My playlist for 2011 continues to grow...please offer your suggestions. You know I enjoy almost all music...really depends on my mood, but for the most part, I truly dislike country music.
Three adds today - two courtesy of Sean D.
Nelly - Heart of a Champion
Roy Jones Jr. - Can't be Touched
Eminem - Till I Collapse (Eminem gets me fired up like no other artist)
Yes, I am finally admitting....I have been sleeping. I don't want to say it too loudly, but yes, I am. About 10 days now. Last night was stellar. In bed with the sun still going down with two Benadryl to help (my alarm was going off at 4:45). A little magazine reading and I melted into my pillows. I love that feeling of utter smoosh into bed. ahhhh. Woke up once around 1am and felt like it was morning, probably because I had already been alseep for almost 5 hours and worried I wouldn't fall back asleep, but I did. It is amazing what a solid nights sleep will do for me. I am so happy to be sleeping again....but, again, don't want to jinx myself. I'll keep drinking my tea at bedtime and refraining from caffeine during the day and oh, doing the two things my doctor told me to do last week....maybe I'll share those with another time.
My workout this morning was my favorite mini duathlon runbikerun- which I have not gone hard on for a few weeks now. I think part of the reason I slept so well was due to the anticipation of a real-live crash and burn Wednesday - a Wednesday I have not been able to do in awhile :)
I did a 10 minute treadmill warm up - started slow and built up a little speed. Went right to spin class for 45 min on the bike - I didn't tear it up like I had hoped, but overally it was good. From there straight back to the treadmill for another 45 min. I started slow again and built up to about zone 3 and even through in a total of about 10-12 minutes of hills too. A good cool-down, stretch and even 95 abs (thank you for very little dizziness today) followed by some lats, med ball chops, tricep pushdowns and OH med ball throws. Ooooeeee. I am good to go for the day. I really need an ice bath, but (no buts, Erin) okay, I really would like to get in the ice bath; I hope I can make time for one today.
I wore my FR today - looking briefly at the totals before I left for work I am pleased with what my HR looked like during the bike and the runs...nothing in zone 5 (yay) and mostly zone 3. Good deal. Avg HR on bike 130 with a 161 max (on the climbs, love the standing climbs) and on the second run an avg of 137 and a 154 max. The whole run workout was below 80%max - yessss. Maybe the new "easy" is working out for me - I think it's too soon to tell, but....maybe not.
Did I mention I ran OUTSIDE on Saturday morning? Holy cow - yes, I ran OUTSIDE. To make that report brief here are some stats for you:
8 miles
Easy with a hard finish last 1.5 miles
COLD
DAMN COLD
Purple parts of my body post run - oops
Frozen hydration - oops
Cold
Happy :)
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