Saturday, off day. I woke up a little sore from my workout last night, just proof that walking hills is still my best bet for fat loss. In the whole 45 minutes of walking I stayed in the zone for 30+ of them. my fat loss zone is 123 to 140 BPM. I am going to incorporate a few of these weekly. They are the exercises I did daily last time and ultimately led to very quick weight loss while eating 1200 to 1500 calories a day. Like I said at the beginning, I am not restricting myself that much this time. While the overall goal is the same, I have more time this time and while the results are slow I am making progress.
2 Weeks until the vampire run.. oh and good news.. it looks like I will be off graves for the whole year.. worst shift ever!
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Friday, April 12, 2013
Captains log 4122013
Today I found some free time at work to walk some laps around some metro parks. I started with the ole faithful, Horseshoe Park in Aurora, and got 4 laps done before they called me to an order.. That was around 30 mins and 1.75 miles. I then completed said order and found my way to a nice park called Crestmoor Park I believe. I got 2 laps done there in about 40 minutes, about 2.3 miles total, for a grand total of 70 minutes of walking while at work. It was nice to get outside and not be cooped up.
The wife and I are heading to the gym tonight and I will get in a bit more walking and a bike ride to cap off the night before my off day tomorrow. I will refresh with an update later.
Update: ended up walking a slow walk 2.5 mph at 15° incline on hamster wheel for 40 mins and another 13 on the elliptical to round out the day.
Here is Crestmoor Park in Denver.
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The wife and I are heading to the gym tonight and I will get in a bit more walking and a bike ride to cap off the night before my off day tomorrow. I will refresh with an update later.
Update: ended up walking a slow walk 2.5 mph at 15° incline on hamster wheel for 40 mins and another 13 on the elliptical to round out the day.
Here is Crestmoor Park in Denver.
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
Captains log 492013
Today I headed to the gym, it was a snow day for the kids so I got a late start but got 30 mins of running, 15 mins of walking, and 10 on a recumbant bike in. Crummy Colorado weather. Good weather should be back by the weekend.
Captains log 4112013
Thursday... I didn't do anything yesterday. And I almost gave up first thing this morning. The alarm went off at 0400 and I did not want to get out of bed. I hit snooze twice and finally made my way up and out to the gym. I knocked out 2+ miles of running around the turf field in the half hour. I had to use the gym because the lovely colorado weather got crummy out. I ran walked at a 4 to 1 ratio for the first time. I did not feel good doing it but got her done. I gotta try to get a walk in tomorrow, then Saturday is off day..
Monday, April 8, 2013
Captains log 482013
Today was a great day, Monday. Kids back to school, truck registered (that kind of sucked), and a lovely day with the wife and daughter. The wife is on a 2 week cleanse and is on a strict diet for the next 14 days in order to cleanse all the toxins out of her body. For $200 I sure hope it works.
As for me I am back on training schedule. I got a late walk in today after dinner. Ended up walking 6.5 miles according to google maps, in about 100 minutes. It is supposed to snow again tonight, another 8-12 inches, so outside training will be put on hold once again and I will be forced in to the gym. I need to get about a half hour run walk in tomorrow to keep on pace.
here is the route I walked today:
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As for me I am back on training schedule. I got a late walk in today after dinner. Ended up walking 6.5 miles according to google maps, in about 100 minutes. It is supposed to snow again tonight, another 8-12 inches, so outside training will be put on hold once again and I will be forced in to the gym. I need to get about a half hour run walk in tomorrow to keep on pace.
here is the route I walked today:
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Sunday, April 7, 2013
Captains log 472013
Well, back at her again... after a week + of inconsistent training, as well as a trip to sea level for 5 days, today's long run was difficult to say the least. I was sluggish throughout and never hit a groove. I walked to the high school track a little less than a half a mile away, run/walked 4 miles in 46:00, a total of 4.25 miles of run/walking, then walked home. I felt as though I had not trained in a while.
I miss spoke earlier, our first 5k is April 26th so I have a few weeks to train. This is the beginning of week 5, and I am currently on the 10k training schedule, so that means that Monday, Wednesday, Friday is XT or walking, and Tuesday, Thursday is run walking for 40 minutes. Next Sunday's long run will be a 3 minute run to 1 min walk and will be the official change for the rest of my run/walks.
Today is the last day of spring break and I am taking D5 to Disney on Ice. A nice little cap to the end of busy week.
I miss spoke earlier, our first 5k is April 26th so I have a few weeks to train. This is the beginning of week 5, and I am currently on the 10k training schedule, so that means that Monday, Wednesday, Friday is XT or walking, and Tuesday, Thursday is run walking for 40 minutes. Next Sunday's long run will be a 3 minute run to 1 min walk and will be the official change for the rest of my run/walks.
Today is the last day of spring break and I am taking D5 to Disney on Ice. A nice little cap to the end of busy week.
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Captains log 462013
First blog post in April. I just got back last night from 5 days in Orlando, FL. I vacationed well, and need to get back to training. lets see...
monday 412013 was a marathon of packing fam in car, catching 7 am flight and settling in the condo we rented at The Seasons Resort. Did not drink enough water and had a wicked headache that night as I went to bed.
Tuesday 422013 woke up with a small headache and went for a run. I really wanted to do this as I wanted to see the difference of altitude. I found that while I was able to breathe much better, and I did not run out of breath, the muscle felt exactly the same. I ran/walked for about 2.5 miles in a short 30 min activity before getting on the road and heading to Universal studios for day 1.
