correction on pace

I found out the Stadium to Stadium wasn't exactly 5miles. I was only 4.7mile, so my blogged average pace per mile was incorrect
Corrected is 9:39/mile
Agh...I was so excited that I actually avg 9:04.
More to improve upon.

biking!

Biked around Angel Island today
10mi total of leisurely biking pace
beautiful weather
there were a couple of hills, my quads got a good workout
most likely won't race tomorrow, quads are sore

easy run

near Marina
date: Thursday, 8.24.2006
time: 6:50pm
weather conditions: cool, perfect running weather
clothing: black shorts, long sleeve
shoes: New Balance 1010
route: near Costco
distance: ?mi
time: 45min
pace:
meal before hand: Vietnamese vermacelli noodles
tired, didn't really feel like running, but still ran, not the best run

track workout

Tuesday, 8.22.2006
track workout
20 min warm up jog around track
6 x 200m
avg 1:05 per 200m
10 min cool down

food before hand: left over Chinese, I think

a little behind in my entry

Ran with with E. this morning near her home
date: Monday, 8.21.2006
time: 6:40am
weather conditions: cool, perfect running weather
clothing: black shorts, long sleeve
shoes: New Balance 1010
route: near Costco
distance: 3.95mi
time: 40:28
pace: 10:14
meal before hand: nothing

running!

Ran with with E. this morning.
date: Saturday, 8.19.2006
time: 7:05am
weather conditions: cool, perfect running weather
clothing: black shorts, lime green short sleeve
shoes: New Balance 1010
route: near Costco
distance: 10.84mi
time: 1:59:28
pace: 11:01
meal before hand: a few bites of organic oatmeal

good run! and great prayer with E!

yoga

Friday 8.18 yoga
I love yoga class. I always feel all stretched out afterwards!

run and more running

Thursday 8.17.2006
time: 6:50pm
weather conditions: cool, perfect running weather
clothing: black shorts, new balance green top
shoes: New Balance 1010
route: marina
distance: ?mi
time: 58:11
pace:
Chinese, ate way too much, felt sick, remember not to eat such a big lunch before I run:(

swim class

I took a swimming class last night. It was a short workshop on freestyle swimming. There is so much to learn, the kicking, the strokes, and most importantly the breathing. I think I need to take a class on breathing. I tend to strain my neck after awhile. Afterwards, I practice some more kicking with the kickboard. The water temp at the Y was supposedly 80 -82F, but it felt much colder than that. I was shivering pretty much the whole time.

My official time fo the Stadium to Stadium was actually 45:23. I came in
40/126 in my age division 30-39
113/411 overall women

I'm happy with the results.

short run

date: Tuesday, 8.15.2006
time: 6:50am
weather conditions: cool, perfect running weather
clothing: black shorts, new balance green top
shoes: New Balance 1010
route: near home
distance: 4.3 mi
time: 45.52
pace: 10:40
meal before hand: nothing, night before about 15 TJ chicken gyoza
overall: ran hard in the evening, but got tired at the end

Going to a swimming class later this evening. Want to learn how to do the freestyle stroke properly, so I won't get strains in my neck. It's a one day class.

double dose

I went to the total body challenge class taught at the Y and then yoga afterwards at 24Hr. The cardio portion of the total body challenge was okay. I didn't really get a good workout. I like the body sculpting in the last 20min. My arms are definitely sore from that.

Then I rushed over to 24Hr. Got some great stretches in, especially after the race on Sunday.

I'm thinking of running either a 5K or 10K at Lake Merritt on August 27th.

45:22

The fastest I've ever run!
avg pace: 9:04
crazy huh?
Here are my splits:
mile 1: 10:08
mile 2: 10:14 a gradual hill
mile 3: 9:36
mile 4: 9:31
mile 5: 5:59 (I'm not sure if this is correct. This split is even after I didn't press my stop button on my watch right away! This is pure craziness! I can run a 6min mile?!!)
Stadium to Stadium Race

Blood pressure after 5min
B/P 102/58
pulse 82

At mile 5, my diaphragm was hurting, but my friend and I kept pushing! I felt like puking when we finished and my left groin was hurting. I did a couple of triangle poses before and after the race and that helped with my hip.

