Christmas 2010

I have managed to get some exercise in this past week. I did yoga 4 times, swam twice and ran twice. I ran on Christmas Eve and Christmas day and also on boxing day. I plan to swim today (dec 27th). My plans for the New Year are to start doing some spinning on my trainor before i go to Arizona in February. I want to start doing a longer run now and then just to maintain some endurance. I have been running mostly 8-10 k and haven't done a long run since earlier in the fall.

Busy time of year

With Christmas parties, work etc... it is a hard time of year to stick to a routine. I am doing not too bad. Last week (week ending dec 11th) i managed 3 swims; 3 yoga classes, one spin class, one run outside and one run on a treadmill. I still don't have my bike trainor set up set which I have been meaning to do. This week, i am not track to do roughly the same- i have done 3 yoga classes, 2 swims, 2 runs on the treadmill, some weights, and I plan to run outside today, swim tomorrow and do a spin class on Saturday. I have booked a hotel for my trip to Tucson, Arizona and have been online a bit doing some research re what to do. There is lots of info online re cycling routes. My trip is the last week of February so I want to do some indoor cycling on the trainor in Jan and Feb. and then do this week of cycling the end of February. If we have a pring like last year, I would be able to get cycling outside in March and hopefully and a good base earlier than usual.

a lot of wining and dining

Things are getting busy in the lead up to Christmas. I had some sort of social engagement from thursday to sunday this past week. I managed to run 4 times last week- once on the treadmill and three times outside. that is actually the most i have run in a while. most of the runs were 8 or 9 k. I did hot yoga twice, taught one spin class (saturday) and only swam once. that is the least I have have swam in a while. I was planning to get up this morning at 5 am to go to the pool but opted to go back to bed. I plan to get back on track this week with swimming. I still don't have my bike trainor set up and ready to go. I have to take my roadbike in from New Glasgow to Charlottetown.

how much yoga is too much?

I am in Halifax with my mom christmas shopping. I went to Moksha yoga over here and did a 90 minute class today. it was great. Moksha yoga is a bit more sedate than the yoga at Dynamic Fitness but you sweat a lot and feel good afterward. I did yoga this past week 4 times- sunday, tuesday, thursday and today. I swam three times this week and have been finding that the upei swim workouts are getting a bit harder and longer. i ran twice this week on the treadmill and did intervals both times, I am planning on going running in halifax sunday morning. My weight has been staying pretty constant at 152-154 depending on when i weigh myself and what i have been doing beforehand. I am going to get my roadbike set up on the trainer at my place in town in the near future and start doing one or two trainer cycle workouts per week.

running intervals

My friend, Billy MacDonald recently pointed out that i need to work on my running. What he meant, i think, was that i do pretty well in triathlons until i get to the run and then loose a bit of ground. My running was improved in 2010. I was a bit faster than i had been in the past few years. It was my biking that was a bit weaker. But, still, I was ahead of Billy in two or three triathlons this year until the run and he went on to finish in the top 10 whereas i would be somewhere in the 15-20th place. So, this past week I took his advice and started doing interval training on the treadmill. I have done three sets of intervals in the past week. I am running faster on the treadmill than i have ever run. So, i will keep doing that at least once a week and see if it makes a difference. i am anxious to get my trainor set up and start using that at least once a week. I booked a vacation for Tucson, Arizona in February for a week of cycling. I plan to do some training on the bike trainor before that and then, if we have decent weather in March next year, get outside on the bike as soon as possible.

Otherwise, i still swimming three times a week and enjoying the UPEI club workouts; trying to do hot yoga 3 times and spinning twice. Have been doing some weights once or twice per week and running when I can. Ironcially, while yoga has really improved my fleibility, it is giving me sone back pain that I never had.

Week in Chicago

I was in Chicago last week for vacation from Sunday, Nov. 7th to Saturday, November 14th. I did a fair bit of runnng- I ran 4 times for about an hour each time. That is the most running I have done in one week in a while. As I have mentioned on here before, I am having a hard time fitting everything in since I have added hot yoga to my weekly schedule. There are fantastic running and biking trails all along ths shoreline of Chicago. The weather was great and I kind of wished I had taken my bike. The reality of that, however, would have been a pain travelling with my bike and my intent was really to see and enjoy Chicago, not go for training. I am planning a winter vacation this year with trainng in mind. I am planning on going to Tucson, Arizona in Feb for a week of cycling. I am going to use my indoor trainer more this winter (more than almost not at all last year).

On vacation again

This week i am headed to Chciago. It was the best deal i could get at the time to use 25,000 airmiles. I have never been there and have heard good things about it. I am planning to do some running this week and some hot yoga for fitness. This past week I swam with the UPEI club three times; did three hot yoga, ran once or twice and did two spin classes. That seems to be my average at the moment. That is still about 10 hours of activitiy a week which is pretty good. My spin classes are picking up a bit as more people are coming. My swimming is great since i have been doing the upei workouts; My running is ok but but i have been a bit slack about that. I am staying at a nice hotel in chciago so i assume there will be some sort of gym as well.