run 5.4

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Time: lunch
Where: DT Bellevue Park
Workout: 5 miles, with intervals (1′ on, 1’30 off x 10)
Notes and observations: My Thursday run got pushed to Friday. So my Saturday run got pushed to Sunday. Likely scenario this week as well. Nothing special here, though I am getting burned out at this park. It’s easy, though, and I don’t have to think. I do dread the stairs and incline, even if they aren’t a big deal. Because I am so competitive against myself, I can’t even fathom running in the opposite direction, so that I go down the stairs instead of up; or taking the path more travelled, thus skipping the slight incline. Really, it’s because I’m an idiot.
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lift 5.2

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Time: before work
Where: gym
Workout: It was too long ago, so I can’t remember. I’m adding this post in to check off that I did do this.
Notes and observations: as my days and weeks get busier the workout that suffers is the strength training. I managed to get one in last week, and probably will not get one in this week.
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run 5.1

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Time: lunch
Where: around bellevue
Workout: 3.5 miles
Notes and observations: So. Mapmyrun reports that the run I’ve been doing the past couple of weeks that I thought was around 4 miles, is actually only 3.5! So what I thought was an excellent time of around 35 minutes is actually quite slow! But I’ll give myself an out and remind everyone that there are several traffic lights that I wait for during this run. Okay, about 2 traffic lights. My mid-week runs are not at the level they are supposed to be, but time has been short lately. Work has been C-R-A-Z-Y, so I’m just happy to be doing something.
Music: Green Day, American Idiot. I think. Who knows?  Now I remember … it was my “run” playlist that i started. Lots of Killers and Foo.

Hey! Today was my anniversary! I spent it at work. Woo.

run 4.29

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Time: 8:30
Where: Green Lake
Workout: 5 K
Notes and observations: First weekend since I started training seriously that I did not do the prescribed workout. I skipped Saturday and ran a 5K race on Sunday (the top pot 5k doughnut dash). My time: 27:24. My pace: 8:50. I’m sure I could have been faster but I started off near the back of the pack and spent the first mile bobbing and weaving my way towards a comfortable spot. There were people running this race, dressed as doughnuts. I literally chased a maple bar the entire 5K. And the maple bar beat me!

Oh yeah, and we all got a real doughnut at the end. Well, some runners had theirs before the race started, but that’s no way to run a race! Glazed. mmmm ….

Music: Beat the Bridge playlist. It’s a good one!

Cardio 4.27

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Time: before work
Where: gym, elliptical trainer
Workout: 40 minutes steady state
Notes and observations: Friday is usually my rest day but since I skipped Wednesday I felt obliged to do something. I was reading a fun book so did what I call my lazy workout, a lengthy steady state cardio job where I can read. Usually I do the stairmill as it makes me sweat like nobody’s business and reading makes the time go by so quickly. But my knee problem led me to the elliptical. Good book!
Music: Taylor swift, Fearless

Run 4.26

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Time: lunch
Where: Bellevue downtown park
Workout: 5 miles with intervals 1′ on 1’30” off x 9
Notes and observations: My big fear, I lose track of how many loops I ran. The goal was 7 but it might have been 6. I still did 9 intervals, though.
Times was under 40 min, which is why I suspect I missed a loop (so 4.5 instead of 5 miles). Oh well. It happens.
Music: can’t remember!

run 4.24

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Time: lunch

Where: bellevue

Workout: 4+miles 35:32

Notes and observations: My mantra today was ‘something is better than nothing’. Work was quite busy and my goal of 6 miles shrunk to 5 to finally 4, which I was easily able to manage within an hour, including changing and shower. I think my time was around 34 minutes on a nice, rolling hills kind of route. I will consider this week a break from the half-marathon training, and focus on speed for the 5K I’m doing at Green Lake on Sunday.

Music: Green Day, American Idiot

Lift 4.23

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Time: before work
Where: gym
Workout: Romanian DL (bar) 15×1; (70) 10×2
Pushups, 10×3
Squats (20) 10×3
Pushups 10×3
Lat Pull-down (80) 10×3
Walking lunges (BW) 10×3
Standing lunges, front foot elev (15 ea) 10×3
Pushups elev 10×3
DB shoulder press (20ea) 10×3
Eagles (5) 20×2;30×2
Notes and observations: Trying to work in more lunges to help ease some knee pain. I won’t deny adding in some more arm/upper exercises due to my wardrobe choice of a black tank top.
Music: Foo Fighters, Wasting Light

Run 4.21

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Time: 8am
Where: 1-mi warm up on B-G, then to Green Lake via Ravenna, around GL and back via 65th
Workout: 9.11 miles, LSD. 1:30.57
Notes and observations: At the eighth mile is a nice lengthy hill. I had expected to have to stop and walk a couple blocks. Until some 20something girl showed up at the same intersection, dressed to display her assets, not for exercise. That annoyed me. I thought she was headed in the opposite direction, so imagine my surprise when I saw her gearing up to climb the same hill. She was on the other side of the street, and in her half shirt and short shorts, running with arms flailing and um endowments bouncing. She cooly trotted up the hill slightly faster than me, and at that moment I decided it was on. I remained steady and soon we were near even. I stayed slow and steady, determined to make it up the hill. I saw her take a left a few blocks into the climb and in the corner of my eye I saw her stop and start walking, hands on her hips. For all i know her house was at the corner of the block but it didnt stop me from thinking i won some small victory. I couldn’t help but smile, and I climbed the rest of the hill. Stick it, half-shirt girl!
Music: foo fighters, on shuffle. The Pretender flipped on with less than a mile to go which led to a strong finish.

Run 4.19

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Time: lunch
Where: bellevue dt park
Workout: 5 miles, including intervals of 1′ on 1’30” off x 9
Notes and observations: not much. I’m tired and cranky, thinking ahead to 9 miles tomorrow …
Music: my new ‘run, playlist which includes all of the usual suspects.