5:12am. My alarm sounds. I think there is some sort of emergency as I am shocked from sleep into the darkness of early morning. I hit snooze, only to realize, yep, it’s time to wake up. Before my soft jersey sheets can draw me back to slumber, I flip on my lamp and leap out [...][...]
Archive for the ‘Workouts’ Category
Getting there, day by day
As I was quickly making my way through my 105lb deadlifts yesterday, I was thinking about how far I’ve come in my strength training class (and everyone else in the class). I can hold plank for…ever (yesterday I was doing it with 20lbs of weights on my back), I can actually do pushups rea[...]
December 11th, 2008 - 10:14 pm § in Food & Diet, Workouts
Ass = kicked, Soy Zone, and Power-tap envy
I’ve started attending my strength training class twice a week now. Yesterday I upped my weight on just about everything and really pushed myself to go a bit further (like doing 1-legged 1-armed planks, eg. left arm straight out and right leg straight out at the same time). That one’s a [...]
November 14th, 2008 - 8:32 am § in Workouts
Pain in the Park… they weren’t kidding
Last night was clear, not too cold, with a full moon blazing down on 30 or so people doing pushups on logs in Sellwood Park. I went to a winter event called Pain in the Park, put on by PV’s own Jeff Henderson (who also happens to run the Portland Triathlon). I knew it was [...][...]
November 13th, 2008 - 3:02 pm § in Workouts
Eight-week Challenge!
Since my racing season has wrapped up (mentally at least), I have started my winter training. Originally my plan was to make the end of November and all of December about resting and losing weight. I’ve started that this week, despite 1 more Cross Crusade race to go. It’s 8 weeks until 2[...]
August 12th, 2008 - 8:26 pm § in Cyclocross, Workouts
CX workout #1: getting things off with a bang
I’ve been a bit down lately about myself and my lack of training since Elkhorn (even though that was the plan…remember?). Anyway, so I decided TODAY would start my new regimen of cross-specific workouts; I figure starting now gives me almost 2 months of workouts before Crusade begins, wh[...]
August 7th, 2008 - 12:25 pm § in Workouts
This week
MONDAY: I tried a new yoga studio, that has athlete-specific classes in fall and spring, and it also happens to be ~1/2 mile from my work. The class I took was not geared towards athletes, but was interesting none the less. It was an intermediate-level class, and I realized I could probably stand to[...]
July 23rd, 2008 - 10:06 pm § in Food & Diet, Workouts
Sundrops : My Nemesis
Warning: this post is boring unless you are psycho about weight/food issues. So read on if you dare. At $7/pound, Sundrops are not cheap. Sundrops also involve getting in the car 10 minutes before New Seasons closes and rushing over there, mouth salivating, brain focused on “sugar sugar sugar[...]
June 10th, 2008 - 9:26 pm § in Cyclocross, Workouts
Post-Elkhorn Goals
I know, this is a little premature. I should be focusing on that damned race, but I can’t help but start planning ahead. REST! Dammit. Volunteer as ride marshall at LiveStrong ride (100 miles) Sunday after elkhorn. BEER AND MOUNTAIN BIKING!! … dammit! Track racing!!! Work on core streng[...]
April 25th, 2008 - 10:30 am § in Workouts
Success!
There seems to be something to this whole resting thing. Me and Alex did hill repeats on Thompson yesterday (3000′ climbing total…) and I felt completely awesome. Suddenly I don’t feel like such a weakling any more. Score. Still no sugar. Although I did have 2 bites of donut this m[...]