5 mile race tomorrow

Kind of nervous about race tomorrow. Inside of my right knew is bothering me, not sure of cause. Will see if it bothers me after the race tomorrow.
dream goal: 50 min
realistic goal: 55min

yoga at theY

went to yoga class this morning before volunteering, great class, was a few minutes late, did triangle, really like that pose

short run

date: Friday, 8.11.2006
time: 6:50am
weather conditions: cool, but pretty warm after I started running
clothing: black shorts, long sleeve blue
shoes: New Balance 1010
route: near home
distance: 4.3 mi
time: 47:24
pace: 10:51
meal before hand: nothing
overall: dressed too warmly, a bit of hills
that night the left side of my right knee was in major pain, it is still sore today(Saturday evening). I'm not sure if the shoe is not right with the orthodics or what, but I had to ice my knee today

could be either my Teva, my black Mephisto shoes, or my new running shoes that is causing the problem, not sure, concerned about what is causing the pain

yoga

Tried out a different yoga class tonight at 24hr fitness in Berkeley. It was even worse than Monday's class. The teacher didn't speak clearly. She just go into pose without preparation. It was probably one of the worst exercise class I've ever been to. We were in our resting pose and she leaves/sneaks out and explains we can stay in resting pose as long as we like. It was a weird way to end the class. Needless to say, I'm not going back to her class. 3 people walked out of the class before it ended. It was bad! Thank goodness I have all club membership. I'm going to try out another one.

track workout

I started back on track workout again.

date: Tuesday, 8.8.2006
time: 6:30pm
weather conditions: cool, but not too cold
clothing: black shorts
shoes: New Balance 1010
route: Kezar Stadium
distance: maybe 3mi
6 x 200m repeats
avg 1:06 per 200m was aiming for 1:11, so pretty happy that I can do a 1:06 consistently
pace: 12:34 (really show this morning)
meal before hand: wonton noodle with vegetables and 3 potstickers, too much food
overall: got a few side stitches

yoga

Yoga, 8.7.2006.
I went to a yoga class at the Marina 24hr fitness. I like Hatha yoga better, I didn't like the room we were in. It was really dark, you can barely see anything. I couldn't really see what the teacher was doing. I might try the new Wed yoga teacher in Berkeley.

yoga

yoga on Sunday 8.6, I used the my new yoga dvd by Brian Kast. I think that's his name. It was hard doing yoga at home on the carpet with a mat. He went pretty fast. It's definitely not a for beginners. If you haven't done yoga, he doesn't explain how to get into the poses at all. You have to know it beforehand. I got a semi-good workout.

getting back

On Saturday, Aug 5th, I ran 6 miles with my running club. I had an option to run 10, but I opted to take it easy. I have about 8 weeks before my half-marathon race. I think I'll be fine.

date: Saturday, 8.5.2006
time: 8:00am
weather conditions: hot, especially for San Francisco
clothing: pink short sleeve with black shorts
shoes: New Balance 1010, I really don't like those new shoe laces, quite annoying, bought a new pair of shoe laces today
route: started at Sports Basement
distance: 6mi
time: 1:15:22
pace: 12:34 (really show this morning)
meal before hand: had Vietnamese vermicelli noodles with grilled chicken
overall: felt pretty good, a bit tired and hot

yoga

Yoga class at 7am, did a couple of good stretches. My left hip is a bit tight, will have to roll on the foam roller some more later today.

ran

So I finally ran today after a long break. I've almost forgotten how great it feels to run. I got to try on my new New Balance shoes. They felt good for the most part. I think I still need to go to my podiatrist and get them adjusted a bit on the left foot. I think I'm developing a callus on my left big toe.

the stats
date: Thursday, 8.3.2006
time: 6:30pm
weather conditions: chilly
clothing: green short sleeve with blue long sleeve, took off blue sleeve on the return
shoes: New Balance 1010, needed to do butterfly shoe tie on left foot
route: started at 24Hr, ran along the Marina
distance: 3.3mi
time: 31:13
pace: 9:28 (wow!)
meal before hand: a mixture of corkscrew pasta with corn;chinese mai-fen with 1 piece of braised tofu, 2 pieces of chicken(from 99Ranch aka high in salt and msg)