Naughty hoodie didn't do her workouts

Last week was a bit of a test as we were travelling for ME's 2nd Boston Marathon adventure. A pass was defined as getting in 2 workouts in the 4 days we were away. FAIL.

I did get lots of activity in last week, hitting my projected number of hours of exercise as prescribed as Koach Koala (clever eh... Like that?). The exercise was mostly unstructured and not sport specific though so I guess should be filled under the 'Fun and dirty but not really training' column.

As a result, I'm playing a bit of catch up and trying to get errands done as well. I'm currently sitting in Shoppers Drug Mart waiting for a prescription to get filled. Ran here and looks like I need to run to yoga after if I'm going to hope to make it in time. Did NOT plan this well. Ah well.

C'est la vie and I'm embracing it and giving myself the gift of exercise.

week's activities

mmmkay. pretty good week for me. completed 8/10 scheduled workouts, which isn't equivalent to 90% of my training load. I completed about 75% of my training load but didn't do my long run yesterday or 30mins of yoga on Thurs.

the weekend was kinda crazy with ME's cousin here from Orlando and a birthday party and my cousins in town w/ a Dallas (the bar) adventure planned. so if you're reading between the lines here - I drank too much and ate very poorly pretty much since Thursday.

aside from the previously mentioned workouts, I did:
Tues - 1hr volleyball.
Wed - 30 min tempo run; 1hr bike
Thurs - 1hr run
Fri - off
Sat - 1hr bike
Sun - off

ME has a cold and we're 7 days until the Boston Marathon and that is Not Good. my resting heart rate was elevated a little bit over the weekend which usually means I'm fighting something, so if ME gave me his cold... Not Good.

this week is shaping up to be a doozy. we're leaving for Boston on Friday and are there until Tuesday. scheduled workouts for this week:
Mon - weights, 1hr bike.
Tues - 1hr volleybal, 1hr run.
Wed - 1hr bike
Thurs - 30mins yoga, 1hr run.
Fri -off
Sat - 1hr bike
Sun - 2hrs run (~18km)

this is what's more likely to happen:
Mon - weights, 1hr run.
Tues - volleyball, 1hr bike.
Wed - 1hr run, 1hr bike
Thurs - 30mins low ropes @ YMCA,
Fri - off
Sat - run
Sun - off
Mon - off
Tues - volleyball

Lookie what came in the (e-) mail last night!

Thanks Coach Koala!
Updates on other workout this week to come.

for real gold star.

want to know why?
well internets, I earned a real gold star (along w/ LM and Mr. A who's last name I don't know) last night by going out for a bike ride IN THE RAIN when bike practise had already been cancelled. that's right I'm hardcore.
Coach's email said:
Sorry i didnt get out but thought it was going to rain for sure.
Therefore you all get GOLD STARS!

I know. I kick ass.

two gold stars!

I earned two (2) gold stars last night! Coach Koala sent me my schedule yesterday afternoon and since I'm a keener I tweaked evening plans last night to fit in my workouts. here's the breakdown of my activities:

bike
55:31
18.65km
622cal
80rpm avg
20.2km/h avg (max 46.4km/h)
143bpm avg (max 187bpm)
instructions were 1hr at 140-160 HR range - success!
ME (aka Captain Fast Bike) came with me for the bike as he wasn't really feeling a run last night either. he did some of the drills we did at Koalas practice and then I beat him up the hill. Coach Koala! I got out of the saddle and kept up my momentum!

strength
12-15 reps of each exercise (12 exercises total) - mostly success!
sit-ups - boring, did 1 min plank and 15 crunches and 15 reverse crunches instead
stretching - fail
I didn't get a chance to look up what a dumbbell pullover and side lateral raises were before I went home so I skipped those. at the request of the Physio Goddess, I added 12 reps each side of the hip aductor strengthening exercise she gave me done with a band. I also did different core exercises than sit-ups. and then I skipped the stretching in favour of a shower and bed.

also, I cooked dinner which was a 'make your own stirfry sauce from scratch' adventure that turned out quite well. very pleased with that since the last try wasn't so good. got Captain Fast Bike's stamp of approval. leftovers for lunch - yum.

gold stars might not be quite so abundant tuesday b/c of volleyball.

beer instead of running on Easter weekend!

there I am at Around The Bay. in the other pictures I'm smiling more but I like the yellow sunshine happy shirt more than my coat :o)

in other news - I'm officially a Fighting Koala. race schedule is tbd but planning something in July, August and September with the Ottawa Half Marathon in May, the Waterloo Classic in June, and a fall marathon.

had a 13M run planned for the weekend but that fell apart when Easter weekend decided to be 27 degrees Celsius! golfed 9 holes instead and drank beer. and rye. sigh... time to get back on the fitness bandwagon. at least I walked the course instead of rode.

up this week:

run tonight volleyball tues koalas bike wed run/yoga thurs rest fri bike sat run sun