Well, I just wrapped up the first week of my couch to half marathon training. This week was very simple: a 5 minute warm up walk, alternate jogging for 1 minute with 90 seconds of walking for 8 reps, and then a 5 minute cool down walk. Because the weather has been cold and windy this week I had to do all three of my sessions inside. Two of the sessions were at the Westminster Rec Center jogging track which is right next to my work. The Rec Center is nice enough but the track drives me crazy. It takes 14 laps to go a mile so it almost makes you dizzy because you feel like you're constantly turning. The 30 minutes of exercise took me 2.21 miles with, extrapolated over 13.1 miles, would put me right at 3 hours. That's exactly what my initial target time was. I definitely feel like I could do this workout six times in a row so now I need to think about improving my target time. I do have to say that I don't necessarily trust the 14 laps = 1 mile so I look forward to getting in a workout outside so I can use my GPS to get an accurate distance. Plus, no race is on a completely level track so I need to get some hills in my training.
The training for next week shouldn't be too difficult either. I think it's alternating 90 seconds of jogging with 2 minutes of walking. The tough part is that I'm flying to SF for the week so I'll have to try to find time to exercise at the hotel. Theoretically I should be able to get up early (because of the time change) and do it in the morning but I never sleep well on the road so I don't like to get up early.
Not much else is going. Last night CSU won their first tournament game since 1988 beating Missouri 84-72. They started off hot and the game was never really in doubt which was nice for a change. Things get tough fast tomorrow as they have to play the overall #1 seed in Louisville. To make matters worse the game is in Lexington, KY. Hopefully there will be a lot of Kentucky fans there cheering on the Rams (or should I say cheering against the Cardinals.)
The Nuggets pulled off a miracle last night beating the 76ers 101-100 and extending their winning streak to 14 games. Without Ty Lawson in the lineup they had no energy at all and almost seemed OK with losing. They were down 5 with 10 seconds left until Corey Brewer hit a three and then, with 2.1 seconds to go, three free throws. Don't get me wrong, the 76ers are awful and had no business being in the game but it was a nice comeback to watch. I usually find the NBA hard to watch (although Angie will tell you I'm watching it all the time) because of all the one-on-one, clear out mentality but the Nuggets are really fun to watch. I'm not sure how far they can go in the playoffs without a go-to player but I'm enjoying the ride.
Snow and cold this weekend. Both girls were sick with colds and pink eye and now Angie is sick. Hopefully they will all start feeling better before I have to leave on Monday. Next update from Manteca, CA!
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