We stayed at the Universal Studios side for about 6 hours and rode Shrek 4d, Men in Black, The Mummy Returns, Twister, and I sat with D5 while the rest of the family rode ET. Lunch was an abhorrent 1.75 hr ordeal, but we did walk the whole park and see the sights. A little research shows that the act of walking and standing in line burns about 175 calories extra per hour, and I believe it, I was a little sore for being on my feet that long on just day 1. We learned a lot this day and had a meltdown by D5 at the 1630 mark and decided to call it a day a bit early to go back and get some swimming in at the hotel.
Wednesday 432013 Hit the theme park at 1100 hours this time and went to Island of Adventure.. Splurged on the express pass, and promptly went and waited 2 hours in line to ride the Harry Potter ride. Knocked it out with the Dragon Challenge, had some butter beer, had fun at the Hogsmeade experience, and by that time the rest of the family showed up. Rode the amazing spiderman, Jurassic Park river ride, Dudley Do Right's river ride, took D5 back to Dr Suess land to ride the Carousel and prevent a meltdown, then left Island of Adventure and went back to the Studios park and used our express pass to gain an expedited entry into the minion mayhem ride. We ate dinner at Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville which was delicioso. We attempted to stay for fireworks and a presentation of 100 years of studio works but got rained out. All in all I think we were at the parks for 10 hours and 8 of which was walking or standing. Easily we walked 4 miles that day.
Thursday 442013 Headed out by 1000 to Kennedy Space Center and took a tour of the center and the Apollo launch viewing area where they have a rocket inside and all the components of the Apollo missions. It was really cool. Not nearly the same amount of walking today but definitely not just sitting around. After that we had to get the kids feet wet in the ole Atlantic and then ate at a great little spot in Cocoa Beach. Got home around 2200 hours.
Friday 452013 Check out of condo by 1000 hrs, headed back to Universal and got 1 ride in, the Hollywood Rip Ride Rock it. 2+ hour wait in line again and at least another 1.5 miles of walking. My feet were very sore by this time, I was ready to head to the airport and make our way home. We made it out of Orlando on time and home by 2230 MST or 0030 EST Saturday. Looking back it was a bit of a whirlwind.
My diet this past week was not good. I did not drink nearly enough water, ate entirely too many Dunkin Donuts (we dont have them in Colorado and I missed them) and all in all thoroughly enjoyed myself. The kids had a blast, S6 met Spiderman and got his autograph, a picture with Optimus Prime, and D5 danced with Dora and met Spongebob, Patrick, Gru, Agnes, Scooby and numerous others. S11 rode every ride I did and while he was a bit old, and too cool, to get excited about the characters he had fun.
Today is a day of rest!!! Back to training tomorrow morning.
Here is a map of the run I did on Tuesday...
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monday 412013 was a marathon of packing fam in car, catching 7 am flight and settling in the condo we rented at The Seasons Resort. Did not drink enough water and had a wicked headache that night as I went to bed.
Tuesday 422013 woke up with a small headache and went for a run. I really wanted to do this as I wanted to see the difference of altitude. I found that while I was able to breathe much better, and I did not run out of breath, the muscle felt exactly the same. I ran/walked for about 2.5 miles in a short 30 min activity before getting on the road and heading to Universal studios for day 1.
We stayed at the Universal Studios side for about 6 hours and rode Shrek 4d, Men in Black, The Mummy Returns, Twister, and I sat with D5 while the rest of the family rode ET. Lunch was an abhorrent 1.75 hr ordeal, but we did walk the whole park and see the sights. A little research shows that the act of walking and standing in line burns about 175 calories extra per hour, and I believe it, I was a little sore for being on my feet that long on just day 1. We learned a lot this day and had a meltdown by D5 at the 1630 mark and decided to call it a day a bit early to go back and get some swimming in at the hotel.
Wednesday 432013 Hit the theme park at 1100 hours this time and went to Island of Adventure.. Splurged on the express pass, and promptly went and waited 2 hours in line to ride the Harry Potter ride. Knocked it out with the Dragon Challenge, had some butter beer, had fun at the Hogsmeade experience, and by that time the rest of the family showed up. Rode the amazing spiderman, Jurassic Park river ride, Dudley Do Right's river ride, took D5 back to Dr Suess land to ride the Carousel and prevent a meltdown, then left Island of Adventure and went back to the Studios park and used our express pass to gain an expedited entry into the minion mayhem ride. We ate dinner at Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville which was delicioso. We attempted to stay for fireworks and a presentation of 100 years of studio works but got rained out. All in all I think we were at the parks for 10 hours and 8 of which was walking or standing. Easily we walked 4 miles that day.
Thursday 442013 Headed out by 1000 to Kennedy Space Center and took a tour of the center and the Apollo launch viewing area where they have a rocket inside and all the components of the Apollo missions. It was really cool. Not nearly the same amount of walking today but definitely not just sitting around. After that we had to get the kids feet wet in the ole Atlantic and then ate at a great little spot in Cocoa Beach. Got home around 2200 hours.
Friday 452013 Check out of condo by 1000 hrs, headed back to Universal and got 1 ride in, the Hollywood Rip Ride Rock it. 2+ hour wait in line again and at least another 1.5 miles of walking. My feet were very sore by this time, I was ready to head to the airport and make our way home. We made it out of Orlando on time and home by 2230 MST or 0030 EST Saturday. Looking back it was a bit of a whirlwind.
My diet this past week was not good. I did not drink nearly enough water, ate entirely too many Dunkin Donuts (we dont have them in Colorado and I missed them) and all in all thoroughly enjoyed myself. The kids had a blast, S6 met Spiderman and got his autograph, a picture with Optimus Prime, and D5 danced with Dora and met Spongebob, Patrick, Gru, Agnes, Scooby and numerous others. S11 rode every ride I did and while he was a bit old, and too cool, to get excited about the characters he had fun.
Today is a day of rest!!! Back to training tomorrow morning.
Here is a map of the run I did on Tuesday...
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