Well, winter is really starting to make an appearance in Denver.. I'm personally not a big fan, but well, I love every aspect of this city except for the snow, so I'll deal with it, like I've done for the past 12 years.
Today I went for my 1st official snow/drizzle 25 degree weather run, where the cloud coverage keeps the sun from shining (something I love the most about Denver) and it takes about 3 miles to get warm.
So we decided to do 5 miles!
After a great birthday party last night, and me partaking in a few (3) beers, I almost felt compelled to say: hell no! I'm not running in the cold, I'll hit the treadmill later!. but in the end, running with someone will always beat running alone, because of the accountability factor, and most specially, because he was also there last night at the party, so, no excuse to be lame! hehe.
So thanks again to my new awesome running bud Ryan for the extra push (literally, his pace is way faster than mine, and the more we run, the faster he gets -whereas the longer I run, the slower I get-).
Crosstraining continues as usual, with a small hiatus on the bike starting tomorrow, since I'm getting an awesome tattoo on my ribs tomorrow, so I'll be out of sweating commission until the tat is healed.
Two more weeks to keep it nice and easy and come January 1st, no more messing around! training season will begin again.
And for extra fun, I'm sending my application to be team captain with Team In Training for their upcoming summer season! woohoo! I love those peeps, the cause, the mission, the training, everything is worth every minute.
Cheers friends!
Friday, December 17, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
Training at Altitude. December part 1.
This is my first blog....
It will contain all of my adventures in training at a mile high....
I AM OFFICIALLY REGISTERED FOR THE SF MARATHON JULY 31ST. 2011
So, it is time to train again... and this will become my "training diary" of sorts, and will have links to my awesome Garmin "computer" too!
So far, I have been cross training like crazy, nursing the injury that made me complete 13.1 miles at the Denver Marathon instead of 26.2.
This is what I've done so far...
*Monday Nov. 29th - Qi Ryders Mountain Warriors... 1 1/2 hrs of ass kicking bootcamp style training and then 1hr of spinning on the real ryders.
* Tuesday - No training today. Long day of work
*Wednesday Dec. 1st.- Anusara Yoga. Always good for the soul and most specially all my leg muscles!
*Thursday Dec. 2nd - Vinyasa Yoga. Powerful balancing poses with Raven.
*Friday Dec. 3rd. Willpower & Grace. Holy Quadriceps workout! Sara is a great teacher.
*Saturday Dec. 4th. Run & then Yoga. Gotta keep those legs moving and strong; got on the treadmill to "feel it out" after my month and a half hiatus and ran 2.5 miles and it felt great! afterwards, a great yoga session followed (with the fabulous Kylie) to stretch out properly.
*Sundays are my days off, and they will always be, since I'll continue to have my long runs on Saturday; and in fact, I teach yoga for runners on Sundays!
*Monday Dec.6th. Qi Ryders Mountain Warriors. I just love this program so much, it always changes, it's never dull, and they make us work so hard, it is totally worth the hurt! I'm so grateful Chris and Nick keep us going!
*Tuesday Dec 7th. Spin / Barre. Decided to check out the new "craze" out there, with the whole barre program. I am not convinced yet, since I never wanted to be a ballerina, therefore feeling very ridiculous the entire workout..but the spin part is always fun (I missed the yoga though). That being said, the barre does its work, and the calfs get an intense workout for sure!
* Wednesday - No training today, every week, I get the one day where work gets in the way...
*Thursday Dec. 9th. 1ST OFFICIAL RUN OF THE SEASON OUTDOORS! Oh how fun! Went to Wash Park for the loop. 2.5 miles with Ryan (it's nice to have a running bud that can run later than 6am!)
*Friday Dec. 10th. Spin / Sculpt. the terrific combo to tone upper body and create more strength!
*Saturday Dec. 11th. tomorrow I will do spin / yoga or run and then do yoga, yet to be determined, either way, I'm gonna keep moving; because a body in motion, stays in motion!!!
For those of you curious and wanting more info on the location and times of all of this great cross training tools/programs you can go to:
www.qiryders.com
www.qidenver.com
It will contain all of my adventures in training at a mile high....
I AM OFFICIALLY REGISTERED FOR THE SF MARATHON JULY 31ST. 2011
So, it is time to train again... and this will become my "training diary" of sorts, and will have links to my awesome Garmin "computer" too!
So far, I have been cross training like crazy, nursing the injury that made me complete 13.1 miles at the Denver Marathon instead of 26.2.
This is what I've done so far...
*Monday Nov. 29th - Qi Ryders Mountain Warriors... 1 1/2 hrs of ass kicking bootcamp style training and then 1hr of spinning on the real ryders.
* Tuesday - No training today. Long day of work
*Wednesday Dec. 1st.- Anusara Yoga. Always good for the soul and most specially all my leg muscles!
*Thursday Dec. 2nd - Vinyasa Yoga. Powerful balancing poses with Raven.
*Friday Dec. 3rd. Willpower & Grace. Holy Quadriceps workout! Sara is a great teacher.
*Saturday Dec. 4th. Run & then Yoga. Gotta keep those legs moving and strong; got on the treadmill to "feel it out" after my month and a half hiatus and ran 2.5 miles and it felt great! afterwards, a great yoga session followed (with the fabulous Kylie) to stretch out properly.
*Sundays are my days off, and they will always be, since I'll continue to have my long runs on Saturday; and in fact, I teach yoga for runners on Sundays!
*Monday Dec.6th. Qi Ryders Mountain Warriors. I just love this program so much, it always changes, it's never dull, and they make us work so hard, it is totally worth the hurt! I'm so grateful Chris and Nick keep us going!
*Tuesday Dec 7th. Spin / Barre. Decided to check out the new "craze" out there, with the whole barre program. I am not convinced yet, since I never wanted to be a ballerina, therefore feeling very ridiculous the entire workout..but the spin part is always fun (I missed the yoga though). That being said, the barre does its work, and the calfs get an intense workout for sure!
* Wednesday - No training today, every week, I get the one day where work gets in the way...
*Thursday Dec. 9th. 1ST OFFICIAL RUN OF THE SEASON OUTDOORS! Oh how fun! Went to Wash Park for the loop. 2.5 miles with Ryan (it's nice to have a running bud that can run later than 6am!)
*Friday Dec. 10th. Spin / Sculpt. the terrific combo to tone upper body and create more strength!
*Saturday Dec. 11th. tomorrow I will do spin / yoga or run and then do yoga, yet to be determined, either way, I'm gonna keep moving; because a body in motion, stays in motion!!!
For those of you curious and wanting more info on the location and times of all of this great cross training tools/programs you can go to:
www.qiryders.com
www.qidenver.com
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