Shadows In Motion

I earned 195 points for my workout on Fitocracy!

• Running +195 pts

  • 0:40:10.3 || 2.9 mi || 13:48.3 min/mi || flat (+195 pts)
  • http://runkeeper.com/user/90541518/activity/182486627 . Four new records set today. :D

Thoughts & Comments:

Today’s run was great.  First of all, I set 4 new records to beat later:

• Distance record: 2.9 miles (4.66 kilometers)
• Average Pace: 13:48 mins / mi
• Duration: 40 minutes
• Calories Burned: 440.8

I was kicking buttocks in today’s run, at least for a mildly asthmatic beginner.  My average pace for the first 20 minutes was 13:13 mins / mi.  I was quite pleased with that.  Eventually, the first parts of me that began to fatigue were my calves and the muscles around my ankles.  Of all strange things, right?

Near the end of the run I had to do a lot of brisk-ish walking (as much as I could), and in order to maintain a 13:xx mins / mi average I decided to do a very fatigued form of interval jogging.  It kept me moving faster and burning more calories than I would have been able to accomplish by simply pushing to failure.  Let’s be honest, “failure” was close at that point.

My lower back did begin to get sore during today’s run, but it wasn’t bad.  Just a little annoying.  I began to experiment with landing on the toes of my feet rather than my heels, but that just feels weird as hell.  It did help my back a bit, though, so I maintained the strangeness for a couple of minutes.

I did choose to use the inhaler once during today’s workout.

Today’s planned duration was 45 minutes, of which I ended up doing 40 minutes.  This was due to another slight miscalculation in the amount of time that it takes to travel (by foot) between home and the location at which I do my training.

After today’s workout, I’m not exaggerating, I had been sweating so much that I looked like I had just got out of the swimming pool.  I saw myself in the mirror and had to raise an eyebrow at it.  440.8 calories indeed!

Final thoughts on today’s run:  I’m very pleased with it.  An approximate 440.8 calories is a very good calorie burn, and I am feeling pretty awesome that I was actually able to maintain a jog for roughly 30 minutes straight.  That’s down right impressive considering what I’m working with, and I began today’s workout thinking that there was absolutely no way that I could do it.  Yet I did, plus the run went very smooth over all.

I’m a happy camper.

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My face feels so thin. :P

I do the beard stroke thing when I’m thinking… which is really more of a goatee, but I digress… and my fingers brushed down my cheeks.

Haha I feel so small anymore and it’s great :D

(tip: my post on how to do it)

Fitocracy is bugging out on me and it isn’t posting my workouts to Tumblr.  Hopefully this screen shot will work.

Total calories burned:  Approximately 630 calories or more.

Personal record:  14:24 mins/mi average (yes, beginner).

My run for today is finished. I’m waiting for the TV to be free so that I can do P90X: Plyometrics, then I’ll be able to post both to my Fitocracy.

Today I made a PR for my pace at a “whopping” 14:24 mins/mi average, though the website is rounding this up to 14:25.  Total time out: 28 minutes. 1.94 miles.

edit: Previous pace was 14:37

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This week was not as efficient as it could have been.  In looking back over my FItocracy entries for this week I’m surprised that I’ve only worked out 4 out of the 7 days.  That’s not acceptable, and I’ll have to keep myself on the ball this coming week.

Missing the two days wasn’t entirely without reason.  In one case it was only a Stretch X routine.  The other was quite frankly a case of not eating enough, so I wouldn’t have been able to physically do the workout.  No, that wasn’t an eating disorder issue.  It was a money issue.  I didn’t have enough in the house to eat.

Of the workouts that I did do:

Today (May 12th):  Kenpo X.

I made today’s Kenpo X routine a little more intense by adding in some plyo.  Instead of simply doing the “doubles” quickly, I turned them into a process of forward jump + technique + immediately jumping back.  Kenpo X tends to be a little too easy and I don’t have the money for body weights, so I modified the workout to add intensity.

May 10th:  Chest, Shoulders, & Triceps:

Friday’s exercise was very rough.  My body was tired, I didn’t have quite enough fuel to do a workout but I did it anyway.  Pushing through and making it happen was the theme of the day, but obviously there were no increases in the amount of weight used.

May 8th: Back & Biceps:

There wasn’t anything note worthy about Wednesday’s workout.  I lifted heavy things and put them back down for 50+ minutes.  It felt good.  No problems, no additions.

May 7th: Plyometrics:

Tuesday’s workout essentially foreshadowed the rest of the week.  The temps are increasing and it had rained, leading to an increase in humidity.  This in turn caused complications with my asthma.  I pushed through as much as I could, but was ultimately only able to do 29 minutes of P90X Plyometrics that day.  As I recall I used my so-called “rescue inhaler” twice that evening.

Asthma is usually not a significant problem for me, but I do have days where it hits and I will need to step out of that evening’s exercise.  It’s simply an issue that I work around.  Like Tony says in the P90X videos, you can’t let your ego get in the way.

That was week 10.  I’m hoping that week 11 will be much better, but I am a little uncertain.  I’m beginning my running training and there’s rain in the forecast, so we’ll see how it goes.

Thankfully this is not the norm for me.  Most weeks go much better than this one.

I earned 455 points for my workout on Fitocracy!

• General P90X +455 pts

  • 0:50:00 || Intense! (+455 pts)
  • P90X: Kenpo X. I make the exercise more intense by turning the fast (with sound) “doubles” (eg; punch and drag) into plyometric moves. Ex: Bounce forward, do the double strike, and immediately bounce back. Repeat for all doubles.

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Fitocracy is bugging out and won’t post to Tumblr, so I’m posting the details manually.

Workout:  P90X:  Chest, Shoulders, & Triceps
Fitocracy Points: 546

Thoughts & Comments:

Today was a day that my body was not ready for the workout.  Perhaps it was because yesterday was a cheat day, so I didn’t have “good fuel” to run on today.  In any case, I had to seriously push to get through it.

This means no weight increases today and a few extra short breaks, but I definitely “brought it”.

It’s great to have it done.  I always feel so good after a workout.

Post workout meal:  Salad with a bit of dressing, a hand full of sun flower seeds, a plumb, and a “cutie” orange.  Hmm..