 mins
Swim - 60 x 25m - 61 mins
Walk - 3.5km - 45 mins
Yoga/Stretch - 29 mins2 -
Finally ran 5km again. Not fast, not elegant, but made it
Currently sitting on the couch curled up, compressing my calf muscle a bit, and what happens: oh, that feels like I'm getting a crap. Better not do that. So what do I do? Lets see how far I can get without getting a cramp - resulting in.. of course a cramp 3
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