25/01/10

So I went for a run yesterday with Mike and it was the crappiest run ever :(. My bum and thighs ached from the day befores lunges, I couldn't maintain a decent pace, I was tired, cold and grumpy! Mike did take the camera though so I have some pics of our favourite route! Here's me on the way to the bridge about 1.5 miles in, you can't tell too well but it's a looong hill, not too steep but you do feel it haha


The bridge, still ultra grey horrible weather in the north of England


Me again



View from the bridge


Over the other side of the bridge before we jogged over the other side... I can't say ran it was definately jogging by this stage!!


My fake smile...





A raven who went for a walk across the traffic part of the bridge, we saw a car go right near it and he didn't fly off, they must be used to them!


I really struggled with this jog, my legs really hurt for most of it and I was too cold, I'd worn clothes for a faster pace really but couldn't keep it up. On the way back down the hill my knee really hurt all of a sudden so I stopped and stretched it out and decided it was ok to carry on but after a few hundred metres I realised it wasn't a good idea to carry on so I had to stop. I hate cutting workouts or runs short. Overall a very blahh run. And I felt bad for slowing Mike down.
Overall we did 7.65 miles in 1.25ish... lost it off the garmin since.. A lot slower than the 8 miles I did last week but it felt a lot, lot harder.

My work capacity has been getting less and less over the past two weeks and I think I've burnt out a bit, picking up little injuries and the virus I had threw me out for way longer than I'd normally be ill, I'm still coughing stuff up it's been over a week.. sorry gross.. So reluctantly today I've taken a rest day instead of going boxing. I was really tempted to go cause my knee feels a lot better today and my chest isn't feeling too bad. Plus I'm feeling very fidgety having done very little movement all day!! I think I'm going to go and bake something to give me something to do.. not sure what.. any suggestions? I would have made those brownies again but I ran out of cocoa powder!

20/01/10

AM
I went for a cardiac output run today, it felt better than the last time as I was able to maintain a faster pace. That meant it was a lot less boring and annoying as the garmin was not beeping at me to slow down so often! I've decided that Tchaikovsky is no good to listen to on cardiac output runs! As soon as I started to listen to Tchaikovsky my garmin started beeping, I must just enjoy his music too much! It was a fairly nice jog for the most part but I saw a dead squirel whilst I was jogging and it was really upsetting. I can't get the image out of my head..

I tried to maintain a steady pace throughout the run except for a 1-2minute walk when I bumped into someone I used to box with. I also decided to sprint the end of the run, I started running at about 5.9 miles.. A bit of a screw up on my part, Mike and I moved house last October and I'm still not entirely sure about the area, I thought I was a lot closer to home than I was!

Stats
6.53 miles
1:16:59
Average HR 153
11.51 pace

PM
Core work

• 40 sit-ups
• 1 min weighted plank (2.5kg)
• 20 sit-ups with a twist
• 20 crunches
• leg raises - alternate legs in and out 10 each leg - both legs in and out x 10

x 2

Push-ups - 5x10
Chin-ups - 5x1
Wrist curls 5kg - 5x10
Reverse wrist curls 1kg - 20, 30
Uneven DB rotations 0.5kg - 6x10

10/01/10

AM
Cardiac output run

4.93 miles in 1:06:34
average heart-rate 151
pace 13:33

My pace for my last cardiac output run was 12.51, not sure why I had to go so much slower this time to keep my heart rate down. Maybe it was the snow? It was fairly deep but I'm not sure why it would make me slower since I wasn't running at max speed...? dunno! any suggestions welcomed!

PM
20 minutes continuous core work (leg raises, plank etc)
Wrist curls 18.5kg - 20, 15
Reverse wrist curls 10kg - 30, 20
Isometric punches - Jab/Cross/L.hook/R.uppercut x 4 sets

06/01/10

AM
Cardiac output run
3miles in 38.24
average heartrate 149
pace 12:51

This run was so boring, I really hated running so slowly and I was absolutely cursing my boyfriend's garmin when it kept beeping to tell me my heartrate had gone too high, but it will be worth it if it pays off!

PM
Boxing

Warm up - 15 minutes jogging, stretching and exercises inc 10 push-ups
Partner drills padding punches and practising parries - 10 minutes

Then

Shadowboxing - 5 x 2
Plyo jumping circuit - 1 x 2
Lateral jumps over long bench - 1 x 2
Heavy bag - 8 x 2
Shadowboxing - 2 x 2

...17 ROUNDS.. blah!

The plyo jumping circuit and lateral jumps were the killer! I was so tired after these two rounds I really had to dig deep in the first few bag rounds. I'm going to be getting some sparring in tomorrow, really looking forward to that! Also getting booked in for my medical so could be fighting in my club's home show in April!

Push-ups ammassed during the session = 22 as there were some in the plyo circuit too.